Cloud 9 is the best run org in all of esports.
Signing yay and vanity for 2024 is the financial masterclass of all time.
High profile signing yay in 2023 as well as keeping your igl and best player in vanity, only to drop them after a few games together. The time they dropped them left them unable to go back to a franchised team, they were forced to play for ascension teams like Disguised and Shopify Rebellion respectively.
These players were so used to the high level franchised play of playing PRX, DRX, and playing for c9, they were unable to perform on these teams which were not a good fit for them.
Yay played with an IGL-less DSG team which played some immortal 1 level valorant.
Vanity was forced to play intel and flex roles when he has been a controller for his entire career. Shopify was also nearly a relegation contender.
C9 forced these players to join these terrible situations and tank their stock; their stock and their wages.
C9 realized the roster wasn’t going to be wildly successful and needed to make changes, so they decided to cut two of the higher paid players to try again later.
As we learned from mCe’s interview, him and yay had disagreements on valorant theory. This is why mCe was dropped. C9 yay didn’t fail because of yay, it was outside team factors and now Cloud 9 is going to let one of the goats of valorant have his redemption.
Their coach will likely be handpicked to support yay and vanitys ideas.
Now with this team the roles work better, my only worry is the existence of 2 smoke players, Jakee and Vanity. This team allows Yay to shine on his true calling, of sentinel. The way he plays, his mechanical talent, and his methodical playstyle is going to destroy VCT in 2024.
WP, C9, on winning Valorant Champions 2024
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