Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker has joined Disguised Disguised Inactive steel Joshua Nissan Genghsta Amgalan Nemekhbayar clear Joseph Allen Exalt Drake Branly nerve Michael Yerrow yay Jaccob Whiteaker , following his departure from Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #7 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang .
yay is known for his time on OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive , a world contender throughout the course of 2022. Under his tenure, OpTic were a force to be reckoned with as they finished first in Masters 1: Reykjavik, top four in Masters 2: Copenhagen, and second in Champions. OpTic's spear for success was yay, as he was regarded as a world-class duelist – notably on Chamber then.
After Champions, the renowned OpTic squad went their separate ways, with yay to Cloud9, where he made his debut with a second-place finish at the Red Bull Home Ground tournament. Cloud9 then competed at LOCK//IN, where they defeated Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov but subsequently lost to DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) . Following the event, C9 unexpectedly parted ways with yay and IGL Anthony "vanity" Malaspina.
Disguised made their mark after qualifying for VCL North America: Split 1. After going 2-3 in the group stage, DSG's run in the playoffs was short-lived, as they finished in the top eight, losing to M80 M80 Inactive and TSM TSM North America Rank #14 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook .
yay will return to competition in Split 2 of VCL: North America.
With the signing of yay, Disguised Disguised Inactive steel Joshua Nissan Genghsta Amgalan Nemekhbayar clear Joseph Allen Exalt Drake Branly nerve Michael Yerrow yay Jaccob Whiteaker are now: