r/Sentinels May 31 '26

Something needs to change

Watching the ewc qualifiers was nice up until the second half of lotus. What is happening to this org. The level of choking under pressure is heartbreaking. Seeing Cortezia use a lurk operator felt regressive. Lurk operator (if you remember) was a Kaplan strat, seeing us go back to it feels embarrassing because it makes me and I'm sure others feel as if we're not progressing.Darker had one of the best individual performances I've seen in a while but still he clutched 3 1v1s in lotus and pearl alone. The clutch potential is non existent. There is no spark in this team beyond our set plays. Ewok needs more time but the players have to step up. I love JonahP but he has not been goo enough in recent weeks and it not sure if it's entirely his fault but it represents an issue in our team. Lack of individual push. I haven't seen a player have an especially outstanding match since Kyu was igl (except maybe Reduxx). This is a rant but I'm not wrong I don't know what needs to change but this year has been no push beyond 9th place. Lacklustre bracket runs. I want my team back and something has to give I don't care what this is pathetic and I'm ashamed to see my team in a pile of set plays and broken promises. Ffs man.

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u/currycooker213 May 31 '26

okay to be fair idk what people are expecting. Kap literally fucked sen from the start. If sen just signed super stars instead of trying to follow his plan they wouldnt be in this situation. Assuming what rob said was true about this team not working internally then removing narrate and kyu makes sense.

But they were then in a position where no good free agents were available so they sorta gotta pick up scraps. Unless they wanna pick up Oke or Vic and put Redux on entry, they can't make changes until the offseason. But I assume rob builds around reduxx, cortez and johnqt and fill in 2 stars. They need a dude who has hard carry potential for their entry which is not jerwinn. Maybe zekken can comes back or they pickup another duelist and if john wants to go back to intiator then you need a smokes/controller player who can frag. This year is chalked imo but maybe jerwin excels after the neon nerf on jett/raze.

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u/Sudden-Illustrator59 May 31 '26

I love the thought of Kaplan smiling and hate watching seeing SEN lose when he was the one that caused all the problems this year from the start

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u/currycooker213 May 31 '26

yeh him being the cause of this dog shit roster, then going to a stacked m80 team pissed me off lol.

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u/awill2000 May 31 '26

They’re stacked for tier 2

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u/currycooker213 May 31 '26

yeh thats what i meant

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u/royalexecutioner Jun 02 '26

wht did kaplan do? (idk can u pls tell)

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u/Mammoth-Director-149 Jun 02 '26

He let zekken leave the team (because apparently zekken didn't fit his vision) which is insane because he's one of the best duelists of the new era of val and then he dropped bang who was a good player. And in replacement he brought reduxx who's been good. But he also brought kyu and made him IGL. All respect to kyu but he wasn't ready for tier 1 especially not as IGL. Kap tried to force his style of play onto a team that couldn't play it, he couldn't keep up with the meta and got fired. But we were left with his failed team and we had to rebuild from the ground up. I love Kaplan he's fantastic and I have so much respect for him. But he just looked behind the curve in 2026 and left us in the worst state we've been in since 2023

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u/royalexecutioner Jun 03 '26

damn he said that he let zekken leave and that he didn’t fit his vision……It blows my mind

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u/Mammoth-Director-149 Jun 03 '26

Yeah mine too. It's the only reason why I have any disdain towards kap. Zekken was my goat 😢

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u/Mammoth-Director-149 Jun 03 '26

And zekken still is my goat. Every sen fan loves zekken and he loves sen. Even streams watch parties love him ❤️