Author's note: On October 29, Cloud9 announced the departure of neT. This story has been republished to reflect those announcements.

Michael "neT" Bernet has announced that Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #10 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny OXY Francis Hoang has allowed him to explore his options for the 2026 VCT season as a restricted free agent.

neT shared that he is most comfortable in the Sentinel role, but is also open to being an in-game leader and playing the Controller or scan Initiator roles. His current deal with Cloud9 runs until the end of the 2027 season.

neT joined Cloud9 ahead of the 2025 season, but was already a well-established player in the North American Challengers scene.

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neT saw out the 2024 season with M80 M80 Inactive , the team he defeated in the Ascension grand final the year before. Playing alongside the likes of zander and koalanoob , neT and M80 won Americas Stage 2, qualifying for Ascension. After going 5-0 in the round robin stage of Ascension, M80 fell just short of ascending for the second straight year, falling to the Brazilian 2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Rank #6 gobera Vitor Gobo spike Rodrigo Lombardi silentzz Caio Morita pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros in the grand final.

After disappointing showings through the first two regional events of the year, Cloud9 and neT achieved a fourth-place finish at Americas Stage 2, matching their best finish since achieving fourth in the Americas League in 2023.

Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #10 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny OXY Francis Hoang 's full roster is now:

  • Mitch "mitch" Semago
  • Erick "Xeppaa" Bach
  • Victor "v1c" Truong
  • Francis "OXY" Hoang
  • Ian "Immi" Harding (Coach)