https://x.com/ShoT_UPcs/status/1708239315732500545?s=20

I remember this guy's reyna on split. He used to be a top 5 duelists in early valorant days. Honestly, he should have been competing on a challengers team if not in VCT but I don't think he ever took the game seriously. Nice to see him back gaming tho

It's not an argument about who's better, he called MaKo the GOAT. You can't be the GOAT if you don't have anything to show for it. And yes, if zeek contributed as much in winning a major trophy as pANcada then he has had the better career so far.

Go with current pixel _a variants. Basically last yr's flagship with a different name and cheaper price.

Where's MaKo's trophy?

He didn't have this issue before, it's a confidence thing. He used to one of the proactive players itw. In any case, hes moving to the flex role so it's not an issue.

His general points were good and fair but when he went onto nitpicking things to prove that tenz has bad game sense or decision making, he made some pretty bad analysis. For example, the split haven jett knives clip where tenz gets the first kill and then he expects tenz to wait, marved put a star in the most random place ever and then peek that corner for second kill. That's just stupid, you never have enough time or resources for that. Another was when he said tenz didn't smoke the bomb( tenz actually did) and he said tenz does this often (which isn't true) and he showed only one clip for it and he still got it wrong. There were quite a lot of instances where he was just saying and showing things to prove a point and if you want to do that you could do that with anybody.

By saying 'leader' I meant him being vocal about things he specifically wants from his teammates. Since they didn't have much chem it's necessary that the duelists made plays on the fly and demanded their teammates for specific util.

He doesn't lose focus imo rather he's always paranoid about getting punished so he rushes things. He hasn't been dealing with the pressure very well lately so I personally think flex roles will be a lot more refreshing for him. Also, with johnQT at the helm and with proper structure, I feel like his jett will be a lot better as well.

criticizing someone play by play is always going to be a bad decision since we viewers never have the same picture and also he would never make a similar video for someone else who is not tenz. This gets him clicks but I thought some points are worth mentioning in general where SEN coaching staff could focus on improving. not just tenz but also for sacy and pANcada

Don't

It's not. I could make similar videos about each of the SEN players pointing out things they did wrong. The players when they see the vods could do the same. The chem just wasn't there and it's understandable when SEN always had some fk ups going on in last 2 years, most of those were managerial fk ups!

yes and he's never been the problem why they lost. It's just a reaction to sideshow's video, all of them played horribly this szn, they just didn't look like a proper team.

I have watched the whole video and after about 40-50min into the video he starts nitpicking a lot, he doesn't give tenz the benefit of the doubt that he doesn't have a observers radar to work with and honestly he starts rambling a lot about some of the plays that are pretty standard and could have gone either way. Despite that, he actually makes some good points that I agree with.

1. TenZ not being on the same page as his teammates in lot of the plays, specially when he's on the entry role. Lack of comms, lack of team chemistry, there could be a lot of reasons behind it but in general it's a fair statement regarding him and SEN in general. For example, when he has the kayO ult he's always going to flash through something hoping that he gets kills and in worst case his teammates gonna revive him but it almost never pans out that way. I feel like in his head he always works on a time limit, if I have my dash popped i need to do this thing, if i have a kayO ult i need to do this thing etc which is fine cz you need to get the best out of your util at the right time but your teammates also need to be on the same page.
2. TenZ is either way too passive or way too aggressive. I would say this is also related to him being low on confidence recently. He is either scared to make a play or tries to over compensate by being rash.
3. He is not a leader. I have seen somewhere that sacy was saying in a post match interview that the duelists were not vocal on that day. TenZ is a rhythm person. If everything is going well he will ask for things, he will make plays n stuff but if things start to go bad he goes quieter and quieter. That's the reason why it almost always goes downhill for him in a match. Other top duelists might go 1-5 at the beginning but still finish the map strong. TenZ is not that guy, he starts doubting himself and his sens and his setup etc. Most other duelists, you ask them "who is the best player in the world?" and they would reply "I am the fkin best " but tenz wouldn't. He doesn't have that 'I am him' energy.
4. He needs individual coaching and for the matter of fact I feel like all of them need individual coaching. That isn't to say they don't understand the game and need basic coaching but they need someone holding their hands and figuring out what's going wrong for them. One of the greatest soccer coach Jose Mourinho once emphasized on individual coaching and said that "If you are not able to coach the big players, you are not able to coach anyone. You are not going to teach Ronaldo how to take a free-kick, you are not going to teach Ibrahimovic how to hold the ball on his chest, you are not going to teach Drogba how to attack the first post and score in the air. You are going to teach them how to play football, in that team.” I feel like that's what made potter have such great success. She made sure all her players complement each other. I can't tell you how many times I have seen sacy just intuitively use his skye flashes to no benefit of the team but then not have them when his team needs it but he's still a world champ!

Despite saying all that, tenz is still a valuable player no doubt. He was one of their best rated players this season and as sideshow have mentioned, the untapped potential in this guy is huge. SEN has already invested a lot in this team and entrusted them with another season so what's stopping them from giving them a coaching staff alongside kaplan that would work in these players' individual improvement. I have read about a top LoL coach in China giving his players individual assignments for their ranked games! Picking their brains on how and why they makes certain decisions, how they react to certain things and knowing these things about each other would massively improve the team chemistry in my opinion.

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kaplan is signed till the end of 2024 so ig he doesn't need to. Anyway, thanks for the info. Do you think they will pursue an assistant coach or are they totally done with signings?

oh okay. Btw is Drew confirmed to stay? His name isn't on the database so ig he is FA rn?

Aren't they supposed to start prac from monday? iirc johnQT said that from monday they start pracc

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idk about others but SEN is, johnQt confirmed it on stream but ig they haven't gotten any invite yet

They have a budget team and the full team isn't even announced yet whereas SEN has a full announced roster and far more popular.

yes but it's odd that they are getting inv over SEN for example.

How come cloud9 doesn't even have a full team and they are already invited to both of the top tier off season events so far?

Off season tournaments ain't gonna get much better than that

Why are you talking about VCT bruv? It ain't about 'rejection', it's about 'invitation'. It's not like they went through a 'rejection' process and C9 got in through that. They chose to invite C9 over some of the other top teams!

yeah but they still have to announce them. I am a bit surprised that they are getting invited over SEN and some of the EMEA teams

Are you a bit dull?

t2? What's t1 then? There are a mixed bag of teams. Off season tournaments ain't gonna get much better than that

How come cloud9 doesn't even have a full team and they are already invited to both of the top tier off season events so far? Aren't they broke? Did C9 owner bribe off the tournament organizers with the money he doesn't have?

Common on Lotus but it's just a hypothetical in case they have to play single duelist and double controller.

nah, keep him on flash initiators. It's already a new role for him, no need to overburden him with more new roles.

Skye is a lot easier to play than kayO, if he can pick up kayO then he can play any initiator agents.

putting any of them on KJ would be a crime. Also, whenever zekken played kj he did horrible and I am pretty sure TenZ would do the same. They have never played lurk roles.

That's true but I wouldn't want him to play all these flex roles and then switch him to Jett entry and OP for one map. Keeping the roles somewhat consistent is the best way to go about it imo. zekken already plays most duelist agents so if it's a single duelist comp, they should just keep him on that role.

Pretty common Lotus comp

sacy on viper is the only issue for me but it's still the best solution with this particular comp imo

If she doesn't post full nudes and doesn't collab with others(male/female) then yes.

Viper just doesn't feel like his character. He needs to be active. Skye would suit him more if he is to move to flash initiators but if putting him on viper makes everyone else comfortable on their roles then I guess so

TenZ on Astra? That's just not it. I would rather put him on Viper.

Agree tbh but still roles look kinda fked up ngl

Jett, Astra, Viper, Killjoy, Skye.
If this is the comp for Sentinels then who plays what agent?

Traitor!

Le GOAT 🐐

https://x.com/esportsawards/status/1704482719244157009?s=20

They really need an assistant coach that will put in a lot of work in anti-stratting opponents. Last szn they looked so predictable cz they were always trying to replicate what they practiced in scrims but after one map with the same comp everything just goes poof. I don't mind drew as an analyst but we need another mind that just sees things beyond data and can cook up some real sh*t. I don't want a high profile coach tho. Cz clashes in personality and power struggle inside the coaching staff wouldn't be good.

yes, most probably but we won't know until she runs through the t2 gauntlet. There is such a huge difference between GC and even tier 2 that i don't think she would get a T1 opportunity right away.

No homo but tenz looks so hot! 🤩

Most of them don't really know. These reporters go through phases, when they work with a publisher like blix,dexerto etc or they have some leverage they get all the crumbs and rest of them are just trying to stay relevant by making it seem they know. I don't wanna name names but these are some professional wafflers.

yeah but at the same time I hope they stop scrimming GC teams. No offense to them but last time they were stomping too many GC teams before the LCQ and I feel like it gave them lots of bad habits and false confidence.

Who are they even going to practice against? I am of the opinion that stomping bad t3/GC teams in scrims do more harm than good. I am at least happy that they will do server time together and workout set stuffs to build better chemistry and intuition.

He isn't a sentinel like less or nAts who lurks a lot and finds great timings. Also, ngl IGL+senti is a recipe for low ACS. When he played initiator his ACS was good.

yeah but I feel like EG situation was a bit different. They could swap out the whole starting roster if they wanted to so they had to worry about the collective rather than making them individually look good. That made them play more like a team imo.

Zellsis said it himself that his priority is to compete still. Yes, the plan rn is that he will be the 6th but plans change.

Ask FNS. He said it once and it makes perfect sense. Anyone would be paranoid about losing their job in such a volatile environment such esports when the replacement is sitting right there. That's why NRG and 100T always sign mid players as their 6th.