I understand where youre coming from that making an international might not me an achievement for them but it is still something to be proud of as there are some teams that have never made one ever. To be consistent like that is still an achievement.

I wrote an article about everything going on with Sentinels and how their season has started and where its going. If posting this is against the rules than I am sorry and will delete this post or the mods can delete it. My substack is something I purely do for fun and don't pay wall any of it so I dont intend to profit off posting this. Just want to share my thoughts and get some feedback.
https://open.substack.com/pub/omniumgatherum/p/sentinels-kickoff-2026?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=25u8gc

Failing is a harsh term, but this team is seen in their region as just being consistently great and above the middle of the pack teams. They haven't been performing up to that standard that they have gained. I don't think they should have lost to BBL, the ascension roster, especially not 13-4. I would be ashamed of that.

primmie is playing amazing but I think that crws drilled the team and gave them good stuff to do with ults and whatnot which is still uber important. Without crws the team probably doesn't backup primmie as much as they are right now.

I think coaching is the best avenue for him. With the success of Crws he may see it as a sign that he can be successful and still compete. Just not on the actual server.

While I think you're right I don't think its the main reason why FNC has been failing so far this season. The way that Boaster calls and how FNC have been playing for the past few years has been kinda figured out and they haven't really strayed from that in a long time.
If FNC speed up their playstyle or do more double duelist stuff then they may be able to bounce back but I kinda doubt they are willing to take that "risk".

Demon1 is so good for the scene. We NEED this because it allows for social media, the desk, casters, and streamers to have storylines that they can use to make it more interesing.

you're joking right? it was not a dominant year. they got 2nd one event, washed up the second, and then bounced back. That is not dominant in any way. You want dominance? Look at Fnatic this year. They are the only team that has been dominant in the games history.

It's still a potential banger. Especially from a story point or view. If liquid decide to show up it's an easy 2-0, but if liquid don't it's an absolute slugfest of the worst valorant at the highest level. Which u am all for.

there is a very big chance that liquid don''t even make it out of groups. If they do then i see it, otherwise no.

hasn't played jett recently, so not relevant

chambers not better than cypher and kj though. A sentinel's job is to stall a site and allow for you team to rotate. Chamber can't do that well unless he gets kills.

but guild have looked so strong recently that it doesn't feel like to big of an upset.
Unlike FPX gambit...

guard are tier 1.5 and are poised to break into tier 1 by the end of this event

thats what im saying