Fans can watch the match live on Riot Games’ official Valorant Twitch and YouTube channels. Sentinels will face The Guard on August 5, 4:00 a.m. The dapper weapons expert had the highest pick rate during Masters Copenhagen at 77%, despite the recent nerf to his Trademark traps.īoth teams must strive to be at the top of their game to claim the last and final slot at Valorant Champions Istanbul. Most recently, TenZ leaked a scrim match against FaZe Clan, showing that he’s made the switch from Jett to Chamber on Split, possibly following the footsteps of former Jett mains like OpTic Gaming’s Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker, who continues to dominate the Valorant scene with the French agent.Ĭhamber is one of the strongest agents in the current Valorant meta. With their roster now complete, they’re in the process of adjusting their agent comps at their boot camp in Texas. Meanwhile, the team’s long-time flex player, Hunter “SicK” Mims, also took an extended leave of absence due to an undisclosed family matter, leaving Sentinels to play with stand-ins.Īfter benching Eric “Kanpeki” Xu before the VCT NA LCQ, Sentinels filled out their roster with Shroud and Zellsis. TenZ missed their match against OpTic Gaming in Week 3 of the VCT NA Stage 2 Challengers Main Event after testing positive for COVID-19. Sentinels also haven’t been in form top form after their team was plagued with roster instability throughout their VCT 2022 season run. He explained that their star duelist player, Ha “Sayaplayer” Jung-woo, was a good Raze player, but wasn’t able to produce the same results as when he plays Jett. Michael Grzesiek 3 (born June 2, 1994), better known as Shroud (formerly mEclipse 4 ), is a streamer, YouTuber, former professional Valorant player, and former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. The Guard’s head coach, Matthew “mCe” Elmore, said that they needed a top-class Raze player during the VCT NA Stage 2 Challengers Main Event. The team’s decision to experiment with new agent roles for its players was unsuccessful. The Guard failed to win a single match at Masters Reykjavik 2022, then finished 9th-10th place at VCT NA Stage 2 Challengers. These standings suggest that The Guard may have the upper hand against Sentinels, but their recent tournament runs have shown that both teams are struggling as of late. The Guard, a team that had the most points at 220, was matched up against Sentinels, the squad with the least amount of points at 45. Sentinels will take on The Guard in the upper bracket quarterfinals of VCT NA LCQ Credit: Riot GamesĮach team’s seeding in the tournament was based on the VCT circuit point standing. FunPlus Phoenix crowned champions of Masters Copenhagen after incredible clutch performances.Valorant dev shuts down Shroud’s loser’s queue theory: ‘We do not manipulate the queue’. Shroud, alongside popular Valorant pros Tyson “TenZ” Ngo, Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan, Michael “dapr” Gulino, and newcomer Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro, will face VCT NA Stage 1 Challengers champions The Guard in the upper bracket quarterfinals of the VCT NA LCQ’s playoffs. The former CS:GO pro has come out of retirement after spending the last for years as a fulltime content creator. The first match of the tournament features the highly-anticipated debut of Sentinels’ new Valorant roster that includes popular Twitch streamer Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek. However, it was only when he placed fourth in the North American ESEA Season 15: Main Division in 2014, that he realized that he really had a shot at making it in the pro-eSports scene.Riot Games has officially announced the brackets for the upcoming VCT North America Last Chance Qualifiers where the sole winning team advances to Valorant Champions Istanbul. Eventually, he realized from the feedback on his streams, especially from pro-players, that he was pretty skilled. Prior to that, he only had a handful of friends, all of whom were fellow gamers. When he began streaming at around 17, he found that it helped him to overcome his insecurities in regards to speaking with others. Over time, he slowly started enjoying CS:GO more as the gameplay gradually improved with new updates. So, he only played it occasionally with his friends, while he primarily played World of Warcraft (WoW) as a teenager. Although he can no longer play with him, his father is very supportive and watches every tournament match that he participates in.Īlthough originally unimpressed with the CS:GO beta was release in August 2012. It was also his dad who initially introduced him to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS). This was why is father was happy to supply his son with the latest consoles and gaming equipment when he was growing up. Shroud inherited his love of gaming and technology from his father, who would play video games with him from a very young age, and who built every computer that they own.
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