You may never hear for the esports organization called C9 previously before you know the Valorant. But, need to know that C9 has become the most influential esport organization in the world. Then, what is C9?
C9 or Cloud9 is a North America esports organization fielding a South African/ North American Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Team. This organization also features the teams and players in Counter Strike, Super Smash Bros, Fortnite, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Rainbow Six: Siege, Melee and Rocket League. They also manage the London Spitfire spot in the Overwatch League.
To make you know this organization well, so, we show anything related to the inside of this organization in detail. Here are they:
The Roster of Players
Active Players
- Tenz with the full name Tyson Ngo is the player who comes from Canada. He joined Cloud9 on April 12, 2020.
Stand-in Players
- Vice or Daniel Kim comes from the United States who has competed in Immortals First Light Tournament.
- Infinite or Gage Green comes from the United States who has competed in Elite Esports – Rivalry Bowl North America.
- Mitch or Mitch Semago comes from the United States who has competed in Immortals First Light Tournament and Immortals First Light Tournament.
- Shinobi or Josh Abastado comes from the United States who has competed in Immortals First Light Tournament and Immortals First Light Tournament.
- Relyks or Skyler Weaver comes from the United States who has competed in Immortals First Light Tournament and Immortals First Light Tournament.
Organization of Cloud9
Active Members
- Jack or Jack Etienne who comes from the United States is a founder/CEO of Cloud9.
- Paullie or Paullie Etienne who comes from the United States is a founder/CEO of Cloud9.
- dfiden or Dan Fiden who comes from the United States is a President of Cloud9.
- Gaylem or Gaylen Malone who comes from the United States is a General Manager of Cloud9.
- JamezIRL or James Macaulay who comes from the United States is a Consultant of Cloud9.
- Portilho or Mateus Portilho who comes from Brazil is a Social Media Manager.
The Achievement of Cloud9
- On June 15, 2020, the team of Cloud9 called TSM or Team SoloMid ranked in second placement in B-Tier competed in Immortals First Light playing online. This team has got about $3,000 prize.
- On May 17, 2020, the team of Cloud9 called Highground ranked in first placement in B-Tier competed in Elite Esports – Rivalry Bowl North America playing online. This team has got about $1,000 prize.
This cloud9 organization has also been sponsored by Red Bull, Omen by HP, AT&T, BMW USA, HyperX, US. Air Force, Secretian and Twitch.
In fact, Cloud9 has announced that Tyson “TenZ” Ngo is the first professional Valorant player. On April 12, 2020, Cloud9 revealed TenZ as their first player. However, Cloud9 recruits some influential professional gamers to join its organization.
However, as one of the new hottest games in the world, Valorant leads some esports organizations to join. So, that can be a reason why Cloud9 originally focuses on signing to Valorant games. For now, the Valorant game has been catching the attention of esports organizations to join.
