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Cloud9

Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica, California. The company was originally founded as a professional League of Legends team by Jack and Paullie Etienne in May 2013 and was incorporated into Cloud9 Esports, Inc. on September 6, 2016. Cloud9 has received US$78 million in total raised equity via venture capital funding and was ranked the world's fifth-most valuable esports organization in mid-2022.

Cloud9 Esports, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryEsports
Founded2013
Founders
  • Jack Etienne
  • Paullie Etienne
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California,
U.S.
Key people
Revenue US$35 million[2] (2021)
Total equity US$380 million[2] (2022)
Divisions
WebsiteOfficial website

Cloud9 has held divisions in numerous esports throughout its existence, establishing eight by 2014. In 2018, Cloud9 won three international championships: the Rocket League Championship Series Season 6 World Championship, the 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals, and the ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018. The company currently operates two franchised teams: Cloud9 League of Legends of the League of Legends Championship Series and London Spitfire of the Overwatch League. They also operate non-franchised teams in Apex Legends, Counter-Strike 2, Fortnite, Halo, Hearthstone, League of Legends: Wild Rift, Super Smash Bros., Teamfight Tactics, Valorant, and World of Warcraft.

History edit

2013: Beginnings edit

The team that would become Cloud9 originated after esports organization Quantic Gaming released all of their League of Legends players. Afterward, all five players formed their own team under the moniker Team NomNom, and later rebranded to Cloud9 in early 2013.[3][4] Cloud9 was then reacquired by Quantic Gaming on April 1, 2013, and later rebranded the team back to Cloud9.[4][5] The team then changed hands again in May 2013, as former Team SoloMid manager Jack Etienne and Paullie Etienne bought out the contracts of the players for less than $20,000, officially creating the Cloud9 organization.[6][5][7] Paullie Etienne was appointed the chief operating officer, and Jack Etienne's father eventually signed on as the organization's first legal counsel.[8]

2013–2018: Expansion and funding edit

After early success in the organization's League of Legends division, Cloud9 expanded their brand into other esport games. The organization entered Smite esports in December 2013.[9] In 2014, Cloud9 created divisions for Dota 2,[10] Super Smash Bros. Melee,[11] Hearthstone,[12] Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,[13] Heroes of the Storm,[14] and Halo.[15] The organization disbanded their Smite division the same year due to internal issues, just prior to the start of the Smite Pro League,[16] but it was reopened in January 2015.[17] Throughout 2015 and 2016, Cloud9 established several more divisions, including Call of Duty,[18] Overwatch,[19] and their first touchscreen esport Vainglory.[20] On September 6, 2016, the organization incorporated into Cloud9 Esports, Inc.[21][22]

Although several of their divisions would dissolve, by March 2017, the company had ten teams across multiple titles and over one million fans spending a collective 15 million hours following Cloud9 players.[8] That month, Cloud9 received a total of US$28 million from series A funding in a round led by Founders Fund, along with other investors Craft Ventures, former Facebook, Inc. executive Chamath Palihapitiya, Reddit Inc. cofounder Alexis Ohanian, and Major League Baseball player Hunter Pence.[8][23] In July 2017, Cloud9 created their Rocket League division.[24] The following month, Activision Blizzard announced that Cloud9 had purchased a London-based franchise slot for the upcoming Overwatch League (OWL); with the requirement that all organizations in the OWL create separate business entities and branding,[25] Cloud9 created the subsidiary under the name London Spitfire.[26] In November 2017, Riot Games announced that Cloud9 had secured a League of Legends Championship Series franchise slot for a reported US$10 million, marking the second owned franchised team by the company.[27]

In June 2018, Cloud9 announced a major sponsorship deal with Red Bull, which included a deal that would place the Red Bull logo on the Cloud9 jerseys.[28] In the middle of that deal, Jack Etienne invited 30 investors to a London Spitfire match at Blizzard Arena; four months later, Cloud9 announced that it had received US$50 million in series B funding in a round led by Valor Equity Partners, along with other investors TrueBridge Capital Partners, Reimagined Ventures, and Glassdoor founder Robert Hohman. Additionally, Valor Equity Partners founder and managing partner Antonio Gracias joined Cloud9's board of directors as a part of the deal.[8][23] Funding from the round was to be used to establish a 20,000–30,000 square foot (1,900–2,800 m2) headquarters and training facility in Los Angeles, which was expected to be completed by the end of 2019.[29] After the investment, Forbes ranked Cloud9 as the world's most valuable esports company at US$310 million.[30]

2018–present: Success, controversy, and league owners edit

In 2018, at a time when many esports teams were significantly downscaling their operations and only focusing on a select few games, Cloud9 reached top-level international success in Counter-Strike, Rocket League, Overwatch, and League of Legends. The success of the organization led to Jack Etienne being named Game Shakers' Shaker of the Year in December 2018, an award honoring people who have made a long-lasting impact in the esports industry and helped raise esports awareness around the world.[8][31] In the following months, Cloud9 entered sponsorship deals with apparel brand Puma, telecommunications company AT&T, and automotive company BMW, in what were all the companies' first team sponsorships in esports.[32][33] In that time, Cloud9 has established an Apex Legends division.[34]

In November 2019, Cloud9 was fined by Riot Games for violating League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) rules. Dating back to July 2018, Cloud9 had issued equity to seven of its LCS players through restricted stock units; Riot had created a rule in November 2017 that prohibited any team owner from being on the team's roster. Cloud9 was fined $25,000 for each player violation, totaling $175,000, and had to pay additional money to its players. Riot estimated the total fine to be $330,000 to $605,000.[35] Cloud9 was again ranked by Forbes as the world's most valuable esports company in 2019, along with Team SoloMid; the company was valued at $400 million, a $90 million increase over the previous year.[36]

In February 2020, it was announced that Cloud9, along with esports organizations Immortals Gaming Club, Dignitas' parent company New Meta Entertainment, Gen.G Esports, c0ntact Gaming, and OverActive Media, had established Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league Flashpoint, the first professional esports league owned and operated by team organizations.[37][38] The following month, Cloud9 reentered Dota 2 esports after a hiatus of almost three years.[39] Cloud9 created its Valorant division in April 2020,[40] and in October, they created their first all-female esports team for Valorant.[41] Forbes ranked Cloud9 was the world's second-most valuable esports company at $350 million in 2020, a 13% decrease from 2019.[42] In May 2022, Forbes ranked them the fifth-most valuable, with a value of $380 million.[2]

Divisions edit

League of Legends edit

History edit

Cloud9 was officially created in 2013 after Jack Etienne purchased the contracts of all of Quantic Gaming's League of Legends players.[5][7]

 
Cloud9 won back-to-back NA LCS championships in 2013 and 2014.

With a starting roster of Balls, Meteos, Hai, Sneaky, and LemonNation, Cloud9 went on a 13-game winning streak in the 2013 NA LCS Summer Split regular season, marking the longest winning streak in LCS history at the time.[43][44] After claiming the top seed in the Summer Split Playoffs, the team went on to sweep the defending champions Team SoloMid, 3 games to 0, in the finals on September 1 to claim their first-ever LCS title.[45][46] With the win, Cloud9 finished the season with a 30–3 game record and the highest winning-percentage in LCS history at 90.9%.[44] In the 2014 NA LCS Spring Split, Cloud9 closed out the final five weeks on a 13-game winning streak, equaling their LCS record 13-game winning streak in 2013, and once again claimed the top seed in the playoffs.[47] Cloud9 won their second consecutive LCS title after a 3–0 sweep over Team SoloMid in the finals on April 20.[3] After going 5–0 in the playoffs, Cloud9 extended their record winning streak to 18 games and had gone undefeated in back-to-back playoffs.[47][48][49] Cloud9 made it to the LCS finals in the 2014 NA LCS Summer Split and 2015 NA LCS Spring Split, but fell to Team SoloMid each time.[50][51] In May 2015, Hai retired, ending Cloud9's nearly 750-day record of having the longest standing lineup in professional League of Legends history.[52]

The team finished 2015 NA LCS Summer Split with a 6–12 record, their lowest regular season finish ever, and missed the LCS playoffs for the first time in their organization's history.[53][54] In the 2016 NA LCS Spring Split, the team faced Team SoloMid in the quarterfinals but fell by a score of 1–3.[55] In the quarterfinals match of the 2016 NA LCS Summer Split against Team EnVyUs, Cloud9's Jensen set an LCS record 20 kills in a single game.[56] The team later fell to Team SoloMid in the finals.[57] In the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split, for the sixth, and second consecutive, time, Cloud9 faced Team SoloMid in the NA LCS finals, but the team fell, 2–3.[58][59] Cloud9 lost to Team Dignitas in the quarterfinals of the 2017 NA LCS Summer Split.[60] In the 2018 NA LCS Spring Split playoffs, Cloud9 was swept by Team Liquid in the quarterfinals by a score of 0–3.[61] The team again reached the finals in the 2018 NA LCS Summer Split, but they were swept by Team Liquid, 0–3.[62]

After the 2018 NA LCS season, Cloud9 had their most successful League of Legends World Championship run. After advancing past the 2018 League of Legends World Championship group stage, Cloud9 swept Korea's Afreeca Freecs, 3–0, in the quarterfinals; The win marked the first time in seven years that a North American team had qualified for the World Championship semifinals.[63] In the semifinals match. Cloud9 was swept by Fnatic, 0–3, ending their World Championship run.[64]

In the 2019 LCS Spring Split, Cloud9 fell to Team SoloMid in the semifinals.[65] After reaching the finals in the 2019 LCS Summer Split, the team fell to Team Liquid, 2–3.[66] In the 2020 LCS Spring Split, Cloud9 finished the regular season with a 17–1 record – tied for the best game record in LCS history.[67] The team secured their third LCS title on April 19, 2020, after they swept FlyQuest, 3–0, in the finals.[68] The win gave the team their first LCS title since 2014; with an overall 26–2 game win–loss record, including playoffs, Cloud9 set an LCS record for the highest winning percentage ever in a single split by a North American team at 92.9%, breaking their own previous record of 90.9% from the 2013 Summer Split.[69][70] Losses to Flyquest and Team SoloMid in the Summer Split playoffs not only eliminated the team from the LCS playoffs, but also eliminated Cloud9's ability to qualify for the 2020 World Championship, marking the first time in the organization's history that they would not attend the World Championship.[71][72][73]

On September 14, 2020, Cloud9 parted ways with head coach Bok "Reapered" Hangyu, who had been the head coach of the team for the past four years.[74] The organization promoted Cloud9's academy team coach Kim "Reignover" Yeu-jin as their new head coach.[75]

In the 2021 LCS season, Cloud9 entered the Spring Split playoffs as the top seed, with a 13–5 record. C9 defeated Team Liquid in the finals, 3–2, and earned their 4th LCS title.[76] At the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational, they failed to advance to the knockout stage.[77] In the Summer playoffs, Cloud9 defeated Team SoloMid 3–2 to claim a spot at the 2021 League of Legends World Championship;[78] however, they lost their next match to 100 Thieves.[79] At Worlds, Cloud9 advanced to the quarterfinals, becoming the first North American team to make it past the group stage since the previous Cloud9 team reached semifinals in 2018. They lost in the quarterfinals to Gen.G, 0–3.[80]

Roster edit

Cloud9 League of Legends roster
Players Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
Top Fudge Allami, Ibrahim Australia
Jungle Blaber Huang, Robert United States
Mid EMENES Jang Min-soo South Korea
Bot Berserker Kim Min-cheol South Korea
Support Zven Svenningsen, Jesper Denmark
Head coach
  • Alfonso "Mithy" Aguirre Rodríguez
Assistant coach(es)
  • Marius "Veigar v2" Aune

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Substitute
  •   Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: November 24, 2022.

Hearthstone edit

On June 26, 2014, Cloud9 announced the formation of their Hearthstone division after acquiring team DogeHouse. Joining the team was the players Marcin "Gnimsh" Filipowicz, Cong "StrifeCro" Shu, Rumay "Hafu" Wang, Alexandr "Kolento" Malsh, and Jan "Ekop" Palys, with Gnimsh appointed as the team's captain.[81][82] Additionally, the team picked up Andrew "TidesofTime" Biessener later that year.[83] Kolento won the team's first major tournament after winning the Viagame House Cup #1 in October 2014;[84] the following month, he won the DreamHack Hearthstone Championship.[85] Kolento won the teams only major tournament in 2015 after winning CN vs EU Season 2 in March.[85] The team picked up former Team SoloMid player Harry "Massan" Cheong in June 2015.[86] In November 2015, Cloud9 parted ways with Hafu, TidesofTime, and Gnimsh.[83][87] Cloud9 signed former team Archon player James "Firebat" Kostesich in March 2016.[88] After being banned from Twitch in May 2016, Cloud9 parted ways with Massan.[86] Several days later, the team signed Sanghyeon "DDaHyoNi" Baek.[89] In May 2016, StrifeCro took home the OGN Hearthstone Seoul Cup World Invitational.[90] Later that month, Cloud9 parted ways with Ekop.[91] In March 2017, Firebat left the team.[92] StrifeCro left the team in May 2017.[93] In December 2018, Cloud9 signed Cho "Flurry" Hyun-soo, Kim "LookSam" Jin-hyo, and Jang "DawN" Hyun-jae.[94] In March 2019, Kolento won StarLadder Hearthstone Ultimate Series Winter.[95] The team signed Lee "Portia" Dongjae in August 2020.[96]

Roster edit

Cloud9 Hearthstone roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
Kolento Malsh, Aleksandr Ukraine
DDaHyoNi Baek Sang-hyeon South Korea
DawN Jang Hyun-jae South Korea
Flurry Cho Hyun-soo South Korea
Looksam Kim Jin-hyo South Korea
Portia Lee Dong-jae South Korea
Head coach
  • Vacant

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Substitute
  •   Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: August 20, 2020.

Super Smash Bros. edit

 
Mang0 has played for Cloud9 since 2014.

Cloud9 joined the Super Smash Bros. scene after picking up Evo 2013 champion Joseph "Mang0" Manuel Marquez for Super Smash Bros. Melee (Melee) in May 2014 and is currently the longest tenured player at Cloud9.[11] Mang0's first tournament under Cloud9 was Get On My Level 2014 in Toronto, where he took first place.[97] In June 2014, Mang0 finished in first and second at MLG Anaheim 2014 and CEO 2014, respectively, meeting Armada both times in the Grand Finals.[98][99] The following month, Mang0 took home his second consecutive Evolution Championship Series (Evo) title after defeating Hungrybox in the Grand Finals of EVO 2014.[100] In October 2014, Mang0 won The Big House 4 after defeating Mew2King in Grand Finals.[101] In 2015, Mang0 finished in fourth place at Apex 2015 and third place at CEO 2015.[102] At Evo 2015, Mang0 fell to Hungrybox in the lower bracket semifinals.[103] At The Big House 5, Mang0 finished in fourth place after losing to Mew2King.[104] Mang0's first tournament of 2016 was at GENESIS 3 in January, where he fell to Armada in the grand finals.[105] The following month, Mang0 finished in second place at PAX Arena after losing to Hungrybox in the finals. He secured his first major tournament championship of 2016 in May after defeating Hungrybox in the finals at DreamHack Austin.[106] The same month, he finished second at Get On My Level 2016 after falling to Leffen in the finals.[107] In July 2016, Mang0 finished in fourth place at Evo 2016 after falling to Hungrybox in the lower bracket semifinals.[108] The following month, he took first place at Super Smash Con 2016 after taking down Hungrybox in the finals.[109]

In August 2016, the organization added their second Super Smash Bros. player with the addition of Evo 2016 champion Elliot "Ally" Bastien Carroza-Oyarce for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Smash 4).[110] Mang0 and Ally both attended The Big House 6 in October 2016. Ally, citing health concerns, dropped out of the Smash 4 tournament after falling to the lower bracket.[111] Mang0 took home his second The Big House title under Cloud9 after defeating Armada in the Melee finals.[112] At the end of 2016, Cloud9 signed Daniel "Tafokints" Lee as Mang0's coach.[113]

Ally and Mang0 competed in GENESIS 4 in January 2017. Both Cloud9 members took second place in their respective tournaments, with Ally falling to MKLeo in the Smash 4 finals and Mang0 falling to Armada in the Melee finals.[114][105] At EVO 2017, Ally failed to defend his Smash 4 EVO title from 2016, finishing outside the top 32.[115] In the Melee tournament, Mang0 reached the grand finals, but he fell to Armada in the finals match to finish in second place.[116] The following month, Mang0 defended his Super Smash Con title after winning Super Smash Con 2017.[117] The two competed at The Big House 7 in October 2017. Ally finished the Smash 4 tournament in the top eight,[118] while Mang0 finished in the top six of the Melee tournament.[119] In January 2018, Ally and Mang0 competed at GENESIS 5, with Ally finishing in ninth place and Mang0 finishing in fifth.[120][121]

On March 31, 2018, Mang0's coach Tafokints announced he was departing the organization to join Counter Logic Gaming as their business development manager.[122] Five days later, Cloud9 parted ways with Ally.[123]

At Evo 2018, Mang0 finished in the top eight.[124] Mang0 competed in his first Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament in June 2018 and finished in the top four.[125] For the remainder of 2018, Mang0 failed to win a tournament but was able to finish in the top three of five tournaments, including Shine 2018, The Big House 8, and Smash Summit 7.[126] In May 2019, Mang0 won Get On My Level 2019, ending his 19-event, and nearly two-year, streak without winning a tournament.[127] He went on to win his second Melee major of the year in October after defeating Zain in The Big House 9 grand finals.[128] Mang0 started 2020 with a third-place finish at GENESIS 7.[129] In July 2020, he finished in second place at the Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2 after falling to Zain in the grand finals.[130] In November, Mang0 was the runner-up at Smash Summit 10.[131] Mang0 finished 2020 with a win at the Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3 after defeating iBDW in the finals.[132]

Roster edit

Cloud9 Super Smash Bros. Melee roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
Mango Marquez, Joseph United States
Head coach
  • Vacant

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Substitute
  •   Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: April 4, 2018.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive edit

Cloud9 entered the professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene on August 1, 2014, with the acquisition of compLexity Gaming's North American roster.[13] 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.[133] On November 26, Sean "sgares" Gares replaced Spencer "Hiko" Martin as the team's in-game leader.[134] On December 14, Hiko left Cloud9, to be replaced by Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan.[135][136][137]

On April 24, 2015, Cloud9 released ShahZam and Kory "Semphis" Friesen.[138] Five days later, Ryan "fREAKAZOiD" Abadir and Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham, formerly of iBUYPOWER, joined the team, and Braxton "swag" Pierce joined as an analyst,[139] sgares stepped down from the roster on November 24.[140]

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,[141] playing for Cloud9 until Alec "Slemmy" White was announced as the official replacement on April 23.[142] Manager Tres "stunna" Saranthus left the team on July 26.[143] On August 17, Cloud9 announced that they were replacing Slemmy with Timothy "autimatic" Ta.[144] 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.[145]

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.[146]

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.[147][148] 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.[149][150] shroud officially retired from competitive play and left Cloud9 on April 18.[151]

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.[152][153] A month later, on January 6, 2020, Cloud9 signed the South African team ATK's CS:GO roster.[154]

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.[155] The next day, Cloud9 unveiled their new general manager Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer and new coach Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović.[156] On September 10, Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin signed a three-year contract with Cloud9.[157] On September 19, Cloud9 acquired William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman from GamerLegion and Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker from mousesports.[158][159] On October 7, Cloud9 re-signed Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery, who becomes the fourth player of the new team.[160] The last player Patrick "es3tag" Hansen was bought from Astralis and was announced on October 15.[161] On December 28, Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović was released by Cloud9.[162] On January 18, 2021, Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker was released by Cloud9 following poor results as a team.[163] On January 22, Erick "Xeppaa" Bach was announced as woxic's replacement on the team.[164] On January 24, 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[165] Cloud9 disbanded their CS:GO division in March 2021, citing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[166]

On April 24, 2022, Cloud9 returned to the CS:GO scene, this time in Europe, acquiring the roster of Gambit Esports.[167]

Cloud9 won IEM Dallas on June 6, 2022, after defeating ENCE 3:0. Cloud9 won a grand prize of US$100,000.[168]

Interz was replaced by Timur "buster" Tulepov on January 16, 2023.[169] Cloud9 underwent more roster changes on July 13 of the same year, when buster and nafany were benched and replaced with former Natus Vincere players Denis "electronic" Sharipov and Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy.[170] Nafany departed Cloud9 to join the new Russian BetBoom roster on July 31.[171]

Due to visa issues, buster filled in for Ax1Le as a substitute at IEM Cologne 2023.[172] At the tournament, the team lost to Fnatic in the opening round,[173] before achieving victories over 9INE, Monte and GamerLegion to secure play-offs.[174][175][176] Ax1Le returned to the roster for the quarter-finals match against Team Vitality,[177] where Cloud9 were eliminated 2-0.[178]

Counter-Strike 2 edit

On October 26, 2023, Cloud9 announced the stepping down of Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov.[179]

Roster edit

Cloud9 Counter-Strike 2 roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
electronic Sharipov, Denis Russia
Perfecto Zalutskiy, Ilya Russia
Ax1Le Rykhtorov, Sergey Russia
HObbit Hasenov, Abai Kazakhstan
sh1ro (I) Sokolov, Dmitriy Russia
buster (I) Tulepov, Timur Kazakhstan
Head coach

Konstantin "groove" Pikiner


Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Substitute
  •   Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: July 31, 2023.

Overwatch edit

History edit

Pre-Overwatch League edit

Cloud9 formed its Overwatch division in March 2016 after signing team "google me".[19] The team won several LAN events in April and May, such as the One Nation of Gamers Overwatch Invitational, Overkill, and the Alienware Monthly Melee.[180] Their first major tournament post-release of Overwatch was the Agents Rising tournament,[181] which they won after defeating Team Liquid in the finals.[180]

Following Agents Rising, they finished second in both the June Alienware Monthly and Operation Breakout tournaments; both times they fell to Team EnVyUs in the finals. Later that month, Cloud9 finished in fourth place at the OG Invitational tournament after losing to Northern Gaming in the third place match. After several wins in smaller weekly and qualifier tournaments, the team9 qualified for the Beyond the Summit (BTS) Overwatch Cup, Overwatch Open, and 2016 ESL Overwatch Atlantic Showdown. The team finished in second place at BTS after losing to Team EnVyUs in the finals, fell to Team EnVyUs in the group stage semifinals at the Overwatch Open, and did not make it past the group stage at the Atlantic Showdown.[180][182] Cloud9 was one of four western teams invited to compete in South Korea's OGN Overwatch APEX Season 2, which began in January 2017.[183] After falling to South Korean team KongDoo Uncia on February 28 in the group stage, Cloud9 was eliminated from the tournament.[184]

Cloud9 failed to qualify for Overwatch Contenders North America season one; afterwards, the company acquired the former Laser Kittenz roster and established their European team Cloud9 EU for season one of Overwatch Contenders Europe.[185] The following month, in September 2017, Cloud9 established their third Overwatch team after acquiring South Korean team KongDoo Panthera and competed under the moniker Cloud9 KongDoo.[186] Cloud9 EU made it to the playoffs in Contenders Europe season one, but they fell to Misfits Gaming semifinals on October 7.[187] Meanwhile, Cloud9 KongDoo had been competing in OGN Overwatch APEX Season 4, where they ended up taking third place after defeating NC Foxes on October 17.[188]

London Spitfire edit
 
The London Spitfire won the 2018 Grand Finals.

On August 10, 2017, Activision Blizzard announced that Cloud9 had purchased a London-based franchise slot for the upcoming Overwatch League (OWL) for a reported US$20 million (£15.4 million);[189] with the requirement that all organizations in the OWL create separate business entities and branding,[25] Cloud9 created the subsidiary under the name London Spitfire.[190] On November 9, they disclosed their 12-player inaugural season roster, the maximum permitted, which was an amalgamation of their Cloud9 KongDoo team and OGN Overwatch APEX Season 4 champions GC Busan.[191][192] On February 15, 2018, the Spitfire's European Overwatch Contenders team was announced as the British Hurricane.[193]

In the 2018 season, the Spitfire became the first-ever stage playoffs champions after defeating the New York Excelsior in the 2018 Stage 1 playoffs.[194] In March, London parted ways with head coach Lee "Bishop" Beom-joon for undisclosed reasons.[195] The team qualified for the Stage 2 playoffs, but they fell to the Philadelphia Fusion in the semifinals.[196] London failed to reach the Stage 3 and Stage 4 playoffs and finished the regular season with a 24–16 record and the fifth seed in the 2018 Overwatch League playoffs. London defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators in the quarterfinals by a series score of 2–1 to advance to the semifinals.[197] London won both games against the Los Angeles Valiant in the semifinals, advancing them to the 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals.[198] London faced the Philadelphia Fusion in the Grand Finals on July 27 and 28; in the best-of-three series, the Spitfire won the first two matches by scores of 3–1 and 3–0 to claim the inaugural Overwatch League title.[199][200]

London began their 2019 season failing to qualify for the Stage 1 playoffs.[201] The team qualified for the Stage 2 playoffs; however, they were knocked out in the quarterfinals by the Hangzhou Spark.[202] The Spitfire parted ways with head coach Kwang-bok "Coach815" Kim in the middle of Stage 3, leaving the team without a head coach.[203] London failed to qualify for the Stage 3 playoffs and finished the regular season with a 16–12 record, qualifying them for the 2019 play-in tournament for a chance to qualify for the 2019 season playoffs.[204] London defeated the Shanghai Dragons, 4–3, in the play-in tournament in an OWL record eight-map series and qualified for the season playoffs.[205] In the first round, London was defeated by the New York Excelsior, 1–4, sending the team to the lower bracket.[206] A 0–4 loss to the San Francisco Shock the following match ended the Spitfire's 2019 playoff run.[207]

Roster edit

Fortnite edit

Cloud9 first entered Fortnite competitively in 2018, and formally re-entered the circuit in the summer of 2019.[208] The team is currently managed by Krissi Waters.[208]

Roster edit

Cloud9 Fortnite roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
Blackoutz Garcia, Patrick Brazil
Fryst Radziwill-Debarba, Alex United States
Head coach

Vincent Lewis


Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Substitute
  •   Injury / Illness
  

Roster updated November 18, 2022.

Valorant edit

Blue edit

Cloud9 announced its entry into Valorant on April 12, 2020, by signing its first player, Tyson "TenZ" Ngo.[209] Later Cloud9 would sign Skyler "Relyks" Weaver in June, Mitch "mitch" Semago and Josh "shinobi" Abastado in July, and the final member Daniel "vice" Kim in August

On January 12, 2021, TenZ, stepped down from the competitive scene to pursue content creation (while remaining as part of Cloud9).[210] In the same month Cloud9 Blue sign players Nathan "leaf" Orf from Chaos Esports Club's CS:GO Division and Son "xeta" Seon-ho from their former Korean team "Cloud9 Korea" as well as signing head coach Yoon "Autumn" Eu-teum and Manager Robin Lee[211][212] On February 5, 2021, Michael "poiz" Possis joins as the 6th player of the team.[213] On March 11, 2021, TenZ is loaned to Sentinels for Masters Stage 1 in replacement of suspended player, Sinatraa.[214] On March 16, 2021, Daniel "vice" Kim parts ways with the team.[215] On April 16, 2021, Skyler "Relyks" Weaver parts ways with the team.[216] On April 19, 2021, Cloud9 transfers Ricky "floppy" Kemery and Erick "Xeppaa" Bach from their CS:GO division.[217] On June 1, 2021, TenZ, who was previously on loan from Cloud9 Blue, is acquired by Sentinels.[218] On March 13, 2021, Cloud9 Blue acquire Anthony "vanity" Malaspina from Version1.[219] On September 10, 2021, floppy, parts ways with the team.[220] On October 19, 2021, poiz is transferred to their Academy team.[221] After failing to qualify for Masters Reykjavík in stage 2 and Masters Berlin in stage 3 they would qualify for the 2021 Valorant Champions in the North American Last Chance Qualifier beating Rise 3–0. At the Valorant Champions 2021 they would be put into Group D with FNATIC, Vision Strikers and FULL SENSE, they would make it out of the group stage 2-1 before losing to Team Liquid in the quarterfinals.[222]

On May 15, 2022, Cloud9 traded xeta and Autumn to T1 for Rahul "curry" Nemani.[223] Later on May 26, Cloud9 would sign assistant coach Joshua "m1cks" Micks.[224]

Roster edit

Cloud9 Blue Valorant roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
leaf Orf, Nathan United States
Xeppaa Bach, Erick United States
runi Cade, Dylan United States
Zellsis Montemurro, Jordan United States
jakee Anderson, Jake United States
qpert Mijovic, Mateja Serbia
Head coach

Matthew "mCe" Elmore


Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Substitute
  •   Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: October 17, 2022.

White edit

In October 2020, Cloud9 signed orgless all-female team "MAJKL" to compete in First Strike under Cloud9 White. (with the all-male team rebranding to “Cloud9 Blue").[225] In November 2020, Dream joins as a head coach and MoonChopper as a strategic coach of Cloud9 White. Later in the month Cloud9 White would fail to quality for First Strike: North America.

In January and February 2021, Cloud9 White would fail to qualify for the VCT 2021: North America Stage 1 Challengers 1, 2 and 3 Main Events. On March 12, 2021, Kaitlin "Keiti" Boop joins after being on trial.[226] Later in March, Cloud9 White would qualify for the VCT 2021: Game Changers North America Series 1 in the first seed and later winning the tournament without losing a single map, a week later they would fail to qualify for VCT 2021: North America Stage 2 Challengers 1 Main Event. On April 13, Cloud9 White would release Keiti.[227] In June, Cloud9 White would qualify for and win VCT 2021: Game Changers NA Series 2. The next month, Cloud9 White would fail to qualify for the VCT 2021: North America Stage 3: Challengers 1 and 2 Main Events before qualifying and winning VCT 2021: Game Changers North America Series 3. It was later announced head coach Dream and Cloud9 parted ways a week prior to Series 3 qualifiers.[228]

In February 2022, Cloud9 White would fail to qualify for VCT 2022: North America Stage 1: Challengers 1 Main Event but would go on to qualify and win VCT 2022: Game Changers North American Series 1.[229] In June, Cloud9 would sign Reid "x0tek" Johnson as the new head coach while Annie would leave the team to pursue streaming, with Bob "Bob" Tran replacing her.[230][231][232]

Roster edit

Cloud9 White Valorant roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
alexis Guarrasi, Alexis United States
Bob Tran, Bob Australia
Jazzyk1ns Manankill, Jasmine Canada
katsumi Pfahnl, Katja United States
meL Capone, Melanie United States
Head coach

Reid "x0tek" Johnson


Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Substitute
  •   Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: June 15, 2022.

Former divisions edit

Rocket League edit

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

Cloud9 created their Rocket League division in July 2017 after acquiring DreamHack Atlanta champions team The Muffin Men.[24] With a roster consisting of players Kyle "Torment" Storer, Mariano "SquishyMuffinz" Arruda, and Jesus "Gimmick" Parra, the team began play in the North America Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) Season 4.[233] After winning the North America playoffs, the team qualified for the RLCS World Championship tournament, where they eventually was eliminated by Scottish team Method in the lower bracket finals.[234] Cloud9 made it to the RLCS Season 5 World Championship tournament but were eliminated by eventual champions Team Dignitas.[235]

In Season 6, Cloud9 qualified for their third consecutive RLCS World Championship tournament. The team lost their first match of the tournament to We Dem Girlz, dropping them to the lower bracket of the tournament.[236] Cloud9 won five consecutive elimination matches in the lower bracket and advanced to the Grand Finals, where they faced undefeated European team Team Dignitas on November 11, 2018.[237] Cloud9 took down the defending champions by a series score of 4–1, marking the first time that a North American team had won the RLCS World Championship since Season 1.[238]

Cloud9 followed up their Season 6 run with a semifinals loss in the Season 7 RLCS World Championship.[239] Between seasons, Cloud signed former NRG Esports player Jayson "Fireburner" Nunez as the team's coach.[240] Cloud9 finished North America RLCS Season 8 in seventh place, which put them at risk of being relegated to the Rocket League Rival Series, a lower division for the RLCS.[241] The team made it through the promotion playoffs to avoid relegation and participate in North America RLCS Season 9, but they did not perform well.[242] On June 10, 2020, Cloud9 disbanded their Rocket League division.[243]

Vainglory edit

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.[244] 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. Cloud9 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.[245] 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, Cloud9 would make it all the way to the semifinal, before losing to Tribe Gaming, the former roster of Immortals.[246]

On February 5, 2018, Cloud9 disbanded their Vainglory division.[247]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege edit

Cloud9 announced that they were adding Rainbow Six Siege to their competitive roster on Twitter on June 18, 2018.[248] However, the team that was originally put together by Cloud9 was eventually moved to Team Reciprocity, announced by Team Reciprocity on January 7, 2019.[249] 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.[250] They have since changed their roster of players to swap two of their players for the upcoming season.[251] On August 15, 2021, Cloud9 announced that the organization would part ways with their Rainbow Six roster.[252]

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External links edit

  • Official website  
  • Cloud9 on Twitter
Awards and achievements
Preceded by North American League of Legends Championship Series winner
Summer 2013–Spring 2014
Succeeded by
Team SoloMid
Preceded by ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 winner
2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by
2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals winner
2018
Succeeded by

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For other uses see Cloud9 disambiguation Cloud9 Esports Inc or simply Cloud9 C9 is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica California The company was originally founded as a professional League of Legends team by Jack and Paullie Etienne in May 2013 and was incorporated into Cloud9 Esports Inc on September 6 2016 Cloud9 has received US 78 million in total raised equity via venture capital funding and was ranked the world s fifth most valuable esports organization in mid 2022 Cloud9 Esports Inc TypePrivateIndustryEsportsFounded2013FoundersJack EtiennePaullie EtienneHeadquartersSanta Monica California U S Key peopleCEO Jack EtienneCOO Paullie EtiennePresident Dan Fiden 1 RevenueUS 35 million 2 2021 Total equityUS 380 million 2 2022 DivisionsApex LegendsFortniteHaloHearthstoneLeague of LegendsLeague of Legends Wild RiftOverwatchSuper Smash Bros MeleeTeamfight TacticsValorantWorld of WarcraftCounter Strike 2WebsiteOfficial websiteCloud9 has held divisions in numerous esports throughout its existence establishing eight by 2014 In 2018 Cloud9 won three international championships the Rocket League Championship Series Season 6 World Championship the 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals and the ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018 The company currently operates two franchised teams Cloud9 League of Legends of the League of Legends Championship Series and London Spitfire of the Overwatch League They also operate non franchised teams in Apex Legends Counter Strike 2 Fortnite Halo Hearthstone League of Legends Wild Rift Super Smash Bros Teamfight Tactics Valorant and World of Warcraft Contents 1 History 1 1 2013 Beginnings 1 2 2013 2018 Expansion and funding 1 3 2018 present Success controversy and league owners 2 Divisions 2 1 League of Legends 2 1 1 History 2 1 2 Roster 2 2 Hearthstone 2 2 1 Roster 2 3 Super Smash Bros 2 3 1 Roster 2 4 Counter Strike Global Offensive 2 5 Counter Strike 2 2 5 1 Roster 2 6 Overwatch 2 6 1 History 2 6 1 1 Pre Overwatch League 2 6 1 2 London Spitfire 2 6 2 Roster 2 7 Fortnite 2 7 1 Roster 2 8 Valorant 2 8 1 Blue 2 8 2 Roster 2 8 3 White 2 8 4 Roster 3 Former divisions 3 1 Rocket League 3 2 Vainglory 3 3 Tom Clancy s Rainbow Six Siege 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit2013 Beginnings edit The team that would become Cloud9 originated after esports organization Quantic Gaming released all of their League of Legends players Afterward all five players formed their own team under the moniker Team NomNom and later rebranded to Cloud9 in early 2013 3 4 Cloud9 was then reacquired by Quantic Gaming on April 1 2013 and later rebranded the team back to Cloud9 4 5 The team then changed hands again in May 2013 as former Team SoloMid manager Jack Etienne and Paullie Etienne bought out the contracts of the players for less than 20 000 officially creating the Cloud9 organization 6 5 7 Paullie Etienne was appointed the chief operating officer and Jack Etienne s father eventually signed on as the organization s first legal counsel 8 2013 2018 Expansion and funding edit After early success in the organization s League of Legends division Cloud9 expanded their brand into other esport games The organization entered Smite esports in December 2013 9 In 2014 Cloud9 created divisions for Dota 2 10 Super Smash Bros Melee 11 Hearthstone 12 Counter Strike Global Offensive 13 Heroes of the Storm 14 and Halo 15 The organization disbanded their Smite division the same year due to internal issues just prior to the start of the Smite Pro League 16 but it was reopened in January 2015 17 Throughout 2015 and 2016 Cloud9 established several more divisions including Call of Duty 18 Overwatch 19 and their first touchscreen esport Vainglory 20 On September 6 2016 the organization incorporated into Cloud9 Esports Inc 21 22 Although several of their divisions would dissolve by March 2017 the company had ten teams across multiple titles and over one million fans spending a collective 15 million hours following Cloud9 players 8 That month Cloud9 received a total of US 28 million from series A funding in a round led by Founders Fund along with other investors Craft Ventures former Facebook Inc executive Chamath Palihapitiya Reddit Inc cofounder Alexis Ohanian and Major League Baseball player Hunter Pence 8 23 In July 2017 Cloud9 created their Rocket League division 24 The following month Activision Blizzard announced that Cloud9 had purchased a London based franchise slot for the upcoming Overwatch League OWL with the requirement that all organizations in the OWL create separate business entities and branding 25 Cloud9 created the subsidiary under the name London Spitfire 26 In November 2017 Riot Games announced that Cloud9 had secured a League of Legends Championship Series franchise slot for a reported US 10 million marking the second owned franchised team by the company 27 In June 2018 Cloud9 announced a major sponsorship deal with Red Bull which included a deal that would place the Red Bull logo on the Cloud9 jerseys 28 In the middle of that deal Jack Etienne invited 30 investors to a London Spitfire match at Blizzard Arena four months later Cloud9 announced that it had received US 50 million in series B funding in a round led by Valor Equity Partners along with other investors TrueBridge Capital Partners Reimagined Ventures and Glassdoor founder Robert Hohman Additionally Valor Equity Partners founder and managing partner Antonio Gracias joined Cloud9 s board of directors as a part of the deal 8 23 Funding from the round was to be used to establish a 20 000 30 000 square foot 1 900 2 800 m2 headquarters and training facility in Los Angeles which was expected to be completed by the end of 2019 29 After the investment Forbes ranked Cloud9 as the world s most valuable esports company at US 310 million 30 2018 present Success controversy and league owners edit In 2018 at a time when many esports teams were significantly downscaling their operations and only focusing on a select few games Cloud9 reached top level international success in Counter Strike Rocket League Overwatch and League of Legends The success of the organization led to Jack Etienne being named Game Shakers Shaker of the Year in December 2018 an award honoring people who have made a long lasting impact in the esports industry and helped raise esports awareness around the world 8 31 In the following months Cloud9 entered sponsorship deals with apparel brand Puma telecommunications company AT amp T and automotive company BMW in what were all the companies first team sponsorships in esports 32 33 In that time Cloud9 has established an Apex Legends division 34 In November 2019 Cloud9 was fined by Riot Games for violating League of Legends Championship Series LCS rules Dating back to July 2018 Cloud9 had issued equity to seven of its LCS players through restricted stock units Riot had created a rule in November 2017 that prohibited any team owner from being on the team s roster Cloud9 was fined 25 000 for each player violation totaling 175 000 and had to pay additional money to its players Riot estimated the total fine to be 330 000 to 605 000 35 Cloud9 was again ranked by Forbes as the world s most valuable esports company in 2019 along with Team SoloMid the company was valued at 400 million a 90 million increase over the previous year 36 In February 2020 it was announced that Cloud9 along with esports organizations Immortals Gaming Club Dignitas parent company New Meta Entertainment Gen G Esports c0ntact Gaming and OverActive Media had established Counter Strike Global Offensive league Flashpoint the first professional esports league owned and operated by team organizations 37 38 The following month Cloud9 reentered Dota 2 esports after a hiatus of almost three years 39 Cloud9 created its Valorant division in April 2020 40 and in October they created their first all female esports team for Valorant 41 Forbes ranked Cloud9 was the world s second most valuable esports company at 350 million in 2020 a 13 decrease from 2019 42 In May 2022 Forbes ranked them the fifth most valuable with a value of 380 million 2 Divisions editLeague of Legends edit Main article Cloud9 League of Legends History edit Cloud9 was officially created in 2013 after Jack Etienne purchased the contracts of all of Quantic Gaming s League of Legends players 5 7 nbsp Cloud9 won back to back NA LCS championships in 2013 and 2014 With a starting roster of Balls Meteos Hai Sneaky and LemonNation Cloud9 went on a 13 game winning streak in the 2013 NA LCS Summer Split regular season marking the longest winning streak in LCS history at the time 43 44 After claiming the top seed in the Summer Split Playoffs the team went on to sweep the defending champions Team SoloMid 3 games to 0 in the finals on September 1 to claim their first ever LCS title 45 46 With the win Cloud9 finished the season with a 30 3 game record and the highest winning percentage in LCS history at 90 9 44 In the 2014 NA LCS Spring Split Cloud9 closed out the final five weeks on a 13 game winning streak equaling their LCS record 13 game winning streak in 2013 and once again claimed the top seed in the playoffs 47 Cloud9 won their second consecutive LCS title after a 3 0 sweep over Team SoloMid in the finals on April 20 3 After going 5 0 in the playoffs Cloud9 extended their record winning streak to 18 games and had gone undefeated in back to back playoffs 47 48 49 Cloud9 made it to the LCS finals in the 2014 NA LCS Summer Split and 2015 NA LCS Spring Split but fell to Team SoloMid each time 50 51 In May 2015 Hai retired ending Cloud9 s nearly 750 day record of having the longest standing lineup in professional League of Legends history 52 The team finished 2015 NA LCS Summer Split with a 6 12 record their lowest regular season finish ever and missed the LCS playoffs for the first time in their organization s history 53 54 In the 2016 NA LCS Spring Split the team faced Team SoloMid in the quarterfinals but fell by a score of 1 3 55 In the quarterfinals match of the 2016 NA LCS Summer Split against Team EnVyUs Cloud9 s Jensen set an LCS record 20 kills in a single game 56 The team later fell to Team SoloMid in the finals 57 In the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split for the sixth and second consecutive time Cloud9 faced Team SoloMid in the NA LCS finals but the team fell 2 3 58 59 Cloud9 lost to Team Dignitas in the quarterfinals of the 2017 NA LCS Summer Split 60 In the 2018 NA LCS Spring Split playoffs Cloud9 was swept by Team Liquid in the quarterfinals by a score of 0 3 61 The team again reached the finals in the 2018 NA LCS Summer Split but they were swept by Team Liquid 0 3 62 After the 2018 NA LCS season Cloud9 had their most successful League of Legends World Championship run After advancing past the 2018 League of Legends World Championship group stage Cloud9 swept Korea s Afreeca Freecs 3 0 in the quarterfinals The win marked the first time in seven years that a North American team had qualified for the World Championship semifinals 63 In the semifinals match Cloud9 was swept by Fnatic 0 3 ending their World Championship run 64 In the 2019 LCS Spring Split Cloud9 fell to Team SoloMid in the semifinals 65 After reaching the finals in the 2019 LCS Summer Split the team fell to Team Liquid 2 3 66 In the 2020 LCS Spring Split Cloud9 finished the regular season with a 17 1 record tied for the best game record in LCS history 67 The team secured their third LCS title on April 19 2020 after they swept FlyQuest 3 0 in the finals 68 The win gave the team their first LCS title since 2014 with an overall 26 2 game win loss record including playoffs Cloud9 set an LCS record for the highest winning percentage ever in a single split by a North American team at 92 9 breaking their own previous record of 90 9 from the 2013 Summer Split 69 70 Losses to Flyquest and Team SoloMid in the Summer Split playoffs not only eliminated the team from the LCS playoffs but also eliminated Cloud9 s ability to qualify for the 2020 World Championship marking the first time in the organization s history that they would not attend the World Championship 71 72 73 On September 14 2020 Cloud9 parted ways with head coach Bok Reapered Hangyu who had been the head coach of the team for the past four years 74 The organization promoted Cloud9 s academy team coach Kim Reignover Yeu jin as their new head coach 75 In the 2021 LCS season Cloud9 entered the Spring Split playoffs as the top seed with a 13 5 record C9 defeated Team Liquid in the finals 3 2 and earned their 4th LCS title 76 At the 2021 Mid Season Invitational they failed to advance to the knockout stage 77 In the Summer playoffs Cloud9 defeated Team SoloMid 3 2 to claim a spot at the 2021 League of Legends World Championship 78 however they lost their next match to 100 Thieves 79 At Worlds Cloud9 advanced to the quarterfinals becoming the first North American team to make it past the group stage since the previous Cloud9 team reached semifinals in 2018 They lost in the quarterfinals to Gen G 0 3 80 Roster edit Cloud9 League of Legends rosterPlayers CoachesRole Handle Name NationalityTop Fudge Allami Ibrahim AustraliaJungle Blaber Huang Robert United StatesMid EMENES Jang Min soo South KoreaBot Berserker Kim Min cheol South KoreaSupport Zven Svenningsen Jesper Denmark Head coachAlfonso Mithy Aguirre RodriguezAssistant coach es Marius Veigar v2 AuneLegend I Inactive S Suspended nbsp Substitute nbsp Injury Illness Latest roster transaction November 24 2022 Hearthstone edit On June 26 2014 Cloud9 announced the formation of their Hearthstone division after acquiring team DogeHouse Joining the team was the players Marcin Gnimsh Filipowicz Cong StrifeCro Shu Rumay Hafu Wang Alexandr Kolento Malsh and Jan Ekop Palys with Gnimsh appointed as the team s captain 81 82 Additionally the team picked up Andrew TidesofTime Biessener later that year 83 Kolento won the team s first major tournament after winning the Viagame House Cup 1 in October 2014 84 the following month he won the DreamHack Hearthstone Championship 85 Kolento won the teams only major tournament in 2015 after winning CN vs EU Season 2 in March 85 The team picked up former Team SoloMid player Harry Massan Cheong in June 2015 86 In November 2015 Cloud9 parted ways with Hafu TidesofTime and Gnimsh 83 87 Cloud9 signed former team Archon player James Firebat Kostesich in March 2016 88 After being banned from Twitch in May 2016 Cloud9 parted ways with Massan 86 Several days later the team signed Sanghyeon DDaHyoNi Baek 89 In May 2016 StrifeCro took home the OGN Hearthstone Seoul Cup World Invitational 90 Later that month Cloud9 parted ways with Ekop 91 In March 2017 Firebat left the team 92 StrifeCro left the team in May 2017 93 In December 2018 Cloud9 signed Cho Flurry Hyun soo Kim LookSam Jin hyo and Jang DawN Hyun jae 94 In March 2019 Kolento won StarLadder Hearthstone Ultimate Series Winter 95 The team signed Lee Portia Dongjae in August 2020 96 Roster edit Cloud9 Hearthstone rosterPlayers CoachesHandle Name NationalityKolento Malsh Aleksandr UkraineDDaHyoNi Baek Sang hyeon South KoreaDawN Jang Hyun jae South KoreaFlurry Cho Hyun soo South KoreaLooksam Kim Jin hyo South KoreaPortia Lee Dong jae South Korea Head coachVacantLegend I Inactive S Suspended nbsp Substitute nbsp Injury Illness Latest roster transaction August 20 2020 Super Smash Bros edit nbsp Mang0 has played for Cloud9 since 2014 Cloud9 joined the Super Smash Bros scene after picking up Evo 2013 champion Joseph Mang0 Manuel Marquez for Super Smash Bros Melee Melee in May 2014 and is currently the longest tenured player at Cloud9 11 Mang0 s first tournament under Cloud9 was Get On My Level 2014 in Toronto where he took first place 97 In June 2014 Mang0 finished in first and second at MLG Anaheim 2014 and CEO 2014 respectively meeting Armada both times in the Grand Finals 98 99 The following month Mang0 took home his second consecutive Evolution Championship Series Evo title after defeating Hungrybox in the Grand Finals of EVO 2014 100 In October 2014 Mang0 won The Big House 4 after defeating Mew2King in Grand Finals 101 In 2015 Mang0 finished in fourth place at Apex 2015 and third place at CEO 2015 102 At Evo 2015 Mang0 fell to Hungrybox in the lower bracket semifinals 103 At The Big House 5 Mang0 finished in fourth place after losing to Mew2King 104 Mang0 s first tournament of 2016 was at GENESIS 3 in January where he fell to Armada in the grand finals 105 The following month Mang0 finished in second place at PAX Arena after losing to Hungrybox in the finals He secured his first major tournament championship of 2016 in May after defeating Hungrybox in the finals at DreamHack Austin 106 The same month he finished second at Get On My Level 2016 after falling to Leffen in the finals 107 In July 2016 Mang0 finished in fourth place at Evo 2016 after falling to Hungrybox in the lower bracket semifinals 108 The following month he took first place at Super Smash Con 2016 after taking down Hungrybox in the finals 109 In August 2016 the organization added their second Super Smash Bros player with the addition of Evo 2016 champion Elliot Ally Bastien Carroza Oyarce for Super Smash Bros for Wii U Smash 4 110 Mang0 and Ally both attended The Big House 6 in October 2016 Ally citing health concerns dropped out of the Smash 4 tournament after falling to the lower bracket 111 Mang0 took home his second The Big House title under Cloud9 after defeating Armada in the Melee finals 112 At the end of 2016 Cloud9 signed Daniel Tafokints Lee as Mang0 s coach 113 Ally and Mang0 competed in GENESIS 4 in January 2017 Both Cloud9 members took second place in their respective tournaments with Ally falling to MKLeo in the Smash 4 finals and Mang0 falling to Armada in the Melee finals 114 105 At EVO 2017 Ally failed to defend his Smash 4 EVO title from 2016 finishing outside the top 32 115 In the Melee tournament Mang0 reached the grand finals but he fell to Armada in the finals match to finish in second place 116 The following month Mang0 defended his Super Smash Con title after winning Super Smash Con 2017 117 The two competed at The Big House 7 in October 2017 Ally finished the Smash 4 tournament in the top eight 118 while Mang0 finished in the top six of the Melee tournament 119 In January 2018 Ally and Mang0 competed at GENESIS 5 with Ally finishing in ninth place and Mang0 finishing in fifth 120 121 On March 31 2018 Mang0 s coach Tafokints announced he was departing the organization to join Counter Logic Gaming as their business development manager 122 Five days later Cloud9 parted ways with Ally 123 At Evo 2018 Mang0 finished in the top eight 124 Mang0 competed in his first Super Smash Bros Ultimate tournament in June 2018 and finished in the top four 125 For the remainder of 2018 Mang0 failed to win a tournament but was able to finish in the top three of five tournaments including Shine 2018 The Big House 8 and Smash Summit 7 126 In May 2019 Mang0 won Get On My Level 2019 ending his 19 event and nearly two year streak without winning a tournament 127 He went on to win his second Melee major of the year in October after defeating Zain in The Big House 9 grand finals 128 Mang0 started 2020 with a third place finish at GENESIS 7 129 In July 2020 he finished in second place at the Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2 after falling to Zain in the grand finals 130 In November Mang0 was the runner up at Smash Summit 10 131 Mang0 finished 2020 with a win at the Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3 after defeating iBDW in the finals 132 Roster edit Cloud9 Super Smash Bros Melee rosterPlayers CoachesHandle Name NationalityMango Marquez Joseph United States Head coachVacantLegend I Inactive S Suspended nbsp Substitute nbsp Injury Illness Latest roster transaction April 4 2018 Counter Strike Global Offensive edit Cloud9 entered the professional Counter Strike Global Offensive scene on August 1 2014 with the acquisition of compLexity Gaming s North American roster 13 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 133 On November 26 Sean sgares Gares replaced Spencer Hiko Martin as the team s in game leader 134 On December 14 Hiko left Cloud9 to be replaced by Shahzeb ShahZaM Khan 135 136 137 On April 24 2015 Cloud9 released ShahZam and Kory Semphis Friesen 138 Five days later Ryan fREAKAZOiD Abadir and Tyler Skadoodle Latham formerly of iBUYPOWER joined the team and Braxton swag Pierce joined as an analyst 139 sgares stepped down from the roster on November 24 140 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 141 playing for Cloud9 until Alec Slemmy White was announced as the official replacement on April 23 142 Manager Tres stunna Saranthus left the team on July 26 143 On August 17 Cloud9 announced that they were replacing Slemmy with Timothy autimatic Ta 144 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 Sao Paulo Brazil 145 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 146 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 147 148 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 149 150 shroud officially retired from competitive play and left Cloud9 on April 18 151 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 152 153 A month later on January 6 2020 Cloud9 signed the South African team ATK s CS GO roster 154 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 155 The next day Cloud9 unveiled their new general manager Henry HenryG Greer and new coach Aleksandar kassad Trifunovic 156 On September 10 Alex ALEX McMeekin signed a three year contract with Cloud9 157 On September 19 Cloud9 acquired William mezii Merriman from GamerLegion and Ozgur woxic Eker from mousesports 158 159 On October 7 Cloud9 re signed Ricky floppy Kemery who becomes the fourth player of the new team 160 The last player Patrick es3tag Hansen was bought from Astralis and was announced on October 15 161 On December 28 Aleksandar kassad Trifunovic was released by Cloud9 162 On January 18 2021 Ozgur woxic Eker was released by Cloud9 following poor results as a team 163 On January 22 Erick Xeppaa Bach was announced as woxic s replacement on the team 164 On January 24 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 165 Cloud9 disbanded their CS GO division in March 2021 citing difficulties due to the COVID 19 pandemic 166 On April 24 2022 Cloud9 returned to the CS GO scene this time in Europe acquiring the roster of Gambit Esports 167 Cloud9 won IEM Dallas on June 6 2022 after defeating ENCE 3 0 Cloud9 won a grand prize of US 100 000 168 Interz was replaced by Timur buster Tulepov on January 16 2023 169 Cloud9 underwent more roster changes on July 13 of the same year when buster and nafany were benched and replaced with former Natus Vincere players Denis electronic Sharipov and Ilya Perfecto Zalutskiy 170 Nafany departed Cloud9 to join the new Russian BetBoom roster on July 31 171 Due to visa issues buster filled in for Ax1Le as a substitute at IEM Cologne 2023 172 At the tournament the team lost to Fnatic in the opening round 173 before achieving victories over 9INE Monte and GamerLegion to secure play offs 174 175 176 Ax1Le returned to the roster for the quarter finals match against Team Vitality 177 where Cloud9 were eliminated 2 0 178 Counter Strike 2 edit On October 26 2023 Cloud9 announced the stepping down of Dmitry sh1ro Sokolov 179 Roster edit Cloud9 Counter Strike 2 rosterPlayers CoachesHandle Name Nationalityelectronic Sharipov Denis RussiaPerfecto Zalutskiy Ilya RussiaAx1Le Rykhtorov Sergey RussiaHObbit Hasenov Abai Kazakhstansh1ro I Sokolov Dmitriy Russiabuster I Tulepov Timur Kazakhstan Head coachKonstantin groove PikinerLegend I Inactive S Suspended nbsp Substitute nbsp Injury Illness Latest roster transaction July 31 2023 Overwatch edit History edit Pre Overwatch League edit Cloud9 formed its Overwatch division in March 2016 after signing team google me 19 The team won several LAN events in April and May such as the One Nation of Gamers Overwatch Invitational Overkill and the Alienware Monthly Melee 180 Their first major tournament post release of Overwatch was the Agents Rising tournament 181 which they won after defeating Team Liquid in the finals 180 Following Agents Rising they finished second in both the June Alienware Monthly and Operation Breakout tournaments both times they fell to Team EnVyUs in the finals Later that month Cloud9 finished in fourth place at the OG Invitational tournament after losing to Northern Gaming in the third place match After several wins in smaller weekly and qualifier tournaments the team9 qualified for the Beyond the Summit BTS Overwatch Cup Overwatch Open and 2016 ESL Overwatch Atlantic Showdown The team finished in second place at BTS after losing to Team EnVyUs in the finals fell to Team EnVyUs in the group stage semifinals at the Overwatch Open and did not make it past the group stage at the Atlantic Showdown 180 182 Cloud9 was one of four western teams invited to compete in South Korea s OGN Overwatch APEX Season 2 which began in January 2017 183 After falling to South Korean team KongDoo Uncia on February 28 in the group stage Cloud9 was eliminated from the tournament 184 Cloud9 failed to qualify for Overwatch Contenders North America season one afterwards the company acquired the former Laser Kittenz roster and established their European team Cloud9 EU for season one of Overwatch Contenders Europe 185 The following month in September 2017 Cloud9 established their third Overwatch team after acquiring South Korean team KongDoo Panthera and competed under the moniker Cloud9 KongDoo 186 Cloud9 EU made it to the playoffs in Contenders Europe season one but they fell to Misfits Gaming semifinals on October 7 187 Meanwhile Cloud9 KongDoo had been competing in OGN Overwatch APEX Season 4 where they ended up taking third place after defeating NC Foxes on October 17 188 London Spitfire edit Main article London Spitfire nbsp The London Spitfire won the 2018 Grand Finals On August 10 2017 Activision Blizzard announced that Cloud9 had purchased a London based franchise slot for the upcoming Overwatch League OWL for a reported US 20 million 15 4 million 189 with the requirement that all organizations in the OWL create separate business entities and branding 25 Cloud9 created the subsidiary under the name London Spitfire 190 On November 9 they disclosed their 12 player inaugural season roster the maximum permitted which was an amalgamation of their Cloud9 KongDoo team and OGN Overwatch APEX Season 4 champions GC Busan 191 192 On February 15 2018 the Spitfire s European Overwatch Contenders team was announced as the British Hurricane 193 In the 2018 season the Spitfire became the first ever stage playoffs champions after defeating the New York Excelsior in the 2018 Stage 1 playoffs 194 In March London parted ways with head coach Lee Bishop Beom joon for undisclosed reasons 195 The team qualified for the Stage 2 playoffs but they fell to the Philadelphia Fusion in the semifinals 196 London failed to reach the Stage 3 and Stage 4 playoffs and finished the regular season with a 24 16 record and the fifth seed in the 2018 Overwatch League playoffs London defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators in the quarterfinals by a series score of 2 1 to advance to the semifinals 197 London won both games against the Los Angeles Valiant in the semifinals advancing them to the 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals 198 London faced the Philadelphia Fusion in the Grand Finals on July 27 and 28 in the best of three series the Spitfire won the first two matches by scores of 3 1 and 3 0 to claim the inaugural Overwatch League title 199 200 London began their 2019 season failing to qualify for the Stage 1 playoffs 201 The team qualified for the Stage 2 playoffs however they were knocked out in the quarterfinals by the Hangzhou Spark 202 The Spitfire parted ways with head coach Kwang bok Coach815 Kim in the middle of Stage 3 leaving the team without a head coach 203 London failed to qualify for the Stage 3 playoffs and finished the regular season with a 16 12 record qualifying them for the 2019 play in tournament for a chance to qualify for the 2019 season playoffs 204 London defeated the Shanghai Dragons 4 3 in the play in tournament in an OWL record eight map series and qualified for the season playoffs 205 In the first round London was defeated by the New York Excelsior 1 4 sending the team to the lower bracket 206 A 0 4 loss to the San Francisco Shock the following match ended the Spitfire s 2019 playoff run 207 Roster edit Further information London Spitfire Current roster Fortnite edit Cloud9 first entered Fortnite competitively in 2018 and formally re entered the circuit in the summer of 2019 208 The team is currently managed by Krissi Waters 208 Roster edit Cloud9 Fortnite rosterPlayers CoachesHandle Name NationalityBlackoutz Garcia Patrick BrazilFryst Radziwill Debarba Alex United States Head coachVincent LewisLegend I Inactive S Suspended nbsp Substitute nbsp Injury Illness Roster updated November 18 2022 Valorant edit Blue edit Cloud9 announced its entry into Valorant on April 12 2020 by signing its first player Tyson TenZ Ngo 209 Later Cloud9 would sign Skyler Relyks Weaver in June Mitch mitch Semago and Josh shinobi Abastado in July and the final member Daniel vice Kim in AugustOn January 12 2021 TenZ stepped down from the competitive scene to pursue content creation while remaining as part of Cloud9 210 In the same month Cloud9 Blue sign players Nathan leaf Orf from Chaos Esports Club s CS GO Division and Son xeta Seon ho from their former Korean team Cloud9 Korea as well as signing head coach Yoon Autumn Eu teum and Manager Robin Lee 211 212 On February 5 2021 Michael poiz Possis joins as the 6th player of the team 213 On March 11 2021 TenZ is loaned to Sentinels for Masters Stage 1 in replacement of suspended player Sinatraa 214 On March 16 2021 Daniel vice Kim parts ways with the team 215 On April 16 2021 Skyler Relyks Weaver parts ways with the team 216 On April 19 2021 Cloud9 transfers Ricky floppy Kemery and Erick Xeppaa Bach from their CS GO division 217 On June 1 2021 TenZ who was previously on loan from Cloud9 Blue is acquired by Sentinels 218 On March 13 2021 Cloud9 Blue acquire Anthony vanity Malaspina from Version1 219 On September 10 2021 floppy parts ways with the team 220 On October 19 2021 poiz is transferred to their Academy team 221 After failing to qualify for Masters Reykjavik in stage 2 and Masters Berlin in stage 3 they would qualify for the 2021 Valorant Champions in the North American Last Chance Qualifier beating Rise 3 0 At the Valorant Champions 2021 they would be put into Group D with FNATIC Vision Strikers and FULL SENSE they would make it out of the group stage 2 1 before losing to Team Liquid in the quarterfinals 222 On May 15 2022 Cloud9 traded xeta and Autumn to T1 for Rahul curry Nemani 223 Later on May 26 Cloud9 would sign assistant coach Joshua m1cks Micks 224 Roster edit Cloud9 Blue Valorant rosterPlayers CoachesHandle Name Nationalityleaf Orf Nathan United StatesXeppaa Bach Erick United Statesruni Cade Dylan United StatesZellsis Montemurro Jordan United Statesjakee Anderson Jake United Statesqpert Mijovic Mateja Serbia Head coachMatthew mCe ElmoreLegend I Inactive S Suspended nbsp Substitute nbsp Injury Illness Latest roster transaction October 17 2022 White edit In October 2020 Cloud9 signed orgless all female team MAJKL to compete in First Strike under Cloud9 White with the all male team rebranding to Cloud9 Blue 225 In November 2020 Dream joins as a head coach and MoonChopper as a strategic coach of Cloud9 White Later in the month Cloud9 White would fail to quality for First Strike North America In January and February 2021 Cloud9 White would fail to qualify for the VCT 2021 North America Stage 1 Challengers 1 2 and 3 Main Events On March 12 2021 Kaitlin Keiti Boop joins after being on trial 226 Later in March Cloud9 White would qualify for the VCT 2021 Game Changers North America Series 1 in the first seed and later winning the tournament without losing a single map a week later they would fail to qualify for VCT 2021 North America Stage 2 Challengers 1 Main Event On April 13 Cloud9 White would release Keiti 227 In June Cloud9 White would qualify for and win VCT 2021 Game Changers NA Series 2 The next month Cloud9 White would fail to qualify for the VCT 2021 North America Stage 3 Challengers 1 and 2 Main Events before qualifying and winning VCT 2021 Game Changers North America Series 3 It was later announced head coach Dream and Cloud9 parted ways a week prior to Series 3 qualifiers 228 In February 2022 Cloud9 White would fail to qualify for VCT 2022 North America Stage 1 Challengers 1 Main Event but would go on to qualify and win VCT 2022 Game Changers North American Series 1 229 In June Cloud9 would sign Reid x0tek Johnson as the new head coach while Annie would leave the team to pursue streaming with Bob Bob Tran replacing her 230 231 232 Roster edit Cloud9 White Valorant rosterPlayers CoachesHandle Name Nationalityalexis Guarrasi Alexis United StatesBob Tran Bob AustraliaJazzyk1ns Manankill Jasmine Canadakatsumi Pfahnl Katja United StatesmeL Capone Melanie United States Head coachReid x0tek JohnsonLegend I Inactive S Suspended nbsp Substitute nbsp Injury Illness Latest roster transaction June 15 2022 Former divisions editRocket League edit nbsp SquishyMuffinz Gimmick and Torment in their game against Dignitas to win RLCS Season 6 Cloud9 created their Rocket League division in July 2017 after acquiring DreamHack Atlanta champions team The Muffin Men 24 With a roster consisting of players Kyle Torment Storer Mariano SquishyMuffinz Arruda and Jesus Gimmick Parra the team began play in the North America Rocket League Championship Series RLCS Season 4 233 After winning the North America playoffs the team qualified for the RLCS World Championship tournament where they eventually was eliminated by Scottish team Method in the lower bracket finals 234 Cloud9 made it to the RLCS Season 5 World Championship tournament but were eliminated by eventual champions Team Dignitas 235 In Season 6 Cloud9 qualified for their third consecutive RLCS World Championship tournament The team lost their first match of the tournament to We Dem Girlz dropping them to the lower bracket of the tournament 236 Cloud9 won five consecutive elimination matches in the lower bracket and advanced to the Grand Finals where they faced undefeated European team Team Dignitas on November 11 2018 237 Cloud9 took down the defending champions by a series score of 4 1 marking the first time that a North American team had won the RLCS World Championship since Season 1 238 Cloud9 followed up their Season 6 run with a semifinals loss in the Season 7 RLCS World Championship 239 Between seasons Cloud signed former NRG Esports player Jayson Fireburner Nunez as the team s coach 240 Cloud9 finished North America RLCS Season 8 in seventh place which put them at risk of being relegated to the Rocket League Rival Series a lower division for the RLCS 241 The team made it through the promotion playoffs to avoid relegation and participate in North America RLCS Season 9 but they did not perform well 242 On June 10 2020 Cloud9 disbanded their Rocket League division 243 Vainglory edit 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 244 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 Cloud9 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 245 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 Cloud9 would make it all the way to the semifinal before losing to Tribe Gaming the former roster of Immortals 246 On February 5 2018 Cloud9 disbanded their Vainglory division 247 Tom Clancy s Rainbow Six Siege edit Cloud9 announced that they were adding Rainbow Six Siege to their competitive roster on Twitter on June 18 2018 248 However the team that was originally put together by Cloud9 was eventually moved to Team Reciprocity announced by Team Reciprocity on January 7 2019 249 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 250 They have since changed their roster of players to swap two of their players for the upcoming season 251 On August 15 2021 Cloud9 announced that the organization would part ways with their Rainbow Six roster 252 References edit Leary Thomas June 7 2018 Cloud9 s Dan Fiden Touches On What Drew Him To Esports 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Wynne Jared July 31 2017 Cloud9 Enter Rocket League Sign DreamHack Atlanta Champions The Esports Observer Retrieved April 1 2021 a b Wolf Jacob August 25 2017 Overwatch League teams required to create new geolocated brands confirms Blizzard ESPN Retrieved April 4 2021 Carpenter Nicole November 1 2017 Cloud9 s Overwatch League team is the London Spitfire Dot Esports Retrieved April 4 2021 Spangler Todd November 20 2017 Ten Franchise Teams for League of Legends North American eSports League Unveiled Variety Retrieved April 6 2021 Red Bull Becomes Jersey Sponsor for Cloud9 Extending Partnership The Esports Observer June 15 2018 Retrieved April 4 2021 Amore Samson October 15 2018 Cloud9 Plans New Esports Facility Los Angeles Business Journal Retrieved April 4 2021 Ozanian Mike Settimi Christina Perez Matt October 23 2018 The World s Most Valuable Esports Companies Forbes Retrieved April 4 2021 Murray Trent December 2018 Jack Etienne Named Shaker of the Year After Cloud9 Conquered the World 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title ESPN Retrieved March 24 2021 Abbas Malcolm October 21 2018 Cloud9 eliminate Korea from the World Championship Dot Esports Retrieved March 24 2021 Mickunas Aaron October 28 2018 The NA dream is dead as Cloud9 get knocked out by Fnatic in the Worlds semifinals Dot Esports Retrieved March 24 2021 Geracie Nick April 6 2019 TSM defeats Cloud9 3 2 moves onto LCS Finals in St Louis InvenGlobal Retrieved March 24 2021 Liquid rally past Cloud9 for fourth straight LCS title ESPN Reuters August 25 2019 Retrieved March 24 2021 Geracie Nick Ousley Parkes March 30 2020 The 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs bracket has been set InvenGlobal Retrieved March 24 2021 Rand Emily April 19 2020 Cloud9 defeat FlyQuest in dominant LCS spring split finals ESPN Retrieved March 24 2021 DaMour Henrique April 19 2020 Cloud9 complete historic run with 2020 LCS Spring Split championship sweep over FlyQuest Dot Esports Retrieved March 24 2021 Field Level Media April 19 2020 Cloud9 completes domination wins LCS NA spring Reuters Retrieved March 26 2021 Geracie Nick August 20 2020 LCS Summer Playoffs FlyQuest upsets Cloud9 3 1 qualifies for Worlds 2020 InvenGlobal Retrieved March 24 2021 Esguerra Tyler August 22 2020 Cloud9 sweep Evil Geniuses to move forward in the 2020 LCS Summer Playoffs Dot Esports Retrieved March 24 2021 Ousley Parkes August 29 2020 TSM returns to Worlds Cloud9 misses for the first time in org history InvenGlobal Retrieved March 24 2021 Wolf Jacob September 14 2020 Cloud9 part ways with head coach Reapered ESPN Retrieved March 24 2021 Ousley Parkes November 2 2020 Cloud9 promote Reignover as head coach replacing Reapered InvenGlobal Retrieved March 24 2021 Garcia Ethan April 11 2021 Cloud9 win 2021 LCS Mid Season Showdown over Team Liquid secure ticket to Mid Season Invitational Dot Esports Retrieved January 27 2022 Esguerra Tyler May 18 2021 Cloud9 have been eliminated from MSI 2021 Dot Esports Retrieved June 17 2021 Ousley Parkes August 22 2021 Cloud9 defeat TSM 3 2 to qualify for Worlds 2021 Upcomer Retrieved January 27 2022 Kelly Michael August 28 2021 100 Thieves advance to Grand Final of LCS Championship after 3 1 victory over Cloud9 Dot Esports Retrieved January 27 2022 Geracie Nick October 25 2021 Gen G eliminates Cloud9 from Worlds 2021 in quarterfinals clean sweep Inven Global Retrieved January 27 2022 Wynne Jared June 26 2014 Cloud9 makes aggressive expansion into Hearthstone Dot Esports Retrieved April 10 2021 Jarvinen Johan June 27 2014 Marcin Gnimsh Filipowicz and Jack Etienne on Cloud9 Hearthstone GameSpot Retrieved April 10 2021 a b Leslie Callum November 2 2015 TidesofTime and Hafu likely out of Cloud9 Dot Esports Retrieved April 10 2021 Leslie Callum April 13 2015 Orange wins second major in four weeks at Seat Story Cup Dot Esports Retrieved April 10 2021 a b Dyet Alex Pickard James February 7 2017 The 10 highest earning Hearthstone players so far Retrieved April 10 2021 a b Leslie Callum May 4 2016 Massan out of Cloud9 as Twitch ban shows no 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2021 Saedler Philipp August 16 2014 Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Cloud 9 a record breaking series Electronic Sports League Archived from the original on May 18 2015 Retrieved May 5 2015 n0thing sgares is calling again Interview hltv org Cloud9 Welcomes Shahzam Archived March 16 2015 at the Wayback Machine cloud9 gg Cloud9 add ShahZaM Hiko out hltv org Cloud9 Signs ShahZaM Hiko Steps Back Archived December 31 2014 at the Wayback Machine news esea net Cloud9 release ShahZaM SEMPHIS hltv org Saranthus Tres April 29 2015 Cloud9 CS GO Welcomes Skadoodle Freakazoid amp Swag Cloud9 Archived from the original on May 5 2015 Retrieved May 4 2015 sgares steps down from Cloud9 hltv org Saranthus Tres fREAKAZOiD Departs Starting CS GO Roster cloud9 gg Archived from the original on April 16 2016 Retrieved April 13 2016 Saranthus Tres Cloud9 CS GO Welcomes Slemmy cloud9 gg Archived from the original on April 26 2016 Retrieved April 23 2016 Rosen Daniel stunna leaves Cloud9 theScore eSports Archived from the original on July 30 2016 Retrieved July 27 2016 Svejda Milan Cloud9 add autimatic Slemmy leaves HLTV org Retrieved August 18 2016 Wetselaar Sean Cloud9 defeat SK Gaming win ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals Archived from the original on December 20 2016 Retrieved February 25 2017 Shroud leaves Cloud9 youtube August 15 2017 Retrieved August 16 2017 Nordmark Sam January 29 2018 Cloud9 conquer FaZe Clan in the ELEAGUE Major Boston grand final Dot Esports Retrieved December 21 2019 Capstick Keith January 29 2018 Cloud9 defeat FaZe Clan in double overtime upset to win ELEAGUE Boston Major thescoreesports com Archived from the original on December 21 2019 Retrieved December 21 2019 Striker March 30 2018 Skadoodle announces inactivity HLTV org Retrieved May 4 2018 MIRAA March 31 2018 Cloud9 confirm Stewie2K exit HLTV org Retrieved May 4 2018 Grzesiek Michael shroud April 18 2018 Here is to new beginnings Tweet Retrieved May 4 2018 via Twitter Robertson Scott December 6 2019 Gen G Esports announce new CSGO roster featuring former C9 core Dexerto Retrieved December 21 2019 Chen Ethan December 6 2019 Gen G sign former Cloud9 CSGO players autimatic koosta daps Daily Esports Archived from the original on December 21 2019 Retrieved December 21 2019 Cloud9 Signs ATK Roster for CS GO Archived from the original on January 31 2020 Retrieved January 7 2020 Cloud9 to transfer current roster and undergo complete rebuild HLTV org HenryG revealed as Cloud9 General Manager kassad to coach new lineup HLTV org ALEX reveals Cloud9 move HLTV org mezii joins Cloud9 HLTV org woxic signs for Cloud9 I m going to bring back the real woxic HLTV org floppy transitions to new Cloud9 roster HLTV org Astralis confirm sale of es3tag to Cloud9 HLTV org Cloud9 Cloud9 December 28 2020 Today we re sad to announce that C9CSGO is parting ways with our Head Coach kassad Tweet via Twitter woxic benched in Cloud9 report hltv org Cloud9 Cloud9 January 22 2021 It s time to stir up some Chaos Tweet via Twitter 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proud to announce British Hurricane Tweet Retrieved February 18 2018 via Twitter Waltzer Noah February 11 2018 London Spitfire beats Houston New York to win Overwatch League Stage 1 playoffs ESPN Retrieved July 10 2018 Woodward Ben March 7 2018 London Spitfire Parts Ways With Bishop Retrieved March 18 2019 Craffey Liam March 26 2018 Stage 2 semifinal ESPN Retrieved July 10 2018 Spitfire shuts down LA Gladiators advances to OWL semis ESPN July 14 2018 Retrieved March 18 2019 Lingle Samuel July 20 2018 London Spitfire sweep Los Angeles Valiant will play in OWL finals Dot Esports Retrieved March 18 2019 Waltzer Noah July 28 2018 London Spitfire wins inaugural Overwatch League title ESPN Retrieved March 18 2019 Bright Ryan July 28 2018 London Spitfire duo master Philadelphia Fusion to claim first Overwatch League title NBC Sports Retrieved March 18 2019 Richardson Liz March 17 2019 Which teams made it to the Overwatch League stage one playoffs Dot Esports Retrieved April 6 2021 Cooney Bill May 10 2019 Unfortunate C9 leads to London suffering tragic upset in Overwatch League playoff match Dexerto Retrieved June 12 2019 Heinisch Sascha July 24 2019 London Spitfire releases Coach815 Upcomer Retrieved July 25 2019 O Brien Joe August 26 2019 Overwatch League S2 playoffs set as regular season concludes Final placements Dexerto Retrieved October 7 2019 Richardson Liz August 31 2019 London Spitfire and Seoul Dynasty advance to Overwatch League 2019 season playoffs Dot Esports Retrieved October 6 2019 Reign upset Shock to advance in Overwatch League playoffs ESPN Reuters September 7 2019 Retrieved October 6 2019 Richardson Liz September 7 2019 Seoul Dynasty and London Spitfire eliminated from Overwatch League playoffs Dot Esports Retrieved October 6 2019 a b Fortnite Cloud9 Archived from the original on May 12 2020 Retrieved April 5 2020 Cloud9 Cloud9 April 12 2020 It was only a matter of time until we had our first PlayVALORANT player Tweet Retrieved August 14 2020 via Twitter Cloud9 Cloud9 January 12 2021 The original member of C9BLUE TenZ CS has elected to step down from the team and competitive PlayVALORANT to pursue content creation Tweet Retrieved March 25 2021 via Twitter Stavropoulos Andreas January 21 2021 Cloud9 Blue signs leaf to its VALORANT roster Dot Esports Retrieved May 24 2022 Aquino Andres January 27 2021 Cloud9 Blue make Xeta official GINX Esports TV Retrieved May 24 2022 Robertson Scott February 5 2021 Cloud9 Blue signs poiz will field 6 man VALORANT roster Dot Esports Retrieved May 24 2022 Appleford Danny TenZ replaces Sinatraa on Sentinels for Masters Upcomer Retrieved May 24 2022 Cloud9 Cloud9 March 16 2021 Today we part ways with one of the original members of C9BLUE Tweet Retrieved March 25 2021 via Twitter Kotwani Bharat April 17 2021 Cloud9 Valorant Relyks departs floppy to fill in talkesports Retrieved May 24 2022 Robertson Scott April 19 2021 Cloud9 Blue adds Floppy and Xeppaa to VALORANT roster Hotspawn Retrieved May 24 2022 Polhamus Blaine June 2 2021 Sentinels officially buyout TenZ in 7 figure deal with Cloud9 esports com Retrieved May 24 2022 Biazzi Leonardo August 13 2021 Cloud9 Blue signs vanity Dot Esports Retrieved May 24 2022 Amos Andrew Floppy leaves Cloud9 after two year stint across CS GO Valorant Dexerto Retrieved May 24 2022 Geddes George Sources Poiz moved to Cloud9 academy VALORANT roster team nears completion Upcomer Retrieved May 24 2022 Valorant Champions 2021 VLR Retrieved May 24 2022 Koh Wanzi May 17 2022 Cloud9 trades xeta for former T1 player curry One Esports Retrieved May 24 2022 Cloud9 Cloud9 May 26 2022 Please welcome back joshm1cks as he joins the VALORANT Squad as the new Assistant Coach Tweet Retrieved June 6 2022 via Twitter MAJKL Roster Joins C9 VALORANT Cloud9 October 25 2020 Retrieved May 24 2022 theroadtodrwaldo March 15 2021 Keiti officially joins Cloud9 White VALORANT Dust2 us Retrieved May 24 2022 Cloud9 Cloud9 April 14 2021 Today we part ways with Keititv and we wish her the best in her future endeavors Tweet Retrieved May 24 2022 via Twitter Cloud9 Cloud9 April 12 2022 A week prior to the Game Changers Open Qualifiers we parted ways with Dream as Head Coach of C9 White Tweet Retrieved May 24 2022 via Twitter Cloud9 White Match Results VLR gg Retrieved May 24 2022 Cloud9 Cloud9 June 8 2022 The best team in VCT Game Changers has gotten even stronger Please welcome x0tek to C9 White Tweet Retrieved June 6 2022 via Twitter Cloud9 Cloud9 June 15 2022 Today Annie Dro steps down from the Cloud9 White competitive roster and joins our Stream Team as a content creator Tweet Retrieved June 6 2022 via Twitter Cloud9 Cloud9 June 15 2022 Continuing our legacy of success a new 5th joins Cloud9 White Welcome to the team QueenBobsta Tweet Retrieved June 6 2022 via Twitter Hayward Andrew January 2 2018 Who Knows Rocket League s Muffin Men Cloud9 Does Red Bull Retrieved April 5 2021 Hayward Andrew November 21 2017 Why Does North America Struggle at the RLCS Finals Red Bull Retrieved April 5 2021 Newell Adam June 10 2018 Team Dignitas are the Season 5 Rocket League world champions Dot Esports Retrieved April 5 2021 Faletti Ian November 12 2018 Rocket League C9 breaks down run to RLCS title ESPN Retrieved April 5 2021 Barth Nicholas November 11 2018 Cloud9 Wins Rocket League Championship Series Season 6 Grand Finals Twin Galaxies Retrieved April 6 2021 Thielmeyer Max November 11 2018 Cloud9 Defeats Team Dignitas To Win The RLCS Season 6 Championship Forbes Retrieved April 6 2021 Thielmeyer Max June 24 2019 Renault Vitality Runs The Gauntlet Wins The RLCS World Championship With Style Forbes Retrieved April 6 2021 Cloud9 Cloud9 September 5 2019 Today a new yet familiar face is joining the Cloud9 family Tweet Retrieved April 6 2021 via Twitter Dua Phoebe November 18 2019 Cloud9 G2 Esports face potential RLCS relegation GINX Esports TV Retrieved April 6 2021 Absher Joseph June 10 2020 Cloud9 exit Rocket League SquishyMuffinz to join NRG GINX Esports TV Retrieved April 6 2021 Lopez Jalen June 10 2020 Cloud9 departs from Rocket League disbands roster Dot Esports Retrieved April 6 2021 Cloud9 Acquires Nemesis Hydra Another Milestone for Storied Organizations Vainglory September 1 2016 Retrieved September 6 2016 Cloud9 Crowned Winners of the First Vainglory Unified Championship in London May 22 2017 VG Cloud9 Archived from the original on February 2 2018 Retrieved April 23 2017 Cloud9 Disbands Vainglory Division Cloud9 Archived from the original on February 18 2018 Retrieved February 17 2018 Cloud9 Cloud9 June 18 2018 Hitting you from every angle please welcome Cloud9 Rainbow Six Siege the newest addition to the C9FAM competitive roster Tweet Retrieved March 5 2020 via Twitter Team Reciprocity TeamReciprocity January 7 2019 The First RECPack Expansion of 2019 is here Tweet Retrieved March 5 2020 via Twitter Cloud9 Announces Rainbow Six Siege Team Cloud9 April 6 2019 Retrieved March 5 2020 Rainbow 6 Cloud9 Archived from the original on May 12 2020 Retrieved March 5 2020 Cloud9 Cloud9 August 15 2021 Today we are saddened to announce that we are parting ways with our C9R6 team Tweet via Twitter External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cloud9 Official website nbsp Cloud9 on TwitterAwards and achievementsPreceded byTeam SoloMid North American League of Legends Championship Series winnerSummer 2013 Spring 2014 Succeeded byTeam SoloMidPreceded byPGL Major Krakow 2017 Gambit Esports ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018 winner2018 Succeeded byFACEIT Major London 2018 AstralisPreceded by 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals winner2018 Succeeded by Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cloud9 amp oldid 1182029147, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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