{"id":11194,"date":"2020-04-30T01:14:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T01:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=11194"},"modified":"2020-05-11T02:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T02:33:50","slug":"sentinels-unveils-inaugural-valorant-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sentinels-unveils-inaugural-valorant-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentinels unveil inaugural VALORANT roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sentinels have branched out into the VALORANT esports scene, unveiling a partially assembled roster made up of former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Overwatch players.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles-based esports organisation took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce their four-man VALORANT squad, which features two retired Overwatch pros in Jay &#8220;Sinatraa&#8221; Won and Jared &#8220;zombs&#8221; Gitlin as well as two ex-CS:GO players in Hunter &#8220;SicK&#8221; Mims and Shahzeeb &#8220;ShahZaM&#8221; Khan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Time to write the next chapter,&#8221; read the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are excited to announce details about our Valorant team consisting of sinatraa, ShahZaMk, zombs and SicK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Time to write the next chapter. <\/p>\n<p>We are excited to announce details about our Valorant team consisting of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sinatraa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sinatraa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShahZaMk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShahZaMk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zombs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zombs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SicK_cs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SicK_cs<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>?: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sQ6hDFtvtZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/sQ6hDFtvtZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wsxlXCOqF7\">pic.twitter.com\/wsxlXCOqF7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sentinels (@Sentinels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sentinels\/status\/1255291066028261377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Sentinels added that their new additions are working together to find a fifth member to complete the squad.<\/p>\n<p>SicK announced his retirement from the <a href=\"\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike esports betting\">CS:GO esports<\/a> scene last Wednesday, claiming Counter-Strike had become &#8220;incredibly stale and tedious&#8221; after five years as a pro. He played for several prominent teams throughout his career, including Team SoloMid, Misfits Gaming, Rogue, Complexity Gaming and Chaos Esports Club.<\/p>\n<p>The move to VALORANT sees SicK reunite with ShahZaM, with whom he played at TSM, Misfits and Complexity. The duo saw a lot of success in their joint endeavours, including a top-six finish at the Esports Championship Series Season 7 Finals with Complexity as well as a semi-finals appearance at the ESL Pro League Season 6 Finals and a silver medal at Americas Minor Championship &#8211; Boston 2018 with Misfits.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shocked we added another world champion? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GotPjkcaxr\">pic.twitter.com\/GotPjkcaxr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sentinels (@Sentinels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sentinels\/status\/1255300812504469508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Joining the CS:GO duo is sinatraa, who was widely regarded as one of the best Overwatch esports pro in the world until he announced his retirement this week. Not only is the 20-year-old American is a reigning Overwatch League and <a href=\"\/team-usa-claim-gold-at-overwatch-world-cup\/\" title=\"Team USA claim gold at Overwatch World Cup\">Overwatch World Cup champion<\/a>, he was named the 2019 OWL Most Valuable Player after leading the San Francisco Shock to their maiden title.<\/p>\n<p>Sinatraa unveiled his shock retirement from the Overwatch scene with a Twitlonger post where he explained he had &#8220;straight up just lost passion for the game&#8221;. He added that while his decision was not an easy one, in his mind it was the right move to make.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SF SHOCK<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wgQnr79SRp\">https:\/\/t.co\/wgQnr79SRp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jay Won (@sinatraa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sinatraa\/status\/1255281018954747904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Zombs, the fourth member of Sentinel&#8217;s VALORANT roster, was involved in <a href=\"\/overwatch\/\" title=\"Overwatch betting sites\">Overwatch esports<\/a> between 2016 and March 2019, although he never reached the same heights as sinatraa and never played in the Overwatch League. The 21-year-old American has spent the last year and a bit on Sentinels&#8217; Apex Legends squad, helping them finish third in the EXP Invitational at X Games Minneapolis and sixth at the Apex Legends Preseason Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>Sentinels are now one of many esports organisations who have gone early and signed a VALORANT roster while the game is still in the beta phase. Earlier this month, <a href=\"\/ninjas-in-pyjamas-unveil-inaugural-valorant-roster\/\" title=\"NiP unveil inaugural VALORANT squad\">Ninjas in Pyjamas announced that their entire Paladins squad would convert<\/a> to Riot Games&#8217; highly anticipated first-person shooter. <\/p>\n<p>Such moves have been met with mixed opinions, seeing how VALORANT does not yet have an established competitive scene outside of the CLUTCH Series and a few minor tournaments.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The next era of esports begins. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YXgbBiJNLv\">pic.twitter.com\/YXgbBiJNLv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sentinels (@Sentinels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sentinels\/status\/1255275240587964416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sentinels have branched out into the VALORANT esports scene, unveiling a partially assembled roster made up of former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Overwatch players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":11197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,1200,1199,1198,729,1201,1150],"class_list":["post-11194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-hunter-sick-mims","tag-jared-zombs-gitlin","tag-jay-sinatraa-won","tag-sentinels","tag-shahzeeb-shahzam-khan","tag-valorant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11194"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11307,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11194\/revisions\/11307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}