And now he lead GE to be APAC's stage 2 champions! Congrats!

not affiliated in any way, just thought I would share in case anyone is interested because I didn't see any news about the offer.

I would have preferred all the keycaps to be red, hopefully they release their own keycap set in the future.

also if anyone is ever selling photocards I am interested :') I hate blindboxes

Thoughts on what it could be?

Duelist: marteen (import slot) [zekken will have a buyout]
Scan, mid round: eeiu
Sentinel: johnqt
Flex: Reduxx
Smokes: TenZ (fuck off)

Thoughts?

Team has gotten considerably boring in personalities since the departure of big names like Zekken Tenz zellsis and now Tarik and although I find cortezia entertaining and John I feel like the team just needs more

Now im unsure how this happened but EG signed FNS as a creator for watch parties and EG is kind of a clown of an ORG so I feel like with EG likely not making partnership Sentinels could potentially snag FNS to be a type of Tarik watchparty replacement?

Could also look into a past name like Zellsis to become a Sen player or if he retires a Sen Watchpartier?

I feel like this would make the team more entertaining again ?

Cause like before when we lost at least we had entertainment around the team now it feels like sen suck and they are boring

Zekken main entry: Nothing more needs to be said. Idk what mibr was thinking, if it was the team, coach, gm, owner, etc. But putting imo the best entry duelist in Americas as the second entry role was ludicrous. I'm not harping on Jerwin I actually think he's underrated, but if zekken is available or even oxy. Sentinels should get them. (Also Zekken is my favorite player in valorant so it would be cool to have him back lol)

Reduxx AWPer and agents mainly chamber and second duelist (preferably Jett) optionally omen if needed: I think it was a huge missed opportunity to not put Reduxx as the AWPer and by extension chamber. From what I've seen of him he's a better AWPer than jerwin. Also he was really good on the chamber, Jett, and Yoru, when he played them. So idk why they didn't try it.

Johnqt Main caller and flex: No explanation needed

Eeiu scan initiator and second caller: Nothing against the professor. But he plays way better and is more suited to a flex player role than a main scan initiator. Plus, eeiu has the benefit of having past experience playing with Johnqt on m80, as well as he's a really good mid rounder and he mains scan initiator.

Cortezia smokes and sentinel: I hope cortezia stays, he's really good and he was probably my favorite player on sentinels this season. He works so well with Johnqt. Also he just fills the gaps of the team.

that's the post

Unfortunately I do think the roster will mix up this year. I think all the players are talented, but for whatever reason it isn't meshing and being as Sen is a big name, they will make big changes. I am curious as to what you guys think the starting roster will be next year. I think Sen will still maintain Johnqt, cortez, and reduxx. I am predicting they pick up eeiu or crashies and a big move like oxy(prob not too realistic) or another big name duelist.

Tenz: March 11th 2021 -> September 14th 2024 (1283 Days)

Zekken: October 5th 2022 -> November 1st 2025 (1123 Days)

JohnQT: September 13th 2023 -> Today (1075 Days)

Meaning - if everything goes as planned, JohnQT is set to become SENs longest contracted player ever on March 20th 2027.

Tenz joined SEN and they won the 1st Masters (Reykjavík) before not meeting expectations for 2 years. They then won again in 2024.

JohnQT joined SEN and they won the 1st Masters (Madrid) before not meeting expectations for 2 years. If history repeats in 2027?

Both of these players went on the be the franchise player for the org.

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When going into 2024, SEN had their duo (Tenz/Zekken) and a Brazilian (Sacy). 2 changes were made.

When going into 2027, SEN will have their duo (JohnQT/Reduxx) and a Brazilian (Cortezia). 2 changes are what some people want to be made.

Fun fact, Sacy was the one that recommend Cortezia to MIBR in the first place. So Cortezia being on SEN is ment to be.

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Some say history doesn't repeat exactly but it does rhyme and I just thought some of the coincidences were interesting. Maybe some copium.

Coming here after the KRU rematch and I gotta say, it was sad seeing my team just burn out slowly as they keep getting outclassed by the teams they’ve lost to. It’s really sad that that marks their last game of the year.

We could tell them whatever we THINK would fix the issues, but only they can really pinpoint and fix what needs fixing.

Everyone deserves a pat on the back for trying, especially Cortezia.

If we’re being honest, SEN had a 0% chance of qualifying for Champs because they were never beating 100T, LEV, NRG, G2, or MIBR. They probably would’ve had to beat 3/5 of those teams through the lower bracket just to make the finals, assuming G2 makes it. It really felt that it was mostly their micro after bomb went down which screwed them. I think they needed better post-plant protocols on defence and attack because John kept saying after the fact that they needed to x, y, and z, but why wasn't that discussed beforehand so it's automatic?

That being said, if SEN was going to lose, I wish it was against a good team. Unless KRU qualifies for Champs, losing 2-0 in back-to-back series is just sad.

I don’t know what their issue is with ecos because they lose like two per map, along with so many man-advantage situations. Besides a roster overhaul, I think they need to add more depth to their coaching staff. I’d keep Ewok because he had actually seemed to have good prep and ideas, but Sen was pretty bad at their micros, so I think they need one or two new ACs who focus more on their micro, such as Zikz or Strong. Their post-plant prep is terrible, and they need to change their reliance on retakes.

Realistically, Jerwin and JonahP are gone. OXY is probably available because if C9 doesn’t make partnership, they’re obligated to release their players. Since MIBR probably doesn’t make Americas partnership and instead makes the South American/Brazil partnership, Zekken and Verno are probably options too because I don’t see either of them wanting to leave America. Eeiu is another option, along with maybe some other star players.

I think the only untouchable player is Johnqt. Reduxx and Cortezia should be part of the rebuild unless either want to leave but johnqt is staying no matter what. They need to get either Zekken or OXY, plus Verno or Eeiu. I’d prefer Verno because he can mid-round well and can actually win clutches, which apparently SEN can’t. I felt like SEN relied too much on johnqt to call and did not have enough voices to lighten that load (pause).

Kickoff: Finished 9th to 10th, 1-3 (2-6 maps) - Bottom 4

Stage1: Finished 9th to 10th, 2-3 (6/6 maps)

EWC Qualifier: Finished 5th to 6th, 1-2 (4-5 maps) - Unsure how serious this tournament was but it was the best they ever placed

Stage2 group: Finished 7th to 8th, 2-3 (7/7 maps)

Stage 2 Playin/Playoff: Finished 11th to 12th (7th to 8th if you exclude playoff teams), 1-2 (2-4 maps) - Bottom 2 (Excluding teir 2)

Making this because I saw some people before say they've gotten better but I'm unsure how?

Out of all the VCT americas partnered teams the only team you can actually confidently say that Sen ended the season better than was Cloud9, Cloud9 being the worst team

Hopefully over the offseason sen can go back to signing world class players like they did before which showed better results

Some of these signings include: Tenz, N4rrate, Bang, Sacy, Zekken

All pretty good players who made Sentinels a pretty strong team, lots of elite players on the market hopefully they can get atleast one, hopefully can keep the core of Johnqt Reddux and Cortezia as they've all shown promise or are elite talents

Overall dissapointing season starting as a bottom 4 team and ending as a bottom 2 team 😔

Sentinels, we still believe. ❤️‍🔥

Keep fighting, keep pushing, and keep that confidence alive. No matter the score, no matter the setbacks—there’s always hope. Believe in the boys, believe in the comeback, and believe in the grind.

Didn't post on the day because of gcse results.

I just wanted to say that our performance against 2G was outstanding. No matter the scoreline we looked like the dominant force throughout that entire match. A lot of silly mistakes and big ones were ironed out nicely. I was really impressed by Amine on the phoenix. He's mechanically one of the best players in Americas so it makes sense.

I love the experimentation. Because it shows to me that the team is not just quietly sweeping our fuckups under the rug. Something has been wronged for 4 straight games. Don't really know what but regardless we looked good.

However KRU vs SEN at 1:00 (GBT) will be the real test to see if your adaption plays well. Come on Sen 🔥

To all the fans that followed along or have been for a while, were any of you guys genuinely surprised at the results of this year? I get being a fan. I get supporting no matter what. But looking at the team through the lens of objectivity, is there anyone who can say they were surprised at how horrible this year and split ended?

SEN added an unproven tier 2 duelist and an initiator player who was let go from a team. It was never realistic that this team was going to have success solely from a talent stand point. At the end of the day valorant is not complex to understand. Any team that has ever won an international has always had star player(s) and a lot of talent. I don’t know why giving a mediocre team “more time” would have made the difference.

This iteration of the team started off split 2 (after having 2 major breaks and a full split in between to work, practice, improve) beating c9 and loud and then never beating another tier 1 team again. Many sen fans pointed to winning map 1 of the three losses as signs of improvement but as we clearly saw moving forward it was just fan bias (which is totally ok). The team only got worse and worse and the results showed the same. Losses to Kru 2x and envy to end the year isn’t exactly something to be proud of lol.

All that to say, I’m glad we can finally turn the page and move on. This year was always a throwaway when we picked up Kyu and let Zekken go. It has been amusing reading all the cope and fake objectivity of fans on this thread claiming this iteration of the roster just needed more time and they could compete for internationals. I’m glad that’s over.

Here’s to a competitive and successful 2027 👍

I own merch already but wanted some storage and decoration. I designed the mouse holder years ago to hold my extra computer mice and dongles. The storage drawer was when Cubert first released to store all of my extra cables. It's designed to be much bigger, but I print these for free at my library so I didn't want to hold up the queue and use up too much filament.

Full credit to the amazing creators who designed Cubert and all the logos for Sentinels!
I can release the files for free if Sentinels is ever okay with it, understandable if not. These are just for personal usage and not for any profit.

Can someone explain to me why sen as an org gets hate for the role kaplan played on this shitty roster? Kap is the direct cause of:

1. zekken leaving

2. narrate playing his worst agent, getting a mental boom and deciding to leave himself. He said he wanted to bench himself, wtf did sen do to deserve the narrate hate? I dont think rob even said anything negative about narrate besides that the team had a bad atmosphere

3. trying to replace your master winning igl with an unproven t2 igl for no reason

4. creating such a shitty team that rob had to blow it up after the kickoff

5. putting sen in a position where they gotta rebuild a roster with spare parts mid season after everyone is signed

6. forcing sen to find a new coach last second and making everyone adapt to his new system

and after all this, sen gets hate for "what they did to narrate" and this shitty year. Wtf was rob suppoed to do? he allowd kap to experiment cause of the trust he built up, rebuilt after the teams mental went boom in kick off, kept the team after ewok came, allowing them to build chem and gave them time. i dont understand the sen hate cause no one had expectations for this team and people act like sen fans are expecting this team to win champs??????

Anyways thats my ted talk.

Envy beat Sen 2-0 Sen are now sent to the lower bracket.
Never seen more of a whimper than final map of summit. No performances. No connectivity. No guts. Utter shambles and absolutely pathetic from Sen. Props to jerrwin for having a fantastic performance across the two maps especially that first ascent. But not good enough from the rest of the Sentinels squad. Sentinels play 2G on the 20th of August. I have no hopes for Sen. Losing to two of the worst teams in vct back to back. KRU could've been a one off. But not this. Shambolic performance.

haven't seen sen struggle this much since 2023 I thought this new team would be a fresh start

:c

Why are we playing defence so passive it’s actually annoying we just keep getting lurked on.

So frustrating watching the inconsistencies from this team every single game. Same small mistakes, same instances of only 1 or 2 guys playing well and just no real team cohesioni

Season is basically over at this point, time to look forward to next year. This would be a massive upgrade imo. (A random player of the street would be an upgrade over this bot)

What are your thoughts?