C9, although often mistaken for Cloud9, actually stands for Choker9
The roots of this org start all the way back in LOCK//IN, where after dismantling DRX, the Pacific Kings on Pearl, the team threw away Haven, and lost the final map, Icebox, in an embarrassing 13-2 fashion.
Moving on to the VCT Americas Split, Choker9 played very well in the regular season, but in the Playoffs, they revealed their true colors, and lost to a team that barely scraped into playoffs in an embarrassing 5-13, 2-13 fashion. Their legacy would not be tainted, as in the lower bracket, in a match to redeem themselves to go to Masters Tokyo, they would go on to win the first map, but would lose their map pick of Lotus, which they were 5-0. As per the name, they proceeded to Choke, and lost the final map 12-14, losing the chance to go to Masters Tokyo.
That brings us to today, in the VCT Americas Last Chance Qualifier, in which Choker9 could not stop themselves, and against an 0-9 regular season team, KRU, they won the first map 13-4, then lost Pearl in what should have been a 13-0, and choked in the upper finals to a Map 3 Haven. In the lower finals, against Leviatan, it seemed that all would be perfect. C9 was up 2 maps, and on Map 3, split, they had a 6-6 half on attack, where the map was defender sided. Surely they would not choke this away, and the curse would finally be lifted! C9 went down in Split 7-12, but managed to rally back to get to 11-12, where they inevitably choked away the last round, and lost 11-13. As in true Choker9 fashion, they could not escape the curse, and ended up getting reverse sweeped in a BO5, something which (ironically) DRX has been able to do before.
That was the tragic tale of Choker9, and the curse that haunts the org.