Cloud9

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Cloud9
Team Information
Org Location	United States
Region	NA  North America
Head Coach	Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu
Partner(s)	Red Bull OMEN by HP U.S. Airforce Twitch HTC HyperX MSI NEEDforSEAT USA LoLwiz Puma
History
Created 2012-12-04
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Cloud9 (C9) is a North American eSports team formed by the former roster of Quantic Gaming following its dissolution. Aside from League of Legends, the organization also has divisions for DotA 2, COD, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Super Smash Bros, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, and Vainglory.

History

Pre-Season 3

During the off-season, the Quantic Gaming organization fell into financial distress and shut down operations, leaving the League of Legends team without a sponsor once again. Competing under the name "Team NomNom" and then Cloud9, Nientonsoh, Hai, Yazuki, Wild Turtle, and LemonNation secured a spot in the Season 3 North American Offline Qualifier for the League of Legends Championship Series. However, Cloud9 was knocked out in the group stage after losing to Azure Gaming and future LCS team Team MRN.

Initially, Nientonsoh said that Cloud9 would disband in light of the loss. The team later decided to stay together, although Nientonsoh and Yazuki did leave, causing a large roster change. Hai shifted from jungle to mid, and the team tried out new junglers and top laners in online competitions.

Season 3

On April 1, the Cloud9 roster of Hai, LemonNation, Meteos, and Balls was picked up by Quantic Gaming. However, just a few weeks later the roster would once again become Cloud9 with previous TSM manager Jack Etienne becoming their manager and owner of the team. In the Summer Promotion Qualifier, Cloud9 went 5-0 to earn a spot in the LCS Summer Split, beating Team Astral Poke 2-0, and compLexity 3-0. Cloud9 possesses the longest win streak in LCS history (13 games), the most victories in an LCS season split (25 games), and won first place in the Summer Split. Throughout the NA LCS Summer Playoffs, they were able to win every single one of their games/sets, first against Team Dignitas and then the grand finals against TSM. Cloud9 took home $50,000 USD as well a first round bye at the Season 3 World Championship. They finished their season 3 LCS and playoffs with a 30-3 total, the highest in LCS history and with a 91% win rate.

With high hopes, C9 went straight into the S3 Championship quarterfinals for being the North American champions. Their first international match as a team was against the top European seed, Fnatic. In a formidable set of games, Cloud9 lost 1-2, being the last North American team to be eliminated and ending up in eighth place.

2014 Preseason

On October 29, it was announced that while Alex Penn leaves, Dan Dinh would join as new coach.

At the first international pre-season tournament, IEM Cologne in November, Cloud9 received a bye into the second round and competed against Gambit Gaming of Russia. Gambit defeated Cloud9 2-0, marking their second immediate exit from an international tournament.

In December 2013, Cloud9 joined four other North American LCS teams at the Battle of the Atlantic, facing European champions Fnatic for the second time. With dominating performances by mid laner Hai, Cloud9 took the series 2-0, resulting in an overall North American win at the tournament and $10,000 USD for the team.

2014 Season

Cloud9 won the spring split of the LCS once again, and qualifying for the All Star event. However, prior to the event, Hai's lung collapsed, hospitalizing him and requiring him to use a respirator, and the team had to play with a substitute. After C9 requested Link as a temporary replacement, Counter Logic Gaming readily agreed to a two-month emergency loan deal that would cover the time in between splits, including All-Stars. Cloud9 went 3-1 in the group stage, losing only to SK Telecom T1 K, but in the bracket they were eliminated in the first round by OMG, losing 2-0.

In the summer season, despite placing first in the round robin, they took second place overall, losing to Team SoloMid in the finals 2-3. The second-place finish qualified them for the 2014 Season World Championship, where they were drawn into Group D along with NaJin White Shield, Alliance, and KaBuM! e-Sports. Cloud9 went 4-2 in the group, drawing with NaJin Shield for first place but losing the tiebreaker game. They were eliminated from the tournament in the bracket stage, falling 3-1 to Samsung Blue.

2015 Preseason

Cloud9 was the North American team fan-voted to IEM San Jose. They defeated paiN Gaming 2-0, Alliance 2-1, and then Unicorns of Love 3-0 to win the tournament.

On December 30, it was announced that Cloud9 were holding open tryouts for a North American Challenger team. See information about this team at Cloud9 Tempest.

2015 Season

Due to their IEM San Jose victory, Cloud9 qualified for IEM Katowice in March. They lost their only two games, first to GE Tigers and then to yoe Flash Wolves, and finished in 7th/8th place. Domestically, they underperformed at the start of the season, and were in 8th place at the end of the second week of the spring LCS split. However, they improved over the course of the season, ending with a second-place finish behind Team SoloMid and a playoff bye; after beating Team Liquid 3-2, Cloud9 lost to TSM 1-3 in the finals and finished the split overall in second place.

Soon after the spring finals, Hai announced his retirement from professional play, citing his wrist injuries and the fact that his support carry playstyle was not viable anymore as reasons for his retirement; however, he would remain with the Cloud9 organization as their Chief Gaming Officer. After tryouts including Cloud9 Tempest mid laner Yusui and the recently-unbanned European solo queue star Incarnati0n, the team settled on Incarnati0n as their new mid laner for the Summer Split. The team performed poorly for the first five weeks of the split and replaced Meteos with Hai going into the sixth week.

With Hai back on the team, Cloud9's record improved from 3-7 to 6-12 by the end of the split, and they finished in 7th place after a tie-breaker victory against Team 8, narrowly avoiding relegations and retaining their 70 Championship Points, though they did not qualify for playoffs. In the Regional Finals Gauntlet, Cloud9 reverse-swept both Gravity Gaming and Team Impulse before beating Team Liquid 3-1 in the finals. Their fourteen games played over the course of three days gave them North America's third seed to the 2015 Season World Championship, Cloud9's third-consecutive Worlds.

Considered an underdog at Worlds, Cloud9 were placed into Group B along with Fnatic, ahq, and Invictus Gaming and expected to place last. Instead, they surprised with an undefeated 3-0 first week, with Hai suddenly performing well on Lee Sin and Balls on Darius; Incarnati0n also introduced Veigar as a pick in their first game against ahq. In the second week, Cloud9 needed only one win to advance to the quarterfinals but were unable to find it, losing four games in a row including a tiebreaker loss to ahq. They placed third in their group, ahead of only Invictus Gaming.

2016 Preseason

After their Worlds run, Cloud9 announced the retirement of LemonNation and his move to a staff role; they also opened tryouts for jungler and support, with Hai to play whichever role was not filled via a tryout. They ended up adding two new players - former Gravity support Bunny FuFuu and Team Impulse jungler Rush - with Hai to split time with Bunny in the support role. Rush debuted with the team at IEM Cologne, where they were eliminated in the first round by H2k.

2016 Season

Cloud9 started the spring season with Hai and Bunny FuFuu alternating games, but after two losses with Bunny and two wins with Hai, they committed to starting Hai full-time and rose to a 67% winrate, with a third-place seed in the playoffs. However, despite a seeding advantage, the team lost to sixth-seed TSM in the first round. After the end of the split, Cloud9 recreated its Challenger team and shuffled rosters between the two teams, initially setting up for the summer split with Impact, Meteos, Jensen, Sneaky, and Bunny FuFuu as its LCS roster; former Team Dragon Knights support Smoothie later also joined the team.

For the first seven weeks of the split, Bunny FuFuu and Smoothie shared the support role, but after that point Bunny stepped down to a substitute and streaming role, and Smoothie became the full-time starter. The team equaled its spring record with a 12-6 finish, again securing the third seed into the playoffs. There, Cloud9 defeated Team EnVyUs and Immortals before falling to TSM 3-1 in the finals; their second-place result was their best placement since Spring 2015. In the Regional Finals, or the gauntlet, Cloud9 faced and defeated both EnVyUs and Immortals to qualify for the World Championship for the fourth consecutive year.

The team was placed into Group B together with SK Telecom T1, Flash Wolves and I May. The North American powerhouse walked on the edge of elimination until the very last game of the Group Stage: Meteos, Jensen and Sneaky had rough games, and Impact wasn't able to snowball an early advantage into a game-winning splitpush threat on his signature Gnar, as he did in the NALCS Playoffs. In the end managed to clutch a Quarterfinals berth after two difficult weeks of competition, placing second with a 3-3 score and thus becoming the first North American team since 2014 to place in the Top 8 at Worlds after North America had been shut out of the playoffs in 2015. They were drawn into the right side of the playoff bracket, where they met Samsung Galaxy and were swept 0-3 by the Korean team.

2017 Season

As the best-performing NA team at the 2016 Season World Championship, Cloud9 received an invitation to the IEM World Championship; however, two weeks before the competition, C9 withdrew from the tournament, citing their priority to focus on continuing their then-dominant performances in the NA LCS, as well as the political uncertainty of the environment regarding travel by persons with visas.

In the offseason, Cloud9 made two roster changes. Meteos stepped down as starting jungler, leaving Sneaky as the only remaining member of the original Cloud9 roster. Replacing him was rookie jungler Contractz, formerly of Cloud9 Challenger. The team also acquired former Apex Gaming top laner Ray, with the intention of platooning him and Impact. Cloud9 would also be playing against new LCS team FlyQuest in the Spring, which had begun as Cloud9's challenger team and included original Cloud9 members Hai, Balls, and LemonNation.

With Impact getting most of the starts in the top lane, Cloud9 roared to an 8-0 record over the first four weeks of the Spring Split, good for first place, two games above a surprising FlyQuest. However, Cloud9 cooled off over the next four weeks, going 4-4 and falling to within 1 game of third place Phoenix1, before a 2-0 final week propelled them to a 14-4 finish, comfortably in second. Cloud9 also beat FlyQuest in both of their head to head matchups. For their efforts, Reapered win would Coach of the Split, Contractz would receive Rookie of the Split, and Smoothie would also be named to the all NALCS First Team.

With their playoff bye, Cloud9's first stop in the playoffs would be against Phoenix1 in the semifinals, which by this time included former C9 jungler Meteos, who had joined them in midseason. Meteos failed to defeat his old team, and Cloud9 swept Phoenix1 3-0, setting up their second consecutive finals appearance against TSM. Going into the finals, C9 elected to alternate Ray and Impact as they had in the semifinals. However, this strategy appeared not to work, as each player lost the first game they played. Switching back to Ray for game 3, Cloud9 prevailed in a close match to stave off elimination, followed by a dominant game 4 win behind Impact on Shen and Smoothie's surprise Gragas support pick. With Ray returning for game 5, Cloud9 were on the brink of reverse sweeping TSM and winning their first title since the 2014 Spring Split. However, Jensen failed to use either his Zhonya's Hourglass or Ekko ultimate in a crucial teamfight, giving TSM the victory in both the fight and the series.

Cloud9 made no changes in the midseason, but began the Summer Split inconsistently. Of particular concern was the top lane, with both Impact and Ray starting for stretches of time but neither playing well. At the mid-split break, Cloud9 was 6-4, good for fourth place behind TSM and a much improved Immortals and CLG.

Their second place finish in the previous split meant that Cloud9 would be one of the three North American teams invited to the first EU/NA Rift Rivals, along with TSM and Phoenix1. However, a number of Cloud9 players were ill during the event, so while NA were dominant, Cloud9 finished only 3-3, the worst of the invited North American teams, and did not make it out of the group stage.

The aftereffects of their Rift Rivals struggles continued when C9 returned to domestic play, as they went 0-2 in week 6 and fell to 6th place. However, helped by having the easiest remaining schedule of any team, C9 won their final six games to finish fourth. The team also settled on Impact in the top lane, with Ray not playing any games after week six. Despite the team's struggles, Jensen had remained consistently dominant, and managed to edge Bjergsen of TSM for the NALCS First Team mid lane slot.

In the quartefinals, Cloud9 were matched up against 5th place Team Dignitas, who also had an inconsistent Summer Split but were looking much improved with the addition of bot laners Altec and Adrian. The series was expected to be close, but Dignitas shocked the world by taking the first two games off of Cloud9 to put them one game away from advancing. C9 managed to win game 3 and were on the verge of sending it to a game 5 with all three Dignitas inhibitors down, but a clutch Taliyah ultimate by mid laner Keane prevented C9 from reaching the nexus. Dignitas then held on to outlast Cloud9, eliminating them from the playoffs.

Due to their Championship Points from the Spring Split, Cloud9 would have the first slot in the Regional Finals to make the 2017 Season World Championship. There, they met CLG and defeated them 3-1, keeping Cloud9's record of never missing Worlds since qualifying for the LCS intact. Due to being the third seed, Cloud9 entered Worlds through the new Play-In stage, and were seeded into Group B with Dire Wolves of the OPL and Team oNe eSports of the CBLOL. Cloud9 easily dispatched both teams in the group stage and then defeated Latin America North's Lyon Gaming to qualify for the main Group Stage, all without dropping a single game.

In the main event, Cloud9 were seeded into Group A, alongside LCK second-place team SK Telecom T1, LPL champions Edward Gaming and second-place Ahq e-Sports Club of the LMS. Expected to be in contention with Edward Gaming for the second seed, Cloud9 had a good first week, losing only to SKT, as EDG massively under performed. However, Cloud9 lost to both SKT and a much improved EDG in week 2 and appeared on the verge of having to play a tiebreaker before EDG once again blew a massive gold lead to SKT, propelling C9 into the knockout stage. For the second year in a row, Cloud9 were the only North American team to make it out of groups.

In the knockout stage, they matched up against Team WE of the LPL. After losing the first game despite opening up an early lead, C9 won the next two games to put them one win away from becoming the first North American team ever to advance to the semifinals of Worlds. However, Cloud9's luck ran out there, as they lost the next two games and were eliminated, ending their Worlds journey.

2018 Season

Spring Split

In the offseason, Cloud9 once again made changes in jungle and top lane. Both top laners departed and were replaced by rookie Licorice, while Contractz was replaced by former TSM jungler Svenskeren. Reviews of these changes were mixed: while Licorice had been one of the best top laners in the Challenger Series, there were questions about his ability to match up against many of the elite imports in the NALCS, and Svenskeren had been considered a weak link on TSM despite having won multiple splits with the team. The beginning of the Spring Split seemed to belie these pessimistic predictions, as Cloud9 began the season 7-1, tied with an equally surprising Echo Fox for first place through the first four weeks. Particularly integral to their success was Licorice's stellar play on a variety of carry champions, as well as excellent support play by Smoothie. However, the team seemed to hit a speed bump in the next few weeks, posting 1-1 records in weeks 5 through 8, with Licorice beginning to struggle as the top lane meta shifted towards tanks. Still, going into Week 9, C9 had clinched playoffs and remained tied for first, and needed only a single victory in the final week to clinch themselves a playoff bye. However, they first lost to a surging Team Liquid, then were upset by 8th place FlyQuest, setting up an unprecedented four way tie for 3rd place between them, Team Liquid, Clutch Gaming, and TSM that had to be broken through a tiebreaker series. Cloud9's struggles continued in this series, as they lost again to Team Liquid in the first tiebreaker to drop them to the 5th place match, before managing to finally stop the bleeding with a victory against Clutch.

In the playoff quarterfinals, Cloud9 were yet again matched up against Team Liquid. Though Liquid was favored due to C9's late season struggles, the series was expected to be hotly contested. While C9 kept all three games close, they failed to win any of them, ending their season in the quarterfinals with only 10 Championship Points.

Summer Split

C9 started the 2018 Summer Season by promoting Goldenglue, Keith, and Zeyzal to the LCS roster. By Week 5 C9 were in tenth place. After bringing back Jensen and Sneaky to the main roster as well as subbing in Blaber for the rest of the summer season, Cloud9 surged and made it to second place and secured a playoff bye by the end of the regular season. In the playoffs, Cloud9 defeated Team SoloMid 3-2 in the Semifinals and lost 0-3 to Team Liquid in the Finals. They moved onto the Regional Qualifier and won 3-0 over TSM to make worlds.

At the 2018 World Championship, Cloud9 once again had to make it through the Play-In stage. They went 4-0 in the Play-In group stage, and beat Gambit Esports 3-2 to advance to the Main Event. Cloud 9 were seeded into Group B, dubbed the "Group of Death", with Team Vitality, Royal Never Give Up, and Gen.G. Cloud9 defied expectations and made it out of the group in second place with a 4-3 record after losing the first place tiebreaker to RNG.

In the Quarterfinals, C9 made history and defeated Afreeca Freecs 3-0, making it the first time since the Season One World Championship that a North American team had made semifinals. In the Semifinals, C9 lost 0-3 to Fnatic.

Trivia

• Cloud9 earned the "Esports Organisation of the Year" prize at the Esports Awards in 2018.

Timeline

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012

• January 2, loulex moves to streamer.
• January 3, Selfie leaves.
• June 4, RapidStar joins as assistant coach.
• June 13, Goldenglue, Keith, and Zeyzal join from Cloud9 Academy.
• June 15, RapidStar is listed as a sub.
• June 22, Vincent Lewis joins as League of Legends assistant manager.
• June 30, Keith leaves.
• July 21, Blaber joins from Cloud9 Academy.
• July 24, Smoothie leaves.
• August 19, Danan leaves managerial role.
• October 15, Jonathon leaves analyst role.
• November 19, Jensen leaves.
• November 23, Nisqy joins.

• January 4, organization announces Cloud9 Challenger departure.
• January 5, Bunny FuFuu becomes a streamer. Thinkcard leaves.
• February 16, Bunny FuFuu moves back to sub. Meteos leaves.
• February 23, Westrice and Winter join as subs.
• March 24, Cain leaves coaching role.
• June 26, loulex joins as coach.
• September 6, Gaylen Malone joins as League of Legends manager.
• October 29, Robin relocates within the organization.
• November 20, Westrice, Bunny FuFuu, and Winter's contracts expire.
• November 22, Licorice, Wiggily, and Selfie join.
• November 26, Impact and Contractz leave.
• November 27, Svenskeren joins.
• December 18, Cloud9 Academy is formed. Selfie moves to sub. Wiggily moves to the academy team.
• December 19, Ray leaves.

• January 5, Hard leaves.
• January 7, Westrice, Yusui, and Sheep leave.
• April 22, Altec joins as a sub. Balls, Rush, Hai, and LemonNation move to sub. Aforementioned players form the new starting roster of Cloud9 Challenger.
• May 9, Impact joins. Meteos and Bunny FuFuu become starters.
• May 15, Reapered and Kubz join as head coach and assistant coach respectively.
• May 18, Smoothie joins. Hai moves to substitute midlaner. LemonNation leaves.
• May 22, Robin joins as translator.
• June 2, Kubz leaves.
• July 13, Thinkcard and Zeyzal join as subs. Balls, Hai, and Altec leave.
• July 16, Bunny FuFuu moves to sub. Platypus joins as a remote analyst. Rush leaves.
• August 30, David Denis joins as sports psychologist.
• December 8, Zeyzal leaves.
• December 19, Ray and Contractz join. Cain joins as assistant coach. Meteos moves to sub.

• January 8, Krepo joins as streamer.
• January 24, HTC sponsors Cloud9.
• February 25, Krepo part ways with Cloud9.
• April 19, 2nd Place at the 2015 NA LCS Spring Playoffs.
• April 23, Hai retires as a player and moves to Chief Gaming Officer.
• May 8, Incarnati0n joins.
• May 19, Intel sponsors Cloud9.
• July 3, Hai moves to the starting jungler. Meteos moves to sub.
• July 18, Charlie is moved to Cloud9 Tempest. Bubbadub joins.
• August 31, 1st Place in the 2015 Season North America Regional Finals and qualification for the 2015 Season World Championship.
• October 23, LemonNation retires.
• November 19, Rush and Bunny FuFuu join. Hai moves to support.
• December 18, Incarnati0n renames to Jensen.

• March 1, MeyeA joins as substitute.
• April 30, Counter Logic Gaming loans Link to Cloud9 as a replacement for Hai at All Stars Paris 2014 after Hai is hospitalized with a collapsed lung.
• May 20, Link rejoins CLG at the end of his loan.
• December 7, 1st Place at IEM Season IX - San Jose.

• January 8, Team NomNom renames to Cloud9.
• January 13, Nientonsoh and Yazuki leave.
• February, Meteos joins.
• March 25, WildTurtle leaves.
• April 1, Cloud9 roster is picked up by Quantic Gaming. Hai, LemonNation, Meteos, and Balls leave.
• May 23, Cloud9 reforms after the departure from Quantic Gaming. Hai, LemonNation, Meteos, Balls, and SnEaKyCaStRoO join.
• May 31, MegaZero joins as sub.
• June 7, otter joins as sub.
• June 8, HyperX title sponsors Cloud9.
• September 1, 1st place at LCS North America Season 3 Summer Playoffs
• October 28, Alex Penn leaves, while Dan Dinh joins as new Coach.

• December 4, Quantic Gaming releases Nientonsoh, Hai, LemonNation, WildTurtle, and Yazuki. The roster forms Team NomNom.

To read about Quantic Gaming history (November 2012 - December 2012), click here.

To read about Orbit Gaming history (April 2012 - November 2012), click here.

Player Roster

Active

R	C	ID	Name	Role	Contract Ends	Joined
NA		Licorice	Eric Ritchie	1Top Laner	2020-11-17	2017-11-22
NA		Blaber	Robert Huang	2Jungler	2020-11-17	2018-07-21
EU		Svenskeren	Dennis Johnsen	2Jungler	2020-11-17	2017-11-27
NA		Goldenglue	Greyson Gilmer	3Mid Laner	2020-11-17	2018-06-13
EU		Nisqy	Yasin Dinçer	3Mid Laner	2021-11-16	2018-11-23
NA		Sneaky	Zachary Scuderi	4Bot Laner	2020-11-17	2013-05-23
NA		Zeyzal	Tristan Stidam	5Support	2020-11-17	2018-06-13
KR		RapidStar	Jung Min-sung (정민성)	3Sub/Mid	2020-11-17	2018-06-15

Note: Teams are free to switch players between their LCS and Academy League rosters as long as their roster for each game complies with the rules outlined in this article. Therefore, more players are eligible to start than are listed on this page - we will only list those that do play.

Formerly On Loan

	ID	Name	Role	Loaned From	Duration
	Link	Austin Shin	3Mid Laner	Counter Logic Gaming	All-Star Paris 2014

Former

R	C	ID	Name	Role	Next Team	Joined	Left
EU		Jensen	Nicolaj Jensen	3Mid Laner	Team Liquid	2015-05-082015-05-08	2018-11-192018-11-19
NA		Smoothie	Andy Ta	5Support	Echo Fox	2016-05-182016-05-18	2018-07-242018-07-24
NA		Keith	Yuri Jew	4Bot Laner	Cloud9 Academy	2018-06-132018-06-13	2018-06-302018-06-30
EU		Selfie	Marcin Wolski	3Sub/Mid	Szata Maga	2017-11-222017-11-22	2018-01-032018-01-03
KR		Ray	Jeon Ji-won (전지원)	1Top Laner	EDward Gaming	2016-12-192016-12-19	2017-12-192017-12-19
NA		Wiggily	Raymond Griffin	2Jungler	Cloud9 Academy	2017-11-222017-11-22	2017-12-182017-12-18
KR		Impact	Jung Eon-yeong (정언영)	1Top Laner	Team Liquid	2016-05-092016-05-09	2017-11-262017-11-26
NA		Contractz	Juan Arturo Garcia	2Jungler	Golden Guardians	2016-12-192016-12-19	2017-11-262017-11-26
NA		Westrice	Jonathan Nguyen	1Sub/Top	Cloud9 Academy	2017-02-232017-02-23	2017-11-202017-11-20
NA		Bunny FuFuu	Michael Kurylo	5Sub/Sup	Streamer	2017-01-052017-01-05	2017-11-202017-11-20
NA		Winter	Olivier Lapointe	5Sub/Sup	OpTic Gaming Academy	2017-02-232017-02-23	2017-11-202017-11-20
NA		Meteos	William Hartman	2Sub/Jun	Phoenix1	2013-05-232013-05-23	2017-02-162017-02-16
NA		Thinkcard	Thomas Slotkin	2Sub/Jun	Cloud9 Challenger	2016-07-132016-07-13	2017-01-052017-01-05
NA		Zeyzal	Tristan Stidam	5Sub/Sup	eUnited	2016-07-132016-07-13	2016-12-082016-12-08
KR		Rush	Lee Yoon-jae (이윤재)	2Sub/Jun	KT Rolster	2015-11-192015-11-19	2016-07-162016-07-16
NA		Balls	An Van Le	1Sub/Top	Cloud9 Challenger	2013-05-232013-05-23	2016-07-132016-07-13
NA		Hai	Hai Du Lam	2Jungler	Cloud9 Challenger	2015-07-032015-07-03	2016-07-132016-07-13
NA		Altec	Johnny Ru	4Sub/Bot	Cloud9 Challenger	2016-04-222016-04-22	2016-07-132016-07-13
NA		Westrice	Jonathan Nguyen	1Sub/Top	Ember	2015-02-112015-02-??	2016-01-072016-01-07
NA		Yusui	David Bloomquist	3Sub/Mid	Flexqueued	2016-01-112016-01-??	2016-01-072016-01-07
NA		Sheep	Jamie Gallagher	5Sub/Sup	Tempo Storm	2015-04-112015-04-??	2016-01-072016-01-07
NA		Hard	Anthony Barkhovtsev	2Sub/Jun	Echo Fox	2016-01-112016-01-??	2016-01-052016-01-05
NA		Solo	Colin Earnest	1Sub/Top	Cloud9 Tempest	1111-11-11????-??-??	1111-11-11????-??-??
NA		LemonNation	Daerek Hart	5Support	Coach	2013-05-232013-05-23	2015-10-232015-10-23
NA		Yahoo	David Chang	3Sub/Mid	Retired	2015-03-112015-03-??	2015-06-112015-06-??
NA		Hai	Hai Du Lam	3Mid Laner	Manager	2013-05-232013-05-23	2015-04-232015-04-23
NA		LOD	Benjamin deMunck	4Sub/Bot	Cloud9 Tempest	2015-01-112015-01-??	2015-02-112015-02-??
NA		otter	Brian Baniqued	4Sub/Bot	Enemy	2013-06-072013-06-07	2015-01-112015-01-??
NA		Yazuki	Gabriel Ng	1Sub/Top	Retired	2014-01-112014-01-??	2014-11-112014-??-??
NA		MeyeA	Abe Nguyen	5Sub/Sup	Riot Games Inc.	2014-03-012014-03-01	2014-11-112014-??-??
NA		Kez	Kevin Jeon	2Sub/Jun	compLexity Gaming	2014-01-112014-01-??	2014-05-112014-05-??
NA		MegaZero	Patrick Glinsman	1Sub/Top	Team SoloMid	2013-05-312013-05-31	2014-02-112014-02-??
NA		Balls	An Le	1Top Laner	Quantic Gaming	2013-01-112013-01-??	2013-04-012013-04-01
NA		Meteos	William Hartman	2Jungler	Quantic Gaming	2013-02-112013-02-??	2013-04-012013-04-01
NA		LemonNation	Daerek Hart	5Support	Quantic Gaming	2012-12-042012-12-04	2013-04-012013-04-01
NA		Hai	Hai Du Lam	3Mid Laner	Quantic Gaming	2012-12-042012-12-04	2013-04-012013-04-01
NA		WildTurtle	Jason Tran	4Bot Laner	Team SoloMid	2012-12-042012-12-04	2013-03-252013-03-25
NA		Yazuki	Gabriel Ng	1Top Laner	Azure Cats	2012-12-042012-12-04	2013-01-132013-01-13
NA		Nientonsoh	Zach Malhas	3Mid Laner	Azure Cats	2012-12-042012-12-04	2013-01-132013-01-13

Player LCS Participation

Player	2013				2014				2015				2016				2017				2018				EU	NA	Total
	Spring		Summer		Spring		Summer		Spring		Summer		Spring		Summer		Spring		Summer		Spring		Summer
	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team
Balls			28		28		28		18		18		18				43		44						0	225	225
Meteos			28		28		28		18		10				44		19		3		18		6		0	202	202
Hai			28		28		28		18		8		16				43		44		18				0	231	231
Sneaky			28		28		28		18		18		18		44		44		45		18		12		0	301	301
LemonNation			28		28		28		18		18						43		44		18				0	225	225
Jensen											18		18		44		44		45		18		13		0	200	200
Rush									18		18		18												0	54	54
Bunny FuFuu					12				18		18		2		16										0	66	66
Impact									16		18		17		44		34		31		18		18		0	196	196
Smoothie											15		1		28		44		45		18		8		0	159	159
Ray															46		10		14						0	70	70
Contractz																	44		45		18		18		0	125	125
Svenskeren	28		8		28		28		18		18		18		41		47		41		18		9		128	174	302
Licorice																					18		18		0	36	36
goldenglue					6						12		5				26		30				7		0	86	86
KEITH									6		1		16		42		43		32				4		0	144	144
Blaber																							9		0	9	9
Zeyzal																							16		0	16	16

For a full chart listing all LCS players, click here.

Only regular season games are listed. Last update: after LCS Summer 2018

Organization

Current

C	ID	Name	Position
	Jack	Jack Etienne	Founder & CEO
		Elizabeth Patterson	Director Account Management & Head of Social Media
	David	David Denis	Director of Sports Psychology and Nutrition
	Gaylen	Gaylen Malone	General Manager (LoL)
	Vincent	Vincent Lewis	Assistant Manager (LoL)
		Mark Register	Creative Director
	Portilho	Mateus Gravatá Portilho	Social Media Manager
	Mushyee	Marissa Brown	House Manager & Social Media Coordinator
	Reapered	Bok Han-gyu (복한규)	70Head Coach
	RapidStar	Jung Min-sung (정민성)	70Assistant Coach
	Maddie	Maddisen Soer	Videographer & Head of LoL Content
	Bunny FuFuu	Michael Kurylo	70Streamer
	loulex	Jean-Victor Burgevin	70Streamer

Former

C	ID	Name	Position	Next Team
	Jonathon	Jonathon McDaniel	Lead Analyst	Golden Guardians
	Danan	Danan Flander	General Manager (Org)	Golden Guardians
	loulex	Jean-Victor Burgevin	70Coach	Streamer
	Robin	Lee Seung-hwan (이승환)	Manager, Translator, & Analyst	London Spitfire
	Cain	Jang Nu-ri (장누리)	70Assistant Coach	Team Liquid
	Bunny FuFuu	Michael Kurylo	70Streamer	Sub/Support
	Olivier	Olivier Debeuf	Remote Analyst	None
	Hai	Hai Du Lam	70Chief Gaming Officer	Jungle
	Thinkcard	Thomas Slotkin	70Analyst	Cloud9 Challenger
	Bubbadub	Royce Newcomb	70Assistant Coach & Lead Analyst	None
	Empiric	Taylor Manuel	Data Analyst	None
	Timkiro	Timothy Cho	Remote Analyst	Echo Fox
	Saiph	Anthony Busack	Remote Analyst	Echo Fox
	Kubz	Kublai Barlas	70Assistant Coach	Nerv
	Charlie	Charlie Lipsie	Content Creator	Phoenix1
	JReborn	James Roberts	Remote Analyst	Super Nova
	LemonNation	Daerek Hart	70Head Coach	Cloud9 Challenger
	Dan Dinh	Daniel Dinh	70Life Coach & Mentor	Team SoloMid
	Alex Penn	Alex Penn	Coach/Analyst	Team Coast

Tournament Results

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Cloud9 Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • EurosLocal • USD • EurosLocal • USD • Euros)
Date	Pl	Prize	Event	Last Result	Roster
2018-10-28	A33 - 4	$ 451,500$ 451,500€ 391,447.34	Worlds 2018 Main Event	0 : 3FNC	Licorice,  Svenskeren,  Blaber,  Jensen,  Sneaky,  Zeyzal,  Reapered
2018-10-06	I1Q		Worlds 2018 Play-In	3 : 2GMB	Licorice,  Blaber,  Svenskeren,  Jensen,  Sneaky,  Zeyzal,  Reapered
2018-09-16	A11		NA Regional Finals 2018	3 : 0TSM	Licorice,  Blaber,  Jensen,  Sneaky,  Zeyzal,  Reapered,  RapidStar
2018-09-09	A22	$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000	NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3TL	Licorice,  Blaber,  Svenskeren,  Jensen,  Goldenglue,  Sneaky,  Zeyzal,  Reapered,  RapidStar
2018-08-20	A22		NA LCS 2018 Summer	11 - 7RR	Licorice,  Svenskeren,  Blaber,  Jensen,  Goldenglue,  Keith,  Sneaky,  Zeyzal,  Smoothie,  Reapered,  RapidStar
2018-03-24	A55 - 6		NA LCS 2018 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3TL	Licorice,  Svenskeren,  Jensen,  Sneaky,  Smoothie,  Reapered
2018-03-18	A55		NA LCS 2018 Spring	11 - 7RR	Licorice,  Svenskeren,  Jensen,  Sneaky,  Smoothie,  Reapered
2017-11-04	A55 - 8	$ 197,879$ 197,879€ 170,175.94	Worlds 2017	2 : 3WE	Impact,  Contractz,  Jensen,  Sneaky,  Smoothie,  Reapered
2017-09-10	A11		NA Regional Finals 2017	3 : 1CLG	Impact,  Contractz,  Jensen,  Sneaky,  Smoothie,  Reapered
2017-09-03	A55 - 6		NA LCS 2017 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3d	Impact,  Contractz,  Jensen,  Sneaky,  Smoothie,  Reapered
Total Prize: USD 699,379

Highlight Videos

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016

• January 22, HighLight on Cloud9 LoL - W1 2018 Spring Split (8m13s)
• January 29, HighLight on Cloud9 LoL - W2 2018 Spring Split (7m49s)
• February 5, HighLight on Cloud9 LoL - W3 2018 Spring Split (7m44s)
• February 14, HighLight on Cloud9 LoL - W4 2018 Spring Split (7m40s)

• Jan 20th, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 1 | Cloud9 vs TSM Highlights (2017) (4m25s)
• Jan 23rd, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 1 | Cloud9 vs Dignitas Highlights (2017) (4m35s)
• Jan 28th, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 2 | Cloud9 vs Immortals Highlights (2017) (3m35s)
• Jan 29th, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 2 | Cloud9 vs CLG Highlights (2017) (6m20s)
• Feb 4th, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 3 | Cloud9 vs EnVy Highlights (2017) (5m21s)
• Feb 5th, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 3 | Cloud9 vs Echo Fox Highlights (2017) (5m16s)
• Feb 10th, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 4 | Cloud9 vs Team Liquid Highlights (2017) (7m38s)
• Feb 12th, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 4 | Cloud9 vs FlyQuest Highlights (2017) (7m39s)
• Feb 18th, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 5 | Cloud9 vs TSM Highlights (2017) (6m27s)
• Feb 19th, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 5 | Cloud9 vs Pheonix1 Highlights (2017) (4m26s)
• March 4, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 6 | Cloud9 vs Echo Fox Highlights (2017) (5m03s)
• March 5, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 6 | Cloud9 vs FlyQuest Highlights (2017) (5m19s)
• March 10, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 7 | Cloud9 vs Team Liquid Highlights (2017) (5m17s)
• March 11, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 7 | Cloud9 vs CLG Highlights (2017) (7m30s)
• March 18, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 8 | Cloud9 vs Immortals Highlights (2017) (6m07s)
• Mar 19th, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 8 | Cloud9 vs EnVyUs Highlights (2017) (6m50s)
• March 24, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 9 | Cloud9 vs Dignitas Highlights (2017) (6m28s)
• March 25, Cloud9 LoL - LCS Week 9 | Cloud9 vs Pheonix1 Highlights (2017) (6m29s)
• April 15, Cloud9 LoL - Cloud9 vs Phoenix1 | LCS Semis Highlights (2017 Spring) (5m50s)
• June 2, Cloud9 vs CLG | LCS Week 1 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (6m31s)
• June 3, Cloud9 vs TSM | LCS Week 1 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (3m37s)
• June 10, Cloud9 vs Phoenix1 | LCS Week 2 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (4m40s)
• June 11, Cloud9 vs Echo Fox | LCS Week 2 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (6m59s)
• June 17, Cloud9 vs Immortals | LCS Week 3 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (6m34s)
• June 18, Cloud9 vs FlyQuest | LCS Week 3 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (5m35s)
• June 24, Cloud9 vs Team Liquid | LCS Week 4 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (4m37s)
• June 25, Cloud9 vs Dignitas | LCS Week 4 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (6m12s)
• June 30, Cloud9 vs Team Solomid | LCS Week 5 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (10m25s)
• July 1, Cloud9 vs CLG | LCS Week 5 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (3m55s)
• July 5, Rift Rivals | Day One Highlights (G2 Esports & Fnatic) by Cloud9 (6m36s)
• July 6, Rift Rivals | Day Two Highlights (Unicorns Of Love & G2 Esports) by Cloud9 (6m08s)
• July 7, Rift Rivals | Day Three Highlights (Unicorns Of Love & Fnatic) by Cloud9 (5m07s)
• July 15, C9 vs NV | LCS Week 6 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (5m31s)
• July 16, C9 vs IMT | LCS Week 6 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (5m05s)
• July 21, C9 vs P1 | LCS Week 7 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (8m51s)
• July 23, C9 vs DIG | LCS Week 7 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (7m53s)
• July 29, C9 vs TL | LCS Week 8 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (5m26s)
• July 30, C9 vs FLY | LCS Week 8 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (6m58s)
• August 5, Cloud9 vs EnVy | LCS Week 9 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (7m33s)
• August 6, Cloud9 vs Echo Fox | LCS Week 9 Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (6m48s)
• August 19, Cloud9 vs Dignitas | LCS Quarter Final Highlights (2017 Summer) by Cloud9 (5m41s)
• September 10, Cloud9 vs CLG | The Gauntlet (Highlights) by Cloud9 (12m38s)
• September 23, #Worlds | Play-In Day 1 (Highlights) by Cloud9 (4m38s)
• September 24, #Worlds | Play-In Day 2 (Highlights) by Cloud9 (5m10s)
• September 28, #Worlds | Play-In Knockouts (Highlights) by Cloud9 (9m54s)
• October 7, #Worlds | Groupstage Week 1 (Highlights) by Cloud9 (6m23s)
• October 15, #Worlds | Groupstage Week 2 (Highlights) by Cloud9 (6m09s)
• October 24, #Worlds | Quarterfinals (Highlights) by Cloud9 (10m16s)

• March 31, [LoL] Cloud9's Top 5 Plays from the 2016 Spring Split (2m30s)
• August 20, Cloud9 | NA LCS | Summer Split | Season 6

Team Videos

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013

• January 23, "Best of Ones" | 7 Minutes in Cloud9 by Cloud9
• January 24, "Trash Talk" | 7 Minutes in Cloud9 by Cloud9
• January 25, "New Orgs" | 7 Minutes in Cloud9 by Cloud9
• January 26, "Nunu Patch 8.2" | 7 Minutes in Cloud9 by Cloud9

• January 20, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis II - Pre-Season by Cloud9
• January 27, Genesis II - EP.1 - Reborn by Cloud9
• January 28, Genesis II - EP.2 - Ambition by Cloud9
• February 1, Reflections Ep.1 - IMT Week 2 by Cloud9
• February 2, Reflections Ep.2 - CLG Week 2 by Cloud9
• February 7, Reflections Ep.3 - NV Week 3 by Cloud9
• February 8, Reflections Ep.4 - FOX Week 3 by Cloud9
• February 15, Reflections Ep.5 - Team Liquid Week 4 by Cloud9
• February 17, Genesis II - EP.3 | Fly by Cloud9
• February 22, Reflections Ep.6 - Team Solomid Week 5 by Cloud9
• February 23, Reflections Ep.7 - Phoenix1 Week 5 by Cloud9
• February 27, Cloud9 vs FlyQuest | A New Rivalry by Cloud9
• March 7, Reflections Ep.8 - Echo Fox Week 6 by Cloud9
• March 8, Reflections Ep.9 - FlyQuest Week 6 by Cloud9
• April 13, Cloud9 LoL - Playoffs Hype | NALCS 2017 Spring Split by Cloud9
• June 2, C9 vs CLG Hype by Cloud9
• June 8, C9LoL | Jensen - CLG Week 1 Recap by Cloud9
• June 9, C9LoL | Contractz - TSM Week 1 Recap by Cloud9
• June 15, C9LoL | Sneaky - P1 Week 2 Recap by Cloud9
• June 16, C9LoL | Smoothie - FOX Week 2 Recap by Cloud9
• June 23, C9LoL | Impact - IMT Week 3 Recap by Cloud9
• June 25, C9LoL | Contractz - FLY Week 3 Recap by Cloud9
• June 25, C9LoL | Meet C9 Loulex by Cloud9
• June 30, C9LoL | Reapered - Team Status | TL Week 4 by Cloud9
• July 1, C9LoL | Sneaky - DIG Week 4 Recap by Cloud9
• July 11, C9LoL | Jensen - TSM Week 5 Recap by Cloud9
• July 14, C9LoL | Smoothie - CLG Week 5 Recap by Cloud9
• July 21, C9LoL | Impact - NV Week 6 Recap by Cloud9
• July 26, C9LoL | Contractz - P1 Week 7 Recap by Cloud9
• July 30, C9LoL | Jensen - DIG Week 7 by Cloud9
• August 5, C9LoL | Meet C9 Westrice by Cloud9
• August 9, C9LoL | Smoothie - TL Week 8 by Cloud9
• August 11, C9LoL | Sneaky - FLY Week 8 by Cloud9
• August 17, C9LoL | Impact - NV Week 9 by Cloud9
• August 18, C9LoL | Prepared for Playoffs by Cloud9
• August 24, #AskC9 Episode 6 by Cloud9
• September 7, C9LoL | Playoffs - DIG Week 10 by Cloud9
• September 7, C9 Explains: The Gauntlet by Cloud9
• September 17, C9LoL | Regional Qualifiers by Cloud9
• October 4, C9LoL | Play-in Stage by Cloud9
• October 21, C9LoL | Groups: NA's Last Hope by Cloud9
• November 3, C9LoL | Quarterfinals by Cloud9
• November 26, Thank You: Eon-Young "Impact" Jeong by Cloud9
• November 26, Thank You: Juan "Contractz" Garcia by Cloud9
• December 19, Thank you: Jeon "Ray" Ji-Won by Cloud9
• December 20, All-Star AMA with Cloud9 & TSM Presented by T-Mobile with Cloud9

• January 14, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.1 - New Beginnings by Cloud9
• February 3, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.2 - Shadows by Cloud9
• February 11, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.3 - Rivalries by Cloud9
• February 18, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.4 - Guidance by Cloud9
• February 25, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.5 - Vision by Cloud9
• March 17, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.6 - Steps by Cloud9
• March 24, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.7 - Feedback by Cloud9
• April 13, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.8 - Patterns by Cloud9
• May 15, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.9 - Reformed by Cloud9
• June 10, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.10 - Changes by Cloud9
• June 17, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.11 - Perspective by Cloud9
• June 24, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.12 - Resolve by Cloud9
• July 1, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.13 - Sources by Cloud9
• July 9, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.14 - Climax by Cloud9
• July 15, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.15 - Evolution by Cloud9
• July 23, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.16 - Shift by Cloud9
• July 29, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.17 - Distance by Cloud9
• August 7, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.18 - Third by Cloud9
• August 20, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.19 - Mindful by Cloud9
• October 1, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.20 - Glory by Cloud9
• December 12, Cloud9 LoL - Genesis Ep.21 - Worlds by Cloud9

• February 19, Cloud9 LoL | HyperX House Tour by HyperX
• May 30, Cloud 9: Past and Present by LoL Esports
• September 3 - Ride Along with Cloud 9 by Lisa Doan and Nic Doucet for theScore
• October 1, Cloud9 LoL - Against All Odds EP01 - Trials by Cloud9
• October 4, Worlds video feature: Cloud9's road to Worlds by LoL Esports
• October 9, Cloud9 LoL - Against All Odds EP02 - Worrying Trend by Cloud9
• October 20, Cloud9 LoL - Against All Odds EP03 - Persevere by Cloud9

• October 3, Perfect Storm: Cloud9 Makes the Quarterfinals - with LoL Esports
• October 21, Playboy goes Behind The Scenes with Cloud 9

• January 12, A Video Tribute to Orbit Gaming/Reddit Nation/Quantic Gaming/Nomnom/Cloud 9 - Highlight Video
• January 18, Cloud9 gets a 5 for 1 in Rising Stars Invitational - Highlight Video
• July 10, 72 Hours: Cloud 9 at MLG Anaheim - with Machinima
• September 20, Cloud 9 house cleaned by Homejoy

Interviews

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013

• February 10, C9 Owner Jack: "I gave Impact a hug after the game. Impact said ‘this is my gift to you'." with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
• March 27, C9 Reapered: “Thanks for cheering for us and big sorry, we’ll be strong next split” with Izento on The Shotcaller
• June 18, Jack reveals why Sneaky, Jensen, Smoothie, benched - meet his dad on Father's Day with Travis Gafford on YouTube
• August 22, Jack on Cloud9's critics and the long, hard road through summer split with Travis Gafford on YouTube
• September, 5 C9 Svenskeren: "Being put down to the academy was a right decision because I can improve on my own skill as a player." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
• September 6, C9 Reapered on the Coach of the Split Award: "I think I really deserve it. Because I’m f***ing smart" with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
• September 17, Jack says NA has BETTER CHANCES than they've ever had at Worlds with Travis Gafford on YouTube
• September 28, Cloud9 Korean Bootcamp: "RNG and Gen.G were both in the music video, so they are going to get too cocky." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok, Byungho "Haao" Kim, James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
• October 18, Jack on Cloud9's glorious exit from Worlds groups and how far they can go with Travis Gafford on YouTube
• October 19, Jack Etienne reflects on benching Sneaky & Jensen and comments on NA players playing Fortnite with Darius Matuschak from The Shotcaller
• October 22, Cloud9 owner Jack Etienne amazed with teams progress through worlds 2018 with Ovilee May ESPN Esports

• February 21, In-depth interview with Cloud9 CEO Jack Etienne (Part 1): Building C9 and early esports impressions with Slingshot Esports
• March 3, Cloud9 LoL | #AskC9 Ep.4 "Going Bald" by Cloud9
• April 20, Cloud9 Jack on his involvement with his players, the secret to making playoffs and more with Yahoo Esports
• September 8, C9 Jack: “The only thing that matters every year is, ‘Do you go to worlds?’ and how well you do at worlds.” — A look at Cloud9 heading into the NA LCS gauntlet with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
• August 18, C9 Reapered: The Solution with Julian "Pastrytime" Carr on LoL Esports
• November 22, C9 Jack & FlyQuest Ryan Edens on Sneaky maid uniforms and franchise applications with Blitz Esports on Blitz Esports
• November 27, C9 & FlyQuest owners on how non-endemic owners can help their teams with Blitz Esports on Blitz Esports
• December 11, What You Need to Know About the 2018 Cloud9 by Kai Wong on DBLTAP
• December 13, Cloud9’s Jack Etienne on the 2018 NA LCS, his goals for C9 CS:GO and PUBG as an esport with The Nexus Podcast on theScore Esports
• December 21, LCS Rookies give their climbing advice & what they learned from working with Cloud9 for a week with Sharon Coone on Blitz Esports

• March 10, Cloud9 LoL - #AskC9 Ep.1
• March 31, Cloud9 LoL - #AskC9 Ep.2
• May 19, Cloud9 LoL - #AskC9 Ep.3
• August 7, Cloud9 owner Jack Etienne on why C9C exists, its future, and officially calls for LCS to franchise with Yahoo Esports

• October 3, IG vs C9 - Jack Interview with Twitch
• October 9, C9 Jack - 20 Questions with HyperX

• April 15, Game Over - 4.14.14 - Charlie on Cloud 9 (audio) with Game Over

• January 10, Cloud 9: High Hopes (video) with LoL Esports
• March 20, Cloud 9's Team AMA! with Reddit
• June 13, Alex Penn talks about life as coach of Cloud 9 with GameSpot
• August 16, Cloud 9's Manager Jack talks about Managing this Past Season (video) with GameSpot
• September 22, Cruising Altitude: Cloud 9 with Machinima
• September 26, HyperX Cloud 9 LCS NA Regional Champions Interview with HyperX
• September 31, Cloud 9 HyperX Talks League of Legends Championship with GameSkinny
• October 29, Interview with Cloud 9 manager Jack Etienne with LoL Esports

Articles & Videos

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014

• February 17, Cloud9 and Echo Fox face off for first place this weekend by Xing Li on DOT Esports
• February 25, Known vs. unknown: Who has the upper hand between Cloud9 and Clutch Gaming? by Xing Li on DOT Esports
• February 28, How C9's botlane pressure and Smoothie’s roaming win early game by Renato "Shakarez" Perdigão on Blitz Esports
• May 16, The Top 10 Most Dominant League of Legends Rosters of All-Time by theScore Esports on theScore Esports
• May 27, Cloud9: A Day In The Life Of A Professional Player. by Byungho "Haao" Kim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
• June 22, Unraveling the mystery of Cloud9’s League of Legends team by Xing Li on Dot Esports
• June 22, The Curious Case of Cloud9 by Chase Wassenar for Unikrn
• July 19, Cloud9’s hopes of making playoffs this split are slim, even with Sneaky back in the lineup by Aaron Mickunas on Dot Esports
• August 30, Ranking all the C9 vs. TSM Playoff Series by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
• August 31, TSM vs. Cloud9: A tale as old as time by Aaron Mickunas on Dot Esports
• September 5, 10 Thoughts going into Finals by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
• September 8, Can Cloud9 break through again in the NA LCS finals? by Xing Li on Dot Esports
• September 26, NA at Worlds 2018: Can they catch up to the world? by Adel Chouadria on Cybersport
• September 27, Faith in North America by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
• October 2, Cloud9 have to clean up their objective play to make a long Worlds run by Xing Li on Dot Esports
• October 7, Cloud9 were lucky to advance past the play-in stage at Worlds by Xing Li on Dot Esports
• October 7, C9 Jensen: 'They had a lot of good moments, but also, we played pretty bad' by Emily Rand on ESPN
• October 11, On the train to Busan with Cloud9 by Emily Rand on ESPN
• October 13, Cloud9's Licorice: '[We] just weren't great as a team' by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
• October 15, Cloud9 are once again North America’s biggest hope at Worlds by Xing Li on Dot Esports
• October 19, Eight Paths to the Top by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
• October 21, Thank you Cloud9 for bringing back hope to North America by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
• October 22, Bizarre as it may sound—Cloud9 might actually be the favorites against Fnatic at Worlds by Aaron Mickunas on Dot Esports

• March 21, Inside Cloud9: How this couple ended up with 'the most important e-sports team in North America' by Paresh Dave in the LA Times
• April 28, Same Names, New Games: Why TSM vs. C9 Is Still Fun by Cass Marshall on Red Bull Esports
• December 15, Blitz Esports followed Cloud9 all Scouting Grounds, here’s a glimpse into their training process by Sharon Coone on Blitz Esports

• January 28, A brief history of Cloud9 by Paul Marshall on LoLEsports
• February 19, Two Roads Diverged in the NA LCS: Cloud9 and Team Liquid by Emily Rand on TheScore
• March 30, Jatt's Stats: NA LCS Quarterfinalist - C9 (3m40s) on LoL Esports
• March 30, The History of Apple Pie: Emily Rand's 5 storylines to watch ahead of TSM vs. Cloud9 by Emily Rand on theScore
• March 31, NA LCS Playoff preview: Cloud9 vs. Team SoloMid by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
• May 22, Summer 2016 NA LCS Team-by-Team Preview Day One: Cloud9 (Podcast) by Rough Drafts on Soundcloud
• May 27, Soaring on the Winds of Change: Cloud9’s new summer look by Tim "Magic" Sevenhuysen on theScore
• June 17, Returning to the Summit: Cloud9 and TSM reinvent themselves by CD-Mangaka on Gamurs
• July 7, The Importance of Positive Environments: TSM, IMT, C9 by poetanarchy on Esports Heaven
• September 11, Road to Worlds: Cloud9 by Adam Newell on GAMURS
• September 25, Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds: Cloud9 by Emily Rand on theScore
• December 26, Road to Season Seven: Cloud9 by Malcolm Abbas on GAMURS

• January 2, Living on Cloud 9 by Gold Per 10
• January 19 GP10 NA LCS Rankings: #1 Cloud 9 by Gold Per 10
• April 23, The tough road ahead of Cloud 9 by SK Gaming
• May 30, We Need No Savior: Incarnati0n and the New Era of Cloud9 from theScore
• June 1, Restructuring Kingdoms: Team SoloMid and Cloud9 from theScore
• September 10, The Unstoppable Rise of Cloud 9 (Official 2015 World Championship Preview) by Josh Augustine for LoL E-Sports
• September 27, The Road to Worlds: an in-depth look at Cloud9 from theScore
• October 6, The Waltz of Cloud9 : How the Cinderella Run Continues at Worlds from Gold Per 10
• October 7, Princess or Pumpkin? Cloud9's week 1 fairytale from Unikrn
• October 7, Outsmart, Outmaneuver, Outlast: Chronicling Cloud9's Perfect Start at Worlds by Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger on theScore
• November 20, The Triumvirate: Europe (TSM) vs America (C9) vs Korea (NRG) by Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger on theScore
• November 23, C9's history of team play will help Rush and Bunny maximize their talents by Ryan Tang on Goldper10
• December 17, The Sky's the Limit: Revamped Cloud9 look to regain their North American crown by Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger on theScore

• September 9, Breaking down Group D - from LoL Esports
• September 14, World Championship Preview: Cloud 9 – Consistently Consistent (Group D) - from Cloth5
• September 23, League of Legends World Championship Preview – Group D - from Azubu
• October 2, Pick a Side – Samsung Blue vs Cloud9 - from Azubu
• October 4, Samsung Galaxy Blue survive scrappy Cloud9 to reach semifinals at Worlds - from The Daily Dot
• October 15, Cloud 9: The "Hai Dilemma" - from EsportsHeaven
• October 21, Winners, Losers & Legends - by Harold Goldberg of Playboy
• December 8, Cloud9 still the team to beat in the West with IEM San Jose win from TheDailyDot
• December 11, Past the Friendship Veil - Recognizing Cloud9's Individual Talents from Gold per 10
• December 30, Cloud9 begin open tryouts for challenger team from TheDailyDot

Gallery

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  Cloud 9's spread in the October 2014 issue of Playboy as part of the Playboy League of Legends feature

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  C9 Old Logo

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  Cloud9's Season 3 World Championship Roster

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  Cloud9's 2014 LCS Roster

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  Cloud9's 2014 Season World Championship Roster

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  Cloud9's 2015 LCS Spring Roster

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  Cloud9's 2015 LCS Summer Roster

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  Cloud9's 2016 LCS Spring Roster with Bunny FuFuu

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  Cloud9's 2016 LCS Spring Roster with Hai

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  Cloud9 2016 LCS Summer Roster with Bunny FuFuu

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  Cloud9 2016 World Championship Roster

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  Cloud9 2017 LCS Spring Roster with Ray

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  Cloud9 2017 LCS Roster

External Links

• Road to Worlds with Cloud 9
• The Secrets of Cloud 9's League of Legends Success
• Top 4: Cloud 9 HyperX
• League of Legends’ Profitable World (features Cloud9) - with The New York Times