Cloud9
Revenue | US$35 million[2] (2021) |
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Total equity | US$380 million[2] (2022) |
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Website | Official website |
Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional
Cloud9 has held divisions in numerous esports throughout its existence, establishing eight by 2014. In 2018, Cloud9 won three international championships: the
History
2013: Beginnings
The team that would become Cloud9 originated after esports organization Quantic Gaming released all of their League of Legends players, these being Balls (An Van lee), Meteos (William hartman), Hai (Hai Du Lam), Sneaky (Zachary Scuderi) and LemonNation (Daerek Hart) . Afterward, all five players formed their own team under the moniker Team NomNom, and later rebranded to Cloud9 in early 2013.
2013–2018: Expansion and funding
After early success in the organization's League of Legends division, Cloud9 expanded their brand into other esport games. The organization entered
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.
In June 2018, Cloud9 announced a major sponsorship deal with
2018–present: Success, controversy, and league owners
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
In February 2020, it was announced that Cloud9, along with esports organizations
Divisions
League of Legends
History
Cloud9 was officially created in 2013 after
With a starting roster of
The team finished
After the 2018 NA LCS season, Cloud9 had their most successful
In the
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.
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]
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Hearthstone
On June 26, 2014, Cloud9 announced the formation of their
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Super Smash Bros.
Cloud9 joined the Super Smash Bros. scene after picking up
In August 2016, the organization added their second Super Smash Bros. player with the addition of
Ally and Mang0 competed in
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
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cloud9 entered the professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene on August 1, 2014, with the acquisition of
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
On August 15, 2017,
On January 28, 2018, Cloud9 defeated
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
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.
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
On October 26, 2023, Cloud9 announced the stepping down of Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov.[179] He would be replaced by Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov a week later, on November 2.[180]
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Overwatch
History
Pre-Overwatch League
Cloud9 formed its
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.[181][183] Cloud9 was one of four western teams invited to compete in South Korea's OGN Overwatch APEX Season 2, which began in January 2017.[184] After falling to South Korean team KongDoo Uncia on February 28 in the group stage, Cloud9 was eliminated from the tournament.[185]
Cloud9 failed to qualify for
London Spitfire
On August 10, 2017,
In the
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]
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Fortnite
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]
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Valorant
Blue
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
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]
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White
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]
On Dec 20, 2022 Cloud9 announced that Cloud9 White was being disbanded, and all of the players were being dropped. [233]
Rocket League
Cloud9 created their
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.[237] 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.[238] 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.[239]
Cloud9 followed up their Season 6 run with a semifinals loss in the Season 7 RLCS World Championship.[240] Between seasons, Cloud signed former NRG Esports player Jayson "Fireburner" Nunez as the team's coach.[241] 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.[242] 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.[243] On June 10, 2020, Cloud9 would disband their Rocket League division [244] and wouldn't come back until April 18, 2024, where they would acquire a roster consisting of Hunter "LionBlaze" Woitas, Kadin "Zineel" Zineelabidine and Oliver "percy." Ortiz.[245]
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Former divisions
Vainglory
On September 1, 2016, Cloud9 acquired Nemesis Hydra from Team Nemesis, getting their feet into the mobile esports scene. Nemesis Hydra had been one of the first competitive teams of Vainglory, having first appeared in March 2015.[246] 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
On February 5, 2018, Cloud9 disbanded their Vainglory division.[249]
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Cloud9 announced that they were adding Rainbow Six Siege to their competitive roster on Twitter on June 18, 2018.[250] However, the team that was originally put together by Cloud9 was eventually moved to Team Reciprocity, announced by Team Reciprocity on January 7, 2019.[251] 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.[252] They have since changed their roster of players to swap two of their players for the upcoming season.[253] On August 15, 2021, Cloud9 announced that the organization would part ways with their Rainbow Six roster.[254]
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- Cloud9 on Twitter