Cloud9

Cloud9 (C9) is an American professional esports organization based in Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 2013, when CEO Jack Etienne bought the former Quantic Gaming League of Legends roster. Following the success of Cloud9's League of Legends team in the North American League of Legends Championship Series, the team began expanding into other esports. In 2015, Cloud9's Heroes of the Storm team won the first Heroes of the Storm World Championship, becoming the inaugural winner of the championship.[4] In 2018, Cloud9's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster became the first and only North American team to win a Major after defeating FaZe Clan 2–1 in the ELEAGUE Major: Boston.

For other uses, see Cloud9 (disambiguation).

Cloud9
Short nameC9
Divisions
FoundedJanuary 8, 2013 (2013-01-08)
Based inLos Angeles, California
LocationUnited States
CEOJack Etienne
EarningsUS$9.21 million[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Cloud9 has its origins in the League of Legends team of Orbit Gaming, which had several current C9 team members.[5] After Lone Star Clash in November 2012, members of Orbit Gaming signed with Quantic Gaming, which had only been sponsoring a StarCraft II team. Quantic Gaming was an esports team and media company founded in 2010 by Simon Boudreault, a Quebec native who had come upon a large inheritance upon the death of his father and decided to invest nearly all of it in esports.[6] During its existence, several players and coaches claimed that they consistently missed payments from Boudreault.[7] When QG failed to make the 2013 LCS Spring split, Boudreault cut off contact with society and soon dissolved the company. Despite being owed tens of thousands of dollars, former players say they are no longer considering legal action against Boudreault. Former Team SoloMid manager Jack Etienne bought the team for US$15,000 in May 2013 and also became its manager.[8][9]

In July 2014 the C9 Smite team disbanded just before the start of the Smite Pro League.[10] On May 6, 2014 Cloud9 signed Super Smash Bros. Melee player Mang0.[11] Cloud9 acquired compLexity Gaming's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team in August 2014. The team left compLexity after it received a better offer from C9 before renewing their contract with their previous team.[12] Cloud9 announced the formation of a Challenger Series team and held open tryouts.[13] On November 26, 2014 Cloud9 added a Halo team by acquiring The Agency, which boasted several experienced players.[14] In December 2014 Cloud9 withdrew their Dota 2 team from the Chinese I-League because of concerns over poor playing and living conditions and were subsequently banned for the next seasons for doing so.[15] In February 2015 Riot suspended C9 Tempest after it was revealed that the team had illegally used a non-roster member during a game.[16]

League of Legends
Cloud9
GameLeague of Legends
Founded2013
Division titlesNA LCS: Summer 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2020

2012

During the off-season, the Quantic Gaming organization went bankrupt and shut down operations, leaving its League of Legends team without a sponsor. Competing first under the name Team NomNom and then Cloud9, Nientonsoh, Hai, Yazuki, Wild Turtle and LemonNation secured a spot in the Season 3 North American Offline Qualifier for the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS).[7] However, Cloud9 was knocked out of the tournament in the group stage after losing to Azure Gaming and future LCS team Team MRN in a close base race.[7]

Initially, Nientonsoh said that Cloud9 would disband in light of the loss. The team later decided to stay together, although Nientonsoh and Yazuki left the team.[7] Hai shifted from jungle to mid, and the team tried out new junglers and top laners in online competitions.

2013

On April 1, the Cloud9 roster of Balls, Meteos, Hai, Sneaky, and LemonNation was reacquired by Quantic Gaming, now led by former COO Bernie Catalan. However, just a few weeks later the roster would once again become Cloud9 with previous TSM manager Jack Etienne becoming the manager and owner of the team.

On May 17, C9 placed first at the 2013 MLG Winter Championship Summer Promotion, defeating Velocity esports 2–1 in the finals.

In the Summer Promotion Qualifier for the League Championship Series, Cloud9 went 5–0 to earn a spot in the 2013 LCS Summer Split, beating Team Astral Poke 2–0, and former LCS team compLexity 3–0.[17] Midway through the season, Cloud9 went on a 13-game win streak, the 2nd longest in LCS history.[18] They went on to earn 25 victories, the record most in an LCS season split, and won first place in the Summer Split regular season. Throughout the NA LCS Summer Playoffs, they went undefeated, defeating TSM in the grand finals.[19] Cloud9 took home US$50,000 as well a first round bye at the Season 3 World Championship. They finished their season with a 30–3 record, the second highest in LCS history with a 91% win rate.

C9 went into the Season 3 World Championship quarterfinals with a first round bye as the North American champions. Their first international match was against the top European seed, Fnatic.[20] Cloud9 lost the set 1–2, being the last North American team to be eliminated and ending up in 5th-8th place.[20]

On November 24, C9 competed at IEM Season VIII - Cologne. They went straight to the semifinals with a first round bye, but lost to Gambit Gaming 2–1.[21]

On October 29, the organization announced the departure of coach Alex Penn and the addition of Dan Dinh as Penn's replacement.[22]

In December 2013, Cloud9 joined four other North American LCS teams at the Battle of the Atlantic, facing European champions Fnatic for the second time. With dominating performances by mid-laner Hai, Cloud9 took the series 2–0, resulting in an overall North American win at the tournament and US$10,000 for the team.

2014

In the 2014 LCS Season, they equaling their previous 13 win streak record and finished first place for the Spring Split regular season. Cloud9 would repeat their 2013 Summer Split championship with a 2–0 victory over Team Curse in the semi-finals and a 3–0 against TSM in the grand finals[23] Their LCS playoffs victory earned the team a spot in the 2014 All-Stars. Cloud9's LCS success had resulted in a record regular season win percentage of 87.5% (49-7) and 89.4% including playoffs (59-7).

On April 28, Hai suffered a collapsed lung, which prevented him from attending the All-Star event in Paris.[24] CLG's Link replaced him on the lineup.[25] In group stage, the team defeated OMG, Fnatic, and Taipei Assassins, but lost to SK Telecom T1 K, finishing 2nd with a 3–1 record. In the playoff semi-finals, Cloud9 lost to OMG to finish 3rd-4th in the tournament.

In the LCS Summer Split, Cloud9 finished 18-10 in the regular season, finishing first ahead of LMQ by tiebreaker.[26][27] In the playoffs, Cloud9 defeated Team Curse 3-0 in the semi-finals. Advancing to the finals against Team SoloMid, Cloud9 hoped to extend its unprecedented playoff win streak of thirteen games. TSM ended Cloud9's streak and won their second LCS championship, while C9 settled for second place and qualification to the World Championship.

At the 2014 World Championship, Cloud9 became the first North American team to ever beat a Korean Team at the World Championship by taking down NaJin Shield.[28] Cloud9 advanced to the knockout stage and lost to Samsung Galaxy Blue in the quarterfinals, finishing in 5th-8th place.

After Worlds, Cloud9 beat Alliance in a 2–1 victory and crushing Unicorns of Love 3–0 to win IEM Season IX San Jose, becoming the best team from the two western regions for the third time.

2015

At IEM Katowice World Championships, C9 was beaten by the GE Tigers to finish 7th-8th.[29]

In the 2015 LCS season, Cloud9 finished 2nd in the Spring regular season with a 13–6 record.[7][30] Cloud9 met TSM in the finals of the LCS Spring playoffs losing 3-1.[31] It was the fourth consecutive LCS final that featured the two teams.[31] In May, Hai officially retired from the team, citing chronic wrist pain. Hai transitioned into a role as Chief Gaming Officer.[32] On March 8, Incarnati0n joined the team and replaced Hai as mid-laner.[33] The team struggled through the Summer split due to issues with leadership, as Hai had been the primary in game leader. The team dropped down to 8th place, in danger of relegation until July, when Meteos stepped down and Hai rejoined the team as the jungler.[34] With Hai, they were able to win enough games to rise to 7th place, high enough to avoid relegation, but not high enough to make playoffs.

Cloud9 beat Team 8 in a tiebreaker match in order to qualify for the qualification tournament for the third North American seed in the Season 5 World Championship. In the tournament, they faced off against Team Gravity, Team Impulse and Team Liquid. They beat Team Gravity and Team Impulse by 3–2 reverse sweeps, and beat Team Liquid by 3–1, earned North America's third seed to Cloud9's third consecutive world championship.

At worlds, Cloud9 was placed in Group B with Fnatic, ahq, and Invictus Gaming. Cloud9 was a heavy underdog and was expected to come in last. Shockingly, they went an undefeated 3–0 in the first week, defeating every team in their group. In the second week, they only needed one win to move on to the next round of the tournament. They dropped 3 games in a row, as well as losing a tiebreaker game against ahq, leaving them in third place in their group and eliminated from the tournament in 9th-11th place.

In the offseason, LemonNation retired.[35] Cloud9 announced the signings of two new players, jungler Rush and support Bunny FuFuu. Hai changed positions once again, switching to support.[35] Cloud9 stated that Hai would be playing during the beginning of 2016 season, with the intention of training Bunny FuFuu to become the new support. In December, Incarnati0n announced he was changing his gamer name to his real name, Jensen. The new roster debuted at IEM X Cologne, where they lost 2–1 to H2K and were eliminated.

2016

In the 2016 LCS Season, Cloud9 finished 3rd in the Spring Split regular season with a record of 12-6. In the playoffs they lost to Team SoloMid in the quarterfinals for 5th-6th place. Between splits, the main roster was changed to Impact, Meteos, Jensen, Sneaky, and Smoothie/Bunny FuFuu, with the addition of Reapered as coach. Cloud9 also formed a Challenger Series roster with Balls, Rush, Hai, Altec, and LemonNation.

In the Summer Split, Cloud9 finished the regular season in third with a 12-6 record. In the playoffs, Cloud9 beat Team EnVyUs (3–1) in the quarterfinals and Immortals (3–2) in the semifinals, but dropping to Team SoloMid in the finals (1–3). They moved to the gauntlet for the Regional Qualifiers where they beat Team EnVyUs (3–0) and Immortals (3–1) giving them the #3 seed for North America in the 2016 World Championship.

Cloud9 Challenger did well in the challenger series and qualified for LCS Season 7. During the off-season, the Cloud9 Challenger roster, including Balls, LemonNation, Hai, and Altec was purchased by Wes Edens, owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, and rebranded as team FlyQuest.[36] Rush then announced he was leaving Cloud9 Challenger and returning to his home in South Korea, to stream and look for opportunities on a Korean team.

On September 20, 2016, Cloud9's coach Reapered's Twitter account was compromised by hackers who published Cloud9's competitive scrimmages, account logins, chat logs, and contact information for several NA LCS team members.[37]

At the 2016 World Championship, Cloud9 was placed into Group B with China's IMay, Korea's SK Telecom T1, and Taiwan's Flash Wolves. Cloud9 went 3–3 in the group and earned the second seed from their group and a spot in quarterfinals. They were placed into a quarterfinal match against Samsung Galaxy.[38] Samsung swept Cloud9 3–0 and went on to finish second in the tournament, while Cloud9 was eliminated in 5th-8th place.[39]

On December 9, 2016 Cloud9 announced they had moved Contractz into the starting jungler position and signed Ray as a substitute top laner.[40]

2017

In the 2017 LCS Season, Cloud9 began the Spring Split undefeated through the first 4 weeks. Contractz, the rookie jungler, was a notable factor to Cloud9's early successes during the split. In week 5, Meteos was traded to Phoenix1 to fill in for their jungler Inori.[41] The team finished with a 14–4 record and were gifted a first-round bye in the Spring Split Playoffs. They ended as runners-up in the league, losing to TSM in the 2017 Spring Split Finals in a tight 5 game series.[42] During the Spring Split Playoffs, Riot announced that Contractz and Reapered both won NA LCS Rookie of the Split and NA LCS Coach of the Split.[43]

In the Summer Split Cloud9 finished the regular season in 4th place with a 12–6 record. They faced Team Dignitas in the quarterfinals of the Sumer Split Playoffs and subsequently lost to them 3–1.[44]

Cloud9 was placed into the 2017 NA LCS Regional Qualifiers to qualify into the 2017 World Championships where they defeated Counter Logic Gaming 3-1 to represent North America as the 3rd seed at worlds.[45][46]

Due to the new rules set for this edition of Worlds, the 3rd seed of North America has to play in the new Play-In Stage along with the other 3rd seed teams of Europe, China, Taiwan, HK & Macau, and winners of minor regions across the world in order to qualify for the main event.[47] Cloud9 was placed in Group B alongside Brazil's Team oNe eSports and Oceania's Dire Wolves. They subsequently swept the group with a 4–0 record and qualified for the knockout stage where they faced Latin America North's Lyon Gaming. Cloud9 ended the Play-Ins with a perfect record 7–0 game record after sweeping Lyon Gaming 3–0, resulting in their qualification into the Group Stage of the 2017 World Championship.

Cloud9 was placed in Group A in the Group Stage, which included reigning 3-time World Champions SKT Telecom T1, China's Summer Split Champion Edward Gaming, and Taiwan's AHQ e-Sports Club.[48] They achieved a record of 3–3, advancing to the knockout stage as the 2nd seed, with SKT as the first seed. Cloud9 was the only North America to advance to the knockout stage, as both TSM and Immortals failed to get out of their groups.[49] They faced China's Team WE in the quarterfinals and were narrowly defeated 2–3, finishing in 5th-8th place.[50]

In November 2017, Cloud9 announced that Licorice, Selfie, and Wiggily were joining the team and that Contractz and Impact were leaving for the Golden Guardians and Team Liquid respectively.

2018

Along with the recent acquisition of Licorice as their new top-laner, Cloud9 also signed a replacement jungler, Svenskeren (formerly of Team SoloMid).[51]

In the 2018 LCS Season, Cloud9 began the Spring Split strong, going 8–2 in the first half of the split. However, they would go 3–5 in the second half of the split, ending in 5th place with an 11–7 record, losing the 3rd place tiebreaker against Team Liquid, but winning the 5th place Tiebreaker against Clutch Gaming.[52] In the Spring Split Playoffs, they would face Team Liquid in the quarterfinals and lose 0–3.[53] Despite these results, rookie top-laner Licorice won Rookie of the Split.[54]

Before the Summer Split began, Cloud9's owner Jack Etienne and coach Reapered announced that they would be benching Jensen, Sneaky, and Smoothie, claiming motivational issues. As a result, they called up their replacements from their academy squad: Goldenglue, Keith, and Zeyzal.[55] The team started the Summer Split with a record of 3–7 in the first half. In the second half of the split they went 8–0 run, after Jensen and Sneaky rejoined the starting roster and Blaber replaced Svenskeren as jungler.[56] They would end the regular season in 2nd with an 11–7 record behind reigning NA LCS champions Team Liquid. In the Summer playoffs, Cloud9 defeated Team SoloMid in the semi-finals.[57] In the finals they were swept by Team Liquid, going 0–3.[58] Rookie jungler, Blaber, won Rookie of the Split, and Reapered won his second Coach of the Split award.[59]

Cloud9 was placed in the Regional Qualifiers in order to qualify for the 2018 World Championships as the 3rd seed for North America.[58] In the final, they faced TSM. Both teams have never missed Worlds in their franchise history. Cloud9 swept TSM with a 3–0 victory earning them 3rd North American seed to the World Championships.[60]

Due to being the 3rd North American seed coming out of the Regional Qualifiers, they had to go through the Play-In stage at the 2018 World Championships. They swept through their group with a 4–0 record against Japan's DentonatioNFocusMe and Brazil's KaBuM!.[61] They won 3-2 against Russia's Gambit Esports to advance to the main event.[62]

In the Main Event, Cloud9 was seeded into Group B; this group was nicknamed the "Group of Death", also containing Team Vitality, and two of the favorite teams in the competition; Royal Never Give Up and Gen.G. Despite being one of the seemingly weaker teams in the group, Cloud9 defied expectations and came out of the group stage with a 4–3 record, allowing them to proceed into the Quarterfinals in second place for their group.

In the Quarterfinals, Cloud9 was paired against Afreeca Freecs, who they defeated 3-0, making Cloud9 the first North American team that had made the semi-finals of a World Championship since the Season One World Championship. Cloud9 played European team Fnatic in the Semifinals, a series that was coined "The Battle of the West", in which Cloud9 lost 0–3 to place in 3rd-4th place.

On November 12, Cloud9 was awarded the "Esports Organisation of the Year" prize at the Esports Awards.

2019

In the 2019 LCS Season, longtime player Jensen was traded to Team Liquid and Nisqy joined as mid-laner.[63] The team placed 2nd in the regular season Spring Split (14-4 record) and received a bye to the semifinals of the playoffs, where they fell to Team SoloMid 2–3, sending them to face FlyQuest for 3rd place, which they won.

In the Summer Split, the team finished with a 12-6 record, placing 2nd and again going straight to semifinals. They beat Counter Logic Gaming 3-1 but fell to Team Liquid in the finals 2–3.

Due to their record, Cloud9 qualified for Worlds 2019, as North America's 2nd seed. At Worlds, Cloud9 was drawn into Group A along with Griffin, G2 Esports, and Hong Kong Attitude. Despite their strong domestic performance all year, Cloud9 finished 2–4 in the group, failing to advance to the knockout stage and earning 12th place.

After the 2019 season, Cloud9 made roster decisions that did not include Sneaky, AD carry starter of 7 years. On January 15, 2020, after a long period of uncertainty of whether he would stay with the roster or with the organization, Sneaky announced that he would be leaving Cloud9 to pursue an independent streaming career.[64][65][66] Sneaky still holds equity in the organization which gives him ownership interests.

2020

In the 2020 LCS Season Spring split, the team went on to produce the most dominant split performance in LCS History,[67] dropping only one regular season game to Team SoloMid,[68] and one playoff game to Evil Geniuses.[69] Cloud9 defeated FlyQuest 3–0 to win the Spring Split championship[70] after a 17-1 regular season record, giving them their first LCS title in 6 years[67] and surpassing their own record of highest win rate in a split.[67]

In the Summer Split, Cloud9 resumed their spring dominance and won nine games in a row before losing to 100 Thieves.[71] They finished the regular season in 2nd place, behind Team Liquid, with a 13-5 record. Cloud9 secured a bye to the 2nd round of playoffs against FlyQuest, but lost the series 1-3 and dropped into the losers' bracket where they defeated Evil Geniuses in a 3-0 sweep. They faced Team SoloMid in the 4th round of playoffs, losing the series 1-3, and were thereby eliminated from playoff contention and became unable to qualify for the 2020 World Championship.[72]

On September 14, longtime head coach Bok "Reapered" Hangyu left the team,[73] prompting mixed reactions from fans and the community.[74] While originally stated that the 2020 player roster would remain together going into the 2021 season,[75] it was later announced on October 19 that top laner Eric "Licorice" Ritchie would be removed from the team and be replaced by Cloud9 Academy top laner Ibrahim "Fudge" Allami.[76] On November 16, Cloud9 announced the departure of mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dinçer.[77] The organization officially announced the acquisition of G2 Esports' Luka "Perkz" Perković to replace Nisqy on November 20.[78]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

History

Cloud9 entered the professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene on August 1, 2014, with their acquisition of compLexity Gaming's North American roster.[79] The players reportedly left compLexity after they received better offers from Cloud9 prior to renewing their contracts. Cloud9 made their first appearance at ESL One: Cologne 2014, where they finished 2–0 in Group D of the group stage, but lost in the quarterfinals to Swedish team Ninjas in Pyjamas, who later won the tournament.[80] On November 26, Sean "sgares" Gares replaced Spencer "Hiko" Martin as the team's in-game leader.[81] On December 14, Hiko left Cloud9, to be replaced by Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan.[82][83][84]

On April 24, 2015, Cloud9 released ShahZam and Kory "Semphis" Friesen.[85] Five days later, Ryan "fREAKAZOiD" Abadir and Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham, formerly of iBUYPOWER, joined the team, and Braxton "swag" Pierce joined as an analyst,[86] sgares stepped down from the roster on November 24.[87]

Cloud9 placed thirteenth to sixteenth at MLG Columbus 2016, losing to Natus Vincere and G2 Esports in the group stage. Shortly after the event on April 12, it was announced that fREAKAZOiD would be leaving the team. Team Liquid's Eric "adreN" Hoag was subsequently announced as a temporary stand-in,[88] playing for Cloud9 until Alec "Slemmy" White was announced as the official replacement on April 23.[89] Manager Tres "stunna" Saranthus left the team on July 26.[90] On August 17, Cloud9 announced that they were replacing Slemmy with Timothy "autimatic" Ta.[91] On October 30, Cloud9 defeated SK Gaming 2–1 in a best-of-three series to win the ESL Pro League Season 4 finals in São Paulo, Brazil.[92]

On August 15, 2017, Michael "shroud" Grzesiek and Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert left the team, with shroud announcing that he intended to become a full-time streamer.[93]

On January 28, 2018, Cloud9 defeated FaZe Clan 2–1 at the ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 finals, becoming the first North American team to win a Major.[94][95] On March 31, Cloud9's main AWPer, Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham, announced on Twitter that he was taking a break from professional play. On the same day, a much anticipated transfer occurred with Jacky "Stewie2K" Yip terminating his multi-year contract with Cloud9 to move to SK Gaming, although he would later join Team Liquid after only a brief stay with SK.[96][97] shroud officially retired from competitive play and left Cloud9 on April 18.[98]

Cloud9 announced on December 6, 2019 that Timothy "autimatic" Ta, Damian "daps" Steele, and Kenneth "koosta" Suen had been released from the organization and their contracts bought out by Gen.G Esports.[99][100] A month later, on January 6, 2020, Cloud9 signed the South African team ATK's CS:GO roster.[101]

On September 6, 2020, Cloud9 announced that they would undergo a complete rebuild in their CS:GO division. The players continued to play under the Cloud9 name until the new roster was completely formed.[102] The next day, Cloud9 unveiled their new general manager Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer and new coach Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović.[103] On September 10, Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin signed a three-year contract with Cloud9.[104] On September 19, Cloud9 acquired William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman from GamerLegion and Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker from mousesports.[105][106] On October 7, Cloud9 re-signed Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery, who becomes the fourth player of the new team.[107] The last player Patrick "es3tag" Hansen was bought from Astralis and was announced on October 15.[108] On December 28th, Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović was released by Cloud9.[109] On January 18th 2021, Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker was released by Cloud9 following poor results as a team.[110] On January 22nd, Erick "Xeppaa" Bach was announced as woxic's replacement on the team.[111] On January 24th, the return of Chris “Elmapuddy” Tebbit as new Head Coach was announced, along with the promotion of m1cks from analyst to the Assistant Coach position[112]

Vainglory

On September 1, 2016, Cloud9 acquired Nemesis Hydra from Team Nemesis, getting their feet into the mobile esports scene. Nemesis Hydra had been one of the first competitive teams of Vainglory, having first appeared in March 2015.[113] In their short year and a half of existence, Hydra had made it to the third tournament day, at least semi-finals, in each live championship. While never winning a championship, they completed a 14-game win streak in Split One of the 2016 Summer Season tournament "Evil 8."

In the Vainglory Summer Live Championships, under the blue and white of Cloud9, the team beat Phoenix Reborn in the first round, falling to Team SoloMid in the second round, and Phoenix Reign in the loser's bracket, missing their first day three of live finals in their history. Cloud 9 would not qualify for the 2016 Vainglory World Championship. The team overcame Team SoloMid in the semifinals of the First Vainglory Unified Championship in London and were crowned winners after taking down Gankstars in Finals.[114] In the 2017 Summer Unified Championships in Los Angeles they would once again be crowned Unified Champions, defeating Immortals in the final. At the 2017 World Championship, Cloud 9 would make it all the way to the semifinal, before losing to Tribe Gaming, the former roster of Immortals.[115]

On February 5, 2018 Cloud9 disbanded their Vainglory division.[116]

Hearthstone

Cloud9 joined the Hearthstone scene in mid-2014 with the acquisition of DogeHouse.

Super Smash Bros.

Cloud9 joined the Super Smash Bros. scene in May 2014 after picking up Mang0. In 2016, the organization expanded their smash division by adding Ally for Smash 4[117] and Tafokints as Mang0's personal coach.[118] On March 31, 2018, Tafokints announced he was departing the organization to join Counter Logic Gaming as their business development manager.[119] On April 4, 2018, Ally departed from Cloud9.[120]

Overwatch

Overwatch Apex

Cloud9 fielded a team for the South Korean premier league OGN Overwatch APEX for the 2nd season in 2017.[121] During the Group C group stage match against AF.Blue on February 14, 2017, multiple times during that match Cloud 9 would win fights but lose the overall round due to focusing on scoring kills against enemy players over controlling the match objective.[122] Derisive cries of "C9 LUL" from the match chat on Twitch would be referenced in later matches, to the point where "C9" became a generic term for losing a match due to becoming distracted from the main objective. This usage initially was confined to Korean audiences, but would eventually find wider use among audiences of Overwatch League.

Overwatch League
Main articles: London Spitfire and British Hurricane

On August 10, 2017, Cloud9 was announced as one of the teams that has acquired an Overwatch League franchise spot to represent London.[123] On November 1, 2017 the name of Cloud9's Overwatch franchise was announced as the London Spitfire.[124] On February 15, 2018, the European Overwatch Contenders team was announced as the British Hurricane.[125]

Rocket League

RLCS Season 6
SquishyMuffinz, Gimmick, and Torment in their game against Dignitas to win RLCS Season 6.

In Season 6, Cloud9 won the RLCS World Championship, ending the 4 season long domination from the European region. After a 2–1 overtime win from Cloud9, Cloud 9 went on to outscore Dignitas 9–0 in the next two games. Dignitas went on to shut out Cloud9 4–0 in game 4. Cloud9 followed up with a 2–0 win over Dignitas to win the first of two series‘ 4–1. Cloud9 again took a 1–0 lead at the start of the second series with a game-winning goal from Torment with :58 seconds left with a double pass play from Squishy and Gimmick. Dignitas won game two in a 2–0 shutout to tie the series 1–1. Cloud9 took a commanding 2–1 lead after a 4–1 win. In game 4 Gimmick scored a clutch goal with 1:20 remaining to take a 3–1 lead and win to go up 3–1 in the series. With a tied game halfway through game 5 and really good defensive plays by both teams, it seemed no one could score and game 5 could go to overtime. With 1:29 left Torment scores a huge goal that seems to seal the deal, but 7 seconds later ViolentPanda ties the game 2–2. In the last 1:22 Cloud9 went on a 2–1 run to win game 5 5–3, and win the second series 4–1.

Departure from Rocket League

On the 10th of June 2020, Cloud9 announced their departure from Rocket League.[126]

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

PUBG Mobile

On November 20, 2018, Cloud9 announced on their Twitter that the organization was picking up the North American PUBG Mobile Star Challenge Champions, who were originally a part of Team Gates Mobile for the North American Regional Star Challenge.[127] The team was disbanded after the Star Challenge, on December 1, because Cloud9 stated that the team was only going to be with them for the duration of the Star Challenge.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Cloud9 announced that they were adding Rainbow Six Siege to their competitive roster on Twitter on June 18, 2018.[128] However, the team that was originally put together by Cloud9 was eventually moved to Team Reciprocity, announced by Team Reciprocity on January 7, 2019.[129]

Cloud9 announced that it was re-entering the Rainbow Six Siege competitive circuit on April 6, 2019 with a new team of five players, one coach, and one assistant coach.[130] They have since changed their roster of players to swap two of their players for the upcoming season.[131] Since this roster change, the team has participated in four matches, with scores being 1-1, 0–1 against the team Scarz on March 19, and 1-1, 1–0 against the team aXiomatic on March 24.[132]

Fortnite

Cloud9 first entered Fortnite competitively in 2018, and formally re-entered the circuit in the summer of 2019.[133] The team is currently managed by Krissi Waters.[133]

Valorant

Cloud9 announced its entry to Valorant on April 12, 2020 by signing its first player TenZ on the Valorant roster.[134] The team is currently managed by Ysabel "Noukky" Müller.[135]

Current rosters
Apex Legends[136]
Nat. Name ID Role
Jamison Moore PVPX –
Gregory McAllen Grego –
Joseph Sanchez Frexs –
Justin Andrews Chappie –
Timothy Liang Overpowered –
Gabriel Ceregatto isnoul –
Chess[137]
Nat. Name ID Role
Andrew Tang penguingm1 –
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[138]
Active Squad
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date
Alex McMeekin ALEX In-game leader 2020-09-10[139]
William Merriman mezii Rifler (support) 2020-09-19[140]
Erick Bach Xeppaa AWPer 2021-01-22[141]
Ricky Kemery floppy Rifler 2020-01-06[142]
Patrick Hansen es3tag Rifler 2020-10-15[108]
Chris Tebbit Elmapuddy Coach 2021-01-24[143]
Inactive Squad
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date
Johnny Theodosiou JT In-game leader 2020-01-06[101]
Ian Hardy motm Rifler (entry fragger) 2020-01-06[101]
Joshua Ohm oSee AWPer 2020-01-06[101]
Aran Groesbeek Sonic Rifler (lurker) 2020-01-06[101]
Tiaan Coertzen T.c Head Coach 2020-01-06[101]
Notable Former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date Leave Date
Spencer Martin Hiko Rifler/Lurker 2014-08-01[144] 2014-12-01[145]
Ryan Abadir fREAKAZOiD Rifler 2015-04-29[146] 2016-05-19[147]
Alec White Slemmy Captain 2016-04-23[148] 2016-08-17[149]
Michael Grzesiek Shroud Rifler 2014-08-01[144] 2017-08-15[150]
Jake Yip Stewie2k Rifler/AWPer 2016-01-11[151] 2017-03-30[152]
Jordan Gilbert n0thing Rifler/Lurker 2014-08-01[144] 2017-05-07[153]
Tarik Celik tarik Rifler/Entry 2017-08-15[150] 2018-07-12[154]
Tyler Latham Skadoodle AWPer 2015-04-29[146] 2018-10-16[155]
Fabien Fiey kioShiMa Rifler 2018-11-17[156] 2019-03-31[157]
René Borg cajunb Rifler 2019-04-02[158] 2019-07-02[159]
Timothy Ta autimatic Lurker 2016-08-17[149] 2019-12-06[160]
Kenneth Suen koosta Rifler/AWPer 2019-07-02[159] 2019-12-06[160]
Damian Steele daps Captain/Entry 2019-07-02[159] 2019-12-06[160]
Chris Tebbit Elmapuddy Assistant Coach 2019-09-20[161] 2019-12-06[160]
Yassine Taoufik Subroza Rifler (Stand-in) 2019-10-20[162] 2019-12-21[163]
Fortnite[164]
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date
Avery North America 2020-09-19[165]
nosh North America 2020-09-21[165]
Alex Radziwill De Barba Fryst North America 2020-09-28[166]
Hearthstone[167]
Nat. Name ID Role
Aleksandr Malsh Kolento –
Baek Sang-hyeon DDaHyoNi –
Cho Hyun-soo Flurry –
Kim Jin-hyo LookSam –
Jang Hyun-jae DawN –
League of Legends[168]
Nat. Name ID Role
Ibrahim Allami Fudge Top Laner
Robert Huang Blaber Jungler
Luka Perković Perkz Mid Laner
Jesper Svenningsen Zven AD Carry
Philippe Laflamme Vulcan Support
Kim Yeu-jin Reignover Head Coach
Overwatch (As London Spitfire)[169]
Nat. Name ID Role
Kim Ji-hyeok birdring Main DPS
Park Jun-young Profit Flex DPS
Lee Hee-dong Guard Flex DPS
Hong Jae-hui Gesture Main Tank
Kim Jun-ho Fury Flex Tank
Kim Jong-seok NUS Main Support
Song Ji-hoon Quatermain Main Support
Choi Seung-tae Bdosin Flex Support
Jeong Yung-hoon Krillin Flex Support
Kim Kwang-bok Coach815 Coach
Kim Jeong-min Jfeel Assistant Coach
Hong Cheol-yong Agape Assistant Coach
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds[170]
Nat. Name ID Role
Thierry Kaltenback Kaymind –
Benjamin Wheeler Nerf –
Magno Ramos Pr0phie –
Hunter Winn hwinn –
Rules of Survival[171]
Nat. Name ID Role
Alex Yee Ayee –
Eli Barnes Seth –
Streamers
Nat. Name ID Role
Michael Kurylo Bunny FuFuu –
WehSing Yuen SingSing –
Sebastian Fors Forsen –
Jon Andersen BabyKnight –
Joseph Winkler Keeoh –
Kang Hyung-woo Cpt Jack –
Emma Rankin EmZ –
Tyson Ngo TenZ –
Super Smash Bros.[172]
Nat. Name ID Role
Joseph Marquez Mang0 Melee
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege[173]
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date
Kim Sung-su EnvyTaylor Captain/Flex 2019-04-05[174]
Lee Si-hun Nova Support 2019-04-05[174]
Han Chan-yong SweetBlack Flex 2019-04-05[174]
Hyun Park OCN Coach 2019-04-05[174]
Song Dong-seon SyAIL Entry Fragger 2020-03-04[175]
Lee Hyo-jun Harp3r Entry Fragger 2020-03-04[175]
Seo Min-jae RechoTZ Assistant Coach 2020-03-14[176]
Former Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege[173]
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date Leave date
Kwon Yu-geun h3dy Support 2019-04-05[174] 2020-02-18[177]
Lee In-yup Neilyo Flex 2019-04-05[174] 2019-12-20[178]
Seewoong Heo CATsang Substitute/Support 2019-07-23[179] 2019-12-20[178]
Kim In-yeong SummerRain Coach 2019-04-05[174] 2019-10-20[180]
Davide Bucci FoxA Fragger 2018-06-18[181] 2019-01-07[182]
Lauren Williams Goddess Captain 2018-06-18[181] 2019-01-07[183]
Gabriel Mirelez LaXing Fragger 2018-06-18[181] 2019-01-07[182]
Mark Arismendez Mark Support 2018-07-24[184] 2019-01-07[182]
Alexander Lloyd Retro Support 2018-06-18[181] 2019-01-07[182]
Brandon Escamilla Shlongii Support 2018-06-18[181] 2018-07-24[184]
Anthony Ybarra Viirus Coach 2018-08-16[185] 2019-01-07[182]
Thomas Linden Robn Analyst 2018-06-18[181] 2019-01-07[182]
World of Warcraft[186]
Nat. Name ID Role
Cameron MacDonald Kubzy –
Marcel Rodriguez Wealthyman –
Kelvin Nguyen Snutz –
Adam Chan Chanimal
Valorant[135]
Cloud9 Blue
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date
Tyson Ngo TenZ Fragger 2020-04-12[134]
Skyler Weaver Relyks Fragger 2020-06-24[187]
Mitch Semago mitch Defence 2020-07-15[188]
Daniel Kim Vice Defence 2020-08-17[189]
Nathan Orf leaf Fragger 2021-01-21[190]
Ash Long Chu Head Coach 2020-09-21
Cloud9 White
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date
Unknown Katsumi Support 2020-10-25 [191]
Jasmine Manankil Jazzykins Fragger 2020-10-25 [191]
Alexis Guarassi Alexis Support 2020-10-25 [191]
Melanie Capone MeL In-Game leader 2020-10-25 [191]
Annie Roberts Annie Fragger 2020-10-25 [191]
Chris Myrick Dream Head Coach 2020-11-04
Jornen Nishiyama MoonChopper Strategic Coach 2020-11-04
Cloud9 Korea
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date
Park Jun-ki Bazzi Support 2020-08-20 [192]
Byeon Sang-beom Munchkin Fragger 2020-08-20 [192]
Yu Byung-chul BuZz Support 2020-10-27 [193]
Lee Ye-hun Hate In-Game leader 2020-10-27 [193]
Son Seon-ho xeta Fragger 2020-10-27 [193]
Yu Hyeon-sang Pavane Head Coach 2020-10-27 [193]
Yoon Eu-ddeum Autumn Coach 2020-08-20 [192]
Management
Nat. Name ID Role Join Date
Will Alfonsi Will General Manager 2020-04-12
Ysabel Müller Noukky Team Manager 2020-04-12

Management
Nat. Name ID Role
Jack Etienne Jack Owner/Founder[194]
Dan Fiden Dan President
Paullie Etienne Paullie COO
Zachary Scuderi Sneaky Owner/Advisor[195]
Donald Boyce Don VP Partnerships
Gregory Fraser Greg Partnerships
Adrian Gale Adrian Director of Merchandise
Mae Gabbert Mae Operations Manager
Cory Heimbecker Cory Graphics Production
Calle Danielsson Calle Video Production
Cassidy Sanders Cassidy Video Production
Camille Dunn Camille Head of Branded Content
Maddisen Soer Maddie Videographer
Karen Busenlehner Karen Experiential Coordinator
Emily Gonzalez-Holland Emily Director of Marketing
Mateus Portilho Portilho Head of Social Media
Gaylen Malone Gaylen Senior General Manager
Jonathan Tran Jonathan General Manager,[196] Team Manager[197]
Vincent Lewis Vincent Team Manager (League of Legends)[196]
Lee Seung-hwan Robin General Manager,[198] Team Manager[199][200]
Jihun Lee Hoonmaru Assistant Manager[198]
Minjae Seo RechoTZ Assistant Manager[200]
Tom Stewart Stylosa British Consultant (London Spitfire)
Ysabel Müller Noukky Team Manager[201][202]
Tiffany Chiu Tifa Team Manager[203][204]
Kurtis Lloyd Kala Team Manager[199][205][206][207]
Krissi Waters Krissi Team Manager,[133][208] LACS Team Manager[196]

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Team SoloMid		 North American League of Legends Championship Series winner
Summer 2013–Spring 2014		 Succeeded by
Team SoloMid
Preceded by
PGL Major Kraków 2017
Gambit Esports		 ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 winner
2018		 Succeeded by
FACEIT Major: London 2018
Astralis
Preceded by
–		 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals winner
2018		 Succeeded by
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