Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo v1c Victor Truong moose Kaleb Jayne OXY Francis Hoang has announced the signings of Rossy and Victor "v1c" Truong.
Rossy, a former TSM TSM North America Unranked seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook and Turtle Troop Turtle Troop North America Unranked wedid Matthew Suchan jowa Add3r Jack Hayashi bdog Brandon Sanders Kaoticcc player joins his second VCT organization since making the move to T1 T1 Korea Unranked stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) last year.
He joins after an up-and-down 2024 campaign with the Korean organization, which underwent a midseason roster realignment of its own.
An early elimination at the hands of eventual runner-ups Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Unranked mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov at Pacific Kickoff denied them the chance to appear at Masters Madrid. A 2-4 showing in the regular season of Pacific Stage 1 was enough to qualify for the playoffs, and a third-place finish in the playoffs qualified them for Masters Shanghai. Two straight losses to open the competition eliminated them in the Swiss Stage.
With just four games to play in Stage 2, T1 went to the drawing board after two losses all but guaranteed they would miss out on playoffs.
They hit the reset button, signing former DRX DRX Korea Unranked Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) in-game leader Kim "stax" Gu-taek (김구택), which resulted in the benching of Rossy. Ha "Sayaplayer" Jeong-woo (하정우) has also since announced that he is LFT. In an LFT announcement of his own, former coach Jacob "Daeda" Hale revealed that “rumblings of a domestic focus [were] planned for 2025.”
Rossy announced that he was looking for a team weeks after T1's season ended, and said that he would prioritize offers from North American franchises.
Most recently, Moist x Shopify Moist x Shopify North America Unranked Pa1nt Amarri Peak Spaz Adam Laamoumi Paincakes Jake Hass BcJ Brendan Jensen brawk Brock Somerhalder player v1c was a stand-in for Cloud9 at the North American play-ins for Redbull Homeground. v1c makes the jump to the top tier of professional Valorant after spending the last three seasons on teams at various levels within the North American Challengers League circuit.
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Following a 2024 season that saw them fail to qualify for any international events, Cloud9 announced that longtime players Anthony "vanity" Malaspina and Dylan "runi" Cade, both of whom have had a second stint with the organization, were benched and allowed to explore options with a new team; runi has announced his retirement from professional Valorant.
They finished Americas Stage 2 ranked 5th-6th, two spots below qualification for Champions Seoul.
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