Problem is, This year alone I wouldn't say TenZ WAS the face of Valorant, matter of a fact, the slump Sentinels fell into brought the spotlight on other players playing extremely well at the time like yay or even Marved, even Ardiis and ANGE1 when they won Masters. Not to say TenZ won't be the face of Valorant anymore but not making any International Events truly made us look at other players playing extremely well. You could even make a case for Forsaken and Jinggg. I would be surprised if SEN doesn't just completely rebuild around TenZ as a player but at the same time wouldn't if that makes sense? Seems as if Sentinels wants to refresh the whole roster and I can respect that.

Yeah I feel like a fresh IGL and coaching staff around TenZ would do him wonders on SEN but it wouldnt entirely surprise me if they let him go. They have their content cow in Tarik now so its not like they'll struggle to hold fans.

Is this confirmed anywhere? If true that sucks, Championship winning team absolutely deserves a pay increase.

Hopefully Sykko ends up on a team next year. That dude is actually a hella smart coach and transformed the fuck out of XSET after the disaster that Copenhagen was.

Honestly it doesn't really make much sense, He's a Championship winning Coach, surely if he asks for a raise a deal can be made no? Unless its some stupid number and he wouldn't budge but that wouldn't make much sense. Plus how were they so happy to just let him go? Something seems fishy..

Nah if you actually beleive that was a "mistake" then thats just silly, he's clearly upset that he's been told to explore his options as he probably assumed NRG would keep the starting roster. That roster on paper was considered a "super" team, its just they didn't perform when they needed to.

I like the approach, hopefully it pans out of them. SEN brings big numbers so if they can get a good roster together they’ll do well next year.

I think from what I’ve read, the stuff that Sentinels was interested in didn’t pan out. To be fair, I like the slow approach they’re taking to this, not just rushing a roster together seems as if they’re really putting in the effort to select the best 5 and I respect that.

Dude I couldn’t believe Ethan’s F/A post “Sorry, NRG made Partnership but I didn’t” did this dude actually think his spot was safe? His whole post was disrespectful as fuck, I get that he just lost his spot on a team but did he really think he was in the top 25 players in NA who deserve a franchise spot, cmon man what a fucking joke…

I think they probably still would have won Iceland, Sentinels were at their peak when they won Masters. Yeah would be interesting to see how high he would have gone and how he would have evolved as a player in the meta and stuff. Sinatraa was always a smart player who understood the game at a very high level and was pretty good at reading the enemy. Sucks to see him go out the way he did.

I feel like his career as a T1 pro is over unless evidence comes out that clears him 100%. I'm not saying the allegations are true its just the whole situation was handled poorly and there wasn't an actual outcome that was black and white. He had alot of potential as a pro and I think he knew that. I don't watch his streams much or even his youtube stuff but occasionally I do drop by his stream for maybe 15-30 minutes and he just seems so un-interested in playing ranked in this game which sucks because his true passion was competing.

He's not really stuck in limbo though. He's free to compete it's just no team really wants to touch him because of his past. When he was free to play again there were some teams interested but that's as far as it went unfortunetly. I assume we will see him next year in Ascension League on a FA team. The problem is, as you said, the whole thing was handly poorly on both ends, by Riot and by him. That's why I beleive it's hard for any org to even consider him because he was never proven guilty or innocent, it just kinda went away after she said the whole police case was taking a toll on her Mental Health so would be closing the case for now or someshit.

I’m not sure what you mean by that, are you saying that people don’t describe his issues or he himself doesn’t describe his issues? I’m sorry it’s just what you said doesn’t really make sense.

Sometimes you gotta make cuts to see success, ShahZ should be thankful SEN even kept him on as long as they did after all the losses after Iceland. He’s had a decent career ShahZ. Winning the first International LAN event, and all the shit in between. I don’t hate the guy, I just don’t think he’s as good as many dick ride him to be and his time as a Tier 1 IGL is over.

Ofcourse they do. No one is saying FNS is immune, it’s just when you don’t have success and your IGL is doing the same thing over and over and people are pointing out what you’re doing wrong yet you keep doing it makes you think “I don’t think he has any idea what he’s doing” Goodluck to ShahZ dude if he wishes to continue but if not I’m sure content for him will still be as good, after all his streams and stuff have always done well and he’s told us many times that he makes more money streaming than he does Competing.

Sucks how it all happened, he was really starting to cement himself, especially once they got to LAN, he looked amazing. Hopefully a team picks him up because he deserves it.

Tier 2 at best IGL, happy to see SEN refresh the roster with new faces. At the end of the day, ShahZ’s best IGLing isn’t in this meta, he struggles to currently read the game. I dislike how in that whole video he was basically saying “well it’s not my fault” when you’re an IGL, you are the leader, it’s your job as an IGL to lead the team to win, so yeah, it kinda is his fault. I understand outside factors play a big part and he can only do so much, but as an IGL everything gets put back on you because you’re the leader.

I'm not insulting you? I'm pointing out your age? How at all is that an insult? You are further proving my point though so I thank you for that.

Damn that's actually sad man, I really thought that 5 together would actually win something.

It's all good, I've just now reaslised i'm actually arguing with a 13 year old. My apologies, it's not your fault you're too young to understand things in a bigger picture.

No I know I'm not wrong I know you are exactly wrong it's just YOU won't admit it and we will continue to run around in circles. Asking me to shut up and calling me a dumbass proves this. You know you are wrong so you conform to insults to try prove your point.

Wait they aren’t sticking together in franchising? Dude that roster was actually good?

Listen, there is no point of me trying to use logic on you because you don’t actually understand it. So I’ll happily stop replying here but maybe one day you’ll realise kills aren’t the be all and end all to this game professionally.

So FNS has never been Radiant? I’m asking you because you seem to care. No, immortal is in fact the minimum, not every player on every team is Radiant… and No not every coach is Immortal/Radiant, Chet is like Gold or some shit, a lot of GOOD coaches don’t play ranked.

Problem is I see a roster like EG staying together initially to “see if it works” then later doing roster moves. Something tells me that org believes that roster will do well Internationally…

I have no idea what the first part of that sentence says, my brain actually hurt trying to decipher it. There is a rank requirement to play professionally… again, seeing as you’re a scoreboard Andy you would know that right? Or do you just spew your garbage takes without doing any research or knowing what you’re actually talking about?

You know deep down TenZ’s Raze needs work, he’s not god awful on it, but compared to the rest of the good Raze players in Tier1 he’s a lot lower down. But his yoru cold

The fact that you openly sit here and say FNS is shit and ShahZ is good says alot about you. Bro wake up, ShahZ is fucking shit, he’s washed, he can’t IGL anymore, this meta isn’t the best meta for him anymore, he barely understands the game anymore. Doesn’t matter if YOU think it’s a 4v5 the shit you don’t see FNS doing is what actually matters, not him shooting, that’s why they had yay and the rest of them… The fact that you think kills matter in professional play for an IGL astounds me, you have got to be 13 years of age…

Trash bot who still is a Masters winner, and all the other accolades he has in finishes for this calendar year alone. ShahZ won 1 Masters when some of the best teams weren’t even there, then proceeded to piss the bed and not qualify for ANYTHING all year not to mention the fact that kills means fuck all when you’re a good IGL, most you got was a pity LCQ run.All you do is dick ride ShahZ and hate on FNS when FNS is actually a good IGL, teams would kill to have the brain of FNS lead them to the success he did with OPTIC. You are fucking braindead if you think kills means more than success. Make fun of 100T all you want. That roster was together for 3 months and made it to an International LAN, where was SEN all year?

Ahh yes, because 1 player makes the team… not the the IGL and coach setting the team accordingly. I can’t wait till next year when ShahZ is still the IGL and SEN do absolutely nothing, I’m going to ask for your reason as to why you think they pissed the bed again.

He’s had more success than ShahZ who you dick ride everyday… I don’t see why you’d want him out of NA? Why so ShahZ can piss the bed again and prove to you that he’s still a terrible IGL?

Nah, they’ll keep Rawkus and ShahZ and just be the meme team of the America’s league, Riot won’t say anything because it’s bringing eyes to the game.

I think with all the talent out there in NA, like actual tier 1 talent, I don’t see Ethan as a tier 1 player. He was good to begin with at 100T but later became a liability, and he hasn’t had a great deal of success at NRG. Would not surprise me if we see him dropped and on an Ascension team come next year.

Honestly I hope they do, but something tells me they’re going to stick with that 5 and just see how it initially goes, then look at roster changes maybe down the line.

Makes sense on why yay didn’t sign with them then. Oh well, guess we will have our meme team for VCT next year. SEN do make good content so I can’t wait till they keep losing and their fans just keep saying “BuT ShAHz iS a GoOd IgL”

Yeah very true, I just assumed FNATIC would have given the roster with maybe leaving Mistic out a chance, but it does make sense why they're looking else where.

No I understand that, I think if Franchising wasn't a thing I think Enzo keeps his spot on the roster. It's just now you have to evaluate what will actually win you Championships. I just assumed they would have given Enzo a longer run on the roster for what he brings to the roster in terms of co-IGLing but I get why they did it. At the end of the day now that Franchising is a thing you need to build the best roster possible.

I didn't quite understand why they let Enzo go. He played insanely well at Copenhagen and I thought the addition of him co-IGLing was actually having impact. I understand his Champs run was pretty average but I just assumed they'd keep him on. I can understand the Mistic cut as he struggles to find consistency right now and only shows glimmers of his best, and with the addition of Franchising he is replaceable but I didn't think they'd get rid of Enzo.

I don't hate ShahZ, I think hes had a pretty good career in Valorant and has done ALOT for Sentinels, but going into next year you cannot say he deserves the IGL role after the year he's had. Does'nt mean he's a shit player I just think in this current meta hes fallen behind. Props to ShahZ on the amazing career he's had but I think a fresh IGL in Sentinels can put them back up the top.

100% agree man, I just try not to express my opinions too much on the internet because I can’t be bothered dealing with those who don’t agree and try to attack you for it. Hit the nail on the head though, too many people care about what people say on the internet like it directly effects them in real life, like you can’t just scroll on and ignore something.

YouTube was a different time back then hahaha. There is just no way creators could get away with even a quarter of the content posted back then.

I agree, but then the question is, what is the balance? Where is the happy medium? You’re either considered a edgey 4 chan shitposter or a white knight snowflake. Alternatively you’re just someone who doesn’t express their opinions on social media because you can’t be assed dealing with those who don’t agree or share the same views.

Some of them boys on DRX got some crispy aim, Aspas when he's feeling it is pretty clean too. Tough call really, alot of the pros are extremely clean with it.

I mean he played pretty well in the loss to DRX on both maps. The only poor performance was against FNATIC on Bind but I mean no one on the team really played well and FNATIC played insanely well as a team. I think its a 50/50 they make a roster move with him to be fair. No one has indicated they'll be making superteams, Pretty sure none of the NRG or even EG roster have annouced F/A so for as much as we know they're keeping those rosters but I assume they'll be subject to change.

Problem I see is the fact that on LAN he really showed up and was 100T's best player. Sean and DDK have also stated before franchising was annouced that they want to keep the roster together and have that Astralis dynasty type shit. They don't want to recyle out players but I dont know if thats changed now due to being franchised annouced. Will put up an insane LAN performance so it's kinda hard now to just think about replacing him. I know Cryo and yay are much better players but if you want to keep the roster together then its hard to drop him.

You are fucking braindead dude...

Just like how ShahZ's IGLing has lost them multiple games kicking them out of any VCT contention this year yet FNS can drop 5 kills a map and OPTIC can still have the success they have? Pretty sure any team would rather an IGL that leads you to the success of OPTIC than an IGL who doesn't understand the current meta but 'OmG LoOk aT HiS kiLLs" ACS means fuck all in this game if you can IGL a team to win.

Riot has allowed Sinatraa to come back to competitive play so I don't quite understand why you're blaming them? After the allegations came out I think Riot acted in a way any E-Sports division would, you suspend the player until you complete an investigation? Riot is a company at the end of the day dude any company would literally act in the same way...

In terms of the G2 stuff, I'm pretty sure that was purely a PR move by Riot, again, They're a business and do you think it would be good idea to partner a business who's currently in the spotlight with their CEO/Owner being suspended for 8 weeks no pay? No it looks like a horrible PR move...

XSET missing out on Franchising was a puzzling one to me, didn't really make much sense but im sure Riot has their reasons. As to OPTIC, like i've said to others, OPTIC doesn't have good track record in franchised leagues and with all the behind the scenes drama going on with OPTIC, plus the fact that OPTIC has never done anything for Valorant apart from having a roster due to the Envy merger it would just be stupid to go with them. Riot stated they wanted to partner with teams who were dedicated to the scene and who were willing to give back to the scene and build it with them. OPTIC hasn't done anything like that so far.

SEN absolutely does need a new IGL, I'm sorry but a fresh new IGL into that team someone like FNS would do wonders, ShahZ's time as IGL is up. He isn't up to the job in this current meta, He literally struggles in most games. Only game he IGL'd well was the win against Shopify in LCQ, other than that against 100T it wasnt great, was more of 100T making alot of mistakes. That doesn't mean ShahZ IGL'd well.

I feel like they could possibly keep the roster to begin with in the "hopes" they actually do something but honestly if I was them i'd be trying to snatch that OPTIC roster up or atleast build another one. Nothing against the current roster but I just don't see them players bringing in any trophy's. Jawgemo and Boostio played pretty insane this year but if you had the opportunity to sign the XSET or even OPTIC roster wouldnt you just do that?