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NRG AND Sentinels Are OUT Of Masters Shanghai After Shocking Stage 1 Performances

The Masters Madrid winners and arguably the best team in the world, Sentinels, are out of contention for Masters Shanghai after failing to qualify for the play-offs in VCT Americas.

Dropping games to Evil Geniuses, Leviatan and LOUD mean that they were mathematically eliminated from play-offs as only the top three teams from their group made it through with G2 making it above them in round differential by just two rounds.

However, another team that has let the world down, is NRG. They go out of play-offs after not even qualifying for one international event so far after losing to Sentinels in VCT Americas kick-off and now bombing out of Stage 1 despite having, on paper, the best roster in the world, with the additions of Demon1 and Ethan who were from the world champions winning side Evil Geniuses and Demon1 being the most sought after player in the world.

Despite being two of the best players from that squad of 5 from last year, they were unable to defeat any of their former team mates this year which included an utterly embarrassing defeat to Leviatan where they only managed a total of 8 rounds across the two maps. Leviatan is now home to c0m who won the Champions title alongside Demon1 and Ethan.

On paper, Sentinels and NRG should have had near to no problems making it through to play offs with the compeition in their group being the 2023 worst team in Americas, KRU and the ”tier 2” Cloud9, who both majorly over performed and went 5-1 in their series whilst SEN and NRG went 3-3 shocking the world.

VCT Americas Kick-off start tonight with Cloud9 playing G2 Esports looking to knock each other out of play-offs in this one and done game.

Another knockout game could see LOUD dropping out of Master Shanghai contention with a tough game against 100Theives who already look a lot better than their kick-off form with Champions winning IGL, Boostio, transforming this roster after putting Cryo, onto the smokes role and allowing Asuna to take up the Raze as he used to do back in 2021.

These games will decide who will go on to face off against KRU Esports and Leviatan with both of those teams looking on form hoping for a spot in Masters Shanghai to Join Paper Rex, T1, GenG from the APAC side with the other regions yet to play off.

LOUD Shatter Sentinels Chances of Masters Shanghai

Sentinels’ chances of Masters Shangai is now up in flames with LOUD getting their first win of the split against the current champions.

Sentinels going down to LOUD now means that their chance of their qualification mainly lands into the hands of other teams losing with them needing NRG and G2 to lose BOTH of their games for Sentinels to make it to play-offs.

Despite LOUD not having a win all split after going down to Leviatan, Cloud9 and KRU, they turned up and played Sentinels down to a level that just isn’t acceptable in SEN fans eyes.

SEN now go on to face off against FURIA with the only game they have remaining is set to be played this weekend in the final week of Split 1 for VCT Americas.

LOUD’s chances for playoffs are very alive due to their group being the poorest group of all VCT with two teams going 0-4 and the final spot being contested between two other teams whilst Leviatan takes the lead for the group after taking down NRG and Sentinels.

Stats Courtesy of vlr.gg

After an un-characteristically bad performance from Zellsis he went 16 kills across the two maps and Sacy was the only player on Sentinels to keep his frags consistent.

On the other side, cauanzin had a strong return to form after being the bottom frag of the side for the first 3 matches, he turned up and dropped 41 kills on Sentinels and looked to be on a revenge tour of the remaining matches in the split.

Evil Geniuses SHOCK Masters Champions in VCT Americas

Sentinels are now under huge pressure with a 2-1 loss to Evil Geniuses give them their second loss of the split making their play-off chances slim after a dominant kick-off tournament and then taking the Masters Madrid trophy back home.

After a ridculous 9-3 comeback on Lotus, Sentinels took the map and went up 10-2 on Bind with most fans saying it was just another standard win for SEN City. However, it wasn’t meant to be with a shocking comeback from Evil Geniuses took them to map 3.

Map 3 was Sunset where it was very back and forth between the rounds and they were extremely shared with the two most recent international winners.

Stats Courtesy of vlr.gg

With jawgemo coming back to Champions form on the Raze, he took over the first map which ended up going in the favour of Sentinels despite dropping 23 kills in the first half. He then had a steadily great performance across the next three maps where he was consistently great.

After going down 2-0 to Leviatan, SEN now go down 2-1 to Evil Geniuses who have shown that it wasn’t a fluke last year with the remaining Potter and jawgemo still creating greatness with a new roster.

To make play-offs comfortably now, Sentinels need to take down LOUD and FURIA whilst they need the other teams in their group to have poor games for the remainder of this split.

Sentinels next game is against a poor LOUD side who are currently sat 0-3 in their group despite being one of only two teams that made it to Masters Madrid with the trophy eventually coming back to Americas but to Sentinels rather than LOUD.

Sentinels Take Down MIBR in Comfortable 2-0 Fashion

Sentinels kick-off the VCT Americas Superweek with a well furnished 2-0 victory over MIBR with Zekken taking the MVP of the series grabbing himself 40 kills across the two maps.

It was just smooth sailing for the Masters Madrid winners only allowing the Brazilian side to get 10 rounds across the two maps with Lotus going 13-3 in favour of Sentinels and then Bind going 13-7 the way of Sentinels with a 9-3 first half.

Stats Courtesy of vlr.gg

Coming off of a loss against Leviatan, where aspas dropped 68 kills across the two maps, Sentinels needed to get back to Championship form which they proved that they will and did against this poor MIBR side. Their new Bind comp switching TenZ off of Yoru and onto the Gekko has proved to be something that has worked incredibly in their favour with Zekkens, Raze being one of the best in the world, that alone is enough firepower to send Sentinels ahead of the competition.

Sentinels now look ahead to Evil Geniuses on Tuesday where they will hope to go 3-1 in games in the regular season and make it to the playoffs from the alpha group despite KRU going 3-0 at the moment.

Sentinels did look slightly different in their playstyle in that TenZ picked up the Outlaw and the Operator much more often allowing him to take long range fights and win them out much more comfortably despite how good his rifling has been this season.

He recently said on stream –

”Other than aspas, America doesnt really have a good AWPer”

He then proceeds to pick up the AWP and take as many fights as he could with it, one being a clutch on Bind whilst AWPing on Gekko. First made popular by EDG’s ZMjjKK.

Aspas Obliterates Sentinels With 47 Kills on Lotus

Week 2 of VCT Americas kicked off on Friday with the first game between 100T vs G2 and then the game that was on everyones minds, SEN vs LEV and it did not disappoint with a 2-0 victory to LEV taking down the Masters Madrid winners.

Despite it being a 2-0, the first map on Lotus, was 19-17 with Aspas breaking the kill record in VCT by dropping 47 kills on the Raze. He has put his name in the record books once again with his outstanding performance against the most in form team in the world. With this performance he beats out ZETA Dep’s record of 42 by 5 kills and he does it in a game where he had to perform to the best of his abilities to win the game.

The game came off the back of SEN beating 100T 2-0 and LEV losing to Cloud9 2-1 with the momentum going the favour of Sentinels. Despite this, it was a rare off-day for Zekken who normally tops the server with kills and it was aspas who stole the show going +34 in the two maps.

With aspas’ 47 kill map on Lotus, they went into Icebox hoping to take the game 2-0 and that is what they did. With Sentinels being known that their ‘jett‘ maps aren’t their strongest as Zekkens, Raze is top 3 in the world however his Jett has some work to do. With Icebox being a Jett map, Sentinels eventually ended up losing the map 13-11 leaving their first loss of VCT Americas Stage 1 starting against Leviatan who have got their first win against Sentinels.

It should also be noted that aspas’s 47 kill map on Lotus had more kills than ANY other player in the server across the two maps. kiNgg on LEV came close with 46 and Zekken with 41 but aspas dropping more on just one map tells the story on how impressive he was in this series and even in the series against Cloud9 he topped the server despite losing the game.

SEN go onto to face off against MIBR on Saturday 20th April at 10pm BST, with MIBR losing their opening game against KRU 2-0 where Sentinels will hope to get a win back and go on to gain their points for Masters Shanghai. Whereas Leviatan will go on to face the inform NRG who are coming off the back of a 2-0 win over FURIA.

Sentinels Take Down 100 Thieves in First Match of VCT Americas

The Masters Madrid Champions return back to VCT Americas to play their first game of Split 1 against their long term rivals, 100 Thieves in a game that they took by storm and dominated showing despite their lack of practice, they are still on the top of VCT.

There were questions on whether or not their IGL, johnqt, could make it back from Morocco in time for the game as he, alongside the LOUD guys, was dealing with heavy visa issues stopping him from getting into the USA to play against 100 Thieves. However, he did make it and played very well despite only getting into the country 24 hours earlier. He dropped 30 frags across the two maps which left him 4th in the lobby.

After a start that looked like 100 Thieves were competitive and were looking to disrupt the flow of the reining champions, Sacy just shifted into a different gear with the Brazilian dropping 22 kills and a crucial 4k in the final round of the map to take Icebox 13-10 and set up for Split which they are known for being the best worldwide at.

They took Split comfortably 13-6 leaving 100T fans wondering why Zikz didnt ban Split from SEN’s hands since their final map, if 100T were to beat SEN on Split, wouldve been Sunset. Sunset is a map that is played so well by Sentinels that some fans call the map SENset because of their prowess on the map.

Sentinels start off their year with confidence only losing 3 matches all year, 1 of them being a useless match against G2 in the lower brackets, and the other two against LOUD and GenG. They start off stage 1 looking confident ahead of their battle against Leviatan and Aspas who dropped 78 kills in a 3 map series against Cloud9.

100 Thieves, however, are off to a poor start with Boostio only dropping 10 kills across the two maps and some poor decisions individually from the players. They go on to face G2 who are looking strong with their new addition of Icy in their 2-0 victory over Evil Geniuses.

Sentinels Become Champions Once Again At Masters Madrid

It took 1,029 days but the Sentinels VALORANT side have won their second Masters trophy becoming the only organisation in VALORANT history to have TWO Masters trophies to their name.

They defeated GenG in the repeat of the Upper final game however this bout went blow for blow with both teams winning their map picks and then Sentinels eventually dominating Icebox to take the match 3-2 and finally, after all the hard work and determination, win the first Masters Event of the year.

TenZ joins Chronicle as the only two players to have won more than one Masters Event, with fans doubting his performance since Reykjavik, he really put the haters to rest this series putting up more frags than any of the other GenG players did on the flex role across the 5 maps where he played gekko, Omen and Kay/0.

However it wasnt TenZ that was the standout of this Masters win, it was Zekken, who equalled Demon1’s record of 101 kills in a Bo5 across the 5 maps on the Jett and the Raze putting himself up there as one of the best, if not the best duelist player in the world.

It has been a very long time since Sentinels have been at the top of VALORANT, however, fans across the world and even pros across the world were very confident in their chances to win the game and that is exactly what they went and did with all of the teams that they had to defeat on their path including the new super teams in Leviatan and NRG to qualify for Madrid, to then have to beat Paper Rex, Team Heretics and LOUD to eventually beat GenG in the final and get their well deserved trophy for their efforts and tribulation.

They put themselves down in history, especially Sacy, who has become the first player in history to win a Masters and a Champions trophy, and he did it with two different teams in two different languages alongside 2x Masters winner, TenZ, and JohnQT whos first time on the Masters stage brought him the win.

They go into the upcoming season with 6 Champions qualification points which gives them huge lee-way to their performance not needing to be top tier at the Americas league with them having to lose all of their games to not make it to Madrid. They only need to win 1 game to make it to Madrid in theory.

Paper Rex Knock Out Karmine Corp From Masters Madrid in MEGA Match

One of the surprise teams of VCT 2024, Karmine Corp, have been eliminated from Masters Madrid by the APAC international kings, Paper Rex in a 2-1 banger of a match.

It took the team 3 maps and a nail biting over time on the final map to secure the winner and send home the French side from Masters Madrid after their dream run in the playoffs.

The game ended with the so called ‘flex god‘ f0rsaken returning as Raze but also playing 3 different roles across the 3 maps to pretty much secure his team the win and bring them over the line in the final map with a ridiculous 3k to send Karmine Corp back to EMEA.

Monyet quietened the haters with his performance on Bind sending them in the right direction with a round 4 Ace putting the hopes of Paper Rex fans high despite the criticism he received after the previous game against Team Heretics.

Despite the seriousness of the tournament and the pressure that they are under, Paper Rex played their usual style and seemed to be having fun which is what the essence of Paper Rex is. They will always be smiling and laughing whilst destroying some of the best teams in the world.

They will go on to face GenG in the play-offs for a chance to finally win an international event after coming 2-3rd place so many times now that it is just a given that Paper Rex will go far in the tournament and reach at least the Upper Finals.

LOUD Obliterate EDG To Make Top Four At Masters Madrid

The Brazilian kings, LOUD, had a statement game with a complete domination of Edward Gaming only allowing them 5 total rounds across the two maps in this crucial knockout game at Masters Madrid.

LOUD once again brought the pheonix comp to Sunset with quick going 38-19 across the two maps showing fans that even without aspas, LOUD are a force to be reckoned with especially on their Sunset where quick went 24-7 on the Phoenix after a complete blowout on Icebox.

Unfortunate as it is, Zmjjkk wasnt enough to bring down the LAN Veterans in LOUD as they dominate Icebox 13-2 with the Chinese superstar going 4-15 and then ending Sunset 13-14 despite having quite a strong run of form coming into this game.

LOUD solidified their spot in the play-offs for the Grand Final with an utter domination of the Chinese side sending a message to their next opponent, Sentinels, that they are a force that wont go down easily despite losing their best player to Leviatan.

The draw for the play-offs was done after the two knockout games ended, with the two regions fighting within each other allowing for an upper bracket game and a lower bracket game to be NA vs APAC.

LOUD will play Sentinels on the 21st of March at 6pm after the Paper Rex vs GenG game concludes setting up for a huge match that went 3-2 in the way of Sentinels the last time that they met.

GenG Join Sentinels In Play-Offs With 2-1 Victory Over Edward Gaming

The second team to make it to the play-offs for Masters Madrid has been confirmed as GenG defeat Edward Gaming in convincing fashion after dominating 2 maps.

Despite the incredible performance from Zmjjkk on the EDG side, it seemed to be just Kang Kang who was turning up for the game and wanted to win. They get sent down to the 1-1 bracket in the Swiss System where they will go on to play LOUD, who they lost to 2-1 in last years Champions.

Edward Gaming took the first map on Icebox 13-8 with an unfortunate time for Lakia on the Gekko going 3-18 which ultimately led to Edward taking the map quite comfortably despite then going on to getting a combined 11 rounds across the next two maps.

Once again, Zmjjkk putting up ridiculous numbers which puts him currently in the top 5 performing players of the entire masters so far. Despite losing the game, they are still in the tournament where they will battle to try and make it to the play offs to possibly rematch GenG and try and make history for the Chinese VALORANT scene.

GenG go on to the play-offs joining Sentinels where they will wait 3 days for their matches but they will find out the remaining two teams and see who will join them in getting closer to the Masters Madrid title.