Tenz
Zekken
Marved
Johnqt sentinel igl
eeiu
there's probably better players out there and they should drop tenz tbh but im trynna keep it realistic here not in some fantasy world where sen only keeps marved and zekken and every other orgs just gives up their players for sen
johnqt also worked with kaplan before on ghost where they had their success
thoughts ?
dropping tenz would mean that a major portion of sen fanbase would leave AND a lot of their revenue is made from tenz, ofc theres the offchance that he retires but stays as a cc but even then their esports fanbase would take a huge hit but if they do want to go that route then getting nismo would be the best option
they have tarik for the general audience who supports sentinels as a team but the majority of the sen fanbase are just tenz fans and if tenz leaves so do most of them, take a look at their youtube videos with tenz and without tenz and also the games where tenz doesnt play and he does play/watchparty, sentinels IS just tenz pretty much and its not like tenz is washed he is still a young prospect but unlucky for him there were issues in his personal life that he couldnt control and he mentioned it in many of his streams how he just cant focus on his games anymore (which im guessing is coz of the situation with kyedae), feel bad for that guy coz he isnt like a fake influencer or a huge egoistical person, he is probably the most humble person in the val community
not at all, look at all the teams that are doing good in regular season and even now in lcq, EG is a great example and teams like NRG, NAVI, FNC, PRX, DRX, LOUD all of these top teams (and teams who are winning LCQ rn like Zeta, TS, NAVI and KRU/LEV) had a core last year and kept going with it and trusting the process unless theres like a massive disagreement between players and coaches on how the game should be played or ego clashes within the team then theres no reason that teams should completely rebuild after a mediocre season especially sen coz they barely got any time to build chemistry coz management fucked them over every other week
NAVI, FNC, DRX, LOUD, NRG, EG all have top tier igls and PRX is an anomaly, yall are just deluding yourself to belive Sen needs to stick with a core.
Sentinels problem is not having an proper igl and Tenz not being flexible, they are only gonna get results if they fix this. If they dont they are gonna have a similar season as this year, most likely even worse cus other teams will strengthen their rosters.
Boostio wasnt seen as a top tier IGL before 2023 and stax has always been an inconsistently/mid IGL, your point is invalid. I'm not telling that sen should stick with marved as an IGL I want them to get johnqt (who has worked with kaplan before) if they can and also tenz is flexible enough and like i said hes young not some old washed player who cant learn new agents
This is a really good roster, personally, i don't see tenz, zekken and marved leaving as i think they all played well this season but i do see sacy and Pancada leaving as pancada is kinda wasting his talent and sacy would leave if pancada leaves (probably going to MIBR)
and if they get the igling off of Marved he will start fragging more
I also hope they implement PRX playstyle as TenZ, Zekken and Marved are all great fraggers and aimers
I remember sideshow proposed
Zekken
Pancada
Sacy
-Marved +Johnqt
-Tenz +Nismo
wich I think is a good roster, but I agree that them dropping tenz is unrealistic
idk if pancada and Sacy are a package deal but if they aren't then I think sentinels best option while keeping tenz would be
Tenz
Marved
Sacy
-Zekken +Nismo
-Pancada +JohnQT
and if sacy and pancada are a package deal then... eeiu could come along as well i guess?
SEN will do anything in their power to keep TenZ, he's really a win-win for them because while they are other players better than him rn, he's still good enough to compete at the T1 level. (He needs to expand his agent pool fr). And ofc, he brings so much in terms of viewership and attention, really an organization's dream player.
I feel like the current roster should work with another year, but at the same time they could do with a seasoned IGL.
Option 1 - keep Marved on IGL, full roster stays, maybe make TenZ a sub and sign Nismo, put Zekken on full duelist.
TenZ is undoubtedly not bad at all and wasn't the problem, but also not the full solution, and could definitely make for a really good sub, which would also allow him more time for personal stuff, especially with Kyedae's current situation. also means he can stream more which is never a bad thing for TenZ fans.
Option 2- Bye Bye Brazil
TenZ
Zekken
Marved
Johnqt*
Zander/eeiu
Although I personally think this is worse than having the Brazilians, given their experience and ever-improving English, with this comms will improve in terms of faster conveying of info. the M80 are by no means weaker than the average T1 team, and with the new IGL in Johnqt can bring fresh ideas to the team. the roster will likely be rounded out by another Canadian, either eeiu or Zander, depending on how the team feel out the roles to be.
Option 3 - No changes at all.
Just tank it out with the current roster, and hope it goes ok. It could work, but so far not worked yet.
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