Cloud9 confirm controversial CSGO team acquisition Cloud9 have announced the signing of a new CS:GO roster with the acquisition of the line-up previously representing ATK. The mixed South African and North American squad has been acquired in its entirety, confirming previous reports about the possibility of the move. The squad doesn\u2019t have too many notable results at top tier events, with their most recent being a 7th-8th finish at the ESL Pro League Finals, during which they claimed best-of-three victories over North and G2 Esports. Meanwhile, the team has also been performing online in North America in recent months, claiming a victory in Week 2 of the ECS Season 8 season and finishing first in the United States Qualifier for WESG 2019. Cloud9 CEO Jack Etienne commented on the acquisition: \u201cI think everyone in the community has been impressed with what these players have accomplished and we\u2019re thrilled to be welcoming them to C9. I can\u2019t wait to see them make even greater strides in the coming year!\u201d Cloud9 have been without an active roster since December 2019, when their squad was disbanded after three players \u2013 Kenneth \u2018koosta\u2019 Suen, Damian \u2018Daps\u2019 Steele, and Timothy \u2018autimatic\u2019 Ta \u2013 were transferred to Gen.G Esports. After winning the ELeague Boston Major in January 2018, Cloud9\u2019s CS:GO team has largely experienced turmoil in the years since, with high turnover in their roster and few noteworthy results to speak of since their Major victory. The new line-up will make their debut for Cloud9 on January 9, when the team will be playing in the North American Closed Qualifier for IEM Katowice. They will be facing the likes of compLexity, MIBR, and the former Cloud9 players now representing Gen.G for just one available space in Katowice. Cloud9 roster Johnny \u2018JT\u2019 Theodosiou – Ian \u2018motm\u2019 Hardy – Joshua \u2018oSee\u2019 Ohm – Ricky \u2018floppy\u2019 Kemery – Aran \u2018Sonic\u2019 Groesbeek –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cloud9 confirm controversial CSGO team acquisition Cloud9 have announced the signing of a new CS:GO roster with the acquisition of the line-up previously representing ATK. The mixed South African and North American squad has been acquired in its entirety, confirming previous reports about the possibility of the move. The squad doesn\u2019t have too many notable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}