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Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica, California. The company was originally founded as a professional League of Legends team by Jack and Paullie Etienne in May 2013 and was incorporated into Cloud9 Esports, Inc. on September 6, 2016.
Founded in 2013, Cloud9 Esports emerged as one of the pioneering esports organizations in North America. Originally rooted in League of Legends, the team quickly gained attention for its competitive prowess and innovative strategies, securing back-to-back LCS victories in Summer 2013 and Spring 2014. Cloud9 Esports’s co-founders, Jack and ...
Jul 27, 2013 · Cloud9 (C9) is a North American esports team formed by the former roster of Quantic Gaming following its dissolution. Aside from League of Legends, the organization also has divisions for DotA 2, COD, Hearthstone, Super Smash Bros, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, and Vainglory.
Established in 2013, the League of Legends division was the founding division of Cloud9. The team was originally a player-owned team before they were acquired by Quantic Gaming that same year; weeks later, the contracts of the players were sold to Jack Etienne.
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After Quantic Gaming shut down, Team NomNomNom was formed and later named as Cloud9. The team consisted of Nientonsoh, Hai, Yazuki, WildTurtle and LemonNation. This roster of 5 failed to qualify for the NA LCS 2013 Spring Season, which resulted in Nientonsoh and Yazuki leaving. Through rosterchanges, Hai moved to the mid lane, with Balls and Meteos...
2014 was a year for stability for Cloud9, with the roster staying the same for the first split. They won the NA LCS 2014 Spring Season with ease, not dropping a single game in playoffs once again. However, disaster struck at All-Stars, as Hai's lung collapsed. The team acquired Link on loan from Counter Logic Gaming, who would return to Counter Log...
Cloud9 once again kept the same roster going into 2015, which would see them ending up with a disappointing result at the IEM World Championship Katowice, placing 7-8th with losses against GE Tigers and Flash Wolves. Despite that, the team stuck together and finished second in the NA LCS 2015 Spring Season, once again losing against Team SoloMid. A...
Cloud9 made minor changes to their roster heading into 2016, with Bunny FuFuu joining as a support and Hai staying with the team as a back-up player. The team placed 5-6th in the LCS 2016 Spring Season, which triggered massive changes on the roster. Leaving Cloud9 were Balls, Rush, Hai and coach LemonNation. The team would go on to form Cloud9 Chal...
With the new roster, Cloud9 had high hopes for the 2017 season. They start of the year strong, finishing second in the LCS 2017 Spring Season, once again losing to Team SoloMid in the finals. Keeping the same roster heading into summer, Cloud9once again slowed down to finish 5-6th. They qualified for the NA LCS 2017 Regional Finals, where they'd wi...
Ahead of 2018, Impact leaves to join Team Liquid and Contractz leaves to join Golden Guardians. After several changes, the new Cloud9 roster would consist of Licorice, Svenskeren, Jensen, Sneaky and Smoothie. Alongside them, Cloud9 Academy formed, with Shiro, Wiggily, Goldenglue, Keith and Zeyzal forming the team. The roster placed 5-6th, eventuall...
In 2019, Jensen left Cloud9 to join rival Team Liquid, leaving the organization after 3,5 years. Replacing him would be Nisqy, coming from Splyce. Blaber returned to academy, with Svenskerenreturning to the main team. The spring split put Cloud9 on equal footing with Team Liquid in the regular season, but Team SoloMid eventually beat Cloud9 in a cl...
Cloud9 announced that Kumo, Svenskeren and Zeyzal had been sold to newly-formed Evil Geniuses, who acquired the LCS slot from Echo Fox. Leaving was Sneaky, who kept a role in the organisation outside of being a professional League of Legends player. Cloud9 promoted Blaber from their academy team, acquired Zven from Team SoloMid and bought out Vulca...
In the off-season of 2020, Cloud9 decided to make various changes to their roster. Licorice and Nisqy were announced as the first departures, with Licorice making way for Fudge as a new promoted toplaner from Cloud9 Academy. In one of the biggest moves the LCS has ever seen, Cloud9 acquired Perkz as their new midlaner, ending a 5 year partnership b...
Dec 27, 2023 · Since our inception, Cloud9 has been committed to choosing excellence, pushing boundaries, and embracing innovation. From our first LCS trophy lift in 2013 to our tenth year at Worlds, we have relentlessly devoted ourselves to producing results that distinguish us from others.
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Originally a League of Legends team, Cloud9 dominated the league and turned into one of the best in North America. In 2014 they got their first teams outside of League of Legends, first one being Dota 2 and then later that year Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
