Tarik Speaks about Shroud

During a recent livestream, Tarik, a well-known Twitch streamer and professional esports player, discussed Michael “Shroud” and Sentinels’ chances at the VCT NA Last Chance Qualifiers.

In anticipation of Sentinel’s improved performance in upcoming matches, the former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional insisted that the squad did not appear to be doing poorly. Tarik expressed his thoughts on the subject as follows: “Like, the stars are slowly aligning and the hopium (Twitch emoticon) tanks are slowly starting to fill up.” 

The Sentinels have played two games so far at the North American Last Chance Qualifiers, with their most recent defeat coming against The Guard a few days ago. ShahZam responded to the scenario on his Twitch channel after they lost, saying that Dapr should have played and that their error “cost them the map.” 

Tarik posed the following query to find out what his viewers thought about the predicament of the Sentinels: “All right, do you guys, from what we’ve seen in Sentinels, right, we’ve seen them play two times now. Do we actually think they have a chance to make a deep run here? Especially with the week of practice they’re about to get right now or is this like looking dry?” 

The Turkish player said that Sentinels did not perform poorly and claimed that their matchup with The Guard was quite close: “I feel like they don’t look like, you know? They don’t look bad at all. They had a really close game versus Guard. Today they should’ve won more convincingly 2-0.”

For Sentinels, he continued, “the stars were slowly aligning,” but some fans didn’t agree with Tarik. The gamer, 26, turned his focus to Shroud and added: “Shroud is not meant to like, be like a crazy fragger star. By the way, I see Shroud being utilized efficiently, is that, they put him in the clutches, they put him in post plans.”

Michael should be used as an anchor by Sentinels to provide security, Tarik said, going on to say: “He’s an anchor on the site for defense. When he’s anchoring, he’s getting two kills. When he’s put inside the clutches, he’s winning them. That’s how I see Shroud, he’s an impact player. He’s not like the type of guy to like, drop 30, typically. He’s going to get kills that matter and that’s how I see him being utilized.”