I don't get any of these points regarding Shahzam being an overrated igl.

I'd say as much as 50-70% of Sentinel's success is because of his midround calling and IGLing. The players on sentinels are great, but I'm confident in saying that it is Shahzam's igling which makes them seem spectacular. As much as I hate the guy, he's a pretty damn good IGL and isn't overrated in any way. No one on the sentinels roster are the best players in their respective field (2 or 3 better sentinel and controller players than Dapr and Zombs) but yet their team is so good because of his IGL.

Nah, just hope for an upper bracket win. Regardless of the chances, that's what a fan should do yk. Hope for the best case scenario and see through it to the end.

If several teams were bidding on him, I really doubt they had more than 1 day of server time with him prior to his signing.

Ever since his nickname by subroza started surfacing, people have been hyping him up.

It may be fucked and it may actually just solidify pick ems.

Making a roster change 1 week prior to qualifiers with pretty much ZERO practice time before the signing is a juggernaut. Sentinels might have pulled off that during Masters 1 but it doesn't mean that isn't a juggernaut and every case would be like theirs.

Kaboose was really good back then. Top 3 phoenix for his time.

As for Mummay, he was average within tier 1 as a AWPER, but since he was basically always on a flex, you couldn't really flame him for that.

FNS is a great IGL and playmaker. This team didn't win any tournaments but had decent top 4 finishes much like now.

I doubt we'll see him during qualifiers. Incorporating Yay into a roster 1 week before qualifiers is not the greatest move. Telling your Jett awper 1 week before qualifiers that Yay will replace him isn't too smart.

However, for Berlin, you might see Yay but sources only point towards Envy signing him out of the 8 teams in the qualifiers. The chance isn't high, but its certainly there.

TSM vs Sen map 2 on Haven going to 18-16 OT or something along those lines. It was late at night, good casting (sgares + ddk) between the best two teams at the time + strong rivalry, and an awesome match that was the longest for its time.

Thats why you look for them when they have deals. Like a Razer Viper TE on discount is 40$ which is a good deal.

The G Pro / superlight has some discounts if you look out for them

I mean, you can replace Mkael with Yay and then force Nature or Koosta to flex.

I mean, he isn't overrated. Though, people forget he's on 8 ping while the rest of the server is on 40 but I'd still say he's a top 5 duelist regardless.

Underrated beforehand....maybe? Android, for me, was the star player on ABX rather than Yay.

Yeah but KennyS primarily awps. S1mple is an all around player so I just put KennyS instead. Both are good, though KennyS was basically the awp magician for a long period of time.

if we are basing it off of a major win, then we might as well say Rush and Tarik are better than s1mple.

A lot of people are sure to change their flairs. When Sentinels won Masters 1, then subsequently Iceland, people started watching them only after those key events, otherwise a lot of these fans didn't know about them prior to their win.

my guy is comparing the best awper in csgo history to a relatively unknown one....in a brand new game....

I call it one of brimstones "good traits." Its one less ability I need to buy lol. But yeah, the ability sucks.

Brimstones beacon fundamentally sucks and basically can never be put into meta unless riot completely swaps out that ability for something brand new. Unless the stim beacon can somehow maintain accuracy while shooting, but even then, that poses other problems.

Dawn is just a sub tho. Once spyder's injuries are dealt with, he'll come back and replace Dawn as a controller.

I mean, there are teriyaki chicken sushi rolls tho?

I honestly thought that one was incredibly overrated. I want to eat your pancreas was basically the same story but better executed.

Yes that is correct. So basically, win 2 in a row (without a loss) or win 3 games with 1 loss at the maximum.

Unlucky really....they just didn't want to take the wins from everyone else huh

Bro what, I thoguht GTN was to fill in the Coaching slot

probably a troll if he put C9B, Gen.G, and V1 above all the teams that qualified.

none are easy tho. Sentinels second round for this side of the bracket. Xset second round if they got the other side.

gMd, Koosta, Nature, Shawn, Yay?

That actually sounds like a super stacked roster. Though, NaturE is also a duelist at heart, but yeah he can flex to a lot of agents. Problem is, Sova isn't that easy of a character to flex towards. I might be a bit biased when bringing this up but, Drone was a great phoenix who just couldn't really flex to Sova. Maybe Nature and Koosta can pull it off, but its still a decently hard task.

Without a doubt, this roster is stacked from initial viewing though.

If they sign a val team, there are a LOT of good free agents out there beyond the ones mentioned above me (ex noble + team seal).

You got ppl like AZK, Jammyz (don't think he's signed yet), Thwifo, Drone, Yay, etc.

I mean, the top 4 making it into Berlin isn't really a risk though. G2, Acend, FPX, and Gambit are pretty decent picks with the former 2 being the strongest contenders.

I mean if you are going to mald over a loss like that then idk what to say to you tbh. Losing to Wardell isn't something to be ashamed of, vice versa.

I don't think any pro would react like you petty fans. Just accept the loss and move on, Champions is still a thing. Great match up regardless of the outcome factoring bias out from both sides.

damn, I got baited

gonna be honest, having Faze attached to his name does more PR damage than that TSM twitter post. Doesn't justify anything necessarily but just pointing it out there.

This thread is entirely about Sen and Rise....where tf did TSM come about?

But boi is their sub, not dicey.

That is almost exactly the same as my pick em lmao.

I really believe TSM can go far

TL is overrated but I wouldn't say severely. I'd put them maybe top 5, but nothing above that at the moment.

wtf?

I feel like from EU, Acend could definitely fill that roll.

In NA however, because of match ups and stuff, any of the top 5 team could take Sentinels out on a good day so it really just depends.

All good, just come back for challengers finals though.

the Shazam movie was good tho.

It was much funnier and less dark than the other DC films

Yeah I know. Its kinda ironic because I wrote a post the other day with very similar points as yours.

to ez for s1mple and electronic....

If only navi had them for valorant.

TL 2-0 Navi; haven't watched Navi but I think TL is a safer bet just by looking at the region

If only it began on August 3rd.....

TSM vs G2 would be nice. Clash of the kings during beta valorant

100t/TSM/Sen vs Acend would be hype (cNed vs TenZ/Wardell/Asuna would be interesting)

how could you be a tsm fan with the name "shanks"-burner.

Idk how picking your matches would be fair to the teams the other 4 teams that qualified before TSM, Faze, LG, and Rise.

Seeding matches, while boring and not played to the highest level, is probably the most fair way of deciding matches in a tournament.

LCQ is for champions, not berlin

Faze 2-0 100t

Last time they didn't really react well to the aggressive playstyle of Faze and I still have yet to see a counter that 100t has to their playstyle.

But, of course, this can easily be overturned but I think I'm more confident in siding with Faze for this one.

I think your statement can be misinterpreted on the "farmers" part of the sentence which can be seen as a bit racist in that regard.

v1 was out awhile ago tho

Yeah the problems with these lists is that it only takes into account fragging power which is basically only duelist players.

Because of this, only "flashy" and big players who get the kills are mentioned rather than the ones that also have impact through things other than kills.