Jett “Srtty” Joye hasn’t wasted all his time trying to get back to the League of Legends Championship Series. Instead, he balanced his time between uploading one-liners, streaming, and studying accounting and maintaining 4.0.
He broadcast sports and studied accounting, maintaining a 4.0.
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Then the phone rang in early May and Disguised team manager Chris Yong was on the other line.
DSG’s top laner Cho “Castle” Hyeon-seong was on his way and joining LYON in the coming days, and DSG needed a new top laner in the last two weeks of the split.
Joye and DSG will be playing to continue their season against Shopify Rebellion on Saturday at Riot Games Studios in Santa Monica, California.
The winning team gets a place in the playoffs, while the loser will start organizing the important summer division.
Joye has only 10 days of discrimination without facing Saturday’s opponent. He keeps up with the LCS and this time seeing him lose to Shopify Rebellion is unacceptable.
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“They have many problems,” said Joye. “Individually, the players are very good, but if we end up losing to them, that would be very painful. They are not good right now. I am better than that, and I think my teammates are better than that.”
There were some upsets in his first division match against Dignitas in Week 6. The game was the first in the Section 1 area since Aug. 24, 2025.
Joye came into action quickly, helping DSG keep their playoff hopes alive with a 2-0 win.
Three killed, two dead, and 17 helpers. It wasn’t a bad game for a player who has spent most of the last nine months playing primarily solo lane – which is a completely different place in the top competitive game.
“I entered it worried because I did not play competitively [recently],” said Joye. “I did very well compared to all these best players. So, I was like, ‘You know what? Actually, this sounds really good.’”
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Joye’s arrival did not just happen. DSG’s coach, Ian “Ido” McCormick, usually has a strong sense of who will fit in his lineup.
Cho is the only team that survived the relegation battle and is built around him with the support of veterans Pedro Luis “Lyonz” Peralta, Korean laner Oh “Callme” Ji-hoon, and rookies Sajed Ziade (bottom laner) and Christian “KryRa” Rahaian (jungler).
“You have room here to make mistakes,” McCormick said. “Winning with the rookies is even better.”
Given DSG’s status as a visiting team, McCormick may have had Joye on the shortlist, similar to how he recruited Rahaian to join DSG, which brought in Ziade.
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“You don’t know,” said Rahaian. “He was helping me, and now we are in the team together.”
Joye spent the first few days in the DSG house watching and listening. He didn’t want to go in and change things. Instead, Joye wanted to see how she could fit in and adapt to the situation.
Joye said that McCormick told him that he can fill the gap that the team needs due to Cho’s departure but he also needs to fix other things.
It is a role that Joye accepts humbly.
“Who knows how I will be able to fix some problems or participate in fixing some existing problems, but I think I was very lucky that the problems the team had had nothing to do with the ability of the players,” said Joye. Rather [the issues] they were really related to other aspects, which I think I can really help with. Everything is going much better. The vibes are really good right now, which is amazing for the weekend. “
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Joye’s contract is at the end of the breakup.
Whether or not Joye’s second run in the LCS continues into the summer will be decided after DSG wraps up this spring, whether on its Sunday or sometime in the coming weeks.
Joye, however, does not think beyond that. He is focused on changing the fans’ perception of him based on how 2025 went.
“I know I didn’t have a very good game in the past, but I hope I can write that story again with the way I played,” said Joye. “It’s a performance-based industry. If I’m not doing well enough, then I’m not really getting a spot? Whether I have a spot or not, I really enjoy my time playing pro because it makes me really happy with what I’m doing.”
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That’s the thing about high level competition. It can end as quickly as it begins.
But it’s important to stay ready, as the call can come at any time and offer another chance to play.
Paul Delos Santos covers esports for The Sporting Tribune. He is also the founder of Inside Esports, a newsletter that brings together the Fighting Game Community and the Riot Games ecosystem. Subscribe at insidesports.media.
