I’m not looking for someone with a crazy resume, someone that’s going to take over the structure of our team and create some sort of dictatorship. Nerd Street: What are you looking for in a coach? It’s a new game, it’s hard to find someone that is really passionate for the game. I think that it would have helped us, it’s not that we necessarily don’t want a coach. I’m sure he called that we were completely ignoring the smoke, so that let them adapt and get the timing to walk through the smoke and flank us. I 100% know that it was right after a tactical timeout, and that was the only opportunity for the coach to speak with them. You could just tell after looking back that they adjusted really well, and that was after a tactical timeout.Įspecially with 100T, we’ve always talked about how walked out of showers smoke and flanked us. I also feel like some of the other teams we’ve played against, I remember TSM way back in the FaZe Invitational, I think their coach was calling adjustments. ShahZaM: Yeah, it’s happened two or three times that we lost a final. Photo: StarLadder Nerd Street: Do you think that you would have finished better in previous tournaments where you lost in the finals ? It’s forced us to rely on the people in the server to be more vocal and to speak up about adapting about changes and the things that they’re seeing.īefore making the jump to VALORANT, ShahZaM played CS:GO for several teams, including Complexity. That’s one huge thing that we’re missing right now. They’re watching the stream and calling adjustments based on what they see. I know that’s how the coaches are working right now. Maybe a team has done their homework and is exploiting a certain way you are playing, and a coach watching the stream can definitely recognize that and relay that information to the team.
Being in your voice chat, they can pick up on a tendency.
On top of that, there’s no coaching system in the game right now, so even though the coaches are on a two-minute delay, they’re sitting there and watching the stream to understand the game. ShahZaM: Definitely an ease of the workload, for sure. Nerd Street: What kind of advantages would you get with an analyst or coach added? It is a lot of work, and eventually we do want to distribute the responsibilities. When they feel like I know exactly what they’re going to do, I can tell that they’re feeling super confident too, and it’s a whole mental game as well. You just go into the server way more confident, and I can tell that my teammates feed off of that confidence. Even if they change all their stuff, it’s the confidence it gives you when you have a good grasp on how the other team is going to play. That’s why I really like doing it, I really like feeling prepared when I go into a match. There’s a whole lot of work, but it’s not like I don’t enjoy it. I know our manager is concerned, he wants us to get an analyst at least to help me. Nerd Street: Since you’re the IGL do you feel like you take on that coaching role in the absence of one? Everyone’s been playing a lot of good VALORANT.
We finally, after all the struggles at the start of the year with the power outage and no water, we have had some solid days of practice in, and we’re finally finding our groove, fixing the maps that we’re weaker on. Read more: TenZ says ‘it would definitely be a consideration’ if given the chance to join Sentinels permanently Nerd Street: How are you feeling about Masters? Nerd Street Gamers caught up with him to ask about the team’s success, despite not having a coach or analyst providing extra help. Sentinels is one of those teams still actively searching for a coach or analyst to help them in their gameplay.ĭue to their lack of help in the coaching department, Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan, the in-game-leader for Sentinels, has stepped up to fill the role. VALORANT is a game that is still in its infancy, and because the game is still so young, many teams are struggling to find coaches. They ranked at the top of many fans’ power rankings entering the tournament, have looked unstoppable since the addition of Tyson “TenZ” Ngo and are one win away from claiming the title of best team in North America. Sentinels have been one of the most successful VALORANT teams in North America even before Masters started.
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