Honestly i feel like that NRG must've been in talks about signing the OG OPTIC roster after riot announced franchising. I know marved must've thought about retiring so he quit so they brought up s0m from their old roster since he is a good player with good content creation. But idk why they signed ardiis instead of yay. The only possible explanation i can give is that c9 contacted yay way before NRG did and they offered him way more