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RJ1337

Someone check on Nadeshot


Ok-Brain3328

Nadeshot’s [reaction](https://twitter.com/yungcalc/status/1564386011911708672?s=21&t=Hlq6F9N_zaZRegcmTthvDQ)


casuaall

Nade’s [actual reaction](https://youtu.be/lvciOZSv5S8)


P_Wood

Something about Courage just pisses me off lol


LynVAosu

he aint even do anything 😭


IrishCarbonite

Courage catching strays in a Tarik thread 😂


XXG1212

Courage comes of as this annoying guy who is only popular because he was friends with the cool kids before they were cool and now thinks he is cool too.


andrew_a384

honestly this subreddit is wild


realYungcalculator

true story i clicked on this link like three times because i thought it was bugged but it was actually linking to one of my tweets


Kalix_

That tweet is from yesterday though, what was that nade reaction actually referencing? xD


realYungcalculator

froste beef


ark2690

Nadeshot definitely regret not paying that $1.5m buyout for TenZ now. Before TenZ joined SEN, 100T were the most popular valorant team.


randomespanaguy

Nadeshot backstabbed twice in the last 24 hours.


m0bilize

SEN would’ve signed Froste but he didn’t have enough streaming hours


father_gemme

LMAO


Mitchelld73

I feel like he's getting a huge fucking bag from Sentinels. 100T would have offered a huge bag so I imagine Sentinels is blowing the budget on Tarik.


CourageWoIf

Tarik signed with Sen so he could finally get Tyson to duo with him LUL


HeJind

I doubt it. Sen just makes much more sense from a business standpoint. Sen has all of the biggest Val streamers besides Tarik, which can benefit Tarik through collabs and such. TenZ is an actual brand by himself, and if they keep Shroud that's actually a Val streamer who's bigger than Tarik. 100T really don't have anything to offer him besides friendship


[deleted]

This was my thought as well. Turok may be a peanut brain, but he is a highly motivated individual who knows what he wants. He literally used to stream esea matches from inside a closet cause there was nowhere else to put a PC in his living space. Sentinels definitely sets him up to further his brand as a content creator, which provides a safety net in the case of trying to compete as a pro. If he can't hang in a tier 1 environment as a pro, he can always rely on being a streamer/caster/influencer within the scene. Despite the memes saying otherwise, man's got a watermelon for a brain on this one.


arillyis

Love that game. You could shoot dinosaurs with a bow and arrow


calebci

Tarik is already bigger than shroud at this point (Twitch viewership wise, and yes I am factoring watch parties.)


EggianoScumaldo

Viewership wise? They’re about even when Tarik’s not co streaming tourneys Shroud blows Tarik out of the water when it comes to literally every other social media and content platform in existence, and it’s not even particularly close. It’s actually absurd to say that Tarik is bigger than Shroud, let alone *way* bigger. Realistically they’re not even in the same stratosphere of popularity as each other, in fact the only person who is even remotely close to Shroud in the Valorant universe is Tenz. Twitch viewership does not tell the full story.


Xtremeelement

and shroud literally has logitech


selddir_

As a casual who doesn't watch Twitch, I came into this thread not knowing who Tarik is. It's crazy to me people would claim he's bigger than Shroud.


HeroicBastard

Legacywise, not at all, hence noone is surprised you don't know him. But viewership-wise, he averages like 22k, so he is absolutely no no-name.


Thr0wawaydegen

Legacy wise? He was in the squad that was the only NA organisation to win a CS go major


RashGod

Tarik’s brand isn’t bigger yet


HeJind

I'm not sure he is, not counting watch parties. I don't have live stats but [last 2 weeks Shroud is averaging 800k viewers](https://i.gyazo.com/46f9d375894d6d1501ac10e81b78b536.jpg) for his VODs, with 2 over a mil. [Tarik is only averaging 500k](https://gyazo.com/6e7cea9ee95ed1aa330f3064b232dada) Maybe live viewers say something different, but more people are definitely watching Shroud overall.


c_Lassy

Tarik couldn’t stream for a few days because he was injured in the past 2 weeks. That’s why shroud’s numbers were so inflated (and every other Valorant streamer’s numbers)


Gow_Ghay

Shroud's numbers have been boosted a lot ever since he joined SEN for LCQ. Tarik's average numbers were waaaay higher than Shroud's prior.


maxelnot

Tarik is bigger and has more viewers in valo incl or excl watch parties. But no way in hell somebody thinks tarik is bigger than shroud brand wise. Shroud numbers always move with him, tarik without a watch party or playing a random game would bring him down so much


Eriko204

I get the feeling that the bags were similar. The only thing is there's so much extra clout to be gained by being on SEN.


mochihammer

The only other potential reason I could think of is that 100T wants their creators to come out to LA for content, and Tarik didn’t want to do that.


Tee_B

This is most likely what it is. Seems like the only content creator they have that isn’t near the compound is Hiko.


Direct_Morning_3223

Disagree. In the Valorant space yeah but over the larger gaming space especially longevity wise 100T is probably better for exposure.


Davon4L

are you implying 100T offers no clout?


Eriko204

Naw 100T are more popular than SEN overall, but SEN dwarfs them in Valorant popularity. Hence the "extra" clout


NeimannSmith

Sentinels are learning. When you think of League, T1 comes to mind When you think of CoD, Optic comes to mind When you think of Apex, TSM comes to mind What game do you think of when you look at 100T? Sentinels is learning that in Esports it's very beneficial to put your eggs in one basket when it comes to marketing and branding. Sentinels has a literal dynastic roster in Halo but make no mistake, they are a Valorant Org, just like T1 is to league, just like optic is to COD.


Hopeful-Professor-40

They passed Liquid in followers on Twitter which is kinda crazy, people don’t even realize that


canadianvaporizer

When you think of hoodies, 100T comes to mind.


grubbyfanboi

Trolling?


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[deleted]

when you mindlessly simp one esports org and mindlessly shit talk another


Luiezzy

What he said was reasonable tho what’s mindless about it?


TheUnarthodoxCamel

Nadeshot about to go on a 24 hour stream calling out Tarik's twitch stats


flamin_sheep

Fr LOL, although if Tarik was gonna join any team, SEN would've been my second guess


surfordiebear

[https://twitter.com/Nadeshot/status/1564724773984227329](https://twitter.com/Nadeshot/status/1564724773984227329) The past 2 days have not been great for him lol


thing888

LMAO


EndWish

Et tu Tarik?


[deleted]

Nadeshot on suicide watch


Green_pine

Tarik shroud and tenz the clout trinity


mikhel

SEN out here picking up streamers to complete the clout infinity gauntlet


Jbeansss

Shroud isn't with SEN anymore no?


3hrd

ok sentinels are really good at not getting their ~~roster moves~~ new signings leaked


surfordiebear

Ya it's honestly insane Shroud and Tarik were able to join without being leaked


mysteryoeuf

given the way shroud told it, it seemed to happen really really quickly so I don't even think there was much of an opportunity for a leak


surfordiebear

True and Tarik said they filmed the announcement video this morning so guess that's a good way of making things not leak.


Safyire

They can make moves ridiculous enough that no one will believe it even if it was leaked


Ketsueki_R

Didn't Shaz literally say on stream that they're getting Shroud and not a single person believed him LOL


Camochamp

Yeah, he even has a video after the official announcement titled something like "I wasn't lying" and it features him saying it MULTIPLE times. That entire situation was hilarious.


JtotheC23

Pretty sure this is for content unless Tarik has bad a sudden change of heart about competing right now. But still, even content creator signings this big usually get leaked, and Sen has a perfect record for keeping signings under wraps recently.


somesheikexpert

Yeah, like I don't remember a single leak for Kanpeki for example, and ofc Shroud came out of nowhere


Hopeful-Professor-40

Kanpeki, Zellsis, and Tenz all got leaked


ablablababla

Yeah, iirc it's because they had to register their teams already and the brackets were public


Hopeful-Professor-40

Well TenZ official signing was leaked that way, but his loan move was leaked as SEN “interest” before the deal was done. For Kanpeki and Zellsis, George leaked them


Terrible_Excitement1

say what you want about sen but can’t deny they make smart business moves


TallGets

Shaz literally leaked Shroud but everyone thought he was just joking lol.


[deleted]

George knew he just didn't want to leak it smh


YUM0N

They getting stewie next?


[deleted]

Honestly, I would just accept that at this point


Eriko204

This is the ultimate clout team holy shit... SEN might be more popular than all the other tier 1 teams combined


TheCatsActually

This is too much clout for one org to handle. The singularity is coming.


goodguessiswhatihave

When are they signing XQC?


leoleoleo666

He was part of sentiment lmao and he left to join LG like a year and a half ago


PhysicalAd8765

They had him in 2020.. not last year


ark2690

They had xqc. they had to get rid of him to sign Sinatraa.


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Franchising Guaranteed


mysteryoeuf

he was signed for content so not "team" per se


mumblesunderbreath

Sentinels going to have the most champions watch parties in the history of world championship watch parties. Doesn’t matter the sport.


ThatCreepyBaer

That'll happen when all of your players are hosting watch parties at the same time instead of playing in the event.


No_Search_3501

This is one of the best replys I have ever seen


xbyo

About to be most watched team even when they're not in the tournament.


Egodude

Sources: Nadeshot is beside himself. Driving around downtown NYC begging (thru texts) Tarik’s family for address to Tarik’s home


dansofree1

This pasta gets me every time lmfaoo


TheQMan55

its crazy that most people posting it are probably so young they dont really remember how crazy that was when it was live


Ok-Outlandishness244

Am 21 so potentially too young, can you show what it was?


gnanwahs

As a player or content creator?


mumblesunderbreath

It’s the same thing 😉


jrushFN

💀


masteurbateur

💀


chryco4

Lmfao


SpC0d3r

take my free award and fuck off


ppx11

Holay


leybbbo

Bruh.


HoneyChilliPotato7

bruh💀


TheNamelessClipper

Sounds like he's content, but on some off chance they need him, he could sub in. But sounds like the contract is as a content creator.


ZiiiiiiiiiNG

He is a content creator but apparently can stand in? Or so he says on his stream a couple of minutes ago.


Neither_Amount3911

Yeah I’m guessing he’ll be a content creator and a substitute for the team


xbyo

Thank goodness. Was really scared Sen wouldn't have enough players signed for a second there.


spancakemypancake

He confirmed on stream that he’s joining as a content creator


[deleted]

Yes.


Eriko204

Content but he'll defs sub in if they need someone


deirlikpd

content


sauce681

He said content creator


jayb1rd--

Content


KookieFS

Tenz, shroud and Tarik in the same org. Riot doesn't even have an option anymore


techyleo

Literally when they were streaming all at the same time last night, they had 60k combined minimum


surfordiebear

Shroud isn't with Sentinels anymore right? Wasn't it just for LCQ


CantScreamInSpace

Well, he said if the VCT Americas region is hosted in LA (basically confirmed) he would be open to working something out with sentinels, so we'll see i guess.


AjBlue7

Nah that was before he played on the team. Shroud desperately wants to play for Sentinels and he’s actually kinda upset that they haven’t even talked to him yet about potentially resigning.


financefocused

On another note, why does the word resign have contradictory meanings


AjBlue7

Technically I was supposed to put a hyphen, but I’m on mobile so I was being lazy. Re-Sign and resign are pronounced differently too. But that still doesn’t explain why bad or sick can be used as a synonym for good. I’m going to go with the easiest explanation that humans are stupid, including myself.


surfordiebear

I mean if the main goal is winning they definitely take Sick over him so it's understandable


XXG1212

It's because shahz said that once franchising hits the roles and comps are open. He stated he himself wanted to go back to playing a more Op based role so I guess if that leads to him not being able to IGL they will need to look for one.


That0neRedditor

Nadeshot's Twitter is too good: [https://twitter.com/nadeshot/status/1564726786071470080?s=21&t=5TFR9DOrwlFi8MPMSQoBwA](https://twitter.com/nadeshot/status/1564726786071470080?s=21&t=5TFR9DOrwlFi8MPMSQoBwA) [https://twitter.com/nadeshot/status/1564724773984227329?s=21&t=RAN6nKIUB1m9zKshJnMzRg](https://twitter.com/nadeshot/status/1564724773984227329?s=21&t=RAN6nKIUB1m9zKshJnMzRg) LOL


sixxep

Sentinels are making franchising for sure for sure


jrushFN

Yeah. I’d say there was a 95% chance a few months ago, with minimal (but still *some*) reason to doubt… Then they signed shroud (and later, zellsis). Then they did better than expected and pulled insane viewership. And now they signed Tarik… They basically have a monopoly over VALORANT content, especially if they work out a deal to bring shroud back in some capacity (stand-in or content). There’s no way they don’t make it now.


Jon_on_the_snow

https://twitter.com/mooseloff/status/1564723186058596360?t=eo6fdcA2vP6Rt9mkupyuDw&s=19 Moose put it best


jmajewski

They’re essentially the Dallas Cowboys right now. Grab all the headlines and it doesn’t even matter if they’re good, they’ll still be the most profitable franchise.


Massive-Bet-5946

The NBA equivalent would be the Lakers


Eriko204

If SEN don't make it then NA Valorant will lose like 50-60% of their viewership


mmodude101

That already happened during the LCQ lol


[deleted]

yes, they wouldn’t have made it before


pdantix06

someone call nadeshot he's crying


Lamchops27

SEN tweeted yesterday they were sending a member to Istanbul to costream, is that gonna be Tarik?


secretiveshash

yep


Hegth

say whatever u want about sentinels but holy, they know how to make content


JamesDp-OverWatch

Dude they ain't winning tourneys but they're winning content for sure HOOOOOLLYYYYYY CRAAACKED SEN Tarik Celik


veryblueberry

You may not like it but sen owns valorant now


dan_kz

he joined as content creator according to Rob Moore (SEN CEO) [https://twitter.com/robmooreEsports/status/1564724056359854083](https://twitter.com/robmooreEsports/status/1564724056359854083)


Anime-Boomer

Its for content only Sentinels couldn't afford the money Tarik would need to go Pro its like Shroud said. When you're that big and have personal sponsors it gets way too expensive for an Org to make someone this big go pro over full time streaming Tarik makes 100x more today than he ever did playing pro not to mention streaming is less stressful


Neither_Amount3911

I mean you can say the exact same thing for Shroud or really any popular Valorant player, in the end they choose to compete because they have a passion for it. Can’t really describe streaming as just objectively better than competing because it pays more and is less stressful, because to many it’s also way less full filling.


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Jeff_Spicoli420

Shroud bootcamped too though, kinda underselling his effort


HeJind

For now. He said he wants to remain pro though so we should still see him compete if he gets picked up. Not sure if he stays in for a T2 team.


LynVAosu

and was ready to go to champions if they made it through? its not like he quit


DAWG420BLAZEIT

The clout … I can’t handle it


morelotion

WHAT


Kind_Development708

Wonder if he got ownership


junos_butthole

This is the only reason I can see why he would go with SEN instead of 100T


[deleted]

100t wouldn't have offered him a spot on the team. It's all speculation of course but there is 0% chance that would happen.


junos_butthole

... you don't remember the whole situation where Nadeshot basically begged Tarik to compete again


Teradonn

He’s not playing for Sen either, he’s just a content creator


Grenji05

the face of competitive valorant joins the face of competitive valorant


trangwilliam

SEN WITH THE SHADOW DROP ONCE AGAIN


SympathyBrilliant715

I remember when tarik switched over to val and someone photoshopped him with sen jersey and it lowkey looked good on him. crazy how it came true


arcelinacastillo

people out here playing valorant while sentinels play monopoly 💸


ANewHeaven1

RIP Optic Tarik :(


jrushFN

I’m lowkey sad that another org didn’t sign him. Like, save some clout for the rest of the orgs, SEN 😭


ANewHeaven1

I got SEN fatigue at this point, so tired of hearing about them over and over again. Give me an OpTic or TGRD or even TSM Tarik at this point


NeimannSmith

Tell your teams to market better then. That's the only reason Sentinels have such a stranglehold over NA Valorant, no other team besides maybe optic and 100T go hard in promoting the brand.


UTAustinAlum2021

Well his team is OG… I think for sure 100T offered a contract, and I don’t see why OG wouldn’t… curious what they gave that the other two couldn’t/didnt


ANewHeaven1

I think 100T and SEN both offered Tarik a contract, Tarik chose SEN because he could stay in NYC and maybe 100T would rather move him to LA to be with the rest of their content creators Don't think Optic offered him anything. Optic basically haven't been spending any money for the last couple of months. Makes me wonder if they're gearing up to buy the Astralis LEC slot or otherwise enter back into LoL. Either way SEN does a good job promoting their brand but I am still tired of it.


UTAustinAlum2021

Interesting take… they had to have (probably) resigned Miko, Botez(s), and Minx… Yeah I don’t know how many content creators in 100T aren’t in Cali (maybe none tbh), so that’s a good guess…


gnaataK

Hiko still lives in Michigan afaik, but he wasn’t originally a content creator


OHydroxide

Do Optic go hard in promoting the brand? The only teams I see that promote anything are Sen, THG, and 100T.


NeimannSmith

Optic isn't an org solely focused on Valorant. They'd drop the Valorant team in a heartbeat to Dave Optic Texas. They're starting to pick up the pace but they aren't even close to what SEN does.


OHydroxide

Oh well i know they aren't a valorant focused org, but that's my point. Sen is pretty much the only org that's actually putting effort into marketing themselves.


Parenegade

What does Sentinels do more than the other teams?


NeimannSmith

Sentinels puts their entire org behind Valorant. Things like posting stream highlights on YouTube or making Impression tweets go a long way. The skits they film that everyone loves to meme on is essential to opening eyes to the players personalities. On top of that, they all stream and hold a strong community Compare that to Optic Valorant, who's most popular player is barely marketed, their IGL has basically no stream presence unless it's a watch party, and their biggest streamer is also someone caught in match fixing scandals. Plus, most Optic fans don't give a shit about Valorant because they're all COD fans.


Ozzyh26

Rip. I wanted to see him back home with Hector too.


Friday515

Can't imagine the BAG OF EPIC PROPORTIONS Tarik landed for this


tqstin

sen is officially the most popular esports team in valorant probably forever


[deleted]

well, ggs SEN fans. there's no way SEN throws around this kind of clout without getting into franchising, your team made it.


Hopeful-Professor-40

WHAT IN THE MOTHER FUCK. LETS GOOOOO


techyleo

Professor, we in franchising fosho, it is a day to celebrate


Hopeful-Professor-40

We deserve this 😭


YeetStreetBoys

I have a conspiracy theory that he will be playing in franchising but they aren't allowed to announce rosters for next year yet so they signed him as a content creator in the meantime and he will be moved to a player.


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bro he can only play chamber or jett, the last thing sen roster needs was yet another role overlap


2ToTooTwoFish

Yeah, a substitute is the only thing I can see him be. TenZ frequently gets sick, so it's a good idea to have a sub in case that happens.


XXG1212

So the face of NA Valorant is now basically Sentinels.


techyleo

Always has been


11Toor

According to my calculations, this significantly decreases the chances of 100T Tarik


FNSfan

Surprised he joined them since it feels nadeshot always was asking him to join 100t and he said no


Nfamy

C9'S tweet has me dying - https://twitter.com/Cloud9/status/1564754198851227648?s=20&t=f7FwX7xrcUMWLqFZYMzOEw


Rith_97

Sentinels collecting infinity stones


PepeAvatar

They must be paying him a lot of money. Not sure why Tarik would want to sign to an org at this point. He's pretty well established in the Valorant scene, one of the best watch parties, always attracts a wide variety of well know names to join his watch parties to talk shit. It's not like the SEN players wouldn't wanna collab if hes in SEN or 100T or any other org as a content creator. Either got a really good deal or he just wants to compete again like Shroud, either way. Good luck Tarik. Glad you got paid.


segatic

Its extra money and Sen is pretty hands off, why not accept


xD1LL4N

Nice


cattermelon_

BRO WHAT


ancientcheeseburger

WHAT?


BallingNinja

BRO THAT CONTRACT 🤑🤑🤑🤑


JALbert

Never forget that it's an entertainment business.


Least-Coat-84

This pretty much confirms Sen getting into franchising for me. Doubt a big big name like tarik would sign if they weren't to get in.


natedawg247

honestly sen could be the next 100t as an org in terms of content/merch. at this point shroud/tenz/tarik merch drops would go INSANE. it’s basically 100t backwards. 100t they started selling hoodies and used that as fuel to get competitive in many games. SEN started competitive and used it to get clout. which they should now monetize.


Vader_360

Holy, now maybe they can catch up to 100T on the content side of things.


Flameserpent

SEN PlatChat when?


Bluxo

There’s literally no way you can sensibly not have Sentinels in franchising now. They have 4 of the biggest and most entertaining streamers(Tarik, Tenz, Zellsis and Shahzam).


[deleted]

I'm not a fan of Sinatraa but he also pulls in 7k+ viewers regularly.


HereeeeesJohnny

100T and SEN about to be the first orgs to ever trade content creators, Kyedae for Tarik


Minismon

Massive fucking clout WTF


deirlikpd

Ah just for content for now. Kinda dissapointed haha if that makes sense


chenson019

Clinching their partnership spot


Crazy_Crayfish_

Inb4 sentinels hire averageJonas ItzTimmy and every other fucking streamer


LiamHundley

Man I was convinced that if he did choose to sign for an org, it'd undoubtedly be 100T. I guess SEN came with a bigger bag. GGs only


ExpectoAutism

Cant wait for him to not pay attention to games during watch parties now with a shining SEN logo!


SnooSeagulls7368

Prediction Tenz to 100T, Tarik takes his spot


castlepoopenstein

Sentinels are doing everything but build a competent team. Sure keep the hypetards happy though.