“Kaplan is, in terms of his title, has stepped up, but he's pretty much doing the same role he was doing before,” dephh said.
Last year, Kaplan led Ghost Gaming to a strong season during North American VCT regional play, and the team won the Nerd Street Summer Championship. Kaplan joined Sentinels in the offseason along with Syyko and the team’s analyst Drew "DrewSpark" Spark-Whitworth. Kaplan, right, talks to the team in between maps. As somebody who had been part of the coaching staff and was more of the strategic coach, it made the transition and quick turnaround this week easier. He credited new head coach Adam "kaplan" Kaplan for getting the team prepared to face a tough opponent in LOUD.Īt the same time Syyko was let go, Kaplan was elevated from assistant coach to head coach. Read more: The best events and tournaments at Localhost in Marchĭephh said it was “bittersweet” playing Friday without Syyko, especially because he was not only a head coach but a friend. I think there was obviously some differences there between our owner and head coach.”ĭephh didn’t go into detail, but only said there were differences between the team’s owner and now former head coach and that Moore let the team know that he understood that they might not agree and would be annoyed. Losing Syyko, a coach dephh had worked with since 2021 at XSET, their previous team, was particularly hard. Syyko waves to the crowd at VCT LOCK//IN. The next day, Sentinels announced TenZ wouldn’t play during Week 4 of the VCT Americas league, and Jimmy “Marved” Nguyen would sub in for the team.Īs a result of all this, Sentinels’ in-game leader Rory “dephh” Jackson faced increased pressure and stress this week to get the team ready to face LOUD, the best team in VCT Americas. On Monday, TenZ’s fiancée Kyedae “Kyedae” Shymko tweeted out that not only had TenZ played with a joint infection but he had just tested positive for COVID. Sign up for the next Nerd Street tournament! The sudden move sent shockwaves across social media. The team lost Sunday, and later that night, Sentinels CEO Rob Moore tweeted out that the team was parting ways with head coach Don “Syyko” Muir. Last weekend, their star player Tyson “TenZ” Ngo revealed he had a joint infection and played through it. “Signing on Sinatraa, ShaZaM, and SicK to join our organization further cements Sentinels as a home for world class players and teams.LOS ANGELES - It has been a challenging week for Sentinels’ VALORANT team as they prepared to play two games during the VCT Americas league superweek. “Our goals as an organization are to connect our fans to the biggest, most exciting games in esports, and to recruit championship caliber teams as we have in other games like Fortnite and Halo,” Explained Sentinels founder Rob Moore. With this line up, the Sentinels have set themselves up to be top tier contenders in VALORANT. The VALORANT esports scene is still in its early developing stages and many teams are starting to scout out the top talent from CS:GO, Apex Legends, Overwatch, and other competitive shooters to join their VALORANT teams. To all my fans who have supported me over the years, the future feels really bright right now and I can’t wait to show everyone what I can do.” “When I saw the team that Sentinels had put together, with so much experience from different esports, I knew that this was the right place to go and I’m excited to be at the front of it.
“The move to Valorant is no doubt a huge step in my career, and I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity,” Sinatraa said.
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For many pro players, VALORANT represents a fresh start and the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a brand new esport. The game entered beta in early April and is set to release in Summer of 2020.
VALORANT is the latest game from Riot Games. The search for the final member of their squad is still ongoing, according to the official press release.
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The fourth player to join the VALORANT roster is former Apex Legends professional Jared “Zombs” Gitlin, who has competed with the Sentinels since March of 2019. Both players have competed in CS:GO at the highest level since 2014. The Sentinels also added the two former CS:GO players Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan and Hunter “Sick” Mims to their VALORANT roster. We are excited to announce details about our Valorant team consisting of and /wsxlXCOqF7
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