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vanity's second Cloud9 stint comes to an end

eutalyx

August 10, 2024

Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #15 FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli Zellsis Jordan Montemurro Notexxd Jaden Anderson Jackk Jack Foote OXY Francis Hoang have placed Anthony "vanity" Malaspina on the bench after a year-long stint, and have promised more updates soon regarding their 2025 roster.

vanity's year-long journey with Cloud9 began with a trophy during the 2023 OFF//SEASON, at the TEN Global Invitational. During the VCT season, though, vanity & co. had trouble piecing together a solid performance, never making it beyond the top six in 2024.

Cloud9 were eliminated in the group stage of Kickoff with a loss to MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #2 zekken Zachary Patrone tex Ian Botsch Mazino Roberto Rivas Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos , but hit the ground running in Stage 1 with an opening win over LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN North America Rank #1 spike Rodrigo Lombardi blowz Guilherme Oliviera Neon Bruno Rodríguez Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato kiNgg Francisco Aravena . They have few notable wins to their name in the months since and, despite making playoffs in both stages of competition, Cloud9 were eliminated in the opening knockout round on both accounts.

This was not the first time vanity carried Cloud9's colors. His first spell with the organization lasted between August 2021 and March of last year, during which time he led his team to be the only North American representative at the playoffs of Champions 2021, but suffered with lacklustre results throughout the rest of his stint.

Cloud9 have promised "more updates soon" and have confirmed their presence in off-season tournaments hosted in the coming months.

Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #15 FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli Zellsis Jordan Montemurro Notexxd Jaden Anderson Jackk Jack Foote OXY Francis Hoang 's roster is currently:

Dylan "runi" Cade
Erick "Xeppaa" Bach
Kaleb "moose" Jayne
Francis "OXY" Hoang

Ian "Immi" Harding (Coach)
Guglielmo "GUGLi" Carraro (Assistant coach)

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chowckch

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immi my goat

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is it joever for vanity fr now?

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fs bruh dont know how he was still in pro

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Ballsamolee

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allat just to pick him back up for 2026

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benjy

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nah chill they will bring him back in 2025

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nah, he will be back for the off season this year

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BroStop

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Vanity #1 cheap IGL

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who knows, maybe he'll be back soon

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o7

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Breloof

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The classic +vanity -vanity +vanity -vanity

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gone but not forgotten (cuz he will prolly be picked up again next year)

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Classic

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+zander is obviously a no-brainer right?

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might be hard especially because they might win ascension, also C9 loves saving money

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no, +vanity incoming

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Chikenwarrior23

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it might be time to give my boy Tdawgg a chance

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Raize1

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Don't associate this guy to T1 val unless it is in a coaching capacity

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Raize1

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+stellar

-xeppa
+skuba

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+add3r

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Idk if you saw Stellar on 100T but bro is not going to be a competent T1 player. OXY(duelist) Verno(Initiator) Add3r (sent) Skuba (smokes) Runi (flex). Make me an Assistant assistant Coach, and its a trophy incoming.

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im genuinely so confused as to why ppl think add3r is a player who is obviously going up to tier 1, even from his own team im taking corey or wedid (his condition is obvious hindering this but in theory) in tier 1 all day before add3r and arguably stellar as well. add3r is a decent player and he picked up deadlock well, but imo there are a good amount of players id take in tier 1 before him

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I mean stellar has been a decent IGL in t1 yeah he had his moments but overall I still think he is better than vanity add3r is whatever who would u take in his place?

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i would still take vanity over stellar to be honest, 100T's highs with stellar on the roster were still based more on individuals rather than consistent calling. vanity has a decent track record of overperforming with weaker rosters, as well as developing young talent. but his teams do tend to run out of gas by the end of seasons, i would say he just needs the right coach pairing and a solid roster that is a little more experienced and he could def be making internationals. over add3r, i would probably take aproto or v1c as a sentinel and as just any role + 1 i would take seven, penny, thief

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it will be mitch back to c9 i guess

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lorenzopajaroFC

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Somebody needs to get that “I just need to lock in” meme and change it to I just need to add vanity

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-vanity +vanity buff comes to an end.

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Danny

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A little sad but not really surprising. Hope he lands on his feet

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C9 Zander please

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moose you're next

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Thought I'd bring this to your attention, eutalyx: vanity is open to explore other opportunities at this time, as per this tweet from Cloud9, however he still part of the active roster until October 7th, and will be likely competing for Cloud9 in any offseason tournaments that may take place prior to October 7th.

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classic

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immi next

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xeppaa next

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id guess +gmd

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Hey Cloud9,

Pick me up I have 0 experience in competitive play and I have a cheap price tag. A measly 4k a month.
I can watch and analyze vods, come up with strats, think on the fly mid-game, and have very mediocre aim that can be worked on with some aim training. Let me know, I might even be down to cut my salary in half. Super cheap guy over here.

note: ive been playing valorant for years now, pretty much on 100fps average so imagine if I took it seriously, i just might be the sleeper pick of the year

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Vouch

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lfg a cheaper C9 tridenizz ftw 🗿

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BRB changing name rn

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this is his first post 😭😭😭

he made an account to get picked up

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Surely Xeppaa next too

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So who will C9 pick up as their new IGL? Maybe Stellar? What other igl's are out there and available?

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Dw he will come back once C9 lose any game

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Should had never been a thing tbh… Even the first time.

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c9 ShahZaM?

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does he know?

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Lessgoooo lol

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That would add so much firepower for this team. Immi can make it happen, pls make it happen.

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Thank God

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-vanity is followed by +vanity right ?

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He had the best players but can't win shit he's prolly the worst IGL ngl

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