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Official: Cloud9 acquires vanity

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August 13, 2021

Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #7 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago moose Kaleb Jayne OXY Francis Hoang has confirmed the acquisition of Anthony "vanity" Malaspina from Version1 Version1 Inactive , who will take up the IGL mantle.

Cloud9

@Cloud9

We got him.

The new changes to C9 reunites vanity with Nathan "leaf" Orf and Erick "Xeppaa" Bach. These names formed a core that rose to prominence in the North American CS:GO scene throughout the latter half of 2020 under Joshua "steel" Nissan, and, later, vanity himself.

Transitioning to Valorant, vanity and his squad had a breakout run during Stage 2 which secured them a spot in Masters Reykjavik. Playing with a stand-in, they would go on to finish in the top 6, notably securing a win over Team Liquid. Their Stage 3 performance hasn't seen much success from the team, striking out of both main events in the first round.

Cloud9 Blue's roster now grows to seven players. Upcomer, Rush B Media, and VLR.gg sources have, however, pointed to inactivity from Ricky "floppy" Kemery. VLR.gg also learned that a benching has been possibly on the table, but the roster will be taking time to make a decision.

Although the possible benched player is unknown, Mitch "mitch" Semago currently leads C9 in the server, the role vanity will now fill according to his Twitter.

Cloud9 Blue are locked into the VCT NA Last Chance Qualifier, sharing the bottom of the points board with Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) and Rise Rise Inactive . Alongside many other squads from the region, they've also qualified for for the $20,000 USD NSG Summer Championship.

Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #7 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago moose Kaleb Jayne OXY Francis Hoang 's official roster is currently:

Anthony "vanity" Malaspina
Son "xeta" Seon-ho (손선호)
Erick "Xeppaa" Bach
Nathan "leaf" Orf
Mitch "mitch" Semago
Michael "poiz" Possis
Ricky "floppy" Kemery (Inactive)
Yoon "Autumn" Eu-ddeum (윤으뜸) (Head coach)
James "JamezIRL" Macaulay (Assistant coach)

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plebwong

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surprise surprise

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C9 living to its name. Gonna make a 9 man roster. Gg

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C9 might have a winning chance for LCQ now.

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vanity is finished, imagine signing a 1 tournament wonder

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Ive played against him in ranked, but obv thats not the same thing. I think if there was no post plant, no judge, and no OP metas to abuse and the game properly balanced, he wouldnt be any sort of special IGL at all, open to being wrong on this one

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all jokes aside he isnt a special igl, hes bang average

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If you watched him in CS you wouldn't be saying that

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thanatos11

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this isnt cs is it?

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gweees

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No but things carry over for sure. Why do you think Steel is such a good igl in Valorant. Vanity had one bad run in quals where his players weren't playing to the standard they usually were.

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steel is a fine IGL, but look at the talent he has on his team lol. You can put a lot of IGL's on that team in his place and they would still be successful.

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ok then name a good igl in valorant if you're going to use that cop out

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There are almost none. Pro players have said this on podcasts. Shaz, Depphh are probably top 2 in NA. and then below them is a big gulf in quality

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hehe

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Chaos9

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Son of steel

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Sons* of steel

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Chaos gang back together

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Tundai

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Hopefully we get to see him play in the nsg summer champs. Such a great signing for us!!

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Chaos 9
Sons of Steel
Lets go.. Chances of last chance qualifier lookin bright

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Aman

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c9 going to berlin now.

oh! wait...

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xElias

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:(

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:)

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now c9 literally going to fucking berlin

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moet

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chaos 2.0 mibr fans nightmare

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DELUSIONAL_VANITY_FAN

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BEST TEAM IN NA NOW NO CHANCE FOR ANYONE GGWP

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You should check out your flair

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DELUSIONAL_VANITY_FAN

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thank u kind stranger ^_^

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or his name

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hello there, big fan

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fontea

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Player from letter number team joined new letter number team lets go

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Feel bad for Mitch. He's one of their better players and is def their most consistent player; he has been putting up great numbers on Astra and KJ. He deserves to be in another tier 1 team for sure.

Also all the OG C9 members are officially gone now sadge.

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hes not even out of the team???? every report has said its a 6 man roster

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turkey

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Chaos9 pogchamp

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YEP C9 fan now

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selling tenz and now c9 is rich
they going for 10man roster

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Nah, 9 man roster

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C9roaster

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Danny

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New flair checkk

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not bad

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Leaf yelled out, “There you go! There you go.” Support Xeta gave a look of pleasant surprise. Controller Xeppaa yelled out, “We got an [expletive] squad now.” And before Vanity hit the locker room door, former Chaos CSGO IGL Steel hugged him and said, “Y’all look so different.”

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Really? Mr. Cat ears?

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hehe what a moove

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