You could take the BOLD points as tldr ig.
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You could take the BOLD points as tldr ig.
Fair. My point is that SicK looked promising on smokes, all he needs to do is refine some aspects of his gameplay. About Shahz, anti-strating is obviously not viable in every situation. Sometimes you just don't have enough data on a team or a new patch. I made that reference to make the point that his IGLing used to be quite good cz he used to put the hours in. May be he lost his touch and keep up with everyone alone without a coach by his side but I have faith that it can only get better with more time with this roster.
It's not the NA scene. it's just SEN that gets constant criticism. V1 gets a pass for having a sub, that too is Wardell who was carrying them but people are up in arms when SEN isn't at their best with a new team.
The game and the teams playing it have changed a lot since Iceland.
Wardell. Even though it's stolen it's just got a nice ring to it
Has he been keeping up with Valorant though? Meta has changed a lot since he left and he needs to keep up with how the teams in NA plays rn as well.
Everyone has answers when the team is failing and Everyone is a admirer when the team is getting success. That's how it goes, it's understandable tbh.
They definitely had less than a week. Kanpeki got announced on the deadline day of locking rosters and SEN were trying out other players too.
Ascent didn't look all that bad. Their site holds are good but they couldn't take advantage of getting the first pick in lot of the attack rounds against FaZe. Also, losing both pistol rounds didn't help! Their team comp and some of the plays SicK and kanpeki were making together were promising. As i have said I expect Shahz to call better going forward.
Might go up for once. Whatever people say, SEN needed a change from zombs. We need to give them a bit more time to build synergy with the new roster and role change!
Whatever dude. It might be copium but I honestly believe it.
Listen, I have been upset for all the things they are being criticized for, like not having a coach, ShahZam not being committed enough or not giving good calls but now that I had a little bit of time to cool down i think they are on the right track and would get better with few adjustments. I am going to list all the positives for clarity-
All the series they lost were really fkin close. Like the match against FaZe was lost by one round! It could have been gone differently if SEN just played off of each other differently or kept their composure in advantageous situations! They lost a 3v5 advantage, a 3v1 clutch on haven and a lot of rounds on ascent where TenZ got the first pick! Against LG they threw away a 9-3 lead and lost all the clutches in gun rounds! They were extremely sloppy in clutch situations and lacked team chemistry a bit which is understandable from a team which just had a roster change and had role shift for one of their most important players! With time and more server work together i feel like they can only get better.
Their Split is horrible and having to play that map made them look a lot worse than they actually are. At this point I expect them to ban split right away but if they don't they have some things to take away from their losses on split. Their comp on split isn't the most suitable for how they like to play. Dapr looked hella good on sage on fracture against LG. I think they should put dapr on sage and kanpeki on Chamber. That way they can have an OP presence like they initially wanted to with the Jett pick and kanpeki can also play an agent he is comfy with.
Contrary to what most people think, SicK and Kanpeki looks really good on their respective roles. Yes, SicK has been getting a lot of flak for not fragging in abundance but he has been making smart uses of TPs and the ultimate to make good plays. I remember at least 3 rounds on bind where he won them the round with his tp plays. He might not be as good of an anchor as zombs yet but he is already a lot better in finding impact by making confident plays. Also, Kanpeki is getting a lot of hate but he has played really well on KayO and skye. If you are to be a scoreboard Andy then look at the assists too! He is setting up his teammates as he should and on top of that he is really versatile.
ShahZam underperformed massively as an IGL and also as a player, which is uncharacteristic of him. I have never seen Shahz play this poorly and i expect him to do a lot better in the coming qualifier. I believe he is going to put a lot of server work to improve his skye/breach. He was the king of Anti-stratting and prepping once, idk what made him call so bad this tournament but I believe in him. With team chemistry building and with prep his IGLing would only get better from here.
Finally, I want to end with a caution as well. If i am not mistaken, the 2nd open is gonna be on the new patch and idk if fade is gonna be meta and if so, how she is gonna work in team comps. So, SEN has a massive job in finding the right combinations. Regardless of how this tournament has went for them, i think they have a lot of 'good' to take away, they got a lot of necessary practice from playing in the tournament which they don't get otherwise [pun intended]! Jokes aside, Even though they are under a lot of pressure they should keep building on what they already have. Naturally, everyone is asking questions but I don't think the answer is hard to find. This roster has shown promise all they need to do is work, work and work. #FullSEN
tarik doing what we couldn't. Get rob moore's ass!
Why shouldn't he? They are not scrimming rn and he isn't the IGL nor the coach.
LG looking good man and V1 not so good! Imagine if we didn't throw that hard on Bind and one gun round went differently?
So we are the ones that inflating the price of a SEN coach since we fans keep asking for a coach! Think about that! Sorry mb Shahz :(
Kanpeki can play breach. He is comfy with all the initiators.
context from ShahZam. Sadge really!
[we've had two different coaches that we were working with already that got blocked by the org they were on asking for insane buyouts. we even worked with another during stage 1. what can we do about that? they saw what sen paid for tenz and asked for ridiculous prices.]
yes their aim really helped them today! you can get away with aim for 1 round , two round or even a map but not an entire tournament.
That's what I am saying. ShahZam has been saying since the beginning that he wants Sean Gares, how could SEN pass up on that? They ain't a poverty org that they can't pay for a decent coach!
He has a coach to help him out with team comps, strategy etc and GMB is known to be a team who prac a lot!
So is ShahZam's streams. Don't forget to tune in.
It's a problem when you rely on a single player for all the entries. yes he gets FB but it's not helpful to lose a carry player so early. If SEN had better setup plays and utility chains+combos, better trading, site could be taken a lot easily.
SicK's controller is good and he is getting better. They need more time on the server together to build team chemistry and have better reads. ShahZam is holding them back big time.
Yes. It's not even close! TenZ has 80 less hours but he doesn't have to prep/anti-strat or come up with team strategies imo. ShahZam would have been fine with his stream hours too if he had a coach imo. They look lost and there is no team synergy in clutch situations. They are all good players need more time on the server together to build chemistry , that's all.
Don't know if there is a correlation but ShahZam has streamed 187 hours in last 31 days and has been active in 30/31 days! Let's compare it to some other top IGLs in the region.
vanity= 68 hours - 15 days active
FNS= 0 hrs- 0 days active
dephh= 0 hrs - 0 days active
I don't have stats for everyone but we can comfortably say ShahZam is quite possible the most consistent streamer among all the IGLs right? I am not against him streaming. I mean if it secures his future then by all means do what you want. But it's stupid to think you wouldn't get outplayed, outsmarted by all the other IGLs who put tons of hours in prepping and has good coaching staff. SEN as an org should be ashamed of doing this to their fans as well. How come you don't have a coach yet in 2022 while your IGL streams all day? Who's gonna make the stup plays, the dafults, the team comp and any strategy for that matter?
TenZ doesn't even stream that much!
Why did he even let split go through?
Actually lost. Dazzle playing him like a fiddle. Just play breach and raze combo!! They can stop pushes from far away as well!
Shahzam is lost bro. Dazzle is outbraining him ong
I am saying unlucky cz that wouldn't happen normally. Like the bdog clutch, dapr not getting a single kill whil 3 guys were together and weren't looking at him and that spam in the final round! All of them gun rounds as well!
That too on Raze! but 1 more to go. Let's not jinx it
We are actually playing really well this game. Only if we didn't get so unlucky on Bind and didn't throw some crucial rounds! Also, people need to get off of TenZ's ass man. Dude wins us rounds out of nothing. I actually feel like rival fans hate him cz they are jealous of him. Popular, Rich, has a cute gf and all that just at the age of 20! I mean it's understandable, we get it.
As if TenZ never had good games on high ping? It's disadvantageous in certain situations, that's just fact!! Who arguing you can't ever play good on high ping? Also chamber OP shoots like a fkin marshal!
How was the Jett pick problem this game? They were literally 9-3 up then just throws after throws. Only a stupid would blame this one on team comp.
Oh wow! kanpeki is the problem now? kanpeki did great this game! They lost all the clutches they should have won and some players played like dumbasses in some rounds after being 9-3 up.
What did TenZ do wrong now you idiot? Obsessed fuck
not 1hp. they had decent amount and the spams were one point. They would have been dead regardless of hp.
How do shahz and dapr lose that 1v2 against bdog, then 1v3 against moose and dapr doesn't get a single kill while none of them 3 were looking at him?? Actually tragic. They were once the best cz they played off of each other really well but now they can't even play off of each other!
Love him or hate him, TenZ is too exciting to watch when he is on one. That's the reason he is so popular and that makes Sentinels popular as well.
TSM was the most popular back then.
you guys really hate shahz huh? Mans clueless when it comes to team comp but hes decent on Ascent and haven in terms of calling.
Does ShahZam's shock darts ever hit? Man just throws them for fun i swear
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