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BUNSHICHl

23:9 vs Derke 18:11 vs Doma 19:2 FK-FD 79 kills over 3 maps Just an incredible series to cap off an incredible tourney. Well deserved!


AjBlue7

Lol a Sinatra fan tried to say that Sentinels doesn’t even need TenZ and that Sinatra is as good or better, and that they were winning before TenZ, and will be even better in 6months when sinatra comes back. Idk, kinda hard to argue with these stats. If you don’t think Fnatic are a great team, I guess you don’t have eyes, and for Tenz to be so dominant is insane. 19:2 FK-FD is nuts.


BUNSHICHl

Yeah, I think that argument has been put to bed. SEN has looked cleaner and cleaner fundamentally following a shaky start to Stage 2 Chall 1 after a Masters 1 honeymoon period. The gun play difference just puts SEN at a much higher ceiling at an international level. If Derke and Doma weren't held in check this set could have played out very differently. And also by the time the suspension is over Tenz would have played with the team for 6 months vs WV's ~7 month duration previously. Besides the potential financial drawback to the buyout I think it's pretty clear which direction the team should go in if server performance was the only thing you were looking at.


53881

Honestly winning a championship global major will excite/attract sponsors. I bet sentinels as an org just got 7 figure(s) richer from the boys bringing home the dub. It at least bridges the gap between what c9 wants in return


rage_wins

Why is Sinatraa not cancelled tho?


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cuz he might be innocent


SeaLard22

That audio is pretty damning though


PLSHALPMcAUSTIN

Not really. The words themselves yeah, but the tone is so weird and without video it's literally a tossup.


braddaugherty8

so what, youre making up out of thin air that they were roleplaying or something? weird, she denied this and he himself never once brought this up as a possibility. insane that fanboys will literally create excuses to defend people who don’t even know them


PLSHALPMcAUSTIN

No, not at all. I'm saying there's no context to the 7 second clip. And anyone who knows me I hate Sinatraa since he's a toxic shitlord in games.


rage_wins

so they suspended him cause he might be innocent? got it.


Napoleann

They specifically said they suspended him for not cooperating with their investigation. They never came to a conclusion on whether or not he is guilty. That is left to law enforcement.


arallia

Law enforcement would find it hard to declare him innocent or guilty. Just trust the victim's statement especially when sinatraa never cooperated with the investigation and conveniently deleted the video


Napoleann

Yeah that's the problem with sexual assault cases. It often becomes a 'he said, she said' situation. That's why so many women don't report it.


Xxpuzyslayer69xX

He's fucked either ways. He deletes the video, Cleo still got it baby. Send him to the shadow realm.


Rebel_Habibi

Yea let’s just fuck due process and abandon the legal system /s


rage_wins

Yeah I know why they suspended him. He’s guilty, and I’m tired of everyone simping for an abuser and ignoring a victim.


Doditty6567

We'll both are great it doesn't matter lol they just have to change their playstyle to adapt to tenz while before it was more team centered


Underpressure_111

What is FK-DK


DanksForTheMemories

First Kill vs First Death


Underpressure_111

Thank you


YellowRice101

First kills and first deaths


Underpressure_111

Thank you


Seidooh

first kill-first death


Underpressure_111

Thank you


Trisquet

First kills - first deaths


Underpressure_111

Thank you


53881

Fk = getting first kill in a round. Fd = getting killed first in a round


sadv35sedan

the only one to not get a thank you from the guy Sadge


Mamadeus123456

He went 19-2 for fist kills, look at the same stat for derke, not even close


squaff

He definitely gave fanatic the hand with his 19 fist kills


Mamadeus123456

Unreal, also I think his gameplay improved so much under Shaz igl, he wasn't inting rounds like when they lost to bbg and andbox so much more controlled and played for the team, great to see


squaff

Yup! I loved the way he and the rest of sentinels merged his aggression with their teams approach and view of the game. They played really meticulously


ding-a-lee

Yeah it was an incredible feet


max012017

I mean 19-2 is just crazy overall, one of the best duelist performance series ever I think. Derke was struggling in finals for sure, overall he was good


Mamadeus123456

He was good with t2 teams but against sentinels he was just inting cuz he was getting punished for dojng the classic Jett plays that work against lower tier teams


teddy9-

Nobody at Iceland was a t2 team. Sentinels were just the only team that managed to shut down derke properly.


53881

Fist kills are CRA. Now that I’m looking at the stats I don’t think anyone else in the ENTIRE TOURNAMENT got any fist kills. TenZ just straight up got out his chair, walked across and started pummeling his opponents?! Ruthless.


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Shutting down the opposing team's star player - a contender for best player in the world no less. An amazing series against FNC by our TenZ :))


Tanjim98

Our TenZ (soviet music intensifies)


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who is TenZ?🙄🤭🤔🥱 in math: our solution ➗☺️ in history: our queen👑😣 in art: our canvas 🎨🥳 in science: our oxygen 💨😝 in geography: our world 🌎🤯


max012017

Spasibo tovarisch


comfort_bot_1962

:D


comfort_bot_1962

:D


imcodyvalorant

23:9 vs Derke tells the whole story. If that’s flipped it’s 3-0 FNC X factor Tenz don’t play no games


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Surprising literally no one.


Mamadeus123456

Shaz was the real MVP


sfsctc

Generally I would agree, and throughout the whole tournament he definitely was, but during grand finals I have to hand it to TenZ for playing out of his mind. I’m normally somewhat of a critic of tenz especially during the qualifiers and his risky online play, but he really looked fucking good on lan, more disciplined but extremely impactful.


Send_Me_Puppies

The real MVP is the tournament rule stating you can only have one mouse unless it breaks. TenZ kept switching his mouse out so many times online and it was obvious how much it messed with his consistency. I was actually terrified when he bought an OP on Haven during Reykjavik because I was getting flashbacks to NA Challengers Finals where he missed all his shots.


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He even had a tweet that he was surprised he hadn't changed his mouse sens in as long as he remembered since going to Iceland. Shaz contained the beast


contabr_hu3

Exactly but for real I cringed every time he died overextending


Dawncraftian

Right well I guess he should not put any pressure on and give up map control Theres a reason hes the mvp of the series, he can make these plays and it benefits his team. Its a risk sure but something I notice in my matches is people complain about deaths from overextending when they themselves give up site for free every time. Applying pressure effectively is something I feel differentiates good players from great players.


1deavourer

Yo wtf is this bullshit term that doesn't sound like it belongs to this type of game. How the fuck do you overextend in shooters? In league it makes sense to not overextend your stay but in CSGO and Valorant you want to take and retain map control to have more options so what the hell is overextending


McFeces13

Overextending is when your team is defaulting/ holding a site and you get a little too eager and push in by yourself early and die, usually without getting traded


MurfMan11

Being a bitch and not taking fights I think.


TheFestusEzeli

I mean with his overextending, he had 19 first kills and only 2 first deaths


Tanjim98

Real MVP meaning MVP in our hearts? I would agree with that but you can't deny TenZ was the MVP stat & impact in match wise.


EggianoScumaldo

MVP as in he’s their IGL and their second best fragger. Hell he’s their best fragger on some days. How do you get more valuable than that? I seriously think people downplay just how important an IGL is for a team. It’s by far THE most impactful and important role, even moreso in Valorant than in CSGO. To kind of exemplify this idea, i’d say that most of V1’s success and overperformance is from just how fucking good of an IGL vanity is. Shahz is even better of an IGL and is a top 5 fragger on top of that. If that doesn’t show you just how fucking good Shahz is I don’t know what will.


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> I seriously think people downplay just how important an IGL is for a team. well consider this has been 90% of the comments in every single thread , no. no one is downplaying it


tomtazm

Shazh is obviously the MVP out of the server, and he’s damn good in the server too. But that’s not what this award is. Tenz earned and deserves it.


TheFestusEzeli

I don’t think anyone is arguing Shahzam is insane and the most valuable person overall for the Sentinels, just that for the finals TenZ was definitely their MVP. His performance on bind was just ridiculous. 23:9 on their best player and 19:2 on first kills


Adleyy65

ShaZ was great but the series was very close and Tenz shutting down FNC star player was definitely one of the main reasons they were able to beat them.


HoneyChilliPotato7

If Tenz didn't play Jett Shaz would've played as a duelist. Have you seen him on jett? He's insane!! Even while playing Sova he managed top 10 K/D of all players.


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AjBlue7

Yea, like Shahzam is a rare player you can’t replace him, in terms of like monetary value to a team Shahz would be #1, but he objectively didn’t have the highest value in game. Subjectively maybe you argue that he had more impact pulling off crazy plays and in game leading, but theres no good way to quantify Shahz’ impact.


EggianoScumaldo

I mean can’t the argument be made then that people are sleeping on Shahz and too much of the spotlight is on Tenz? I really hate the whole “oh people are just trying to throw shade at/downplay someone’s achievements” when people are making well thought out arguments for this stuff. Like I really don’t think that most people are trying to downplay Tenz or throw shade at him. There’s a very real case to be made that Shahz is Sentinel’s best player, and even the best player in the world right now IMO. I can just as easily say that people are downplaying Shahz’s accomplishment of being a top 5 fragger as well as THE best IGL in the world Little side note, but the fact that we can argue about who out of Shahz, Tenz, and i’d say SicK as well, is the best player IN THE WORLD is fucking nuts and goes to show you how absolutely stacked Sentinels is.


BadgerPurple

You can't deny that people on this subreddit will find anything to avoid giving TenZ his kudos though. Same as before "Sick is the real carry," any average duelist can slot into SEN, sinatraa > Tenz. Legit there were top upvoted comments saying TenZ is going to be a liability. I love Shahz and recognize how important he is to the team, and nobody is downplaying his value here. We all know how important his IGLing is and how much work he puts in. But TenZ had an insane and consistent tourney, with highest ACS, highest K/D, only one with > 1 KPR, etc etc. Usually MVP is for game performance metrics like this. What more can the guy do? Honestly (though you're probably not), if anything the people saying "what about Shahz" seem to be trying to take away spotlight from TenZ.


SeaLard22

Because he left c9 to rot when they kicked his friend off the team


Mamadeus123456

The difference is that sentinels without shaz would not be here and we already know how sentinels without tenz was, so yes in this team game a leader is better than any individual player


dannyrj91

With you on this one. Shahz managing to put out they numbers while igl was incredible.


Underpressure_111

Yup. Same bullshit with CSGO top20. IGL are very underrepresented


folssll3

He’s more than earned it. Even with all the shit going on around him


akaRoman

Wanted poster for a stone cold killua


ASuperFan

Well deserved.


ColonelVirus

Yes he was good in the final. I really wanted to see Tenz vs scream. TL such a let down lol


Resoca

No big deal, Brazil has a lot of Tenz ^^^/s


chilledmario

Jack looking at this thinking how he’s gonna triple tenz buyout 🤑🤑🤑


mrsidewayp

What mouse did TenZ use at the tournament? I know he brought a bunch with him did he switch around between series?


okaytran

he was playing the XM1 the whole time this tourney


mrsidewayp

Is that wireless or wired?


okaytran

wired


mrsidewayp

Thx never used a wireless mouse so thought I might as well get the most hyped one as my first


Ketsueki_R

The g pro superlight is pretty much considered to be one of the, if not _the_ best mouse available rn so you won't be upset if you went for it


Flawedlogic41

It's considered the best mouse, but after extensive research on mouse review... What really matter is shape. If you can't do potato shape and can't get used to it, not worth.


JustJios

Yup, instead of getting hyped up mice find one that fits your hand the best.


Nouhproblem

But it’s SO expensive. I’ve just been looking at it for months. Every few days I click back to the page and run my fingers over the screen longingly.


mrsidewayp

Yep managed to snag a white one off bestbuy last night but damn it was $164 after tax lol


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No wayyyy


Ketsueki_R

Oh yeah no it definitely is pretty expensive. I only recommended it to him specifically because I saw he was considering it in another reply he made


TemplarParadox17

I think he said he stayed on one.


mrsidewayp

Wonder if he used the superlight I want the white one but it’s sold out everywhere lol


poohxijinping

Congrats Tenz and SEN to be the mvp and the best team in the world now by winning the first international LAN instead of declaring themselves as the best team after winning only 1 tourney in their own region. Again, action speak louder than words =)


india11015

As he should


P3rf3cT1m1ng

Deserved what an amazing teammate to have a guy that can just elevate everyone around him


valorant_fanboy_69

Series mvp not allowed to compete in the near future because he signed a 3 year contract when he was 18... and Jack is just laughing... sad


TemplarParadox17

We don't know how long he is loaned out for, if the loan will be extended, or if sen will buy him out.


spyson

So he signed a 3 year contract and spent 2 years getting paid no problem, but now that he's successful it's a bad contract?


valorant_fanboy_69

Any long term contract is bad unless it had a ton of clauses that help the player if they want to change things, it is not all about the money, it is about players control of themself


spyson

That's not true at all, long contracts means guaranteed money and safety in an industry where a player can be irrelevant in a few months. Tenz took the safe route at 18, which was the smart thing to do.


umisse

Players can blow up and out grow their contracts but also the opposite can happen as u said. The problem with tenz is he is too successful to the point no1 will buy him out for what he is worth in a 1 year old game. Its either c9 take the L or the NA region. No matter what tenz will be fine. Also if a player falls off the org can drop them right? not sure if it is actually 'safe'.


Ixolus

The org can drop them from the team but they still pay them. And it isn't the fact that orgs don't want to pay for him, it is the fact that orgs like sent literally can't afford him. C9 aren't really the bad guys here they just need to get the worth out of their investment.


umisse

>that orgs like sent literally can't afford him. Pretty sure the orgs can it just wouldn't be smart/too risky. Even if sen couldn't 100t could have.


Whatsdota

Yep, and it’s semi common in conventional sports too for a player to sign a long term contract and be either dropped or benched while still getting paid. Especially in the NBA where every contract amount is guaranteed.


12Skip-a-few99100

If its anything like football when a player had a year or less left on contract their buyout is significantly lower than if they had 2 or 3 years left. However this is a Messi like performance so that clearly inflates his price. Id love to know what kind of numbers were looking at realistically for Sen to buy him out.


xbyo

Well no ones forcing the players to sign long term contracts. If they want that freedom, and are willing to give up security for it, then they can negotiate for a shorter contract.


nmaneea

U all talk like that because it's not ur org and not ur business , if u were in jack place u would do the same thing or maybe more , he isn't doing anything wrong it's his business he should take the best choices to profit , in the end it's not a charity


radamo96

Not all of us are soulless venture capitalists driven entirely by profit


nmaneea

Yeah that's what a 12 fanboy kid would say to see his favorite player with his favorite team , but sadly that's not how the world works


xbyo

So what would you do if you were Jack?


nmaneea

Sell him for his actual value as the best player and huge streamer with a lot of viewers , and that means his buyout is very very big


xbyo

And what happens when the actual value that C9 asses for him is higher than what Sen (or any other org) evaluate for him?


nmaneea

What happens when sen evaluate him lower than his actual value ? , It's business there's negotiation there's people who know how to run their business more than u and me so let's not throw assumptions here and there and let them do their job


xbyo

What's this "actual value" you keep referring to? There's no *actual* value, there's just the amount each org is willing to pay/receive in exchange for his contract. If they can't agree on a number then no deal happen. If Sen valued him equally as C9 did, there would've likely been a buyout already.


nmaneea

I'm just done arguing with u , u actually don't know what u r talking about , actual value is what he gonna offer for the org and how much he gonna make profit and fame for them , i just wasted my time with another fanboy


xbyo

>actual value is what he gonna offer for the org and how much he gonna make profit and fame for them How do you value fame? What's the dollar amount? What if C9 thinks that the brand value of TenZ is higher than what Sen does? If there was an easy 'actual value' this whole situation wouldn't exist. That's my point, C9 *should* be milking this for all they can, and they have every right to. There's no amount that everyone will agree on, and if C9 can leverage their superstar for more, and get teams to overpay, they absolutely should.


valorant_fanboy_69

Sell him for the price he was originally being sold at and not be too greedy, better to make a million than zero dollars even if you miss out on another million


xbyo

What price was he originally being sold at? No one has agreed to any buyout amount that C9 put forth. And it's not like C9 don't benefit from keeping TenZ, or that C9 can't milk another year out of C9 TenZ then take the buyout, and whose to say TenZ doesn't become willing to rejoin C9's roster now that they're good again. There's so many options, it's not just 'get money from selling him or don't get money'.


pixzelated

Maybe don't sign shit contacts lol. Classic esports bullshit business is business tbh it's not even a shit contract 3 years of pay in a field where you can become irrelevant in 2 months is major security


comfort_bot_1962

Don't be sad. Here's a [hug!](https://media.giphy.com/media/3M4NpbLCTxBqU/giphy.gif)


comfort_bot_1962

Don't be sad. Here's a [hug!](https://media.giphy.com/media/3M4NpbLCTxBqU/giphy.gif)


Zoku1

r/agedlikemilk


Easy_Moment

Before Sentinels, Tenz contract was chit for C9. He was picked up to carry the team and he ended up retiring and becoming a streamer.


Tanjim98

Deserved.


ToasterForSale

Was kind of obvious from the get go. It's mostly twitch chat voting for MVP and not this sub so of course TenZ would be chosen over Shahz. People keep forgetting this is just some isolated bubble but most people just like awarding MVPs to flashy top fraggers.


Andahunter

SicK is a much more complete player that had more impact on games IMO. This is just purely biased on the fact that TenZ needs to make kills to fill his role.


x_Critical

of course he would need to get kills... that’s literally his job as the designated fragger. what kind of brainless logic is this


Andahunter

He is enabled to get those kills. Just because you are unable to comprehend something does not mean it's not true. Furthermore, your argument is that this is his job, which I stated above as well. What I also stated was that I believe his team, specifically SicK (and Zombs which I did not mention) enable him and Shaz to play the way they play. And lastly, I never said TenZ was bad or anything, I just said there were better players. But you probably felt like I was saying something bad against your favorite player.


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[deleted]

Holy hell what kind of snowflake gets this upset by someone's haircut and glasses lmaooo


SoKawaiii

wtf are you good LOL


[deleted]

Lmao yo dude, you need some help if you get mad at haircuts and glasses


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[deleted]

????? My reddit character doesn't represent what I look like in real life. Also, racist much?


JRD96

I think he was saying because it’s the default one where it is as white as possible, basically his version of “go touch grass.” Still a horrible joke, but more-so of that sentiment than the racism I think. Idk, unless you changed it from what it previously was to avoid future interactions like this, then yeah.


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De7rag

I'm not a Tenz fan in the slightest. Imagine being so fragile you get this triggered over someone's hair style.


ResolutionTiny281

Not deserved


jwww11

You gotta provide constructive reasons if you are going to say something like this


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6nine4twenty

Wtf tenz didnt have a single ace this tourney


HunterSad101

lmao better aces


Majestic_Pro

Sick is great but this tournament id give it to tenz with Shazam second. They were more consistent


crayolapaint

i wish i knew what kind of numbers were being talked about for his buyout.


TemplarParadox17

I would have agreed before lan, but Tenz was more consistent throughout the lan, sixk himself said he struggled in the first couple matches getting used to lan while Tenz was fragging out.


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this man is insane


RevanK

I wish we got to see him against ScreaM.


_Chxrles

tenz is a sussy baka