shroud also doesn’t grind the game like other pros do.

he was constantly sent to his death planting through all the util and didn’t have a chance to shoot back.

shroud did fine imo. i don’t think he has enough passion to go pro in val but that’s another story

looks like FNS is going to win 😵

pancada looks comfy on senti rn and is a great lurker.

sacy looks not great on controller so him back to initiator is good.

marved is more aggressive and has more impact on smokes than on senti imo.

“skill issue” lemme see you play with cellulitis and covid with a fever.

he played fine for the circumstances.

stop bringing this up as an issue.

tenz will probably take a quick break to recover as he should before he comes back.

I’m guessing:
marved on controller
pancada on sentinel
sacy on initiator
zekken as duelist/flex
dephh on flex??? not too sure

unfortunately teams like NRG, LOUD, C9 have been together for a while with their core and have a head start..

Sen decided to rebuild and are feeling the time crunch for playoffs and are expecting fast results which is stupid..

I personally think they should’ve kept the SEN core and just add a controller like marved and a flex like zekken.

but we will see what happens in the future for now

pancada has been practicing sentinel and looks comfortable on it compared to sacys controller

I propose pancada on senti and marved smokes since he’s filling in on such short notice.

honestly... it will be harder for him to recover.

asthma is one of those things where covid will hit you like a ton of bricks.

my dad is healthy and youngish with no health complications and got covid. he had to be hospitalized.

covid is scary man.

He was not ! he asked Sen for coaches like Kaplan, Sliggy, Sgares but SEN couldn’t pull through.

He dealt with criticism while handling SicKs mental breakdown.

No dedicated smokes player for a while in 2022..

he’s one person... what do you expect him to do with all that.

YUP!

people on reddit and vlr loved pushing the narrative that shahz was washed, sentinel players were lazy and didn’t want to practice.

When in reality they had to cancel scrims because of Sick. They finally benched him so he can get better.

Brought in kanpeki when they needed a dedicated smokes player so he didn’t work out.

Shroud is amazing at FPS but he doesn’t grind the game like he use to. they looked decent with Zellsis and Shroud though in LCQ.

All we needed was someone like marved to fill smokes and a flex like zekken for franchise and we’d be golden but Syyko cooked up something entirely different when NRG, LOUD, C9 kept their core that played together for so long.

you’d be surprised ! people were blaming shahz insinuating he was not a good igl anymore, sentinels were lazy and didn’t want to practice, they let the iceland win get to them and now they’re just coasting by !

this narrative was pushed and shahz got the short end of the stick when SicK was making them miss practic3 bc of mental health issues. Kanpeki came into a shitshow and didn’t work out. When they finally got their shit together with Zellsis as their flex and shroud as their controller, things were looking up..

but Syyko went with xset core and it’s not really working out for them now unfortunately .

he went through a mental breakdown ... have some empathy..

to be fair, they’re world class players ! sign them, you get the clout AND amazing players. it’s a no brainer

See, marved was an emergency sub for Sick. quite understandable he doesn’t have his visa yet. The players nor the org are in charge of visa processing times

I DO blame the coach, management, and org for not listing a 7th man in case marved couldn’t get his visa in time. I imagine they didn’t anticipate needing a sub so soon but that’s no excuse I suppose

1. marved does have his visa now

2. tarik is not listed as the 7th man on roster before roster lock so no he will not be playing

absolutely ! he played so well map 1 and 2 against LEV despite everything...i wholeheartedly believe SEN would’ve won if he wasn’t sick and was in his normal form...

map 3 was a combo of team not understanding the map and tenz probably getting exhausted after playing so long when’s he has covid and cellulitis

i hecking love tenz !

“once a month”

he caught covid in 2022 and he catches it again this year...

I hardly call that once a month..

my sister has caught covid 3 times lmaooo and she doesn’t have asthma and had to go to the hospital.

he has asthma.. nothing he can do about that..

he caught covid in 2022 last year and it’s probably 1000x more rough with asthma...

then he catches covid now... not that far fetched...

plus his loved one is sick...

just unlucky for the guy.. have some empathy

no, he got his visa yesterday.

that makes me soo sad

i know 😩

SEN already had a winning core .. it just needed additional tweaks to perfect.. this team would be scary good

Shahz has always been a good IGL. It's just that SEN didn't give him the correct infrastructure for prolonged success. He looks like a top igl in tier 2 rn. He would def be an upgrade over Boostio and Depthh

He was NOT the problem.

SEN would be more cohesive if

• they kept the SEN core of shahz, dapr, and tenz...

• add a world class controller like pancada or marved

• add zekken as flex

and that’s it

that’s a coaching and igl issue then honestly if they are not coordinating executes and plans 3-4 months in.

SEN needs better strats and setups to help tenz entry then?? he can only do so much without support and without the team setting him up if what you’re saying is true ...

Refresh my memory, does NRG set up vic to entry on jett ?

playing valorant on a tier 1 level in something other than your native language must be so tough so i feel for the 2 brazilians ... i just don’t get this international roster

In Kaplan we trust 🥺

i’m crossing my fingers for the team.

y’all never learn do you.

https://twitter.com/CommendYT/status/1647730001939185665?s=20

that comment is valid af. doesn’t cost a dime to be kind.

he just got his visa today 😩 let kaplan cook

he wasn’t even a full time igl on xset 😭 he split the igling with ayrin right?? don’t know how that encompasses getting a job igling against fns and saadhak

his wife has been tweeting cryptic messages on twitter and retweeting job security posts (in esports and valorant) by BabyJ

Either that was in reference to syyko or I think he’s next on the roster change chopping block 😬

It’s very telling when other pros and coaches say Kaplan is deserving of the promotion and SEN is in good hands.

Kaplan is the brains behind the operation anyway with strats... and maybe he had a different vision of how the roster is ran and his ideas were being shut down by syyko?

anyways... LET KAPLAN COOK

no, i’m vietnamese and van is a common name.

just a coincidence

Sen definitely showed so much promise with the 2 maps today.. Very competitive against LEV who is amazing.

How is syyko able to fuck this up with such a world class roster i don’t know..

Give us SEN Sgares I beg. he will do wonders with this roster I swear. Understandable that he wants to stay with his children though 🥲

roster lock was already set in, no?

or are you talking about before that??

so sign a 7th man you mean?

orgs do not control the speed of the visa process jfc
we HAD a readily available sixth man with SicK but shit hit the fan and then they signed marved who is a very good replacement. visas just take a while.

Sen could’ve signed a different player available but come on.
Who doesn’t want marved on their team?

I really hope he’s doing well mentally and getting the help he needs.

he was such a gifted player that would’ve fit in franchise.

can you blame us.. Sen was looking so good..

i feel robbed honestly

first map went OT and second was 11-13... LEV were sweating... both teams were giving each other a run for their money. Sen cleaned up their pistol and won bonus rounds.

how is that NOT close?? do u need a dictionary?

i have no excuse for third map.. poor prep and strats on Sens part perhaps but whatever. it is what it is.

also... hunter mims...

i hope he’s doing well mentally wherever he is..

such a gifted player 🥲

so close 🥲🥲 should’ve been a 2-0 Sen
i will go cry now.. sigh

they did have a sub available with sick but ya know... the whole debacle happened and they signed marved as an emergency.

then they had to get marveds visa sorted out which takes a while ...

it’s hard being a sen fan man... WE CAN NEVER CATCH A BREAK...

hard agree.

it sucks they couldn’t close out split . it would’ve been a 2-0 😭

tenz probably has the most expectations out of any pro so it gets incredibly bad when the results aren’t there.

he receives lots of love but lots of hate to accompany that.

so it’s quite understandable that fans are protective imo

maybe pros should have a likable personality and be nontoxic like tenz then they will have their own defense squad as well.. cry about it

Personal take from myself.. tenz is mechanically gifted and he has such a good likable personality. .

I just want him to succeed again 🥲

L opinion. be kind.

also, this doesn’t ONLY apply to tenz..

any pro for that matter. heck, any person on this earth.

treat people with respect instead of being an incel on the internet.

https://twitter.com/CommendYT/status/1647730001939185665?s=20

w take from a comment i came across:

Having your special someone have cancer is really hard. It is not something like someone having common cold or normal fever.
And
Tenz having

• autoimmune disease,
• hand infection/injury,
• wife having cancer.
• added pressure from his former glory of being the best on early valorant.
  He is just a human like us.

BE kind, be respectful to your fellow humans.

It doesn’t cost anything to be a decent person.

should’ve been 2-0 man 😭😭

i was screaming at my phone “CHECK YOUR CORNERS AHHHHH”

even my plat ass checks that b cubby spot on pearl ... was it tenz and sacy who didn’t clear that corner?

sad sen fan here.. but split and ascent looked so good and competitive so w there