Michael Grzesiek, popularly known as Shroud, has been bathing in love and well wishes after a shocking announcement. Earlier this month, the Sentinels announced Shroud’s entry to Valorant eSports with an exhilarating trailer. It also marked Shroud’s return to competitive gaming after his retirement from CS:GO in 2018.
Shroud has joined the Valorant roster of the Sentinels and is a part of their playing 5 for the upcoming Last Chance Qualifiers for VCT 2022. The short announcement trailer was all about Shroud, triggering the chills in his fans. Moreover, he ended the trailer with a killer dialogue, “I am back, baby!”, leading to fans swooning over the trailer. But that wasn’t it!
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Shroud also expressed his love for TenZ with the exciting catchphrase, “I hecking love TenZ!” at the end of the video. Both eSports legends have expressed their admiration for each other previously and with Shroud joining the Sentinels, many fans are expecting an undefeatable duo out of them. Well, that was until Cloud9 discovered a legendary one-man army in them!
Valorant stars Shroud and TenZ becomes Mike Tyson
The Sentinels took to their Twitter to share a heart-warming picture of Valorant pros TenZ and Shroud, leading to fans expressing their excitement about the duo.
worlds collide pic.twitter.com/WnhKoWRJTt
— Sentinels (@Sentinels) July 19, 2022
C H I L L S
— NRG Flexinja (@flexinja) July 19, 2022
a piece of history if you will
— Justin (@just9n) July 19, 2022
However, Cloud9’s Twitter team won the award for the best reply to the picture!
Mike Tyson pic.twitter.com/FQMeYij3Yi
— Cloud9 (@Cloud9) July 19, 2022
The brain behind Cloud9’s Twitter team took the first names of Shroud (Michael) and TenZ (Tyson) to create a legendary collage, Mike Tyson. Mike Tyson is a boxing legend and is considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. As expected, fans loved the fusion!
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Popular eSports informant, Jake Lucky, stamped it to be one of the best replies in eSports he has ever seen.
This might be one of the best replies in esports I've ever seen pic.twitter.com/HCWaCJxubT
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) July 19, 2022
Jake Lucky also seems to know the guy behind the brainy comparison. It was Cloud9’s Porti!
Porti's back baby
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) July 19, 2022
🥺
— C9 porti (@portilho) July 19, 2022
— Zach Mazzotta (@zchmz) July 19, 2022
Moreover, both TenZ and Shroud are ex-players for Cloud9, causing fans to relate to the comparison more.
2 Ex cloud 9 players 😂
— ً (@Visualztf) July 19, 2022
Here are some more reactions:
LMFAOOOO
— C9 Keeoh (@Keeoh) July 19, 2022
Sentinel really be the retirement home for Cloud 9 players
— Sleeves (@sleeveswashere) July 19, 2022
The Sentinels updated their roster after their unimpressive performance in Valorant Champions Tour Regional Challengers 2022. SEN SicK is on an incalculable leave due to a family emergency and was replaced by Shroud. On the other hand, Zellsis replaced SEN Kanpeki for the upcoming Last Chance Qualifiers.
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From their recent videos, it seems like the roster is quite in form. However, the competition in the Last Chance Qualifiers will be pretty insane, as teams give their best to secure their spot for the Valorant Champions 2022. It will be interesting to see how the new Sentinels roster performs, alongside Shroud’s return to competitive gaming.
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