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https://www.vlr.gg/149252/loud-org-overview

your kind words do not go unnoticed

ORG HISTORY
-Team Vitality is an esports org headquartered in Paris that was founded in 2013
-Vitality started as a fairly small org but quickly worked their way into the spotlight after purchasing Gambit’s LEC spot in 2015, signaling their entry in League of Legends. They still have a foothold in the game today
-Since starting in League, Vitality have expanded into Rocket League, R6, Cod mobile, CSGO, and Valorant
-The team has gained some notoriety in CSGO, largely around ZyWoo and the acquisitions of major Astralis players, dupreeh and magisk.

ROSTER HISTORY
2021
-Vitality started in 2021 as FrenzyGoKill, a pug European team with the players

Cender
Feqew
Bramz
M4CHINA
Vakk

-They wou;d start by making a name for themselves by qualifying for Redbull Home Ground, but would go out in quarters against G2. They would get signed by Vitality in Feburary, right ahead of the first VCT challengers qualifier
-Unfortunately, the team would not make it far, unable to get past the Ro16 in Challengers 1, Ro32 in Challengers 2, and Ro64 in Challengers 3, ending their chances of attending Masters 1.
-During the break between splits, M4CHINA and Feqew would both depart the roster, being replaced by LoWkii and JESMUND.
-This roster would see much more success, tearing through the open bracket to make it into the closed qualifier, but faced consecutive losses to Acend and FPX, forcing them to play through opens again
-Vitality would run it back through the open qualifier to secure a spot in the main event following a win against Giants. They would send Acend home before being eliminated by Fnatic, ending their chances of attending Masters 2
-Entering the final split of the year, Vitality opted to not change their roster. They would fail to make a run in the first Challengers with any early loss to FPX, and would claw their way through the lower bracket to earn a spot in the main event, which could seed them into playoffs
-However, they would face consecutive losses to Liquid and Team BDS, ending their chances of attending playoffs
-Due to their failure to make any playoffs throughout the year, Vitality did not accrue any circuit points, and would not attend LCQ, ending their VCT season very early

2022
-After a slew of roster changes which I’m not going to cover (you’ll see why soon), Vitality failed to qualify for the Challengers group stage, locking them out of international competition. The team would play through the French VRL, with mediocre results (and a lot of draws).
-Upon entering the regular season of the French VRL, Vitality would drop their old roster except for cender and sign 5 new players. The new vitality roster was:

-BONECOLD
-baddyG
-h1ber
-cender
-nataNk
-YoZeii (sub)

-After a bumpy start to the season by starting down 1-3, Vitality rallied and ended the French VRL 14-4 and as the second seed in their group, earning them a spot in playoffs
-In playoffs, Vitality would win a Bo5 barnburner against KCorp, before sweeping MAD lions 3-0 to qualify for the VRL finals
-At the VRL finals, they would start with a loss to Tenstar and bounce back with wins against XL and win a rematch against Tenstar to qualify for playoffs
-In playoffs they would beat Futbolist in quarters and Case Esports in semis to make it to Grand Finals
-In the grand finals they would get reverse swept by Futbolist and lose 2-3, ending their VRL season in 2nd place. The squad has not played a match since.

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-baddyG, YoZeii, h1ber, and nataNk have all been allowed to explore other options
-BONECOLD and cender have been retained
-Vitality are currently rumored to be signing twisten, molsi, and destrian to round out their roster, although the move has not yet been confirmed
-Should the leaks be true, Vitality will be;

-twisten
-molsi
-destrian
-BONECOLD
-cender

ADDITIONAL THREADS
ADDITIONAL THREADS
-FNC: https://www.vlr.gg/151396/fnatic-org-overview
-TL: https://www.vlr.gg/151617/liquid-org-analysis
-NAVI: https://www.vlr.gg/151763/navi-org-overview
-Americas: https://www.vlr.gg/151389/americas-orgs-megathread
-My twitter: twitter.com/RyanG2B

so from what I understand RRQ basically promised to sign Indo players as an indo organization and just signed 5 PH players and only 1 Indo player

can you elaborate?

what did RRQ to make everyone dislike them? Asking because i genuinely dont know and i want to be in the loop

sophomore in business school, work at a real estate firm, write articles on here, shitpost on twitter

LATIN FOR BORN TO WIN

glad you enjoy them :D

ORG HISTORY
-Natus Vincere, frequently abreviated to just NaVi, is a Ukranian esports organization founded in 2009. They currently host rosters in CSGO, Dota, R6, World of Tanks, Wild Rift, PUBG, and Valorant
-NaVi started in CS Source, and were the first team to win 3 premier tournaments in the same calendar year. Their success in CS continues to this day, with their current roster winning the 2021 Stockholm Major, and being home of CSGO Goat, s1mple
-NaVi also got in early to Dota, and assembled a roster in late 2010 that would go on to win The International in 2011. This win would make them the most successful esports org at the time
-The organization recently entered Valorant in July 2021
-NaVi does not have published revenues or equity, but their earnings are ranked in the top 10 of all esports orgs, with nearly 11 million dollars in earnings
-Lastly, NaVi used to be owned by parent company ESForce, a russian organization. With the start of the russia-ukraine conflict, the org cut ties with their parent company

ROSTER HISTORY
2021
-NaVi started as a free agent squad known as No Pressure, who would compete in the final open qualifier of the year in Stage 3 for the CIS region. This 5 was:

-7ssk7
-Cloud
-dinkzj
-arch
-duno

-They would make their way to the Grand Finals, but would get swept by Gambit
-Due to their high placement, No Pressure earned a spot in the EMEA playoffs, and were in contention to attend Masters 3 Berlin. It was also at this time that NaVi stepped in and signed the squad.
-At Challengers playoffs, they would upset Team Liquid in their opening match, before losing consecutive matches to Acend and Giants, ending their playoff journey early.
-Due to their late start in the VCT season, NaVi did not have enough circuit points to attend LCQ, ending their VCT season early. They would compete in Tier 2 and Moscow Esports online tournaments, collecting a few podium finishes.
-During the offseason, arch would depart the roster, and be replaced by Jady from NiP
-With their new roster assembled, NaVi would enter the 2022 VCT season with:

-7ssk7
-duno
-dinkzj
-Cloud
-Jady

2022
-NaVi would start the year with a bang, clawing their way through the first open qualifier and beating 3 teams through the lower bracket to have their qualification match for Challengers against 5MOKES, the roster that had sent them there. They would sweep them 3-0 in the finals and secure a spot in Challengers
-The squad would win their opener against OG LDN UTD, and lose their next matchup against Liquid. Ahead of week 3, Russia would invade Ukraine, putting the entire EMEA Challengers on hold. NaVi would wait nearly 3 weeks before playing their next match. The invasion also took its toll on the players
-All teams that had missed their matches would have a super week with all their matches played within days of each other, and NaVi would pick up a win against BIG before losing to M3C (Gambit) and eventual EMEA Champions, FPX.
-NaVi ended groups with a 2-3 record, but were invited back to the next challengers stage. Between splits, Jady would leave to eventually join M3C, and zeddy would take his spot
-Stage 2 went similar to stage 1, with NaVi starting 0-2 with losses to BBL and M3C, and a win against BIG put them at 1-2 going into their elimination match against Liquid.
-NaVi would lose to Liquid, eliminating them from playoff contention, and squeak out a week 5 win against Guild, giving them another 2-3 record
-NaVis performance throughout the year earned them a spot at LCQ, where they would win their opener against Guild, and lose back to back matches to Liquid and G2, ending their VCT season. The squad has not played a match since

ROSTER MOVES
-Before being accepted into partnership, NaVI released Duno, dinkzj, and zeddy, leaving just 7ssk7 and Cloud on the roster.
-After being accepted, Cloud and 7ssk7 were both moved to the bench
-FPX, who did not make it into partnership, have put their entire roster up for sale, and NaVi is allegedly interesting in acquiring them, with the exception of Ardiis
-Ardiis is set to join NRG as an import in North America. To replace him, NaVi are currently eyeing cNed.
-Should the acquisition go through, NaVi in 2022 could be:

-suygetsu
-shao
-ANGE1
-zyppan
-cNed

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-FNC: https://www.vlr.gg/151396/fnatic-org-overview
-TL: https://www.vlr.gg/151617/liquid-org-analysis
-Americas: https://www.vlr.gg/151389/americas-orgs-megathread
-My twitter: twitter.com/RyanG2B

I'm trying to make these articles a little shorter since they are starting to get lengthier than I anticipated.
I also am located in North America, so the majority of EMEA readers probably wouln't see this, so any and all bumps are appreciated! As much as it would help with visibility, I simply cannot get up at 8am and write about esports orgs.
Lastly, if theres any EMEA org that you want to see done next, comment it and I'll do whatever comment has the most upvotes

ORG HISTORY
-Team Liquid was founded in the Netherlands in 2000, making them another one of the oldest esports orgs accepted into partnership
-Liquid would go on to acquire a Dota 2 team in North America in 2012, marking their first venture outside of EMEA
-Liquid also noteably had a merger with Team Curse in 2015, causing the organization to expand drastically
-The organization has divisions and rosters in Apex, Artifact, Clash Royale, Fortnite, CSGO, Dota 2, Freefire, Hearthstone, Heroes of the storm, League of Legends, Rocket League, PUBG, Street Fighter, Smash, Tekken, R6, World of Warcraft, and Valorant
-Liquid's estimated revenye for 2021 was 87 million dollars. They noteable have some of their players listed as owners, such as EliGE and Hungrybox

ROSTER HISTORY
2020
-Liquid started as a free agent roster known as fish123, consisting of

ec1s
L1NK
soulcas
Kryptix
ScreaM

-The squad would get signed by Liquid in mid August 2020.
-Liquid would go on to struggle in some of the ignition series with few podium finishes, but would find their form ahead of First Strike
-The squad would make it into playoffs of First Strike ahead of most teams, and secured a quarterfinals matchup against Heretics
-Heretics would take the series in a tight map 3 and go on to win the tournament, and Liquid would exit in 7th-8th place.
-At their next tournament Liquid would play in Redbull Home Ground and lose in the grand finals of a grueling Bo5 aganst G2, once again finishing second

2021
-Liquid made no roster changes going into the first VCT season, choosing to retain their current players. After a challengers 1 loss to FPX and a challengers 2 loss to Alliance, it became clear something needed to change
-ec1s was swapped out for Jamppi, a former CSGO player that had been banned. With this new roster, Liquid made their final push to attend Masters 1. Unfortunately, the squad faced an embarrassing Ro16 loss to Rix.gg thunder, Liquid were out of masters contention and were on the sidelines until April.
-Despite the loss, no roster changes were made, instead opting to give the roster more time to gel.
-Going into stage 2, Liquid again faced a loss in the Ro16, this time to Guild. Liquid now had one final chance to qualify for the closed qualifier, or they will be unable to be in contention for Masters 2, the first international tournament at the time
-After this, Liquid would go on an absolute tear, taking down Entropiq, Alliance, NiP, and BDS, before losing to FNATIC in the grand finals. Liquid had now secured their place in playoffs for Iceland
-In playoffs Liquid would continue their run, beating BBL, FPX, and even 13-0ing OXG to qualify for Iceland. They would lastly beat Fnatic in a 5 map series to go into Iceland as the #1 EMEA seed.
-Seeded into the UBQF, Liquid faced a tough upset against V1 (which I still think is one of the best series of all time), sending them to the lower bracket early. After beating KRU and Vikings, they would fall to Fnatic and exit the tournament in 4th place.
-Due to their high placement at Iceland, Liquid would recieve a bye into the Ro16 of Stage 3, and they earned a spot in the closed qualifier. After a loss to FPX, Liquid would have one final chance to qualify for Berlin through the final qualifier of the year
-An early loss in Stage 2 to Giants sent Liquid to the lower bracket, where they would have to fight all the way back to the finals to secure a spot in playoffs. They would best FNATIC in a 5 map series to secure a spot at playoffs
-Liquid would (AGAIN) receive an early loss to NaVi, and run the lower bracket. They would come one match from qualification to Berlin, falling to Gambit and eliminating them from Berlin contention. Gambit would go on to win Masters 3. Liquid had placed high enough to secure a spot at LCQ.
-After this loss, KRYPTIX stepped down from the roster, citing personal issues. Nivera, who is ScreaM's brother, would replace him on the roster, despite having no competitive experience in Valorant.
-Following this roster move, Liquid would go on a tear. They would beat OBG, Guild, G2, and Guild again to qualify for Champions in dominant fashion. At the second Red Bull Homeground, they would beat Futbolist, BIG, G2, Fnatic, Tenstar, and Acend and win the event.
-Their success would continue at Champions, beating KRU, Sentinels, and C9, before losing to Acend, the eventual winners of the event, and exiting Champions in 3rd-4th place

2022
-Liquid would retain their roster going into 2022, consisting of

-L1NK
-soulcas
-ScreaM
-Nivera
-jamppi

-Liquid had a bumpy group stage, going 3-2, squeaking by into playoffs. They would stumble in the upper bracket to FPX, and would fall one match short of qualification following a loss to G2.
-Due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the winners of Challenger 1, FPX, were unable to attend Masters 1. As a result, Liquid would squeak by and attend Reykjavik as the bottom seed of EMEA.
-At Iceland, Liquid showed early strength in beating KRU and Xerxia, but back to back losses against LOUD and Zeta would send them home in 7th-8th place
-Liquid recieved a bye into the group stage of Challengers 2. They opted to swap out L1NK for Dreamas. The squad would see better success, going 4-1 in groups, but bombing out of playoffs with losses to FPX and M3C (Gambit). This would again put Liquid into the LCQ
-Following Stage 2, Dreamas would leave the roster, and L1NK would officially depart the org. Dimasick would be brought in as a replacement
-At LCQ, Liquid won their opening matches against BBL and NaVi, and would lose to M3C in the upper finals. Liquid would beat G2 in the lower finals, and get their revenge matchup against M3C in the Grand Finals, beating them 3-1 and qualifying for Champions (again).
-At Champions, Liquid lost their opener in brutal fashion to Leviatan, and would beat Chinese representatives EDG and Masters 2 runner-ups PRX to squeeze into playoffs. In playoffs, they would lose consecutive matches to Grand Finalists Optic and Fnatic.

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-Nivera and ScreaM are both set to depart for KCORP, leaving soulcas as the only remaining member of fish123
-nats and redgar from M3C are set to join the org, as well as Sayf from Guild
-Liquid's roster in 2023 could be:

-Jamppi
-soulcas
-nats
-redgar
-Sayf
-dimasick  (?)

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-FNC: https://www.vlr.gg/151396/fnatic-org-overview
-Americas: https://www.vlr.gg/151389/americas-orgs-megathread
-My twitter: twitter.com/RyanG2B

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ORG HISTORY
-Fnatic were founded in 2004, making them one of the oldest active esports organizations in the scene. They began to gain steam in 2008 and 2009 when they acquired their first sponsorships, and have been on the up and up ever since
-Fnatic started in CS 1.6 and source, and would build around Valves FPS title as they would acquire more rosters in different games. Fnatic would later pick up a world of warcraft team, a fairly successful Dota roster, and transition to CSGO in 2012. They also won the first CSGO major
-They would also have success in League of Legends, being one of the game's staple organizations, and winners of the first world championship in 2011. Fnatic would also enter Rainbow 6 Siege in 2018, and VALORANT in early 2021.
-Fnatic have also held rosters in Smite, Clash Royale, Heroes of the Storm, ShootMania storm, PUBGM, and a few other games.
-Although no official numbers have been published, Fnatic's revenue is estimated to be 50 Million dollars for the 2021 season

ROSTER HISTORY
2020
-Fnatic initially started at SUMN FC, a free agent roster featuring some relatively unknown names. The roster at the time was:

-Moe40
-Boaster
-Mistic
-doma
-tsack

-This roster would have some relative success in the early ignition series of Valorant, with some 1st-2nd place finishes across online Tier 2 events that were running ahead of First Strike
-Going into first strike, the squad would make it all the way to the Semi Finals without dropping a map, and winning a tight 2-1 match over FPX to earn their spot in the grand finals
-Unfortunately, they would fall to Team Heretics in the grand finals, but their high placement caught the attention of several organizations, with FNATIC being one of them. In early 2021, ahead of the VCT season, SUMN FC would get signed to Fnatic and compete under their name for the 2021 season
2021
-In the first challengers stage, Fnatic would grind their way through the open qualifier, but would fail to secure a spot for masters in the first two stages. In the final qualifier for Masters 1, which FNATIC had a bye into, they would exit early in the quarterfinals to Ballista.
-In the break between splits, FNATIC would not make any roster changes. However, after an embarrassing Ro16 exit in the Stage 2 open qualifiers, it was clear something needed to change. Moe40 and tsack both left the roster, and were replaced by two fairly unknown players: MAGNUM on the Sentinel role, and Derke as a duelist. The roster would now be:

-mistic
-doma
-derke
-boaster
-MAGNUM

-Immediately, the team would see success. Despite an early fumble to Acend, the team had still qualified for a spot in Challengers Finals, and had their opportunity to be one of the first teams to represent EMEA on an international stage
-Fnatic would tear through OXG, Guild, and Gambit to qualify for Iceland, and would fall in the Grand Finals to liquid, relegating them to a play-in spot at Masters 2
-At masters 2, Fnatic would win their play-in match against KRU before getting knocked into the lower bracket by Sentinels. There they would make a legendary lower bracket run, taking out X10, V1, Liquid, and Nuturn to earn a rematch in the Grand Finals against Sentinels
-Unfortunately, Fnatic would get swept 3-0 in the finals, giving them a second place finish at Masters 2
-Going into the final split of the year, FNATIC would face an early loss from G2, forcing them to play through the second qualifier. In the second qualifier, they would get knocked into the lower bracket by Vodafone Giants, and would lose a tight 2-3 Bo5 lower final against Liquid as their last chance to qualify for playoffs.
-Fnatic would only be able to attend Champions by winning the LCQ or if an EMEA team won Masters 3 (The winner of Masters 3 gets automatic qualification for Champions, which effectively gives the winning region an extra slot). Gambit would win Masters 3, allowing Fnatic to squeak by into Champions
-During the offseason, they would also add an assistant and performance coach to bolster their staff
-At Champions, FNATIC tore through their group, convincingly beating Cloud9 and Vision Strikers to qualify for playoffs, but they would exit early following a loss to KRU, ending their 2021 season in 7th-8th place

2022
-Going into 2022, doma would leave the roster, being replaced by BraveAF, another player that was fairly unknown at the time
-Fnatic would have a 5-0 group stage, beating former World Champions Acend in the process. They would qualify for playoffs, but would lose their next 2 matches to FPX and G2, relegating them to 3rd place (they also got 13-0'd by ANGE1 on Jett)
-Prior to their return to Iceland, unfortunate circumstances plagued Fnatic. Derke tested positive for Covid, rendering him unable to travel, and BraveAF was suspended following a controversey regarding Ukraine.
-Fnatic would play with H1ber and Enzo (then known as Fearoth) as subs, and would exit iceland without winning a single map, following consecutive losses to NIP and Zeta Divison.
-In the next split, FNATIC would make Enzo official, and drop MAGNUM, replacing him with Alfajer, a new duelist/sentinel player that came out of nowhere. The roster was now:

-Boaster
-MIstic
-alfajer
-Derke
-Enzo

-Fnatic would have another 5-0 Group stage, and continue their dominance into playoffs with wins over Guild and FPX, securing a number one seed. At Copenhagen, they would be sent to the lower bracket by PRX, and exit in 4th place to FPX, the eventual winners. Their high placement and strong performance in the group stages earned them a spot at Champions through circuit points
-In their return to Champions with the crowd cheering for them, Fnatic would face an early loss to 100T, but they would fight through the elimination match against Furia and a decider rematch against 100T to qualify for playoffs against all odds
-In playoffs they suffered an early 2-0 loss to XSET, and would send Team Liquid home in order to stay alive. In their next match they would lose a tight match to DRX, exiting the tournament in 5th-6th place.

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-Enzo and Mistic have both been allowed to explore other options, making Boaster the only remaining member of the original SUMN FC team
-Leo is rumored to be joining the team, and possibly some players from M3C (I heard Chronicle but I don't recall seeing it confirmed. Correct me on this if im wrong)

ADDITIONAL THREADS
Americas: https://www.vlr.gg/151389/americas-orgs-megathread
My twitter: twitter.com/RyanG2B

no way i have a crush on pugboy o_O

I'm not going to be doing updates to the roster moves for each individual thread since thats just too much information for me to track as one person, and most of that information you can already find on VLR's own roster tracker

I've been doing full histories of all the orgs that made it into the Valorant partnership program and last week I finished covering all of the orgs in the Americas league. I'll be doing EMEA next, this thread is more for future reference.

-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-100T: https://www.vlr.gg/148653/100t-org-overview
-EG: https://www.vlr.gg/148843/eg-org-overview
-SEN: https://www.vlr.gg/148889/sen-org-overview
-NRG: https://www.vlr.gg/149228/nrg-org-ovierview
-LOUD: https://www.vlr.gg/149252/loud-org-overview
-FURIA: https://www.vlr.gg/149494/furia-org-overview
-MIBR: https://www.vlr.gg/149566/mibr-org-overview
-KRU: https://www.vlr.gg/149897/kru-org-overview
-LEV: https://www.vlr.gg/150230/lev-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

ORG OVERVIEW
-Leviatan Esports was founded in 2020 and has quickly grown as one of the larger organizations in LATAM.
-The org currently hosts rosters in CSGO, LoL, Free Fire, Rocket League, Warzone, and Wild Rift
-They also host 3 VALORANT rosters; a main team, an academy team, and a female team
-The org was founded by Fernando "F10" Diez, who also operates AfTechCorp

ROSTER HISTORY
2021
-Before competing as Leviatan, 4 of the 5 core players of the org would compete with Australs. This 5 would be:

-kiNgg
-melser
-adverso
-Tacolilla
-closer

-Australs would start of 2021 hot, fighting their way through the first 3 LATAM-S qualifiers to earn themselves a spot at Masters 1, albeit with some hiccups and bumps along the way
-At masters, Australs would hit their form, taking out KRU in a revenge matchup to earn their spot in the finals, and would sweep Wygers Argentina 3-0 in the finals to win the first Masters in LAS
-The squad would skip the first qualifier for Stage 2 challengers (If anyone knows why I'll fill it in and include it here with your credit), and would face a Ro16 loss in the second qualifier to ATROPELADOS, ending Australs' run for international contention very early in Stage 2.
-Between splits, Australs would play several T2 non-VCT tournaments, with staggered results
-Going into Stage 3, Australs would tear through Challengers and get all the way to the finals of playoffs for LATAM, their highest placement since winning Masters 1. Unfortunately, they would get swept by KRU, and would end their Stage 3 run one match away from Masters Berlin
-However, Australs had performed well enough to earn themselves a spot at the SA LCQ, giving them one final chance for international contention. Between splits, they would sub out Closer for Capi.
-Again, Australs would tear through the bracket, getting all the way to the Grand Finals of SA LCQ with a match against Furia to decide their fate. They would again get swept 3-0, and end their VCT season in second place at the SA LCQ.
-During the offseason, Australs would release the entire roster, but they would stick together as Ex-Australs
-Shortly after the entire squad got released, Leviatan would come in and pick them up, but would swap Capi for vaiZ.

2022
-Due to the roster's consistent performance as Australs, Leviatan would be given a bye into the Challengers group stage of 2022. The squad would start undefeated until a late week 4 loss to KRU
-In playoffs, they would make it all the way to the grand final, but would lose in a barnburner BO5 match against KRU that went to all 5 maps. However, they would be given another chance at the BR/LATAM LCQ, but would also fall short to NiP, who would attend Masters in their place. They would also lose this final 3-0.
-The squad would make no changes between splits, and would return to Stage 2 challengers with the same 5. They would again start 3-0, but would lose to KRU in week 4. Following this loss, VaiZ would be swapped for Shyy, a player from the academy roster. With this roster change, Leviatan became, and still are:

-shyy
-tacolilla
-melser
-adverso
-kiNgg

-in playoffs, they would fight through the lower bracket to earn a rematch with KRU in the Grand Finals, and would take them down 3-0 to qualify for their first international event in Copenhagen. Since KRU would go on to win the BR/LATAM LCQ, Leviatan were seeded directly into playoffs
-In Copenhagen, they would lose their opener to DRX, but would beat them convincingly on Ascent. After being sent to the lower bracket, they would send home XSET, before being sent home by FNATIC themselves. Due to KRU's failure to make it out of groups, Leviatan were automatically qualified for playoffs
-At Champions, Leviatan stunned everyone by tearing through their group, beating both EMEA LCQ winners Liquid, and Copenhagen runners-up PRX, in 2-0 fashion. They also noteably did not lose a single pistol round during groups.
-Following their group stage run, they would face LOUD in their first match, but would be sqaushed 2-0 by the eventual Champions winners. In the lower bracket they would face Copenhagen champions FPX, who would beat them 2-0 and send them home in 7th-8th place at Champions

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-currently, Melser and Adverso have been allowed to explore other options. Shyy, Tacolilla, and kiNgg have all been retained
-Edit: Saadhak may be replacing shyy

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-100T: https://www.vlr.gg/148653/100t-org-overview
-EG: https://www.vlr.gg/148843/eg-org-overview
-SEN: https://www.vlr.gg/148889/sen-org-overview
-NRG: https://www.vlr.gg/149228/nrg-org-ovierview
-LOUD: https://www.vlr.gg/149252/loud-org-overview
-FURIA: https://www.vlr.gg/149494/furia-org-overview
-MIBR: https://www.vlr.gg/149566/mibr-org-overview
-KRU: https://www.vlr.gg/149897/kru-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

That wraps up all of the Americas teams. I'll be taking a short break this weekend, and will begin writing for the EMEA teams on Tuesday. Thank you everyone for your continued support, it doesn't go unnoticed.

great comment, whered you get it?

i never actually knew this, im guessing it translate to This is Aguero?

VAMMOOOSS thank you

VAAMMMOOOSSS KRUUUUU

ORG HISTORY
-KRU were founded in 2017, and has hosted a variety of teams and rosters across many different games
-KRU have held rosters in Dota 2, League of Legends, Rocket League, PUBGM, and VALORANT.
-They were also founded by Sergio Agüero, a famous footballer who is considered one of the greatest players in the history of the Premier League.
-Currently, KRU's Net Worth is estimated to be around $300K, or roughly 45M ARS

ROSTER HISTORY
2021
-KRU would enter Valorant in early 2021 ahead of the VCT season and would sign a core 5 of players. The stack going into the first VCT qualifier would be:

-NagZ
-aks
-leobas
-Klaus
-Mazino

-The team would have relative success in the LATAM-S qualifier, and would earn themselves a spot at the regional masters. However, they would fall one match short of the Grand Finals with a loss to Australs.
-After the loss, leobas and aks would depart the roster, and would be replaced by delz1k and bnj. Keznit would also join, but only as a streamer.
-Going into Stage 2 with this new roster, KRU would be much more dominante in LATAM-S than before, and would make it all the way to the grand finals of the main event of Stage 2 without dropping a map, beating 9z a total of 4 times in the process. With a Grand Finals win over Infinity Esports, KRU would guarantee their first international appearance at Masters 2 Reykjavik, as LATAM's representative.
-At Reykjavik, the squad would lose their first match to eventual runner-ups, FNATIC, and would send Sharks Esports home before being sent packing by Top 4 finisher, Liquid.
-Going into Stage 3, KRU would bench bnj and bring up keznit from his streaming position to a player. They would again run all the way through the open qualifier and main event, and would face LATAM-N teams for the first time in playoffs. The roster going into playoffs would be:

-keznit
-klaus
-nagz
-mazino
-delz1k

-In playoffs they suffered an upper final loss to Australs, but would beat 6Karma to return to the Grand Finals and send Australs home 3-0, earning them their second international appearance at Masters Berlin. They had also now accumulated enough circuit points to guarantee a spot at Champions.
-At Berlin, they would win their opening match in groups against Zeta, but would be sent to the decider match by powersquad Envy. After sending home Keyd Stars and securing a spot in playoffs, they would take an early exit to the also-hot G2 Esports.
-Between Berlin and Champions, KRU made no changes to their starting lineup. They would lose their opener to Liquid, and send Furia packing to earn a playoff-qualification match with Sentinels.
-KRU also sent Sentinels home, in an upset many thought was improbable at the time. It is still Sentinel's worst performance at an international tournament to date
-KRU would continue their run in playoffs by convincingly beating FNATIC, but would exit champions after barely losing a tight overtime final map to Gambit, a map and match that is still considered by many to be one of the best in VCT history

2022
-KRU would recieve a bye into the LATAM group stages for 2022, and would go 4-0 in groups. After squeaking into playoffs with a win against 9z, KRU would run the lower bracket of playoffs to secure a rematch with Leviatan, winning 3-2 to earn a spot at their fourth international lan.
-At Reykjavik (again), KRU would fail to win a single map and bomb out in losses against OpTic and Liquid, their worst performance to date
-In Stage 2, after again dominating the group stage and making their way to the Grand Finals of LATAM, they would get swept 0-3 by Leviatan, forcing them to play the BR/LATAM LCQ, where they would bear NiP 3-0 to secure a spot in the group stage of Masters Copenhagen
-At Copenhagen, they would send Loud, the Brazilian superteam that had only 1 career loss, to the lower bracket early. However, they would face consecutive losses to Guild and OpTic to end their run at Masters 2. Due to their consecutive low placements and Leviatan's win against XSET later in the tournament, KRU would be forced to play the LCQ.
-At LCQ, KRU breezed through the competition, earning their spot at Champions after only dropping 1 map betweek VK, TBK, and Furia.
-At Champions, KRU would lose their opener to reigning champions FPX, but would beat Xerxia to stay alive. Unfortunately, they would have to face a rematch with FPX to qualify, and would have the same outcome as their previous meeting, ending their run at Champions 2022.

PLACEMENTS
-2nd at LAS Stage 1 Challengers 1
-3rd at LAS Stage 1 Challengers 2
-3rd-4th at LAS Masters
-1st at LAS Stage 2 Challengers 1
-1st at LATAM Stage 2 playoffs
-7th-8th at Masters Reykjavik
-1st at LAS Stage 3 Challengers 1
-1st at LAS Stage 3 Challengers playoffs
-1st at LATAM Stage 3 Challengers finals
-5th-8th at Masters Berlin
-3rd-4th at Champions
-2nd at LAS Stage 1 Challengers
-1st at LATAM playoffs
-11th-12th at Masters Reykjavik
-1st at LAS Stage 2 Challengers
-2nd at LATAM Challengers playoffs
-9th-10th at Copenhagen
-1st at SA LCQ
-9th-12th at Champions

ROSTER MOVES
-delz1k, keznit, and mazino have all departed the org since they were accepting into partnership. It is unknown who will replace them.

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-100T: https://www.vlr.gg/148653/100t-org-overview
-EG: https://www.vlr.gg/148843/eg-org-overview
-SEN: https://www.vlr.gg/148889/sen-org-overview
-NRG: https://www.vlr.gg/149228/nrg-org-ovierview
-LOUD: https://www.vlr.gg/149252/loud-org-overview
-FURIA: https://www.vlr.gg/149494/furia-org-overview
-MIBR https://www.vlr.gg/149566/mibr-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

IMPORTANT NOTE
-The roster history segment of this writeup will feature information about the NA Valorant Roster of Immortals, the organization that owns MIBR, since they have been in VALORANT since the very beginning. The org history segment will focus on MIBR but reference Immortals when necessary. If you only want to read about the MIBR roster, scroll down to 2022 in the Roster History section

ORG HISTORY
-MIBR was founded in 2003, but disbanded in 2012. In late 2016, they would reform and would be purchased by Immortals in 2018 as a secondary operating group.
-MIBR currently hosts three rosters, in CSGO, R6 Siege, and VALORANT. Their parent organization, Immortals, also hosts an LCS spot.
-As of now, MIBR and Immortal's revenue/equity are not publicly listed.

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-Immortals would enter their first official tournament with the 5 players Asuna, jcstani, KOLER, Genghsta, and bjor.
-The squad would play a slew of tournaments, such as the IMT First Light, T1 x NSG showdown, 100T gamers for equality, Pulse and Pax invitationals, FaZe invitational, and more. However, the roster was seeing medicore results at best, and dropped bjor to bring in Dicey.
-After another poor finish at the pop flash inviitational, Dicey and Asuna would both depart for 100T, and KOLER would leave for NRG. Needed 3 players for the upcoming Renegades Invitational, they would sign jmoh, neptune, and ShoT_UP, and would finish 2nd at the RNG invitational, their highest finish to date. This roster would stick for some time, with the starting lineup being:

-jmoh
-jcstani
-genghsta
-ShoT_UP
-neptune

-Immortals would claw their way through the first strike UMG qualifier, before exiting the quarter finals of the main event early with a 0-2 loss to Envy, but it earned them their highest placement at a Tier 1 event thus far

2021
-Immortals made further roster moves ahead of the VCT season, bringing in NaturE and Kehmicals, and dropping jmoh and neptune. Immortals would have a fairly strong performance through the first open qualifier, and even beat Sentinels and Envy to win the first open. Due to their high placement, they would earn a spot at Masters
-Ahead of Masters, NaturE announced he was taking some time away from VALORANT, citing personal reasons. Rossy was brought in as a sub. The starting 5 for Immortals would be:

-jmoh
-jcstani
-Rossy
-ShoT_UP
-genghsta

-Unfortunately, the squad would bomb out of masters, losing consecutive matches to 100T and LG.
-Going into Stage 2, Immortals would lose in the first closed qualifier, and then be sent to the lower bracket by NRG in the second closed qualifier, and later eliminated by Sentinels, dashing their hopes of attending Challengers Playoffs and attending an international Lan. After this loss, Rossy was made official and NaturE departed the team.
-Also during the offseason, Kehmicals and jcstani both left the team, replaced by JonahP and truo.
-Embarassingly, Immortals did not qualify for any closed qualifiers in Stage 3 at all, and due to their lack of circuit points, were unable to attend the NA LCQ, effectively ending their VCT season early.
-It was around this time Immortals became a revolving door of roster moves. I'm not going to list all of them, but the important things you need to know is that
-Genghsta and ShoT_UP stayed the entire time
-The squad struggled even in Tier 2 tournaments such as the NSG summer champs where they lost to Cloud9
-They won the community gaming premier series final
-They would lose in qualifiers in the Knights August and September monthlies and the BoomTV proving grounds
-They would play third in the October knights monthly
-They would exit early in the Ro32 Community Gaming elite showdown, the lost match Immortals would play together
-Following this loss, Immortals would withdraw from the NA Valorant scene and would slowly release all their players and find them new homes. They would later re-enter through a game changers roster.

2022
-Immortals now were worked in Brazil under the tag of MIBR. They would sign the 5 of:

-gtn
-jzz
-mNds
-denaro
-txddy

-The squad would fail to qualify for the first group stage of Brazil Challengers, and would swap txddy for frz in april.
-In the second qualifier, they would squeak by into the playoffs by narrowly avoiding elimination in the lower bracket
-MIBR would also have to play through the access series to guarantee a spot in groups, which they barely squeaked by in to make it to VCT groups
-In groups they performed relatively well, going 3-1 with only a loss to NIP. In playoffs, they would bomb out immediately 0-2, and due to not having enough circuit points, would end their 2022 VCT season there.
-The squad would play in the non-VCT Gamers Club- Elite cup, and finish in 2nd place to Stars Horizon

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-100T: https://www.vlr.gg/148653/100t-org-overview
-EG: https://www.vlr.gg/148843/eg-org-overview
-SEN: https://www.vlr.gg/148889/sen-org-overview
-NRG: https://www.vlr.gg/149228/nrg-org-ovierview
-LOUD: https://www.vlr.gg/149252/loud-org-overview
-FURIA: https://www.vlr.gg/149494/furia-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

might be a while since im doing EMEA next and then pacific

i love you

money drugs and power

appreciate u big guy

i have no joke to post here at the top here i am so incredibly tired

ORG OVERVIEW
-Furia was founded in early 2017 amid the rise of CSGO in Brazil. Their first entrance would be into Counter Strike, and would attend the 2019 Katowice major
-However, they also expanded into League of Legends, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, Free Fire, and eventually VALORANT. They would enter the game just ahead of the start of VCT 2021.
-In the past, they have also competed in Apex, Dota 2, PUBG, and Smash.
-I wasn't able to find any reports on FURIA's revenue or equity, but they list their net worth as the total of their prize money, around 3.2 Million USD, or around 16.5 Million BRL

ROSTER HISTORY
2021
-Furia entered VALORANT just ahead of the first VCT season, pulling together players from a variety of teams. Entering the first VCT split, Furia would field:

-quick
-xand
-nzr
-Khalil
-txddy

-The squad would see some early success, making their way through the first open qualifier and into the first closed set of groups. After losing their opening match to Gamelanders, they would recover to qualify for Masters 1, which was regional to only Brazil
-At masters, They would win in the opening quarter finals, but would be eliminated in the semifinals again by Gamelanders
-Going into the second set of Challengers, Furia would again make a strong campaign far into the qualification bracket, earning themselves a spot in Challengers finals, and a chance to represent Brazil on the international stage
-After an early loss to eventual winners Team Vikings, Furia would have to claw their way through the lower bracket for a chance at qualification. They would make it all the way to the lower bracket final, but would fail to close out their final map against Sharks, denying them their spot in Iceland.
-During the offseason, Furia would opt to swap txddy for Mazin, their first roster move for 2021
-Furia would face the third and final challengers split of the year through the open bracket, and qualify for the second closed bracket. After recovering from some tough losses in the second set of challengers, they would again qualify for Challengers Playoffs.
-They would beat both Gamelanders and Sharks, the team that knocked them out last time, to secure a Berlin qualification match against Havan Liberty. Unfortunately, HL would sweep them 3-0, sending them to the lower bracket final against Keyd Stars for a final chance to qualify.
-In the lower final, they would lose 0-2 against Keyd Stars, putting them out of contention for Berlin. However, because of their consistent high placements, they had earned a spot at the South American LCQ
-At LCQ, Furia would lose their opening match against Australs in groups, but would recover with wins against E-Xolos LAZER and Sharks to make it to playoffs. Once in playoffs, they would beat Gamelanders to secure a rematch against Australs to qualify for Champions
-In their rematch, Furia would beat Australs 3-0, allowing only 13 total rounds across all 3 maps, giving Furia their first international qualification, to the world Championship.
-At Champions, Furia were put in a very tough group with Sentinels, Liquid, and KRU. They would lose their opening match to Sentinels despite putting up a strong fight on all 3 maps.
-In their elimination match against KRU, a team famous for beating Brazilian teams, they would lose a close 1-2 match, sending them home early from Champions, and bringing an end to their 2021 season.

2022
-During the offseason, xand left the team and was replaced by ableJ for the upcoming split. Furia's roster for 2022 would be:

-ableJ
-nzr
-mazin
-quick
-Khalil

-Due to their strong performance throughout 2021, Furia were given a bye into the group stage. They would win their first two matchups against NIP and INGAMING, and then lose the next two against Keyd Stars and Sharks. Even with the two losses, they squeaked by into playoffs
-In playoffs, they would lose in the upper semi finals against NIP, and would exit playoffs in 4th behind Keyd Stars.
-Going into the second stage, Furia would have a much stronger group stage, going 3-1 in their group with only a loss to LOUD. Unfortunately, they would face consecutive losses in playoffs to Keyd Stars and Los Grandes. Once again, Furia found themselves in the LCQ as their final chance of going to Champions
-For LCQ, ableJ was moved to the bench, and dgzin was signed from Gamelanders, bringing serious firepower to the roster
-At LCQ, the team would tear through their side of the bracket, meeting KRU in the UBF for a qualifying match, but KRU would send them to lowers with a 3-0 sweep. In lowers, for the final match to qualify for Champions, Furia would sweep TBK Esports 3-0 to qualify as the second South American team out of LCQ to attend Champions.
-At Champions 2022, they would suffer consecutive losses to DRX and Fnatic, sending them home early

PLACEMENTS
1st-2nd at Stage 1 Challengers 1 (2021)
-3rd-4th at Stage 1 Challengers 2 (2021)
-3rd-4th at Masters 1 (2021)
-1st-2nd at Stage 2 Challengers 1 (2021)
-1st-2nd at Stage 2 Challengers 2 (2021)
-3rd at Stage 2 Challengers finals (2021)
-3rd-4th at Stage 3 Challengers 1 (2021)
-7th-8th at Stage 3 Challengers 2 (2021)
-1st-2nd at Stage 3 Challengers 3 (2021)
-3rd at Stage 3 playoffs (2021)
-1st at SA LCQ (2021)
-13-16th at Champions (2021)
-4th at Stage 1 Challengers (2022)
-5th-6th at Stage 2 Challengers (2022)
-2nd at SA LCQ
-13-16th at Champions (2022)

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-Currently, there are no reported roster moves. With LOUD's players entertaining some offers individually, its possible some of them will end up on Furia, but we don't know who. At this moment, for the Americas league, Furia will field:

-dgzin
-Khalil
-nzr
-Mazin
-Quick

ADDITIONAL NOTE & THREADS
-A lot of the data regarding Furia's background as an Organization was translated from Portugese. As such, there may be missing or misinterpreted information in that section. Corrections and comments are appreciated.
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-100T: https://www.vlr.gg/148653/100t-org-overview
-EG: https://www.vlr.gg/148843/eg-org-overview
-SEN: https://www.vlr.gg/148889/sen-org-overview
-NRG: https://www.vlr.gg/149228/nrg-org-ovierview
-LOUD: https://www.vlr.gg/149252/loud-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

for now im only doing orgs that are in for partnership, so I woulnt be doing GL yet

appreciate the feedback :D

edited it to reflect what you said, thanks for pointing it out! I credited you for the changes

I spelt overview right this time!

ORG HISTORY
-Loud was formed in 2019 by a trio of founders, and is sometimes known as the FaZe Clan of Brazil.
-Loud first entered esports through Free Fire, and signed a roster in early 2019. They still compete in Free Fire today, and placed 2nd at the World Series in 2021
-They would later enter Fortnite, and then League of Legends in the CBLOL in 2021. They won their first CBLOL Championship in September to qualify for their first Worlds appearance
-Lastly, LOUD entered VALORANT in early 2022 with the signing on Pancada e Amigos
-Although they are a newer org, LOUD have gained popularity quickly. They have nearly 12 million instagram followers, 1.6 million twitter followers, and are the 4th most watched team in the world on Twitch, the only Brazilian team in the top 10

ROSTER HISTORY

2022
-LOUD's roster has been the same since its inception, with bzkA as a coach, the 5 players signed were:

-saadhak
-pancada
-Less
-aspas
-sacy

-Before being picked up by LOUD, Pancada e Amigos would play all the way through the open qualifiers and earn themselves a spot, only dropping 1 map to MIBR in the process. After qualifying for groups, the squad was picked up by LOUD
-From Week 1 all the way to the Grand Finals, LOUD did not lose a single map, easily qualifying for Masters 1 with an undefeated record.
-In Reykjavik, they would take down Liquid, G2, and OpTic to find themselves in the grand finals, and would face a rematch against OpTic. Unfortunately, OpTic swept them 3-0, giving Loud a second place finish in Iceland, and their first career loss as a team
-Due to their strong performance, LOUD were given a bye into the next group stage of Challengers, where they would again replicate their success. They would qualify for Masters Copenhagen after not dropping a map across all of groups and playoffs
-Unfortunately, at Copenhagen, they would be upset in their opening match against KRU, a team that notoriously has never lost to a Brazilian team. In their elimination match, they would again face OpTic, and lose 1-2, giving them a very early 11th-12th place exit at Masters 2, their lowest finish to date. However, they have qualified for Champions simply through attendance of the event.
-At Champions, Loud would be seeded in a group with OpTic, Boom Esports, and Zeta. They would beat Zeta in their opening match, lose 1-2 to OpTic in the winner's match, and then beat Zeta 2-0 in the decider to qualify for playoffs
-In playoffs, LOUD went on a tear, 2-0ing Leviatan, DRX, and OpTic to reach the Grand Finals, where they would again, play OpTic. In their rematch of rematches, LOUD would finally take it home 3-1, earning themselves the title of VALORANT Champions.

PLACEMENTS AND PERFORMANCES
-1st at Brazil Stage 1 Challengers
-2nd at Masters 1 Reykjavik
-1st at Brazil Stage 2 Challengers
-11th-12th at Stage 2 Masters Copenhagen
-1st at Champions

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-shortly after Champions, bzkA announced that he had mutually parted ways with LOUD
-There have been rumors that LOUDs entire roster has left the organization and that players are seeking individual offers. As of now, no official article outside of Brazilian players and streamers has been released confirming these rumors.
-Should these rumors be true, LOUD will field an entirely new roster in 2023.

EDITS FOR ACCURACY
-LOUD also lost a map to Havan Liberty (thank you b3rnie!)
-The squad was signed by LOUD when they were playing as Pancada e Amigos, but played under a pug name since they were waiting to record an announcement video
-All the players are also negotiating individually with other orgs including LOUD, and they have said they want to stay together (thank you shadesofoblivion for both)

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-100T: https://www.vlr.gg/148653/100t-org-overview
-EG: https://www.vlr.gg/148843/eg-org-overview
-SEN: https://www.vlr.gg/148889/sen-org-overview
-NRG: https://www.vlr.gg/149228/nrg-org-ovierview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

I'll be doing the remaining Brazilian organizations, then LATAM

spelling is hard

yeah once im done with Americas ill be doing EMEA and then Pacific

Last NA team, lets get it

ORG OVERVIEW
-NRG was founded by the Co-Owners of the Sacramento Kings in late 2015, and began making esports signings in early 2016
-They started by signing a Rocket League roster that is still considered top 3 in North America. They would also pick up a Smite roster, Smash and DBZ Fighter players, and even an entire CSGO roster that would later be bought out by NRG
-NRG also were one of the founding members of the Overwatch League, entering under the franchise name of the San Francisco Shock, and picking up Luminosity's roster. They would also sign sinatraa, who would go on to be considered the best Overwatch player in the world for a time.
-Lastly, NRG would enter VALORANT in Late 2020, right before the beginning of first strike, bringing in Chet as a coach, and daps as their first player
-NRG are also known for having some very well known investors, including Alex Rodriguez, Shaw, and H3CZ as a co-CEO

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-NRG played first strike with only 4 signed players, with the fifth changing throughout late 2020. The initial four would be:

-eeiu
-koler
-s0m
-daps

-NRG would field xCeed as a fifth through their first run at First Strike, and would exit in the Ro32.
-In their second showing, they would bring in effys on a trial basis, making it into the UMG Closed qualifier. However, they would fall in the decider match to FaZe, ending their first strike run just outside of playoffs

2021
-After first strike, NRG would sign Shanks as a duelist, and then Infinite as a Sentinel, and KOLER leaving less than 2 weeks later. The roster NRG would field for the first 2 VCT open qualifiers would be:

-daps
-s0m
-infinite
-shanks
-eeiu

-The team would make a deep run in the first challengers, making the closed qualifier, but faced consecutive 2-0 losses to GenG and XSET, two newer rising rosters. Going into the second qualifier, NRG faced an embarassing 2-0 loss to Andbox, bringing about a roster move.
-Despite Infinite only being signed for a month, NRG opted to poach ANDROID from andbox and add him to the starting lineup, which would force s0m onto smokes with ANDROID playing a duelist role.
-This roster would have much more success, making it all the way into the closed qualifier and taking a match off of 100 Thieves, the previous first strike winners, before suffering losses to FaZe and GenG to knock them out of Challengers, and masters contention.
-During the offseason, Shanks was dropped from NRG for unknown reasons. Some speculate that matchfixing allegations from CSGO were causing players to be dropped from their rosters, although this reasoning was never confirmed. Tex would be brought in as a replacement. Chet would depart the org at the time.
-In the second challengers, NRG would again get knocked out in opens in the Ro16 to XSET. In their second showing, they would tear through the bracket, making it all the way to the upper bracket final, where they would lose to Cloud9 and then Sentinels in the lower final. The high placement had earned NRG a spot in the Challengers Playoffs, where they would compete to represent North America on the international stage
-In Challengers Finals, NRG would win their opener against XSET, but then lose consecutive matches to Cloud9 and V1, giving them an early exit.
-During the offseason, daps would return to CS, and Wedid would be his replacement, picked up from XSET. NRG's Roster for the remainder of the 2021 VCT season would be:

-eeiu
-ANDROID
-tex
-s0m
-wedid

-With this roster, NRG would fall to their lowest point on the rankings, losing to Virtuoso in the Ro32 in the first open qualifier, and Resonate, also in the Ro32, in the second open qualifier. Both Virtuoso and Resonate were F/A teams. Due to their poor placement, NRG would not be able to attend LCQ
-The squad would continue playing in other tournaments, such as the NSG summer champions, where they would come in second place to Cloud9. After this tournament, Wedid would be released
-NRG would not play another tournament for nearly 3 months, but would go on to sign Hazed from TSM as an IGL, and would compete in the Valorant Elite Showdown with the new roster, and lose in the semi-finals to eventual winners, KCP.

2022
-Before going into the first VCT open qualifier of 2022, NRG would play the Knights VALORAMPAGE, where they would again place second to Cloud9. The roster had also made some role swaps, with Android playing sentinel/chamber, tex as a flex, hazed as smokes, and s0m back on Jett. NRG's roster going into 2022 would be:

-Hazed
-eeiu
-s0m
-ANDROID
-tex

-The roster would make it all the way to the UBQF in the first qualifier before losing to XSET, but would claw through the lower bracket to qualify for groups, beating KCP, Knights, and Rise in the process
-Prior to the start of VCT, NRG would also play the in the NSG winter championship, losing to XSET in the Quarter Finals (man they lost to XSET a lot)
-In VCT groups, NRG would start off 0-3 with losses to Sentinels, OpTic, and V1, effectively eliminating them from playoff contention. They would also lose to Knights, but would pull off a week 5 win against Rise to avoid going 0-5.
-Between splits, NRG would opt to remove ANDROID and bring in Ethan from 100T, and would against swap Ethan onto flex, and tex onto Chamber. They would also a bootcamp for the second split
-In the second split, NRG would tear through Lenny Time, ZMM, Knights, and V1 without dropping a map, earning themselves a spot in groups again
-After a week 1 win against TSM, the squad would lose 3 consecutive matches to XSET, Ghost, and 100T. With a week 5 win against the also 1-3 Guard, NRG would squeak into playoffs.
-Because they were the bottom seed, NRG would start in the lower bracket, They would take down EG and Ghost before losing to Faze.
-Since they placed high enough in playoffs. NRG would be given the chance to attend LCQ. They would lose their opener against 100T, win their next match against EG, before bowing out to C9, ending their VCT season

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-NRG have made possibly the most moves this offseason. A report stated they would be signing the OpTic core (FNS, crashies, victor), and their coach Chet
-This massive move seems to have been confirmed by the fact that hazed, ethan, and eeiu have all been moved to inactive, and tex and coach JoshRT have been released
-A report from George Geddes yesterday also reported the ardiis from FPX may be joining the roster
-If all of the rumored reports are true, NRG in 2023 could be:

-crashies
-FNS
-ardiis
-s0m
-victor

ADDITIONAL THREADS (I hit character limit)
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-100T: https://www.vlr.gg/148653/100t-org-overview
-EG: https://www.vlr.gg/148843/eg-org-overview
-SEN: https://www.vlr.gg/148889/sen-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

With all the North American teams done, I'll be doing Brazil next.

ADDITIONAL THREADS (I hit character limit)
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-100T: https://www.vlr.gg/148653/100t-org-overview
EG: https://www.vlr.gg/148843/eg-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

i heckin love SyykoNT batchest

I'm starting a new series of articles where I'll be going over the history and rosters of all the orgs that made the partnered league, first starting with the Americas, then EMEA, and lastly Pacific. I'll try and do 2 every day, any and all feedback is welcome!

ORG HISTORY
-Sentinels first entered esports through League of Legends, then under a different name, Phoenix1. P1 played in the LCS for 2 years, from 2016-2018, with varying results. When the league became franchised in 2018, P1 opted to sell their spot
-Phoenix1 would then partner with Kroenke Sports (the same business that owns the LA Rams and The Guard) in 2018 to enter the Overwatch League with the Los Angeles Gladiators. Shortly after this, Phoenix1 would officially rebrand to Sentinels.
-In 2018, SEN would establish a hearthstone divison, and signing several Fortnite players, including Bugha, the solo world cup champion.
-A year later, CEO Rob Moore would take legal action again Kroenke after they purchased another organization without his knowledge, resulting in Sentinels splitting from Kroenke, which is why SEN no longer have a stake in the LA Gladiators
-In early 2020, Sentinels would expand into Halo, and later VALORANT
-There are no public earnings reports on Sentinel's revenue or equity as an organization

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-SEN would enter Valorant by signing former CS pros SicK and Shahzam, Apex pro zombs, and Overwatch MVP sinatraa. dapr would round out the roster a month later. Sentinel's starting lineup going into the ignition series would be:

-sick
-sinatraa
-shahzam
-dapr
-zombs

-Sentinels would have a rocky start with some 5th-8th place finishes in the first set of ignition series, but would quickly find their form. The team would win the Pax Area Invitiational, the 30Bomb summer cup, and the Pop Flash invitational
-Moving into first strike, Sentinels would make it all the way into playoffs, before falling to 100 Thieves in the semi-finals, exiting the tournament in 3rd-4th place. 100T would go on to win the entire tournament.
-Sen would get their rematch against 100T in the JBL Quantum cup, the last major tournament of 2020, and would not only win their rematch, but win the entire tournament

2021
-Sentinels would start the VCT season off strong, getting into the closed qualifier despite a loss to Immortals, and winning Challengers 1 in a rematch against Immortals.
-Sen would again have a high placement in the second challengers, guaranteeing a slot in the first regional masters. They would place second after getting swept by Envy in the grand finals, the only grand finals they have lost in a VCT match to date
-2 days before the start of Masters 1, sinatraa was suspended from competitive play due to allegations of sexual abuse. TenZ was brought in from C9 as a last minute stand-in.
-Sentinels would dominate Masters 1, only losing a single map in the process. They would have a 2-1 series against LG, sweep 100T, and then sweep Faze twice.
-Despite the win at Masters, Sentinels would find themselves out of the first closed qualifier following an embarassing 2-0 loss to BBG, but would regain their stride shortly after. They would make a run through the second open qualifier to make it to closed, and then tear through the Stage 2 Challengers 2 closed bracket, beating Cloud9 to secure a top seed going into Challengers Finals
-At Challengers Finals, Sentinels once again showed their prior form, riding the upper bracket all the way to the grand final, where they beat Version1 3-0 to secure a top seed placement going into Masters 2, Valorant's first international lan in Iceland.
-In Iceland, Sentinels would win the entire tournament without dropping a map, sweeping Fnatic twice, nuturn, and vikings. To this day, no team has ever replicating that level of dominance at an international tournament.
-Following this win, Sen would make TenZ official, making the starting lineup:

-dapr
-tenz
-sick
-shahzam
-zombs

-Their win at Iceland would also automatically qualify them for Champions through circuit points, making them the first team qualified
-Sentinels would continue their success going into stage 3 by once again making it into the closed qualifier, winning it, and securing a spot in Challengers finals.
-In Challengers finals, they would beat a newly revamped Envy team to qualify, and would beat 100T in the grand finals to secure the top seed
-At Berlin, Sen would make it to playoffs after a 3-1 group stage record (with a loss to G2), but would get shut down 2-0 by Envy, who would place 2nd overall in the tournament. This was the first tournament that Sentinels didn't win since their loss to BBG over 5 months earlier.
-Between Masters 3 and Champions, Sen would sign Rawkus, a former FaZe player, as a coach.
-At Champions, Sen won their opening match against Furia, before losing a tight match to Liquid, and would get upset by KRU, giving them a 9th-12th place exit, and ending their VCT season

2022
-Sentinels received a bye into the Challengers group stage due to their strong performance throughout 2022. Rawkus would also not be coaching for the first stage due to contract issues with FaZe.
-After a 3-2 group stage with losses only to OpTic and the 5-0 V1, Sentinels had their first playoff match against The Guard, who picked apart SEN, especially on Icebox where they were pummeled 13-1. They would then lose to V1 in the lower bracket in a tight 1-2 loss.
-Following their loss in playoffs, Sen would bench zombs and bring in Kanpeki from akrew, their first roster move in over a year. After having to fight through both open brackets, Sentinels were once again in the group stage. Unfortunately, this stage would be plagued with issues for the team
-The squad would start off 0-2, and had to play their potential elimination match against OpTic with stand-ins for SicK and TenZ.
-SicK would end up taking an extended leave from the team citing mental health concerns, and Rawkus would fill in for the remainder of the Group Stage. Sentinels would end 0-5 without winning a single map. Due to ghost bombing out of playoffs, they would still be able to attend LCQ
-Going into LCQ, Sen would bolster their ranks, signing shroud and Zellsis on one month contracts, 2 analysts, and a dedicated bootcamp. The LCQ roster would be:

-shroud
-zellsis
-dapr
-shahzam
-tenz

-Despite their heavy prep and hype going into LCQ, they would exit 5th-6th place after a loss to 100T, the first time they had lost to 100T since First Strike. 100T would also go on to win LCQ as a whole.
-Zellsis would then return to V1 and is now rumored to be joining C9, Shroud has returned to streaming but has expressed interest in returning to playing pro

PLACEMENTS AND TOURNAMENTS
-1st at PAX Arena Invitational (2020)
-1st at 30Bomb summer cup (2020)
-1st at Pop Flash Invitational (2020)
-3rd-4th at First Strike (2020)
-1st at JBL Quantum Cup (2020)
-1st at Stage 1 Challengers 1 (2021)
-2nd at Stage 1 Challengers 2 (2021)
-1st at Stage 1 Masters (2021)
-1st at Stage 2 Challengers 2 (2021)
-1st at Stage 2 Challengers Finals (2021)
-1st at Masters 2 Reykjavik (2021)
-1st at Stage 3 Challengers 1 (2021)
-1st at Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs (2021)
-5th-8th at Masters 3 Berlin (2021)
-9th-12th at Champions (2021)
-7th-8th at Challengers 1 (2022)
-11th-12th at Challengers 2 (2022)
-5th-6th at LCQ (2022)

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-Sentinels signed SyykoNT from XSET and Kaplan from GHOST earlier today as Head Coach and Strategic Coach respectively. Rawkus has left the team
-Dapr is the only one confirmed to be staying on the roster
-Shahzam and Tenz both have their contracts expire at the end of the year, leading many to believe one, if not both of them will not be on the team next year
-Currently, the Sentinels roster consists of:

-dapr
-tenz
-shahzam

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#LIVEEVIL is the best org hashtag in the Americas region and any other opinion is wrong

I'm starting a new series of articles where I'll be going over the history and rosters of all the orgs that made the partnered league, first starting with the Americas, then EMEA, and lastly Pacific. I'll try and do 2 every day, any and all feedback is welcome!

ORG HISTORY
-Evil Geniuses is one of the oldest organizations in esports, being founded in 1999. They experienced steady growth from 2004 onwards, acquiring new rosters in many different games.
-EG currently have rosters in Dota 2, CSGO, Rocket League, League of Legends, and VALORANT, as well as previously having rosters in PUBG, Fortnite, Overwatch, and Rainbow 6 Siege.
-To go further into their divisions, they have 3 CSGO rosters, a main and academy league team, and a main and game changers VALORANT team.
-Evil Geniuses are owned by a parent company, delusional_potter_fan PEAK6 Investments. As such, many of their financials are not public, but their 2021 revenue was estimated to be 25 million USD

ROSTER HISTORY

2021
-EG entered VALORANT at the beginning of the first VCT season in 2021, and signed clawdia, ALEKSANDER, potter, osias, and temperature. They were the only mixed male/female roster signed by a Tier 1 organization in Valorant. The roster for the first 6 months of the 2021 season would be:

-clawdia
-ALEKSANDER
-potter
-osias
-Temperature

-The roster found little success, unable to make it past the Ro32 in the open bracket in both stage 1 and stage 2. They also struggled in other tournaments like NSG weeklies and even VCS
-Going into stage 3, the roster changed their core, dropping clawdia, ALEKSANDER, and osias, and replacing them with roca, BRANTED, and pho. However, this new roster would still not make it past the Ro32, ending EG's 2021 VCT season very early.
-After this loss, Boostio would be brought on as a trial jett player, and potter would move to a coaching role. The new roster going into the NSG summer championship would be:

-BRANTED
-Boostio
-pho
-Temperature
-roca

-The team would go on to place 3rd-4th in the NSG summer championship after a loss to the eventual winners Cloud9, and marked their best placement at a B-tier tournament (per liquipedia)
-EG would continue to work with this roster through the end of the year, playing a total of 8 more smaller tournaments. Temperature would get loaned to GenG for LCQ and then move to the bench, with Reformed taking his place on a trial basis starting in October

2022
-The EG front office had big plans for the 2022 season, starting wit the release of BRANTED, Temperature, and roca. Reformed would be made an official player, and the roster would be rounded out with YaBoiDre and jawgemo. The roster going into the first stage of VCT would be:

-Boostio
-jawgemo
-pho
-Reformed
-YaBoiDre

-Evil Geniuses would fall in the first lower round to Bait Academy in the first VCT open qualifier, but would make a strong run in the second qualifier, taking down Ghost and Rise to secure a spot in the group stage of Stage 1.
-Unfortunately, the roster would go out 0-5, not winning a single match in groups, and only winning 2 maps of 12 played. EG would again make 2 more roster moves after their first group stage, dropping YaBoiDre and pho for C0M and Apoth, which gives us the current roster we have today. The finalized and current roster is:

-Apoth
-Boostio
-C0M
-jawgemo
-reformed

-This iteration of the roster would see much more success. After again falling in the first open qualifier, the squad would rally in their second and final run, beating Ghost (again) and Knights to qualify for the second stage of Groups.
-In this group stage, the roster proved themselves quickly, with 3 consecutive wins against Sentinels, Luminosity, and reigning international champions, OpTic. Despite a week 5 loss to Faze, EG would end the group stage 3-2, with a guaranteed spot in playoffs and LCQ. After winning their opening match to Ghost, they would lose their rematch to OpTic, and a tight final map to NRG that would end their playoff hopes in 5th-6th place.
-At LCQ, EG suffered consecutive losses to FaZe and NRG, causing them to exit in 7th-8th place, and ending their VCT season.

PLACEMENTS AND TOURNAMENTS
-3rd-4th at NSG Summer Champs (2021)
-5th-8th at Valorant Elite Showdown (2021)
-11th-12th at Challengers 1 (2022)
-5th-6th at Challengers 2 (2022)
-7th-8th at LCQ (2022)
-4th at BoomTV Proving Grounds (2022)

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-There are currently no leaked roster moves or changes for EG from any credible source, leading some to believe they are sticking with their current roster. Others think management and scouting is waiting for some of the larger deals (i.e C9 yay, NRG optic core) to go through before looking for talent. The current EG roster is:

-Apoth
-Boostio
-C0M
-jawgemo
-reformed

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-Champions matches thread: https://www.vlr.gg/143692/champs-analysis-megathread
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-100T: https://www.vlr.gg/148653/100t-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

thanks for the twit plug

I didn't want to include a roster move that might have happened under different circumstances but fell through, in order to avoid making 100T's 50 roster moves more complicated than it already is

This is gonna be a long one

I'm starting a new series of articles where I'll be going over the history and rosters of all the orgs that made the partnered league, first starting with the Americas, then EMEA, and lastly Pacific. I'll try and do 2 every day, but I might do more or less some days because I have covid and I'm stuck inside with nothing to do. Any and all feedback is welcome!

ORG HISTORY
-100 Thieves founded in 2017 by Nadeshot, a former CoD pro. In late 2017, he received a generous investment from Dan Gilbert (owner of the Cleveland Cavs) that would allow what was a company to expand into a full on esports org.
-100T initially started as a lifestyle brand and still is to this day, but now hosts several esports teams, with players in Apex, Warzone, Fortnite, League of Legends, Valorant, and a franchised spot in the CDL as the LA Thieves. 100T entered VALORANT in early June, shortly after the game was officially released.
-The org, while known for its teams and star-studded rosters, also has a large amount of content creators signed across multiple games and genres, as well as an official facility, the 100 Thieves Cash App Compound.
-100T also reported 38 million USD in revenue in 2021, and have 460 million USD in total equity.

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-100T entered Valorant by signing Hiko, a storied CS pro, and surrounding him four former PUBG pros, Valliate, Venerated, YaBoiDre, and Pride.
-This roster would struggle in the early ignition series tournaments, and the entire roster except for Hiko would be released after the ignition series concluded, and Hiko began to build a new roster of his own.
-Steel was added as the IGL as another old name from CSGO, one that had not played in the Tier1 scene for over 5 years at that point (due to ibp ban)
-nitr0, coming fresh off a grand slam win in CS, also joined the roster as the smokes player
-dicey and Asuna were both picked up from immortals as fresh, young talent, and would fill the duelists roles. 100T's roster going into first strike would be:

-Asuna
-Dicey
-Hiko
-nitr0
-steel

-The squad would go on run through the North American first strike circuit, taking down teams like T1, Sentinels, and TSM along the way, to win the title of North America's first champions

2021
-100T would have a bumpy start to the VCT season with nitr0 having to take a short leave due to the birth of his second son, and 100T were not able to make it out of the first qualifier with stand-in Silenx
-After muddling results and the final stage 1 qualifier approaching, 100T swapped Dicey for Ethan, another CS pro coming from EG. From this point 100T would not make another roster move until LCQ
-The team would fall short in Masters 1 and in qualification for Masters 2, but would get their shot at the international stage in Masters 3 in Berlin
-After not getting enough circuit points to guarantee a spot in champions, 100T were forced to play the LCQ, and had cut Steel in favor of b0i, who had been a sub since early July, a decision that was viewed as highly questionable by many
-The squad would bow out in 3rd place to eventual LCQ winners Cloud9, ending their 2021 season
-During the offseason, nitr0 would return to CS and b0i would be dropped from the roster, leaving 100T with Ethan, Hiko, and Asuna

2022
-100T would sign ec1s as IGL, an important from EMEA, and BabyJ, a upcoming Sentinel player that proved himself with Faze at LCQ. The team also received a bye into groups due to their consistent placements last year. The roster for the first half of 2022 would be:

-asuna
-babyj
-ec1s
-ethan
-hiko

-In their week 2 match against The Guard, 100T would get 13-0'd on the final map of the series, prompting a roster nuke that saw ec1s and babyj get released, and jcstani and bang signed on loan. However, they would still lose their week 3 match, effectively putting them out of contention for playoffs. The squad would finish 1-4, after a week 5 win against the 0-5 EG
-Between splits, 100T would overhaul their entire roster and coaching staff, signing MikesHD and Sean Gares as Assistant Coach and Head Coach respectively, and ddk as General Manager.
-Hiko would retire and move to content creation, Ethan would be transferred to NRG, jcstani's loan would be terminated, Bang would get a full contract, and Will, Stellar, and Derrek would all be signed. This also would leave Asuna as the last remaining member of the original first strike roster. At this time, the roster was:

-asuna
-will
-derrek
-bang
-stellar

-This new roster would squeak into playoffs through the second qualifier for Stage 2 (100T had to play in the qualifier since they didn't place high enough)
-The squad would lock in playoffs with a 3-2 record, beating XSET, NRG, and Guard in the process. In playoffs, they won their opener against Faze, lost to XSET in upper semis, and exited playoffs with a loss to Faze in the lower bracket. Nonetheless, they had accrued enough points to attend LCQ
-100T would run it back in LCQ, beating NRG, Sentinels. C9, Faze, and Guard in the finals to clench a spot at Champions. At Champions they won their opening match against FNATIC, but would lose in uppers against DRX and their rematch against FNATIC, giving them an early exit from Champs.

PLACEMENTS AND TOURNAMENTS
-1st at First Strike (2020)
-5th-6th at Masters 1 (2021)
-5th-6th at Challengers 2 playoffs (2021)
-2nd at Challengers 3 playoffs (2021)
-3rd-4th at Masters 3 Berlin (2021)
-3rd at LCQ (2021)
-9th-10th at Challengers 1 (2022)
-5th-6th at Challengers 2 playoffs (2022)
-1st NA LCQ (2022)
-9th-12th at Champions (2022)

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-Since the confirmation of 100T's acceptance into the partnership league, they have brought in XSET's Cryocells as an op replacement for Will. Will has been released completely and is an unrestricted free agent
-There are rumors that bang may be replaced, but nothing has been reported from a credible source as of yet
-As of now, the 100T 2022 Roster is:

-Asuna
-Bang
-Derrek
-Stellar
-Cryocells

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-Champions matches thread: https://www.vlr.gg/143692/champs-analysis-megathread
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

nah nadeshot refuses to hire me because i used my prime sub on zekken

glad you liked my article! If you're interested in more of my work, I strongly recommend checking out my champions matches megathread, I did full writeups for every single match at champions

https://www.vlr.gg/143692/champs-analysis-megathread

I wonder how poiz would have looked if C9 continued to build around him on the acad roster, he could have been a star-studded chamber player going into 2022, but I guess we'll never know

vlr knows where to find me ;)

covid is kicking my ass, but the hardest part of it really is not being able to leave my room for the next 5 days

I'm starting a new series of articles where I'll be going over the history and rosters of all the orgs that made the partnered league, first starting with the Americas, then EMEA, and lastly Pacific. I'll try and do 2 every day, but I might do more or less some days because I have covid and I'm stuck inside with nothing to do. I'm doing C9 first because I'm biased. Any and all feedback is welcome!

ORG HISTORY
-Cloud9 was founded in 2013 and started as a League of Legends org, and went through a slow but steady period of growth from 2013-2018, and has achieved top-level international success across multiple games.
-C9 currently compete in League of Legends, Hearthstone, Smash, CSGO, Overwatch (London Spitfire), Fortnite, and VALORANT. They were one of the first teams to enter VALORANT in April 2020, a few days after the beta went live.
-The org has reported 35 million USD in revenue for 2021, and 380 million USD in equity (I can convert to other currencies if requested). They are currently ranked the world's fifth most valuable esports org.

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-Cloud9 first entered VALORANT with the roster of shinboi, TenZ, relyks, Mitch, and vice.
-After a lackluster performance at first strike, Shinobi was released in late 2020, and TenZ benched himself in early 2021. This would mark the beginning of a rebuilding period for C9.

2021
-The team didn't qualify for the first closed stage of VCT, and continued to shuffle around their roster. Leaf and xeta filled the spots of Tenz and Shinboi, Poiz was brought in as a 6th man, and vice departed to leave the roster as:

-xeta
-leaf
-mitch
-relyks
-poiz

-This roster had their first placement into a closed qualify, but quickly bowed out to V1, after which relyks stepped down and was replaced by floppy and xeppaa as a 6th man, both players coming from C9's CSGO division.
-This roster would have C9's best performance to date, coming one match shy of qualifying for Reykjavik 2021.
-Following Reykjavik, C9 failed to make the 3rd and final closed qualifier for the year, but had enough points to lock in a spot at LCQ. Following this loss they would bench poiz.
-C9 would go on to sign sign vanity, a former teammate of Leaf and Xeppaa, and would go on to win LCQ. The roster attending champions would be

-xeta
-leaf
-mitch
-vanity
-xeppaa

-At champions, C9 would place the highest amongst all North American teams, but would exit in 7th-8th place. Following Champions, they were ranked the #1 team in North America.

2022
-Cloud9 received a bye into the group stage of the first challengers and did not have to play through the open qualifier. They would have a 5-0 group stage, but would again fall one match short of qualifying for Masters 1, following a lower bracket final loss to The Guard.
-Going into stage 2, Cloud9 again received a bye into the group stage, but would make a roster change after their first match against EG, choosing to swap xeta and their coach autumn for curry on T1. The squad would lose their next 3 matches before winning 1 final match against sentinels, ending the group stage 2-3 and not making playoffs. Once again the team had enough points to attend LCQ.
-C9 would exit in 4th place at LCQ to the eventually winners 100T, ending their 2022 season. The team has not played a match since.

PLACEMENTS AND TOURNAMENTS
-5th-8th in BOTH first strike qualifiers (2020)
-9th-16th in both stage 1 qualifiers (2021)
-3rd in Stage 2 playoffs (2021)
-9th-16th in Stage 3 qualifier (2021)
-5th-8th in Stage 3 qualifier (2021)
-1st at NA LCQ (2021)
-7th-8th at 2021 Champions
-3rd at Challengers 1 (2022)
-9th-10th at Challengers 2 (2022)
-4th at NA LCQ (2022)

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-Curry and Mitch have been allowed to explore other options as restricted free agents
-JamezIRL, the head coach, has also been allowed to explore other options
-As reported by George Geddes, zellsis and yay are set to join C9 for the 2022 season.
-If the reports are true, the C9 2022 roster would be:

-leaf
-vanity
-xeppaa
~~-yay~~
-zellsis

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-Champions matches thread: https://www.vlr.gg/143692/champs-analysis-megathread
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

edit: C9 also have a women's game changers team in the form of Cloud9 White, who are touted as being the best women's team in North America, and possibly the best in the world.

POST LOCK//IN EDIT
-Yay has been dropped from the roster. His replacement is unknown at this time

wardell

reminder he played on a team w FNS in CS