Cloud9 drops marquee Fortnite stars Vivid and Chap in shock move Cloud9Cloud9 has dropped its marquee Fortnite stars, Vivid and Chap, in a shock move less than six months after joining, after the pair fell short of \u201ca range of metrics,\u201d including competitive performance, in the latter months of 2020. Cloud9 has started the new year with a bang. Less than six months ago, they signed two marquee Fortnite players, Noah \u2018Vivid\u2019 Wright and Ryan \u2018Chap\u2019 Chaplo, on multi-year contracts to compete in the popular battle royale. The players already established themselves as a formidable duo in their time at Team Liquid. Cloud9 hoped to re-create the magic within their own organization. It was an ambitious power play that strengthened their presence in the competitive scene. However, Cloud9 has decided to release both players from their contracts after the popular pair \u201cfailed to hit a range of metrics\u201d in their 2020 deals. According to founder Jack Etienne, the shock move was a \u201ccarefully considered decision\u201d from Cloud9 upper management. He wrote on Reddit, \u201cThese players were released after falling short across a range of metrics, including but not limited to competitive performance. We wish them the best in the future.\u201d Chap was the first one to comment. He kept things short, sharp, and sweet and didn\u2019t elaborate on any details. \u201cFREE AGENT\u2026 LOL,\u201d he said. It led to an outpour of comments, with practically everyone left scratching their heads, trying to figure out what happened. However, after a series of memes, question marks, and nervous laughter, it slowly became apparent that he was telling the truth. Vivid announces retirement after shock release Shortly after, Vivid commented too. But unlike his teammate, he broke it down in a lengthy post on Twitlonger. \u201cGot into the meeting with the Fortnite manager (Robin) over at C9 who basically immediately informed me that myself and Chap would be getting released today,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was no real explanation.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not mad or upset at C9. I understand that it\u2019s just business,\u201d he added. \u201cBut I just think it\u2019s just crazyyyy how we can commit to an org for 2-3 years and have no say what or where we go but then they can decide to do whatever they want with us whenever they want.\u201d Then, in an even more shocking turn of events, he announced his retirement after reflecting on the situation. \u201cI don\u2019t have the energy to search for another organization at this time, and I don\u2019t want to continue professional play without having a guaranteed form of income,\u201d he said. \u201cSOO\u2026 I guess you can say I retire.\u201d Both the news of their release and Vivid\u2019s retirement has come as a shock to fans and players within the community. It\u2019s bittersweet to see one of the most dynamic partnerships come to an end, but it will be interesting to see what happens next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cloud9 drops marquee Fortnite stars Vivid and Chap in shock move Cloud9Cloud9 has dropped its marquee Fortnite stars, Vivid and Chap, in a shock move less than six months after joining, after the pair fell short of \u201ca range of metrics,\u201d including competitive performance, in the latter months of 2020. Cloud9 has started the new […]<\/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-66386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66386","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=66386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}