‘Wasn’t something new to us’: Sentinels coach responds to VALORANT analyst’s critique of TenZ

Sentinels analyst Drew “DrewSpark” Spark-Whitworth says {that a} video uploaded by Josh “Sideshow” Wilkinson critiquing a member of his staff “wasn’t something new to us.”

Tyson “TenZ” Ngo, a stud VALORANT participant for Sentinels, has taken greater than his fair proportion of critique through the years. From an underwhelming efficiency in Counter-Strike: World Offensive for Cloud9, to ripping up the VALORANT scene for Sentinels, to falling off considerably, there isn’t a lot he hasn’t heard about his play. Sideshow, a former Overwatch League caster and a present VALORANT analyst had a meaty critique of TenZ’s play, highlighting a number of key areas during which he was individually underperforming.

To his credit score, Sideshow’s video was well-made, informative, and well-argued. He additionally left room for the ache factors he highlighted to be identified to the teaching workers. DrewSpark responded to a query in regards to the video, stating partially, “I feel the vast majority of the criticism is honest and is offered completely, I’d have an interest to see Josh do extra of those movies on different gamers. I may even say that there wasn’t something new to us in that video AND now we have the complete context behind a few of the specifics.”

With excessive hopes for his or her firepower behind a rebuilt roster, Sentinels entered the primary yr of the quasi-franchised VALORANT Champions Tour with severe expectations. They finally didn’t reside as much as the billing, putting seventh within the common season, bombing out within the first spherical of the LOCK//IN event, and finally failing to qualify for Champions. Whereas there’s little doubt they’ve the closest factor esports can need to a blue-blood pedigree in VALORANT, the staff has a methods to go earlier than punching their option to deep worldwide event runs within the new period. For what it’s price, Sentinels are devoted to TenZ, and have apparently retained him for the 2024 campaign.

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Hunter Cooke

Investigative Unit. Rainbow Six Siege, VALORANT.

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