Busio was frustrated. With only three weeks remaining in the shortened 2023 LCS Summer Split, 100 Thieves had only earned four victories, which were rather shaky at best—a worrying trend for the team if they wanted to qualify for the LCS Championship bracket.
Despite everything he’d learned thus far in his rookie year and all of the preparation he’d been putting in off-stage, the support player took this slump within the team personally. As a player who had spent most of his young career as the leader within his team, he struggled to find his voice when surrounded by veteran LCS talent, making his performances more stiff as he attempted to adjust to game plans that clashed with his outlook of the game.