fair but if SEN bombs out they ain't gonna keep kaplan anymore. An org as big as SEn(at least in valo) needs to relevant all the time, Rob Moore has seen what success looks like on his socials interactions. If Kaplan sees that this roster would have better chance with a more consistent player than sacy then it's best for him to ask Rob Moore for a change and if he can't grant it then move one.
zekken and tenz can't perform on todays level all the time, sometimes they will be against way harder opponents so will be much more difficult for them to get impacts. That's why this team needs another gigachad player to provide that depth.

They only won against very bad teams and 100T who were very weak at the start. I am not, I watch the games and the mistakes , whiffs etc linger on in my eyes. I can't help it but I just notice individual mistakes very easily and sacy made a lot of them this split.

mada. This guy is as good but he plays duelist so they gotta figure out whether they put him on duelist and zekken on ini or got the n4rrate route and convert him to a flex-ini.

Unless you blew your load on the first message it's not too bad. I understand that it's easy to think out scenarios in your head but it's entirely normal that she didn't care too much about you and thus can't recognize you. As long as you can keep the conversation going, you can make her interested about you. Don't be too pushy tho.

Not changes. Just 1 change. Either sacy or zellsis. Better sacy than zellsis because zellsis provides other value than just gaming. They would still have the core, if the 5th guy is really really good it shouldn't be difficult at all to incorporate the 5th guy.

1 change isn't a blow up. It's just getting a mere upgrade so that you have better chances for urself against better teams. Look at EG.

If that 'someone' is any of the guys I have mentioned then it is worth it specially because sacy has been so mid for the past 2 years. 1 round he is good and then the next 3 rounds he dies without a trade.

If you are an org like SEN, you gotta stay ahead of the curve. Their chemistry is ruined, that's the point. If they gotta build it back they might as well do it with a better player. Look at G2 icy, even though icy isn't like a game changer he still made G2 play a lot better. SEN was getting mad impressions on their madrid posts, them being mid and irrelevant costs Rob Moore a lot.

Kaplan has to know better. If they can't make champs or win it with insane guys like zekken, johnQT, tenz and even Zellsis, it's cooked for him. He's not gonna be on SEN next year. So, he has no room to fumble. It's all or nothing and he has to be bold imo.

Do you watch NA tier 2? If not, watch them play first then talk. With any of those guys instead of zellsis/sacy SEN will become a true juggernaut, on per with Team heretics and that's not even a stretch.

emotion is the hindrance to success. Madrid was kind of a mickey mouse trophy, I have to say this even though I enjoyed SEN play. Right now there at least 5 teams that are fundamentally, tactic wise and roster wise better than madrid SEN. Only finding new strats and comps are not gonna be enough for SEN to close the gap. I am just being realistic.

I am being 100p realistic. If you don't think guys like verno, nismo, v1c etc wouldn't make this team instantly better you are just too attached to the current players.

clutches are not consistent ways to win games. I understand that those might get you hyped as a fan but I can objectively say this because I am neither a SEN fan nor sacy fan. Besides, you should expect clutches from players that stay alive late round. Players like verno or v1c etc would do the same if they were on SEN.

It was mostly tenz and zekken. The NRG game, the regional final against LOUD, madrid games. Yes teamwise, gameplay wise they were good. That's what i said too. But now that loads of teams have caught upto them and overtaken them in those regards they can't play the catchup game again with new strats only. They need at least one more guy that can steal away rounds.

Won masters off of TenZ and zekken playing insanely good and johnqt putting up numbers as an IGL. That's not replicable anymore when a lot of other teams have caught upto them. It's always better to stay ahead of the curve.

Next event meaning split 2?

For split 2 and champs, would you keep the roster as it is with proven synergy or would you swap out sacy for a wonderkid like wo0t( ex. OXG verno, mada in NA) who can guy diff anyone consistently and win you unwinnable rounds?

If you ask me, I will choose the later. Because, I feel like TenZ and Zekken are the only frontliners on this team. If they get shutdown SEN just loses. That's why they lose so many ecos. If zekken or tenz gets one digged on the entries SEN round just falls apart like a house of cards. Good gameplans, chemistry, good fundies etc are all great but they are teachable traits and 'guy diffing' the opponents can give you that extra edge to win scrappy rounds and maps. Thoughts?

[ N.B. please, stop writing essays arguing they don't need 'sweeping changes'. I never said they need changes. Their core is almost perfect, they just need one more super reliable player in terms of shooting and decision making. 1 change outside of their core of zekken, johnqt,tenz, zellsis wouldn't kill their identity ]

These team is the most individually skilled team in valorant right now alongside Leviatan.
SEN would have been up there if they had another good shooter instead of s0cy but it is what it is. Some games like these are just scrappy where it's the battle of who can diff who. That's all it is and in matches like these you gotta fight like you are in a mud wrestling with a 240lbs 6' tall guy and just win out. KCorp had the better gameplan today imo but TH guys are just avengers put together.

KEKW. NRG fan talking about comps ....

it was the earlier round on B. Th won that round

how do you like that 2k nutab0e?

sacy aim. unlucky hehe

wdym. wo0t is wo0ting so far

Nah, you learn that in school

Racism, no?

Tune in to https://www.twitch.tv/curry and watch Team Heretics destroy Fraud Corp playing real valorant

What games are you watching blud? You okay?

sacy will throw at least throw 3 rounds which will snowball to Furia giving a good fight.

That's not happening with sacy. Everything else could go their way but SEN will end up losing at least a map against Furia.

It's just a personality trait that I don't like. Hate is a strong word. You don't hate someone based off of a quirky thing they do

You gotta find better things than read and react to shitposts on vlr. Don't act so bougie, I know you ain't tryna solve the higgs boson browsing vlr right now.

Watch the EG section of latest platchat you would get a glimpse of what I am talking about.

Two people be speaking facts, like they be having GOAT to GOAT conversation and she just has to stick her nose in to say the dumbest shit ever. Like she wouldn't even have to disagree, she would just interrupt to agree with them while saying the most irrelevant and boring shit ever, adding nothing of value to the point other guys were making. Blud just be waffling ong. I hate that when people try so hard just to participate in a convo. She's cute tho.

They crucified Gigachad Rob for doing the right thing last year when he got rid of D0phh. But his coaches are absolute frauds who kept gaslighting him for that.

Godly util my ass. He isn't even top 20 in APR. Stop capping. His aim is horrible, he can't get the easiest trades. The other day he had to gekko ult in an 1v3 bcz he couldn't trade the guy earlier and they lost the next round off of that. His skye flashes miss all the time. These little things add up. Stop the myth. His util is nothing more than average

Won't happen. Kaplan and drewspark has no balls

Kaplan has no aura at all and when he talks it seems like he's about to cry. But I respect his passion.

SEN has already reached it's ceiling. Now a lot of teams have caught up, I don't see them doing well this year if imma be honest. At least not with this roster. You see these latam teams shooting and TH, Navi etc in EMEA when has 2 tremor aimers? It's chalked for them honestly

Yes but they can reach higher peeks with another cracked initiator player or zekken on ini and cracked duelist player like oxy/jawgemo

You got TH winning so I fk with u

bruh! The decision has been made recently. He was the main duelist up until now so obviously he would play duelists the most up until now.

check rn

Nah. The pills disrupt my head game. lemme think, I have the vision.

yeah but SEN wouldn't have made it from group Omega either with how they are playing

Zekken has been playing sova lately. He is gonna move back to initiators, his most comfortable role. Street has been talking. SEN signed a 18 year old wonderkid as their primary duelist, who is also bald apparently! Who could it be?

They can't. stop the copium. 100T ain't beating an NRG that will be hungry for that win

It definitely got heated at some point. It's on brand for Nadeshot to joke about his players bot fragging, boostio for example. But FNS thought Nadeshot is genuinely a stat andy and just looking at boostios stats. So, he asked that question to Nadeshot and Nade got mad because he thought FNS is trying to make him look dumb. Cz they both know an IGL isn't just about the stats

1 player change can change the whole team dynamic. It's more drastic than you think. Look at KRU, G2, TH, C9 etc.

People(Brazilians mostly) say he is the best support player so you gotta keep him but he isn't even top 15 in APR. Even Asuna has more assists than him! Best clutcher in the game but not even top30 in CL% 🤔 Something isn't adding up.

wdym sacy showed up in split one? You mean kickoff? Regardless, he was their worst player in kickoff and he is their worst player right now.

yes that helps but reinventing things and changing constantly is very tedious and not easy at all. If you are a good team you just have to guy diff sometimes to make it to playoffs or intl. stage at least and then pull out your good stuff. Look at the TH roster. benjy, riens, woot, miniboo and even boo all of these guys can diff anyone in the server and they can win just by scrapping as a fire ball.