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| Org Location |  United States | ||||||
| Region | North America | ||||||
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Cloud9 Tempest is a North American Challenger team, which was first formed in January 2014, with Cloud9 acquiring the roster of The Walking Zed to form a sister team. It later disbanded, and was then reformed in January 2015.
History[edit]
2015 Season[edit]
After about ten days of open tryouts involving over thirty players, Cloud9 formed a new Challenger team in January 2015 with a roster including Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, and Stixxay in January 2015. Under the name C9 Charlies Angels, they placed fifth in the ranked 5's ladder leading up to the NACS Spring 2015 qualifier. Following Stixxay's move to CLG.Black, Fade joined the team, replacing Stixxay as starting support. The team defeated Roar and then Team Confound to qualify for the season. However, prior to the start of the season, it was revealed that the team had used a ringer in their matches against Team Confound. As a result, Cloud9 Tempest were disqualified from participating in the NACS, and Team Confound took their place.[1]
After the disqualification, Fade left the team; however, the other four members remained with the organization, and at the end of March all five members of the roster who had initially been banned from competitive play were re-approved for competitive play starting on May 11.[2]
Now unbanned, Cloud9 Tempest participated in the NACS Summer Qualifier, with nearly the same roster as they had competed with in the spring qualifier, except that LOD moved to AD carry, and Sheep joined. After their first two rounds, Yusui was temporarily banned for four weeks for purchasing botted accounts, and Jintae was used as a substitute for the finals against CLG Black, which the team won, successfully qualifying for the Summer Season.
Prior to Yusui's reinstatement, kt Smurf played in the first week of the season, and from then on the team used their full roster of Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, and Sheep. The team finished with a 5-5 record and in fourth place. In the playoffs, they also finished fourth, after losses to Renegades and Team Imagine. They missed out on the Summer Promotion Tournament but retained an automatic seed into the NACS Spring 2016 Season.
After the conclusion of their 2015 season run, Cloud9 announced open tryouts for a new Challenger team, which would be built around Meteos.[3] However, after Meteos left, Cloud9 dropped the team and sold their NACS spot for Spring 2016 to Ember.
Timeline[edit]
- 2014
- 2015
- January 20,
Cloud9 Tempest acquires 
The Walking Zed.
Yazuki,
Kez,
Bischu,
Altec, and
Gleebglarbu join. - March (approx.),
Grigne joins as substitute. - April (approx.),
Grigne leaves. - April 28,
Bischu retires.[4] - May 4, Cloud9 Tempest is disbanded.
Yazuki,
Kez,
Altec, and
Gleebglarbu leave.
- January 10, Cloud9 Tempest is reformed.
Solo,
Hard,
Yusui,
LOD, and
Stixxay join.[5] - January (approx.),
Fade and Timkiro (Head Analyst) join.
Stixxay leaves. - February (approx.),
Westrice joins as substitute. - February 18,
Fade leaves. - March 16 (approx.),
Matlife joins as substitute. - March 17 (approx.),
Matlife leaves. - April 14,
Sheep joins.[6] - May 21, Bubbadub (Head Coach) joins.[7]
- June 10,
Jintae joins as substitute. - June 13,
Yusui is suspended from all Riot-affiliated competitions for four weeks.[8] - July 18, Charlie (Head Coach) joins from main roster. Bubbadub (Head Coach) leaves for main roster.
- August (approx.), Timkiro (Head Analyst) leaves for main roster.
- August 12,
Yusui retires.[9] - October (approx.), Cloud9 Tempest is disbanded.
Solo,
Hard,
LOD,
Sheep,
Westrice,
Jintae, and Charlie (Head Coach) leave.
Player Roster[edit]
Former[edit]
| R | C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team | Joined | Left |
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| Solo | Colin Earnest | Top | Cloud9 Challenger |
2015-01-10 | 2015-10-?? | ||
| Hard | Anthony Barkhovtsev | Jungle |  Echo Fox |
2015-01-10 | 2015-10-?? | ||
| LOD | Benjamin deMunck | Bot |  Top Dog Gaming |
2015-01-10 | 2015-10-?? | ||
| Sheep | Jamie Gallagher | Support |  Tempo Storm |
2015-04-14 | 2015-10-?? | ||
| Westrice | Jonathan Nguyen | Sub/Top |  Ember |
2015-02-?? | 2015-10-?? | ||
| Jintae | Justin Dinh | Sub/Mid | None | 2015-06-10 | 2015-10-?? | ||
| Yusui | David Bloomquist | Mid |  Retired |
2015-01-10 | 2015-08-12 | ||
| kt Smurf | Sujal Adhikari | Sub/Mid | Top Dog Gaming |
2015-06-?? | 2015-07-?? | ||
| Fade | Ritchie Ngo | Support |  Misfits NA |
2015-01-?? | 2015-02-18 | ||
| Stixxay | Trevor Hayes | Support |  CLG Black |
2015-01-10 | 2015-01-?? | ||
| Yazuki | Gabriel Ng | Top | None | 2014-01-20 | 2014-05-04 | ||
| Kez | Kevin Jeon | Jungle |  compLexity Gaming |
2014-01-20 | 2014-05-04 | ||
| Altec | Johnny Ru | Bot |  Evil Geniuses |
2014-01-20 | 2014-05-04 | ||
| Gleebglarbu | Nicolas Haddad | Support |  Team SoloMid |
2014-01-20 | 2014-05-04 | ||
| Bischu | Aaron Kim | Mid |  affNity |
2014-01-20 | 2014-04-28 |
Organization[edit]
Current[edit]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
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| Jack | Jack Etienne | Owner | |
| Kaniggit | Danan Flander | General Manager |
Former[edit]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie | Charlie Lipsie | Head Coach |  NRG Esports
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| Timkiro | Tim Cho | Head Analyst | Cloud9
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| Bubbadub | Royce Newcomb | Head Coach | Cloud9
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| AGeNt | Ferris Ganzman | Analyst | None |
Tournaments[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Cloud9 Tempest Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2015-08-12 | 4 | $3,000$ 3,000€ 2,676 | NACS 2015 Summer Playoffs | Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, Sheep | |
| 2015-07-22 | 4 | NACS 2015 Summer | 5 - 5  RR | Solo, Hard, ktsmurf, Yusui, LOD, Sheep | |
| 2015-06-16 | Q | NACS 2015 Summer Qualifier | Solo, Hard, Yusui, Jintae, LOD, Sheep | ||
| 2015-06-15 | 2 | $450$ 450€ 402.35 | League One NA Cup - Week 10 | Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, Sheep | |
| 2015-06-08 | 1 | $800$ 800€ 715.29 | League One NA Cup - Week 9 | Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, Sheep | |
| 2015-06-01 | 1 | $800$ 800€ 715.29 | League One NA Cup - Week 8 | Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, Sheep | |
| 2015-05-25 | 1 | $800$ 800€ 729.05 | League One NA Cup - Week 7 | Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, Sheep | |
| 2015-05-18 | 1 | $800$ 800€ 729.05 | League One NA Cup - Week 6 | Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, Sheep | |
| 2015-05-15 | 3 | $1,687.50$ 1,687.5€ 1,468.13 | AlphaDraft Challenger League | Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, Sheep | |
| 2015-05-11 | 1 | $600$ 600€ 546.79 | League One NA Cup - Week 4 | Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, Sheep | |
| Total Prize:USD 8,938 | |||||
Videos[edit]
Interviews[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Competitive Ruling: Cloud9 Tempest lolesports.com
- ↑ 2015 Mid-Year Long-Term Suspension Reviews lolesports.com
- ↑ Cloud9 to Hold Open Tryouts for Challenger Roster cloud9.gg
- ↑ Bischu's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Cloud9 G2A Joins League of Legends NA Challenger Series cloud9.gg
- ↑ Cloud9 Tempest Acquires Sheep cloud9.gg
- ↑ Bubbadub joins Cloud9 Tempest as head coach dailydot.com
- ↑ COMPETITIVE RULING: C9T YUSUI lolesports.com
- ↑ Yusui's TwitLonger twitlonger.com
