Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #12
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
runi
Dylan Cade
moose
Kaleb Jayne
vanity
Anthony Malaspina
OXY
Francis Hoang
have announced the signings of former in-game leader Dylan "runi"
Cade and Challengers prospect Kaleb "moose"
Jayne ahead of their first match of the Americas League against
Leviatán
Leviatán
Latin America South
Rank #1
tex
Ian Botsch
kiNgg
Francisco Aravena
Mazino
Roberto Rivas
aspas
Erick Santos
C0M
Corbin Lee
.
After just barely missing out on last year's NA Challengers, runi was signed by C9 alongside Jake "jakee"
Anderson as part of a rebuild ahead of the 2023 Americas League. Despite advancing to the playoffs, Cloud9 were crushed by an upcoming
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
North America
Rank #22
Derrek
Derrek Ha
NaturE
Nicholas Garrison
supamen
Phat Le
Apoth
Vincent Le
jawgemo
Alexander Mor
in their opener. After eliminating Leviatán, the team advanced through the lower bracket to meet
NRG Esports
NRG Esports
North America
Rank #8
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
s0m
Sam Oh
crashies
Austin Roberts
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
Demon1
Max Mazanov
in a last bid for tickets to Masters: Tokyo.
Unfortunately, C9 were eliminated in a heartbreaking map three overtime loss, relegating them to the Americas LCQ. With one last chance at making Champions that year, the team started off strong by sending
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #4
TenZ
Tyson Ngo
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
zekken
Zachary Patrone
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
Sacy
Gustavo Rossi
to the lower bracket before falling in the wake of
KRÜ Esports
KRÜ Esports
Latin America South
Rank #3
keznit
Angelo Mori
mta
Nicolás González
Shyy
Fabian Usnayo
Melser
Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro
heat
Olavo Marcelo
' Cinderella run.
In a twisted turn of fate, the very team that sent C9 home from the LCQ would be none other than Leviatán after a reverse sweep crushed any hope of crowning a North American LCQ champion. Shortly after, C9 released runi in the midst of the end-of-season rostermania. The orgless player had his own plans to sign with
OREsports
OREsports
Inactive
nillyaz
Chase Linder
Paincakes
Jake Hass
, but the project was dissolved ahead of Challengers.
A different storyline awaited moose in 2023; the renowned Sentinel player was tasked with fighting his way through North America's Challengers League alongside
Shopify Rebellion
Shopify Rebellion
Inactive
v1c
Victor Truong
mada
Adam Pampuch
– the former
Luminosity
Luminosity
Inactive
moose
Kaleb Jayne
mada
Adam Pampuch
dazzLe
Will Loafman
bdog
Brandon Sanders
TiGG
Tanner Spanu
core – in hopes of qualifying for the Americas Ascension.
Despite just barely making the playoffs of Challengers, two swift losses to
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
North America
Rank #1
icy
Jacob Lange
trent
Trent Cairns
valyn
Jacob Batio
JonahP
Jonah Pulice
leaf
Nathan Orf
and
M80
M80
North America
Rank #3
zander
Alexander Dituri
NiSMO
Marc-Andre Tayar
koalanoob
Gianfranco Potestio
neT
Michael Bernet
BcJ
Brendan Jensen
– the eventual playoff kings – eliminated moose and his teammates from contention. The roster of Shopify would later be picked apart as a merger with
Moist Moguls
Moist Moguls
Inactive
aproto
Alex Protopapas
sym
Tyler Porter
brawk
Brock Somerhalder
flyuh
Xavier Carlson
thief
Brady Dever
separated players from both teams in hopes of creating a contending roster for the next Challengers series.
moose found himself on the short end of the stick, but relocated to
Turtle Troop
Turtle Troop
Inactive
wedid
Matthew Suchan
Add3r
Jack Hayashi
stellar
Brenden McGrath
corey
Corey Nigra
bdog
Brandon Sanders
, another Challengers team, before opting to join
YFP Gaming
YFP Gaming
North America
Rank #18
jakee
Jake Anderson
Will
William Cheng
penny
Erik Penny
thief
Brady Dever
fiziq
Lucas Blow
. The newly-formed troupe of talent breezed through the open qualifiers and secured a spot at Challengers before moose departed the team for a spot in franchising.
Cloud9's new roster will make its debut against Latin American rivals Leviatán in Week 1 of the Stage 1 Americas League on Apr 6.
Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #12
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
runi
Dylan Cade
moose
Kaleb Jayne
vanity
Anthony Malaspina
OXY
Francis Hoang
is now: