On May 3rd, the first day of the fifth week of the VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1 took place, which turned out to be the last for the Sentinels team in the tournament. Although the team managed to secure a victory against FURIA, the number of points collected by the team during the group stage proved to be insufficient to advance to the playoffs.

Despite Sentinels, the title holders, already losing their chances to advance to the playoffs, they showed a confident game, defeating the FURIA team with a score of 2-0. This allowed them to maintain a glimmer of hope to continue their fight in the tournament, but they failed to deliver.

However, after the match on the Brazilian stream, a representative of the team, Sacy, expressed serious concerns about Sentinels future prospects. He pointed out that the team was facing burnout issues and also noted that other teams were actively training between tournaments, making their tactics predictable due to a lack of changes in the game's meta. He also added that, judging by their performance, it would be better for them not to advance to the playoffs and first address the situation.

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One of the key moments of the conversation was Sacy admission that they had almost lost hope of making it to the playoffs. He expressed confidence that at the moment their level did not justify continuing to fight for a place in the playoffs and called for addressing the team's internal problems before the upcoming events.

Despite a good start to the season, the American team faced difficulties, but in June, we will see Sentinels at the VCT 2024 Americas Stage 2, where they will compete for the right to participate in the main event of the year, the 2024 World Championship.