Unpopular opinion: SEN is improving.

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-

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

cope

i am so sorry for u
or im happy for u

idk i didnt read it sen trash KEK

This is copium, but at least you kinda explained it, not top 10 team tho

their icebox must be disastrous and thier split is also dogshit, that means any decent opposition can take atleast one map from them. Thier ascent didnt look too good, bind was very one dimensional, fracture was good, haven idk, breeze idk

The issue is that the competition has caught up to them.

Literally look at the graph of their achievements since their masters win last year and it is a line straight downward

How long ago did Kanpeki join the team? If its less than like 2 weeks then that puts things into perspective considering how less SEN usually practice. They would need more time to get comfortable with so many new roles ig.

But still so much of what was losing them rounds were lack of fundamentals and structure. That can only be solved by a coach and a lot of practice.

Nah bruh this is COPIUM. they looked much worse than they did during the V1 series. The only good thing about this tourney is that it seems TenZs form has returned.

Its unpopular but it definitely isnt an opinion, its a fact. People are so blinded by their hatred towards SEN that literally anything SEN do will be criticised and used against them to create whatever narrative the haters want to. V1s situation right now is literally the same as Sen in fact it should be even better than sen considering they had plenty amount of time to practice with wardell (compared to how much time SEN had to practice with Kanpeki) and on top of that their team isnt the one switching roles, its wardell filling what they need him to. With sentinels its pretty much a complete overhaul, their team needs to revise their style of play on every single map because of the hole that zombs left in the team. Their defense is now lacking and sick needs to find a way to fill it in along with Dapr and potentially shahz.
Theyve been looking better and better every single game and they also dont have a coach so eveything is on shahz. The dude has been cutting down his streaming time by A LOT and im guessing hes making use of the time with prac and creating a strategy for his team. You could see how their comps were changing around clearly showing that they dont have much practice in scrims at all. It looks like theyve only been able to test out their set ups in the tourney and arguably had they had more time to either fix up split or at least practice a larger map pool like icebox or smth, they would definitely have a large chance at winning against LG.
Everyone is disagreeing and hating on sentinels but time and time again they fail to provide any evidence of Sen being bad or just in general not being as strong as they should be. They had super close series against Faze and LG and somehow people are still braindead enough to call them a tier 2 team which really just show the prejudice against sen

Horrible take lmao

In the reykjavic qualifier they beat Rise, PKS, and NRG; and also took a map off Optic

Now they’re losing to Faze, Luminosity, and dropping a map to Akrew and NYFU

They look horrible atm, probably the worst they’ve performed since the TenZ move

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 flak for not fragging in abundance but he has been making smart use 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 is 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

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

They aren’t improving

In that long post, u should have at least make a tldr of 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 flak for not fragging in abundance but he has been making smart use 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 is 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

Its unpopular but it definitely isnt an opinion, its a fact. People are so blinded by their hatred towards SEN that literally anything SEN do will be criticised and used against them to create whatever narrative the haters want to. V1s situation right now is literally the same as Sen in fact it should be even better than sen considering they had plenty amount of time to practice with wardell (compared to how much time SEN had to practice with Kanpeki) and on top of that their team isnt the one switching roles, its wardell filling what they need him to. With sentinels its pretty much a complete overhaul, their team needs to revise their style of play on every single map because of the hole that zombs left in the team. Their defense is now lacking and sick needs to find a way to fill it in along with Dapr and potentially shahz.
Theyve been looking better and better every single game and they also dont have a coach so eveything is on shahz. The dude has been cutting down his streaming time by A LOT and im guessing hes making use of the time with prac and creating a strategy for his team. You could see how their comps were changing around clearly showing that they dont have much practice in scrims at all. It looks like theyve only been able to test out their set ups in the tourney and arguably had they had more time to either fix up split or at least practice a larger map pool like icebox or smth, they would definitely have a large chance at winning against LG.
Everyone is disagreeing and hating on sentinels but time and time again they fail to provide any evidence of Sen being bad or just in general not being as strong as they should be. They had super close series against Faze and LG and somehow people are still braindead enough to call them a tier 2 team which really just show the prejudice against sen

your mom has caught up to your ass. That is the most shit take ive ever heard. That mightve been the problem in Champs but definitely not the case with Stage 1 and right now. If they played like they did in Iceland I have no doubt they would be top 4 right now in NA cause they were really just a good team with great reads and great counterstrating, people keep underestimating the level sentinels were at but they were REALLY far ahead of the competition at the time. When you combine a team full of cracked players that were arguably the best players on their respective roles at the time with the profuse amounts of work shahz put in to create DOCUMENTS for every INDIVIDUAL team on how to counterstrat them, it gets you absolute domination over the esports in question. They definitely wouldnt be dominant playing like that now but they definitely would be a massive force to reckon with and if teams come unprepared they would definitely get wiped. I still think that Iceland was the peak of Sentinels with an argument to be made for SSOME maps in champions, but honestly just rewatch iceland and youll see that they actually knew what the fuck they were doing and tehy were dismantling teams from the inside out

i don't understand what is wrong with na scene lmao, they want after roster changes is a green carpet, give them time to build synergy and i literally agree what sen did to its roster, they look better, and tbh it's not kanpeki who needs to adjust with the team, the rest need to adjust according to his capabilities, they have a high chance to qualify for masters

i aint reading all that
happy for u tho
or sorry that happened

0/8

Your first two points are fair enough, but your next two are the ones I have a problem with. SicK and Kanpeki are not bad players, and they are picking up their new roles pretty well, but that doesn't mean improving, that means they have the potential to improve.
What I mean by improving is better and better results or strats or chemistry. We really don't have anything to prove that, but I do believe SEN do have the potential to improve, because their base team is very good.
I simply do not believe Shahz's style of IGLing with mainly antistratting is unsustainable. I always hear people call him the antistrat king or smth, but the reason why it used to work, was only because the team's superior aim and individual capabilities could patch together the spotty parts. Eventually they need some rounds where they just straight up win, and some set plays. I don't think streaming is a bad thing, but it's pretty clear that the team as a whole could have put some more hours into a custom theory crafting strats and such, since they don't have a coach. Antistratting is always a great tool, but it shouldn't be your main prep as a coach or an IGL, it should be a supplement to an already great prep.

Bro that essay is bigger than all my actual essays

They lost to faze and LG

Kekw

Kinda agree and disagree at the same time. ShahZam once said they were playing to not lose rather than to win and i think they still have that mindset since they are under so much pressure to qualify.

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

vlr.gg is amazing for letting people write whole ass paragraphs just to say SEN is a SHIT team LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
vlr.gg is amazing for letting people write whole ass paragraphs just to say SEN is a SHIT team LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
vlr.gg is amazing for letting people write whole ass paragraphs just to say SEN is a SHIT team LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
vlr.gg is amazing for letting people write whole ass paragraphs just to say SEN is a SHIT team LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
vlr.gg is amazing for letting people write whole ass paragraphs just to say SEN is a SHIT team LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

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

Kappa x7 💀

I mean... it's pretty hard to get worse than what they were so, congrats to them? LMAO

I think NA scene is improving n sen needs to adapt the changes around them. Or just a mental block cause of losing.. :(

didnt read

0/8

Not excusing sentinels here for their performance but it was such an unfortunate matchup for them to go against a team that had just played them the previous quals. They were able to play much better than before and were able to counterstrat sen. At the end of the day SEN lost and they havent improved much on Bind, but i do see the improvement in communication out of them this week and i just wanna see them get to groups cause thats where i feel theyll be able to improve the most due to the matches being week on week