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Cloud9 has announced its roster for the upcoming North American LCS season. Most of the roster is the same as last split, with Jung "Impact" Eon-yeong, Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen, Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi and Andy "Smoothie" Ta all returning. The latter three players have all signed new three year contracts, with …
Read More »Milwaukee Bucks owner in talks to buy NA LCS slot
Co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team, Wes Edens, is in the final stages of buying a slot in the NA LCS from Cloud9, who owns two spots in the league. According to ESPN the deal is only pending approval from Riot, with the total figure for the sale hitting …
Read More »Cloud9 and Immortals make it into the ELEAGUE Major qualifier
Both Cloud9 and Immortals have made it to the qualifier for the ELEAGUE Major, making the competition incredibly stacked. Cloud9 and Immortals managed to make it to the qualifier after winning the Americas Minor competition. Muffin Lightning failed to win a game at the Minor leaving TSM, Immortals and C9 …
Read More »Watch Hearthstone pro Cong “StrifeCro” Shu go Global Rallycross racing
Here’s something fun to do while you wait for that clock to hit 5pm and the weekend to officially start. Red Bull has released the 2nd episode of its Away From Keyboard series with StrifeCro going racing. StrifeCro is of course a Hearthstone player for Cloud9, but for this episode …
Read More »Cloud9 raises almost $3 million in investment
American eSports organisation Cloud9 has managed to raise $2.8 million in investments over the last couple of weeks. The news was discovered by theScore eSports when they found a document filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from the Cloud9 organization that detailed the influx of cash. The news …
Read More »Twitch will represent TSM and Cloud9 in sponsorship sales
Streaming platform Twitch has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with both Team SoloMid and Cloud 9 to collaborate on many areas related to sponsorship and sales. According to the press release Twitch will now represent both teams in “sponsorship sales and [will] further fuel the growth of …
Read More »LCS team owners send Riot a letter detailing their concerns
Team owners from across the LCS have penned a letter to Riot Games detailing their concerns about the league for 2017 and a suggested list of changes. The letter, which was obtained by Slingshot eSports, is signed by team owners from both the EU and NA LCS, including representatives from …
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