Undoubtedly, Zhang played a significant role in bringing Zijie “Shenyi” Wei and Xiong “Keaiduo” Zhu on during the off-season. His position allowed him to work alongside the management team to recruit the players that he thought would benefit TSM.

As a part of the League of Legends department coaching team, Peter Zhang also scouted talent for the team. One day later, an article was published on Dexerto, indicating the departure of Peter Zhang was actually due to a different issue.

Not making a statement from Riot at all but I don’t want people to think this had anything remotely to do with match-fixing or betting which it does not.” “Nothing to do with match-fixing,” said Felling. However, LCS Commissioner Jackie Felling replied to the Reddit threads, in an attempt to stop speculation. In 2021, 38 LDL players and coaches were penalized and banned due to match-fixing, making it the most infamous scandal in the history of the Chinese League of Legends community. Since the team has not further explained the decision, people on Reddit and Twitter speculate that it has something to do with match-fixing, as TSM brought on two Chinese players who used to play in the League of Legends Development League (LDL) in 2021.

The sudden decision brought much scrutiny upon the team. However, fans and analysts have their own takes on the situation. There was no information given from TSM on what the COI was even about. The team decided to terminate Zhang’s tenure effective immediately due to “serious allegations of conflict of interest.” On March 19th, TSM, one of the most influential esports teams in North America, released an announcement on Twitter regarding the League of Legends department coach, Peter Zhang.

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