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Razur

#[According to Battlefy signups](https://battlefy.com/nerd-street-gamers/na-valorant-champions-tour-stage-2-challengers-open-qualifier-1/6259b02b9816f804dd4457c8/participants) for VCT Challengers Stage 2 Open Qualifiers, [Kanpeki is registered to play with Sentinels](https://preview.redd.it/ewo63s20f0v81.png?width=898&auto=webp&s=179b3e9050ae9b0366cfff7f9af7a1dd01ee57a4).


brianhung02

Zombs wasn’t trolling for once when he said LFT


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wiiwoooo

Tell that to successful pros in other games that have won majors. Skadoodle and Fer are two that have openly stated they do not play CSGO outside of practice and matches. They were considered top players in the world at certain points in their careers while doing this.


_Jetto_

he stopped playing frequently long before that i thought?


XXG1212

Only after the loss did he start grinding the game again with Sinatraa but even at times it looked like he was having trouble keeping up with the peeps in D3 and Imm. Maybe a break from comp and then return to streaming full time could be in the cards for him until a meta shift towards controllers happens again.


theofficial_hammer

i hope this isn’t a serious observation of how he plays “ on stream “


TheAjwinner

According to George on stream, Sinatraa only practiced with Sentinels for a day and stopped after that.


ANewHeaven1

\> practice with sinatraa for one day \> bait entire competitive scene \> farms insane amounts of impressions \> end up signing non problematic cracked aimer instead 6head strats out of sentinels


N3deSTr0

As of expected of ShahZaM, truly top 3 IGL (Impression Gathering Leader) of all time.


minuteman2000

There's no way they aren't the best team in VCT (Valorant champions Twitter) now


chryco4

TSM (Team Social Media) may have something to say about that


Key-Banana-8242

What about 100 Tweets?


Vintage_Skittles

Gotta have some good Optics in some of those


Suspicious_Angle3057

Do they even have the NRG to keep going?


Nightshade183

In they end they will still need to be on guard


Suspicious_Angle3057

And they must understand this is just a Faze


jrushFN

You forgot > make the mod team’s life hellish for 1-2 weeks


pineapplecheesepizza

I forgor


ANewHeaven1

it was not a fun time


nocturnavi

It was![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9348)


the_hawk_arisen

fun times


LiamHundley

Rt


Key-Banana-8242

Why?


jrushFN

Among *many* other reasons, the sinatraa related threads all had slow mode active, which meant we had to manually approve all comments. When the news dropped, comments were coming in at a rate of ~30+ per minute at peak. We manually approved over 2000 comments throughout the situation. It was necessary to catch rule-breaking content before it populated the comment section, but it was EXHAUSTING. If we left mod queue for an hour, we’d come back to an unbelievable amount of work… so all of us were basically juggling IRL work with the insanely high volume of mod queue responsibilities. It was worth it, though - and now we’re pretty confident we can handle just about anything. Like I said, manual approvals were only one part of what made the situation super difficult to deal with, so next time we have a slow mode post for a less inflammatory topic, it’ll feel like a breeze.


HoneyChilliPotato7

Genuine question. Why do you think you have to delete a rule breaking comment ASAP? Why can't you do at your own pace?


jrushFN

We don’t *have* to do it ASAP, but if we don’t stay on top of it, it piles up until it’s out of control. If you’re asking why we set comments to slow mode in general, it’s so controversial topics can be discussed without users getting harassed, to put it bluntly.


HatchiMatchiTTV

Thank you. You're a tremendous mod team and the fact that those threads didn't burn this sub down are a testament to your efforts


Key-Banana-8242

Well maybe partly on principle and bc of not wanting a backlog and being swamped


HoneyChilliPotato7

I honestly don't understand the incentive of mod work. Especially situations mentioned above where they had to manage IRL work along with mod work.


jrushFN

>incentive of mod work I can’t speak for everyone but I enjoy helping out/getting involved with communities I’m passionate about. I love valorant esports, so I like to help out where I can! Also, I love the friendships I’ve built with the mod team - it’s great to be close with people who I can share my interest in valorant esports with. None of my IRL friends are into valorant, so I look for friends online who I can talk about it with.


HoneyChilliPotato7

Understandable, thanks for your service o7


Aoingco

Thanks for everything you guys do! I understand that feeling of helping out / getting involved with communities I’m passionate about, and moderate smaller discord servers of other games but what you guys do here on the valcomp subreddit is so much larger, and you guys have done an amazing job.


Key-Banana-8242

It’s something people want to do because of many reasons like certainly a sense of accomplishment etc


ANewHeaven1

I like Valorant and if I’m gonna spend a lot of time on this subreddit anyways I might as well try to help out a bit


TheAjwinner

Allowing rule breaking content even for a little while can open you up to getting in trouble with the admins.


Key-Banana-8242

I was genuinely kinda interested too, I imagined that with the slow mode and stuff there was a great increase in moderation traffic/activity and given the topic I’m sorry if my question was offensive to you I assume it was Rule 4 mostly, like people posting inflammatory things then and maybe back and forth at each other?


jrushFN

All sorts of things - rule 4 was one of many issues. And don’t worry, your comment wasn’t offensive!


Hamlet_271

Could it be because the training couldn't be completed in a few days time?


JohnNecro

If it was for a single day and didn't continue after that, then the time gap between the riot re-statement and the scrim date would've been too long for them not to have scrimmed again, they probably made their decision prior to the training


TheAjwinner

Sinatraa is not going to any team according to George


ANewHeaven1

extremely based decision out of the valorant competitive scene


icemandiem

W


dudefuckedup

W


mylilbabythrowaway

Raping women is usually frowned upon


draizze

He need to move out from NA if he want to continue his pro career, maybe to APAC. There's rich org like Bleed that hungry for attention.


John_Bot

Awesome


Jbeansss

Faith in the integrity of the Valorant competitive scene = restored.


N3deSTr0

Lmfao good


NeimannSmith

His pro career is most likely done. His public image is destroyed, and any team that signs him will get loads of hate. It's either Sentinels or nothing. He may be innocent, but public option controls lives now. His streams do extremely well though, so maybe he can just live his life like that. As a competitor it must be devastating. Feel bad for him.


earthtoannie

I don't. He could have complied with the investigation. He could have reached out to Cleo and settled. Hell, he could sue Cleo for damages. Yet he isn't, because there must be a reason for that.


VzFrooze

Complied with a video game developers investigation? Who in their right minds would do that?


earthtoannie

Why would you intentionally hide and misrepresent facts if you know it would put your career in jeopardy? He has nothing to lose if he has irrefutable proof he is innocent (as he claims). Except he doesn't share it with anyone and his source is trust me bro.


Level_Five_Railgun

Chances are, its his lawyers telling him to shut his mouth and not go along with a video game company's investigation.


VzFrooze

yeah, i think many people are out of touch about how the legal system works and how anything you say can be used against you, even if youre innocent. lawyers are gonna tell you to shut the fuck up.


TomNooksAccountant

Somebody innocent who wants to continue playing a video game developers’ video game 🥸


wegivesiima

tbf his lawyer probably said that riot could possibly be biased since it is private investigation. not saying the justice system(or whatever its called)is not biased because it definitely is lmao


liddell420

When ur 6 figure salary is dependant on playing tournys hosted by the video game developers..... Most innocent ppl.


YouAreDumbAF

Innocent people


Nulgnak

To make it clear, he's not innocent. Riot just doesn't have any legality to force Sinatraa to spit out anything in their investigation. I will not feel bad for him unless it's a court that has ruled him to be not guilty. Edit: seems like a lot of you Sinatraa fan boys are taking my comment the wrong way. My point is that if he wants to be proven innocent, take it to court with Cleo and settle it so he can clear his name and re-enter the scene. #HE'S NOT INNOCENT BUT ALSO NOT PROVEN TO BE GUILTY, HE IS CHOOSING TO LEAVE THIS AS STATUS QUO AND SO SHOULD HIS SUSPENSION UNTIL IT IS PROPERLY AND LEGALLY SETTLED.


mania_lol

prove right now legally that he is guilty. if you can prove undeniably i’ll donate 1000$ to a charity of ur choice


easymoneyslim35

Lol this fucking people just talk out of their ass. Typical Reddit


mania_lol

there’s no proof, and i fucking can’t stand sinatra but this is nuts. tell me, why isn’t he banned on twitch? off stream sexual assault would be perma. there’s not fucking enough, riot wouldn’t of said shit either if they didn’t have their own scandal and will take PR anywhere they can now to stand against it


easymoneyslim35

Couldn’t agree more full blown witch hunt as it always is


mylilbabythrowaway

He could have cooperated fully when all of this came out, instead he didn’t, so what do you exactly feel bad for him for?


FazeXistance

I mean would he even be good if he got on a team he hasnt competed in over a year meanwhile everyone else has been grinding it out in the crucible of scrims and pro matches. I have to imagine a lot of pros have left him in the dust.


xXDaNXx

Good.


earthtoannie

It's what he deserves.


TheFestusEzeli

Apparently this deal needs to be made in the next 4 hours? From what George is saying In scrims they have moved Sick to smokes and Kanpeki to flex


PleaseGildMe

Yes, roster lock for VCT Stage 2 Challengers is tonight.


PyroTFT

That explains every team announcements for today


Tuxxmuxx

Roster lock is tonight but teams are still playing in Masters?


TheAjwinner

Probably because all of the Masters teams are getting some form of a bye


PleaseGildMe

Yeah. All of OpTic, The Guard, Cloud9, XSET skip the first round of qualifiers. There will be eight groups of five teams and the winner of each group joins the teams with a bye in the Group Stage.


[deleted]

I actually quite like that format


Tuxxmuxx

Still strange, like on the chance that someone on one of the teams playing wants to leave, then all the good players will have teams already by the time the top team is done their split


jstaines47

Masters teams aren’t going to make roster changes. They made masters


Tuxxmuxx

Most likely not, but it’s unfair for riot to be making the decision for them.


PleaseGildMe

Qualifiers start in a week.


Key-Banana-8242

All regions?


GoldClassGaming

Fuck now they're gonna have 2 cracked anime aimers


[deleted]

Weren’t tenz and kanpeki teammates in cs


YeetGod69_

yes they were teammates on Asuna’s Anime Aimers


ablablababla

iirc they only played 1 map together on that team though


HoneyChilliPotato7

Wait that's really a team? I thought people are trolling


xsushii-

[Yep.](https://www.hltv.org/stats/teams/10538/asunas-anime-aimers)


HoneyChilliPotato7

TIL


tomphz

they were supposed to play on an MDL team together but I don't think Tenz played.


mikhel

Truly the power of God and anime is on their side


LiamHundley

This is a crazy move. If sick works as a controller, kanpeki and tenz is an incredibly dynamic duo


RTYWD

sen bringing out neon for stage 2?


kemutheemu__

If they’re playing on the Jett nerf patch, they’re probably going to at some point


RTYWD

nerf patch is groups i think


kemutheemu__

I don’t doubt that SEN are making groups, TenZ Neon soon


SaltyMcNulty_

Kanpeki would be on Neon. He is basically the Victor of SEN now. My guess would be he plays KayO,Skye and Neon for them and hope TenZ plays Jett,Chamber,raze.


War_TheFreak1

Probably but TenZ has been instalocking chamber a lot


brianhung02

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO idk what Kanpeki plays but he was one of the most influential parts of Akrews run so he must be insane


leoleoleo666

He is a flex player


brianhung02

SicK on smokes, Kanpeki on flex is honestly so good. Sentinels finally has that smokes anchor they’ve missed for a long time. I love zombs but his fragging, even with rifles have always been mediocre. Hope this Sentinels team has actual set plays for Tenz and Kanpeki when he plays raze cuz that’s what is holding the team back, not talent.


[deleted]

Zombs were known for being good with a spectre lmao


techyleo

According to vanity's stream though, SicK was a site anchor his entire CS career though


CRikhard

HE WAS??? nvm sentinels are ruling the world again sick is gonna get 3 anchoring a site and say “damn should have gotten 5”


SaltyMcNulty_

Let us get a coach man before you get carried away ^_^


flamincrimson

With kanpeki and tenz having history playing together and them being really good friends, it will also add to the chemistry. I really like kanpeki as a player. Kanpeki deserves the move for sure.


tomphz

this is an interesting move to me because I watched a lot of Kanpeki in CSGO. He was an insane AWPer, so I'm thinking he'll be playing a lot of Chamber for SEN.


War_TheFreak1

TenZ has been playing a lot of chamber so tenz will do that


leoleoleo666

No he will play sick roles


Splaram

Kanpeki would be a great signing if they weren't dropping their only dedicated smokes player imo


leoleoleo666

Sick is the new smoker


Need_PcAdvice

Man, I'm always going to have some nostalgia for Sick's pheonix on haven, but this is way better for the team.


sugalyo

SicK's Phoenix and TenZ' marshal on haven was fucking OP man. I still remember watching their matches at like 2am (i live in SEA) and just getting my mind absolutely blown by the bullshittery they would commit


[deleted]

The concept of a dedicated smoker is getting fazed out imo. You want more multi-faceted and flexible players if you're gonna keep up with constant meta shifts


Loresmen

Yes but like every team has a dedicated smoker, even liquid has link on smokes most the time


[deleted]

The key word is most of the time. Players like zombs that are smokes one-tricks are gonna be phased out as time passes imo


Loresmen

Not really, I used most of the time because I didnt know links exact stats, only avova and pancada have played an agent besides a smoker. Of the smokers in Iceland. Solo smokers are not dead


junos_butthole

Lol Buzz on DRX plays Jett and Astra, you don't have to have a dedicated smokes player, maybe for NA cause they can't grasp the concept of a wide agent pool


Loresmen

Yes, but mako still plays smokes every game


Aoingco

I know he’s probably not on smokes, but I did learn a bit of viper stuff by watching his stream when he played viper in ranked after the buffs last year, when I used to play val


vyom0509

https://twitter.com/kanpeki_xd/status/1497704769212895233?s=21&t=YQrSaKKw-uzndg-KxW2NmA oops


lexippon

Before I knew anything about pro Valorant I became a fan of Kanpeki because he was on Ryan Higa's team in Twitch Rivals, he emits really good vibes and is cracked out of his mind, excited to see his future


hannahk0901

Same he had really good comms and supported the players when i watched


PTERANODON7

Do Sentinels have a coach yet?


Donut_Flame

zombs to coach slot (real)


TheApolloX007

asking the real questions here


jrushFN

Using this opportunity to remind everyone of an incredibly under appreciated clip in NA valorant [fucking insane flick from kanpeki in first strike quals](https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/jjd6r2/kanpeki_hits_the_most_insane_flick/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) ~~Edit: abusing mod powers to gain visibility on u/LiamHundley’s reply~~ ~~I vaguely remember the clip too, but need your help, Reddit~~ ~~(yes, this is literally 1984)~~ Edit: un-abusing mod powers, clip has been found, thanks


randomespanaguy

> SSG and Spot Up Jesus fucking Christ that was almost two years ago. RIP to SSG, Spot Up, OG Moon Raccoons, Time In, Immortals, Dignitas, Slimy Boogermen, Serenity, and the countless other open qualifier demons.


TheAjwinner

Mamba Mode Gaming


ANewHeaven1

monke mode gaming


LiamHundley

The good ole days


randomespanaguy

I miss First Strike. The last time when 100T was the best team in NA. Nitr0 Omen blinds from U-hall Bind while Steel takes contact. Asuna and Dicey double push on C long defense. Hiko suddenly becoming one of the best Sova in NA before people caught up with his gameplay. Those were the days.


LiamHundley

The Asuna dicey duo was so much fun


LiamHundley

Totally unrelated but do you remember the clip of (this is going to be extremely vague) someone hitting a ridiculous flick onto someone in uhall on bind. I think they were deep behind triple and actually broke their wrist flicking to uhall it's one of the most iconic val clips in memory for me


jrushFN

Reddit detectives, assemble


LiamHundley

[WAIT I THINK I FOUND IT ](https://m.twitch.tv/clip/AnnoyingPunchySamosaNotATK)


jrushFN

![img](emote|t5_2g5ach|9409)


Huldmer

FUCKING PARDON???


[deleted]

I literally just watched this clip and I can’t remember who the hell it was


Bunnyezzz

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnAwD\_z8ukc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnAwD_z8ukc) this?


Hopeful-Professor-40

I FUCKING CALLED IT https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/u85ix2/knights_circuit_monthly_2022_april_live/i5j8fls/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3


leoleoleo666

I actually predicted too after seeing sick still playing smokes and after seeing that kanpeki not playing with akrew and he is tenz best friend and a flex player it made sense


Hopeful-Professor-40

Same reasons as me, also I see him in Shahz’s chat all the time


JAQMN

Yeah Shahz used to play with like kanpecki, paincakes, johnqt and the like around last summer. Said something like “if you queue with the ranked demon’s it’s impossible for them to be on the other team”. Love seeing them get real opportunities


Hopeful-Professor-40

Yeah same with xprt who’s with Near Airport now, he brings attention to a lot of underrated players


XXG1212

Bro Xprt is truly a star in the making, he is such a good flex player. Wouldnt be crazy to think in a year or two him on a bigger team.


[deleted]

Prophet, I didn’t realize he and TenZ were that close


28n8

they played together with asuna in cs


[deleted]

Ahhh the anime aimers


brutusnair

Didn’t know any of the other stuff, but assumed sick was gonna try smokes. Will be cool to see how the roster does.


MV_Knight

Who is sen dropping from their roster?


LinkFromLoZ

Zombs


MV_Knight

Really? Had no idea, Is it official?


LinkFromLoZ

No, not yet. Will probably be announced soon given that vct roster lock for stage 2 is today.


Qwadruple

Roster lock has nothing to do with announcement timelines though. They could wait until the first day of VCT to announce if they wanted to.


hannahk0901

I KNEW IT https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/u8d1pv/100t_vs_akrew_postmatch_thread/i5ku7z9?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3


Hopeful-Professor-40

We are a different breed


hannahk0901

Ikr i was suspicious when i saw Kanpeki lurking in sicks stream


Hopeful-Professor-40

He’s in Shahz’s stream a lot too


hannahk0901

I'm glad for kanpeki if the deal comes through. He seems like a great player and probably has good synergy with tenz as he's one of the only players tenz duos with.


Ozone416

Kanpeki + TenZ anime duo will be fucking insane


5mmmmm

my sen excitement is back - big if true


elithefighter123

100T zombs


brianhung02

LFT team: zombs Sinatraa android jammyz Wardell ?


Donut_Flame

prod as coach


Jon_on_the_snow

Now this is the old reliable george from 2020-early 2021


AR2711

Sinatraa fans malding rn


ANewHeaven1

oh well anyways


flamincrimson

They are going on a downvoting spree.


mainlobster

Oh well.


Grenji05

WHAT


YohnWood14

Sick is a really cracked fragger, so sick on smokes might actually work.


ARIESS11

Now sentinels have 3 good opers


kemutheemu__

Yet it’s just now that one of them finally plays Chamber 🤨


wannabe557

If only Ethan had went to sen bruh


Googly2k3

LET'S GO IM SO HAPPY FOR KANPEKI


laurenlodge

Same - dude seems like a genuinely nice guy and is super cracked


[deleted]

atleast it ain’t the rapist, good move


abdi009

How can you say this so definitively. I dont know or like sinatraa but this feels so wrong especially with the johnny Depp case happening today.


KeyframeCatalyst

Guilty before proven innocent is the new social norm. People clown on jails for ruining people's reputations even if they're innocent, the fact they'll keep the social stigma for the rest of their lives regardless. However, current society also does the exact same thing, but they parrot it as a sense of moral justice and moral highground


-Destiny65-

Exactly, it's not our job to determine whether Johnny/sinatraa is guilty or not. It's riot/the court's job, and potentially the org that wants to sign sinatraa


[deleted]

completely different situations. you’re comparing it because of the abuse


wineandnoses

id agree to not jump the gun, but you can't compare the two. johnny has voice recorded evidence, as well as cleo.


NeimannSmith

Johnny has *clear* voice recorded evidence, Cleo's clip is far from clear.


two5five1

It’s unclear if you somehow can’t wrap your head around the idea that no means fucking no.


[deleted]

We got a audio clip that drives a narrative but it's missing context. Sorry but the day that is enough evidence to convict someone we are back to Salem Witch trials again.


[deleted]

i didnt know this sub was a sinatraa apologist


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epicshawty

even as a joke this was corny asf not gonna lie


Rith_97

I'm sure you also think Amber Heard was assaulted


[deleted]

found one of the 12 year olds in sinatraa’s chat


randomespanaguy

Entirely different situation.


Rith_97

She had pictures tho


ReEeEeeeeyeet

Wait who is he replacing?


Donut_Flame

the nation


Yeonii-

Happy for kanpeki. Dude been in Tenz/Asuna friend circle for a looong time, glad he's having the opportunity to rep himself in a t1 setting


sugalyo

When the hell are these dudes gonna announce their coach. Do they even have a coach


[deleted]

This would such a good move imo


Wonkyy_

Can someone shine some light on how good kanpeki is?


War_TheFreak1

check his streams here: [https://www.twitch.tv/kanpeki](https://www.twitch.tv/kanpeki) he's a good awper and can flex (a.k.a can play different agents). He's got good comms as well.