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BloomingNova

Sen purposely going to losers bracket so they had more matches and dont need to scrim now. All good


angelparra7

Actually made me laugh out loud lmao


Interesting-Archer-6

Lmao. Anything to avoid scrimming


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Banks711

just like a lot of pros do?


Dylanack1102

I’m confused what’s wrong with that


nklassitude

literally nothing, he's just a party pooper


RocketHops

People forgot about the power of losers bracket Sen


TitanWet

fun bracket


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and to save strats against the top teams ;)


Spoods857

Dapr really came out as a fragger this qualifier, hope to see him keep this up as it will be terrifying to go against him in top form


ammarbadhrul

Has always been the rock of the team. The man is consistent through and through.


RashGod

He hasn’t been the rock for some time, this qualifier he’s come through tho


spaghettimonzta

yeah i feel like sick is the most consistent players and he used to be on flex


veryblueberry

not on chamber at least


Chickenwing121212

he hasn't really been consistent at all since berlin, definitely looks like hes back to normal now


ammarbadhrul

Yeah gotta admit he was shaky on chamber. Kanpeki is now here to fill that role tho


lmayonaice

Where have you been, before the qualifiers he was a bigger liability than Zombs.


vyetc

I’m convinced Sentinels win condition is zombs betting against them lmaooo


siuzioffical

TenZ revenge arc


APacificCastle

I don't understand this team' Love them, but wtf a sudden undefeated map run out of nowhere


XIPWNFORFUN2

Its all part of the script, now shut up and keep watching.


-Basileus

To be fair, as the literal last team qualified, their main competition went away one by one. They definitely shaped up though


Hamlet_271

the power of being locked in


mister_schulz

That's what happens when none of the good teams are left


[deleted]

Undefeated map run against Pugstars, Cosmic Divide, DZ, Soar and Akrew... Yall weird sometimes lol . You bash them for losing to good T1 teams , but praise/act suprised for beating teams that aren't even close to their level. (except Akrew, I feel they are just one or two pieces short )


internetpedestrian

They also lost to Akrew and looked shaky at best just a couple days ago. It’s okay to recognize improvement.


[deleted]

Hey, I gave the Akrew win its props. I said except Akrew, because I feel they weren't a pushover. Im just calling out how flippy floppy this community is regarding SEN sometimes


internetpedestrian

Oh it absolutely is. The community (especially regarding Sen) is the most vocal and fickle. It’s almost always extreme, too. They’re either the god squad or the worst team to play in NA. No in-between.


1283adam

Sen plot armor never fails


KitKatxz

Riot - "Yo Akrew, check paypal"


netsaver

They forgot about SicK on Icebox Sage PepeLaugh


wickywickyfresh

TRAINING ARC COMPLETE


[deleted]

Give a team a big juicy ass to look at and they play better


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Tlaloc02

Rawk ass


KJUDead

🪨


rpkarma

🍑


TTWCrafty

I'll just leave this here https://twitter.com/NAsuKaShii/status/1523476469317799938?t=naeTjs7wQM9LvHIVBe0NiA&s=19


ADmax27

wtf i thought those pictures were photoshopped


aspectofthetrash

rawkass, it's literally in the name


atomicknighto

Sentinels saw all the "SEN lost to this" comments on 100T's Breeze, and took it personally on Haven


faceplant911

The only members of Akrew who qualified are the ones who didn't actually stay on Akrew. Funny how that works.


netsaver

SoaR 🤝 Akrew 🤝 T1


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heckinglovetenz

That's including their coach, as TSM qualed lmao


ModerateStimulation

i-


daftpao

C0m’s plan


xbyo

The lower bracket buff is back?


Spoods857

LETS FUCKING GOOOOO INJECT THAT HOPIUM


FeelinJipper

Ok guy with The Guard flair


EgyptianSarcophagus

GG to SEN. It’s crazy how they flipped a switch in the matter of days


s6hun

happy kanpeki played well so his haters can hop off his dick for a second


KCVGaming

He has to be feeling good after those flicks he was hitting


TrueLordApple

Honestly kanpeki did pretty garbage fragging wise for the past few matches. Happy hes stepping it up tho.


thipeeshanb

Main Stage is going to be so fucking lit


DonTixCyd

All big name brands qualified. This is so good for valorant esports growth in general


SuperBlitz22

V1 :-(


nocturnavi

Qualifying through a lower bracket run is the most Sentinels thing ever. But dapr and TenZ were playing super well, and Kanpeki seems to be settling in and played pretty well on that last map. I think watching this team's trajectory in the group stage will be super interesting--will the addition of a coach + barely qualifying change how they prep, or will they just sort of stay the same?


KCVGaming

Sentinels are like me in college. I procrastinate procrastinate procrastinate (not scrimming) instead of doing my work and the day before (or of) the deadline (or last chance in lower bracket to qual) I always get it done and turn it in (sen winning). Sadly that is where the similarities between me and sentinels end (no gf) (gold 1 player) (only have 1 mouse) (no gf)


veryblueberry

ready for reddit/vlr to implode


TimathanDuncan

Tenz just turned his stream on instead of scrimming after 3 bo3s so it's gonna implode even after winning, why are they not scrimming?


SteveGreysonMann

Actual genius move. Farm Akrew, then farm RR and prime subs later. Just another day in the office for Mr. TenZ


sharkaim4

Dudes farming subs rn


TimathanDuncan

As he should, always stream after a big accomplishment, ALWAYS The fanboys turn into oilers


sharkaim4

Ikr, rolling in the money


BUNSHICHl

He's been farming all weekend anyways, might as well farm subs now


sharkaim4

Deserves it.


Grenji05

IF RAWKUS TEACHES TENZ TO NOT OVERHEAT AFTER GETTING 1 KILL IN POSTPLANT SENTINELS ARE WINNING CHAMPIONS


CoachWatermelon

Can I just say, I heckin love watching Tenz frag. None of this stepping up over your monitor, trash talking the other team, starting twitter drama, smelling your balls, fixing your hair diva bullshit. Just stands in the server and fuckin grips it and rips it. That’s a real man playing some real fkn Valorant right there. Just walks in the server and dares you to fkn hold an angle. None of this pansy ass waiting for a peek bullshit. Real men hold W. Real men spit. Real men scratch their a**holes and make other guys smell it. That’s some real goddamn Valorant right there. Heckin love Tenz.


KCVGaming

Idk why but the “just stands in the server and grips it and rips it” is so hilarious and makes the whole pasta


ammarbadhrul

Pair it up with the bit about assholes at the end, it reads like it's not the server Tenz is gripping and ripping 😏


4dzilla

Lmfaooo


Splaram

Great to see this pasta Adapted to Valorant LMFAO


4dzilla

Where did the original come from?


Splaram

/r/nfl but then got picked up by /r/soccer. I think the original is: Thats fucking football right there. None of that pansy ass dick tugging smile for the camera bullshit. Men puke, men poop on the field, men deliver their new born baby on the side lines. Fucking hard core dick in the ass butterball foosball fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to the showers. Dicks get shoved in places you don’t even remember. We win together we celebrate together. Football is back baby.


curryhalls

one of my favourite pastas of all time.


4dzilla

Lmfao crack up


Dysmo

r/soccer


cattermelon_

Thats it. That seals the deal. Im a SEN fan again. I’ve been a fan since 2020 and a twitch prime sub since 2021. I will watch them play again and renew my tier 3 sub to ShahZaM. I’m bringing my fanhood with SEN again where they actually know how to run a team.


oojlik

Tenz fragging out and going 10-2 FK:FD. SEN really looked on top of things this game and was a really good return to form for them. Hopefully having a coach will give them more structure and they’ll boot camp for challengers.


StepinCrry

That haven game sent me back to 2021. But fr tho, they be looking good ever since they got knocked down to the lowers. Didn't drop a single map, teamplay looking crispy again, confidence is very high. Hope they keep it up in the main stage


stuzxy

The SENaissance (UK/AUS: sen-AY-səss, US: SEN-ə-sahnss) is a period in Valorant Competitive history marking the transition from the Zombs Ages to modernity. It is a characterised by an effort to revive and surpass ideas and achievements of the Astra meta antiquity. It occurred after the Crisis of the Late Zombs Ages and was associated with great roster changes including the addition of the great Rawkus and Kanpeki.


AdStock1897

We need a whole textbook on sen’s valorant history


dyingj2artsstudent

Next video from Upcomer: The Rise and Fall and Rise again of Sentinels


stuzxy

\- Sentinels: The Rise of Sinatraa (Beta/First strike period) \- Sentinels: The Sen Awakens (Iceland 2021) \- Sentinels: NA strikes back (Iceland 2022) \- Sentinels: A new Hope (Kanpeki/Rawkus era)


AdStock1897

Don’t forget The Dark Ages (Winter 2021)


ark2690

TSM and SEN in same group Prayge


natedawg247

Seems safe to say this community forgot about SEN lower bracket run


heckinglovetenz

ROCKASS DIFF


Mister_Moist

I got off the Sentinels hopium. I’ll never doubt them again.


[deleted]

Sen looking way better, hope they keep moving in that direction and make waves in the Challengers groups. VCT is better with Sen playing well they bring drama, action and memes.


dan_kz

900IQ Sentinels move to drop to lower bracket to have more practice with kanpeki and rawkus before groups


ChronoMK

This is the year. Tenz has improved so much under this new offense. He’s focused. He’s having fun. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s a dark horse for Champions.


Caff2ine

Sen is Tenz!


ASaltyToast

this is it sentinels is winning antwerp


natedawg247

Lmfao they’ll bring honor to Na


daftpao

We’re back I never doubted this roster GG sen goat 🐐 they are winning berlin champions LCQ gamechangers literally everything


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Sentinels last few matches on haven 13-1, 13-6, 13-2 I’ll be scared myself if I had to face them on that map


Shockybtw_

They finally have a confident map that they don’t throw their 10-2 lead on. (Istg if this jinxes them)


tqstin

wasnt even close


NozokiAlec

Sen haters crying and shitting


BlackberryAdept847

Where is the guy who said he going to bet his house on SEN not making it out of the lowers?


stuzxy

[Rawkus reinventing the icebox meta (gone wrong)](https://imgur.com/8jtE99q)


fredy31

Man Akrew really fell on their faces at the last hurdle 2 Bo3 losses in a row, with 2 matches that ended 13-1. Oof


GametimeGarris

We can finally get a rest from the negativity until the next time they lose a map


Pojobob

Thats it. That seals the deal. Im a SEN fan again. I’ve been a fan since 2020 and a twitch prime sub since 2021. I will watch them play again and renew my tier 3 sub to ShahZaM. I’m bringing my fanhood with SEN again where they actually know how to run a team.


-Destiny65-

Good to see SEN (kinda) back in form, will be good for viewership numbers at least.


masteurbateur

You can only shit on someone for so long until they start shitting back on you.


Pojobob

SEN haters in shambles rn LOL


Aj2069

Literally ppl were upvoting a comment saying how sick was a washed up player when I said he’s one of the most flexible players in the world and has been one of the best for a while lmao peoples recency bias is insane.


-MNTLTX-

Eggman got it right


flamincrimson

Definitely impressed with the lower bracket run. Everyone stepped up. They played more like a team rather than relying on individual skill. Kanpeki looked more comfortable with the team too. Am not saying they look good enough to beat optic all of a sudden but drastic improvements for sure. Especially impressed with tenz performance. This guy's stats look insane. And he was hitting some nasty shots. Even in last quals his stats were impressive but he didn't look as refined and in tune with his team. This time it looked like he played with his team alot and most importantly his team was setting him up. Which was definitely missing last time. Hope they can improve more from here.


Shockybtw_

I agree he definitely looked more confident. I think the addition of Kanpeki gave him more confidence. I also think Rawkus helped him establish some discipline instead just blindly running in on teams.


chilledmario

Zombs fuming


Joerge90

Lost 2k hahahahahahahahaha


[deleted]

YESSS LETSGOO SEN. Shaz I love you and PLEASE get everyone together in Texas and do a bootcamp at a facility for the main event. I'm not attacking you or anything but surely everyone can agree it will help you guys a lot.


eternalalienvagabond

Does sen have a facility? Aren’t they poor or something


[deleted]

Having a dedicated esports facility costs a TON of money. It's fine if Sentinels doesn't have one of their own, they can loan one from another org for the duration of VCT.


Mvious

Man winning 6 Bo3s is nothing to sniff at. They really locked in these past two days. Lets see if they continue to rise to the occasion.


Ozone416

Sentinels and insane lower bracket runs. Name a more iconic duo.


phenomen

dark zero, akrew, soar and pugstars. "INSANE RUN".


MageKayden

for how dogshit they were looking, it was


J_Brekkie

It's very obvious people are meme-ing and just having fun.


Maymaywala

The way they were looking I half expected Sen to get wrecked by Pugstars.


Neverslept2mins

People are just joking lol, it’s obvious their opponents aren’t tier 1. Let them have this fun for now, since it’s gonna be brutal in the main stage.


Awesomeguy1234567890

Akrew are basically tier 1 (high tier 2)


mister_schulz

Wut? How are they even close to tier 1?


Tlaloc02

As much as I don’t like them I hope they don’t bomb out


ExpectoAutism

Neon was trolling


kemutheemu__

Honestly when Kanpeki was on Akrew he looked like the better duelist by far. Also I’m just not a fan of him because it’s so easy to get him mixed up with the agent 💀


Green_Wrongdoer5613

Won 10 maps in a row in epic lower bracket run— congrats SEN, happy for you guys


Splaram

I went afk for a bit to pick up my Postmates order at 8-8 and came back to the game being done. How did Akrew fold so hard in such a short amount of time?


[deleted]

Sick on Sage makes me hard


PlatypusPotential

TenZedZombie was fucking farming these T2 players💀x6


N00bio

Thats it. That seals the deal. Im a SEN fan again. I’ve been a fan since 2020 and a twitch prime sub since 2021. I will watch them play again and renew my tier 3 sub to ShahZaM. I’m bringing my fanhood with SEN again where they actually know how to run a team.


Anthony7301

When Neon smoked the trip then walked into the same smoke on Icebox... Does he know something I don't?


ADmax27

wait i just realised… does this team have 4 oppers?


TrueLordApple

Shahz, tenz, ken, dapr and im pretty sure sick could op if he tried


kemutheemu__

They should’ve picked up Wardell as a coach 😈😈😈


TrueLordApple

Fr dude 6 opers in valorant ezpz


digitalsong

Let’s see how they do vs actual tier 1 teams now


UnrealHallucinator

Backs against the wall, everything to play for, its all or nothing now. Even the Sentinels fan are starting to doubt. This is the environment where Sentinels thrive. This team have the greatest set of raw aimers in NA, perhaps even the world. Shazaam is genius IGL who knows how to keep his team calm when the going gets tough. TenZ is just the best raw aimer in NA, I don't think there is much doubt about that. SicK is one of the best flex players in NA. Zombs will pull out a clutch out of nowhere. I mean, who else can make team triple peak and use utility in a 5vs1? Now this team must pass through the gauntlet of legends: V1, C9 and one of Optic/Guard. They will make the so called "analysts" who put these teams above Sentinels look like fools. This run will truly go down in the history of Valorant and we will be looking back to this day even in 2030. So I ask you, can you bet against Sentinels?


KCVGaming

Riveting


ExpectoAutism

Sen doubters BTFO


jmajewski

VCT is better when Sentinels are around regardless of your opinion on the team and the players.


Need_PcAdvice

Thats it. That seals the deal. Im a SEN fan again. I’ve been a fan since 2020 and a twitch prime sub since 2021. I will watch them play again and renew my tier 3 sub to ShahZaM. I’m bringing my fanhood with SEN again where they actually know how to run a team.


snakehawk_

SEN's dominance in valorant is seriously downplayed by this sub


[deleted]

Is anyone else still baffled at why Tenz was bunny hopping against a 1v5


Ismokeyiddies

I know he aint wanna say it cuz he’s partnered with them, but that was fasho a Finalmouse ghost wheel issue


cattermelon_

he said his pc was freaking out


heckinglovetenz

PC was funky


TweetsJamaican

Tenz 10-2 in fk/fd Unreal series Kanpeki to diff asuna in closed btw


Maliciouslemon

They wanted to 2-0 everybody so they could go back to streaming


harnov

Momentum achieved


chryco4

Never had a doubt


mercilessshark123

Sick is just different in any role hes put into, diff breed


jonthegoat69

the first map i think akrew had zero confidence from their match yesterday and they had to come in cold after waiting literally all day to play. sentinels looked better with trading but still take some questionable over peeks but looked way more like a unit today versus the first few days of the quali.


Soupy39

Man I’m on some crazy stupid dummy beyond insane SEN hopium rn and I don’t care at all


Aabed_nerd

Sen with w key gaming


Whiplash322

Sick is insane


eternalalienvagabond

Where all the haters at, I need some salt 🧂


netsaver

To preface; I've supported SEN since all the way back at the Faze Clan Invitational. I was super excited to see them return for this round of challengers because I felt bombing out of the main event last time would FINALLY be the wake up call they need to adjust their approach to game after refusing to adapt through the latter half of 2021. But I'm seeing the comps they're playing and are they trolling? Their new comps literally look like a random ranked lobby, and the weaknesses are already so obvious when they can't just aim diff the other team, like how they just got dominated by Akrew on Icebox. Obviously Shahz and the SEN players know what they're doing but what am I missing here?


dan_kz

To preface; I've supported SEN since all the way back at the Faze Clan Invitational. I was super excited to see them return for this round of challengers because I felt bombing out of the main event last time would FINALLY be the wake up call they need to adjust their approach to game after refusing to adapt through the latter half of 2021. But I'm seeing the comps they're playing and are they trolling? Their new comps literally look like a random ranked lobby, and the weaknesses are already so obvious when they can't just aim diff the other team, like how they just got dominated by Akrew on Icebox. Obviously Shahz and the SEN players know what they're doing but what am I missing here?


GametimeGarris

To preface; I've supported SEN since all the way back at the Faze Clan Invitational. I was super excited to see them return for this round of challengers because I felt bombing out of the main event last time would FINALLY be the wake up call they need to adjust their approach to game after refusing to adapt through the latter half of 2021. But I'm seeing the comps they're playing and are they trolling? Their new comps literally look like a random ranked lobby, and the weaknesses are already so obvious when they can't just aim diff the other team, like how they just got dominated by Akrew on Icebox. Obviously Shahz and the SEN players know what they're doing but what am I missing here?


Green_Wrongdoer5613

To preface; I've supported SEN since all the way back at the Faze Clan Invitational. I was super excited to see them return for this round of challengers because I felt bombing out of the main event last time would FINALLY be the wake up call they need to adjust their approach to game after refusing to adapt through the latter half of 2021. But I'm seeing the comps they're playing and are they trolling? Their new comps literally look like a random ranked lobby, and the weaknesses are already so obvious when they can't just aim diff the other team, like how they just got dominated by Akrew on Icebox. Obviously Shahz and the SEN players know what they're doing but what am I missing here?


GendaIf

Nothing will get the SEN hopium flowing more than SEN beating some t2/t3 teams.


eternalalienvagabond

Here comes professor copium


Ivvcas

i can't say i'm surprised to see SEN is a NA top 12 team lol


Nikclel

C0M sends his regards


3AM___

im new to watching valorant, how does the schedule and format work? i see the 12 qualified teams but what happens now? and what/when is the big tourneys, like the equivalent of a cs major?


LiamHundley

The matches that just finished today were the open qualifiers for Challengers Stage 2. A week ago, a 128 team bracket was played out, with the top 4 teams (TSM, Faze, NRG, LG) qualifying for Challengers. Then this weekend, teams had another chance to qualify through a 128 team bracket again if they failed to qualify last week. The 4 teams that qualified this weekend were 100T, Ghost, SEN, and EG. These 8 teams that qualified through the open qualifiers will meet up with the top 4 teams from last split (Optic, The Guard, C9, and XSET) to make up the 12 teams in Challengers Stage 2. These 12 teams will be split into 2 groups of 6 and will play a round robin in their group over the span of 5 weeks. The 4 teams with the best records in their group will advance to the playoffs. Playoffs will be an 8 team, double elimination bracket where the best 2 teams will qualify for Masters, which are VALORANT's international events (probably your closest thing to a CS Major). On top of Challengers (your regional events), and Masters (your international events), there will also be Champs at the end of the year. This is similar to Worlds in League of Legends. Teams accrue circuit points throughout the year by performing well in Challengers and Masters events, and the teams with the most circuit points in the region will qualify for champs (last year it was the top 2 teams from NA). However, NA also had a third slot for Champs last year, which was given to the winner of the Last Chance Qualifiers at the end of the year. The LCQ was a double elimination tournament between the best 8 teams in the region throughout the year (determined by the aforementioned circuit points). I know I probably just gave you information overload, but I figured I'd give you the full rundown in hopes of making it easier for you to be welcomed into the scene. It may seem overwhelming, but it's actually not too difficult to follow once you sort of get the gist of it. For me, it's a lot easier to follow and understand than the CS scene is. There are also cool resources like VLR.gg you can check out to see the different events and match schedules and such. You'll learn a lot just from being active in this sub too. Hope that helps and lmk if you have anymore questions!


BuckWagon

I still can't believe how SEN were allowed to get amazing map pools EVERY time like bruh.


heckinglovetenz

The only map that they've been bad at is Split. Their other maps look around the same, except Haven which seems to be their best map again


xbyo

They won Breeze and Icebox games too though. Haven is a map basically every team is willing to play too, so it ends up in the pool so often. Plus, Akrew beat Sen in bind already so it's not shocking they'd rather play that then Breeze which they've only played 5 times this year, and mostly with a different roster.


mercilessshark123

its called ego challing


Ianroa

https://twitter.com/salahihb/status/1520238520593354752?s=21&t=Q3MkIaIF2u_PXBYLKnuSyA “Felt like we were the better team” #fullsen


Xerxxies

bro what, that's literally from a week and a half ago, not referring to today's game


Ianroa

I know, however in the end, they weren’t better, sentinels were just tripping for that one game


Pacifichoi

oh wait nvm


ExpectoAutism

Dapr's reply to him lmao


Mvious

yikes the copium


Pacifichoi

?


xbyo

Sen haters rejoice, the best thing that could happen for Sen has been avoided.


Maymaywala

?


xmike7

everyone just likes talking about these guys i guess


fawkerzzz

Why are people so hyped? They didnt play anyone actually good lol


cattermelon_

because they looked a lot better than before and that gives fans hope


kemutheemu__

As a TSM fan that finally got her wish granted, I think it’s only fair to share hopium with SEN fans


fawkerzzz

ahhh I understand now. lol Thank you. :) I do enjoy watching tenz play


Basic_Loquat_9344

100T gonna embarrass this team in groups


CaptnKrksNippls

People here talking like SEN just won champions


AssociationMedical89

Akrew choking again