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DSG top laner Jett "Srtty" Joyce communicates with his team during DSG's match against Dignitas on May 9, 2026 at Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles.Jett Srtty Joyce didnt spend all his time trying to get back into the League of Legends Championship Series. Rather, he balanced his time between loading up solo queue games, streaming, and studying accounting and maintaining a 4.0.He streamed games and studied accounting, maintaining a 4.0.Then the phone rang in early May and Disguised team manager Chris Yong was on the other line.DSG top laner Cho "Castle" Hyeon-seong was on the move and joining LYON in the coming days, and DSG needed a new player in the top lane for the final two weeks of the split.Welcome@_Srtty to Disguised!He will be joining as our new Top Laner #DSGWINpic.twitter.com/VoE7Gr3mWp DSG (@Disguised) May 6, 2026Joyce and DSG will be playing to continue their season when they line up against Shopify Rebellion on Saturday at Riot Games Studios in Santa Monica, Calif.The winning team earns a playoff berth, while the loser will start planning for the critical summer split.Joyce has only had 10 days of scrims with none being against Saturdays opponent. Hes kept up with LCS and from what hes seen losing to Shopify Rebellion is not acceptable.They have a lot of issues, Joyce said. Individually, the players are mostly fine, but if we end up losing to them that would be really sad. Theyre not great right now. I am better than that, and I think of my teammates as better than that as well.There were some nerves in his first stage match against Dignitas in Week 6. The match was his first in a Tier 1 environment since Aug. 24, 2025.Joyce got into the flow quickly, helping DSG keep their playoff hopes alive with a 2-0 win.He had three kills, two deaths, and 17 assists. It wasnt a bad showing for a player who spent most of the past nine months playing primarily solo queue which is a completely different environment from high-level competitive play.ended the loss streak and keeping the playoff dream alivehere's what it sounds like to beat DIG #DSGWINpic.twitter.com/FC13Ly4dWy DSG (@Disguised) May 11, 2026I went into it pretty anxious because I have not played competitive [recently], Joyce said. I did really well versus all these top ranked scrims. So, I was like, You know what? Actually, this feels pretty good.Joyces arrival wasnt completely random. DSG coach Ian Ido McCormick tends to have a strong sense of players who would fit his roster.Cho was the lone holdover from the team that survived a relegation battle and built around him with veteran support Pedro Luis Lyonz Peralta, well-traveled Korean mid-laner Oh "Callme" Ji-hoon, and rookies Sajed Ziade (bottom laner) and Christian KryRa Rahaian (jungler).You have the space here to make mistakes, McCormick said. Winning with rookies is even better.Given DSGs status as the guest team, McCormick likely had Joyce on a shortlist, similar to how he recruited Rahaian to join DSG, which in turn brought Ziade.He knows me pretty well, Rahaian said. Hes been helping me, and now were actually on the team together.Joyce spent the first few days in the DSG house observing and listening. He didnt want to walk in and change things. Rather, Joyce wanted to see how he could fit in and adapt himself to the situation.Joyce said McCormick told him that he could fill a void the team needed due to Chos departure but also address other factors.Its a role that Joyce humbly accepts.Who knows how Ill be able to fix the specific issues or play a part in fixing the specific issues that any roster has, but I think I was pretty fortunate that the issues that the team did seem to have werent related to player skill, Joyce said. Instead [the issues] were really related to other factors, which I think I can definitely help with. Everythings going a lot better. The vibes are really good right now, which is amazing for the weekend.Joyces contract is through the end of the split.Whether or not Joyces second run in the LCS continues into the summer will be decided after DSG wraps up this spring, regardless of if its Sunday or sometime in the coming weeks.Joyce, however, isnt thinking past that. Hes focused on changing the fans perception of him based on how 2025 went.I know that I didnt have the best showing in this past, but I hope that I can rewrite that narrative with my performance, Joyce said. Its a performance-based industry. If I dont perform well enough, then I dont actually get the spot right? Whether I do or dont have the spot, Im really enjoying my time playing pro because it gets me so excited about what were doing.Thats the thing about high-level competition. It can end as quickly as it starts.But its important to stay ready, as a call can come at any point and give another chance to perform.Paul Delos Santos covers esports for The Sporting Tribune. He is also the founder of Inside Esports, a newsletter covering the Fighting Game Community and Riot Games ecosystem. Subscribe at insideesports.media.

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