If TenZ wasn't popular

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SaltyMcNulty

If he wasn't as popular as he is, if he was on may be s0m level in popularity, He probably would have continued playing for few more years. With how much he achieved already and the potential they had for next year by upgrading on sacy( as much as i love sacy I have to be honest) it's pretty safe to say they would have gone on a tear. I wonder if he will look back at this as regrets when he turns like 30-40 years old.

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He got bored playing Omen in VCT for the 100th times forcing him to retire. Sucks kaplan.

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yeah but there were multitudes of factors. One very important one was probably missing out on Shanghai. There are so few international LANs in a year and if you can't make it there consistently then it feels like you are just practicing and practicing for nothing.
Practicing 10-12 hours a day takes away most of the energy. I wish he just realized with the new team that SEN was gonna build, with him as a part of it he could have easily made it to all the LANs. It basically could have been our Fnatic level superteam but better since we had a strong core, a fragging IGL and add N4rrate/verno on top of that.

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t0nz was on the verge of retiring after going 13/30 on Jett against NRG

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I mean they won Madrid and got top 4 in champs his omen was insane and I guarantee you he wanted to play flex at the beginning of the year

Can’t blame him

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If Valorant was in a double duelist meta and TenZ got to play duelist, he 100% keeps playing.

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FNS>

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True
FNS the true val goat never stop until he wins champs

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Tenz is a sell out he left for the content creator cash 😹

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There were other things that bothered him so may be it felt like it wasn't worth giving up so much money.

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how dare he do the easier thing that pays more, i would never personally

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" if he was on may be s0m level in popularity" he would get kicked in 2023.

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Nope. 10k viewers is still good and in 2023 he has crazy personal problems and despite that he only had 2 bad series in the whole year.

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cope

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if tenz wasn't so popular he would've gotten dropped from SEN ages ago
it's common knowledge that their org prefers clout over skill (shroud 2022 LCQ)

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Fart

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why does ur org keep demon1?

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dort

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im not on the org why are u asking me this

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why is dort highkey funny asf when he’s not baiting

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he's like a discount trembo and I love it

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based

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it's facts though

TenZ was given much more leniency than any other player in Valorant history

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Bro that's because he is the GOAT tho. You don't drop a rising Messi because he had 2 bad patches. His coaches and org watched him day in day out, we just watched him on matchdays. They probably recognized how talented he was and it wasn't worth giving him up easily.

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yeah he peaked in 2021, demon1 and yay were always better

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that's such a cope. TenZ was better in 2024 than he was in 2021 skill wise

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babysasuke

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I’d be really surprised if a single person without a SEN flair backed you up in this

Iceland TenZ was a masterclass, Madrid was a mickey mouse tournament

Lowk doing a disservice to how good he was if you can’t tell the difference

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He's playing omen and kayO blud. You want him to do the same shit he did on prime Jett? In terms of how he played and his movement, mechanics etc were on per if not better in 2024.

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He’s not on Jett in 2024 for a reason

2021 TenZ clears prime Zekken too

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They literally signed another player to fill his spot and role swapped him to a role he has no experience on instead of dropping him

Who else gets that leniency

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I am not denying that he got a lot of leeway but I am stating the reason for it. It wasn't because he was popular it was because people around him trusted him. They knew how good he was as a player and knew that he never liked playing and entry duelist. He didn't do hard entries in 2021 either. It just made a lot of sense to move him over to flex and let a young prodigy play the duelist role.

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They probably recognized how talented he was and it wasn't worth giving him up easily.

they kept him for his clout and value he brings to the org. not his skill

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SaltyMcNulty

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why do u gotta say dumb shit all the time? They could have asked him to do cc and he woulda been fine with it since he was thinking of going full cc anyway.

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if you honestly think they kept tenz because of his talent then you do you brother

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best dort take I have ever heard

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he has a fiancée and dreams he wishes to chase, the guy does not need to compete and honestly good on him for making that decision early so he has more time

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People are really selfish
Stop fantasising and making stories
He wants to enjoy life
Stop being a parasocial bitch
Its his life so he decide on what he wants to do
Everyone have regrets but stop being weird