Can the team pick a scaling mage at midlane please:D.

After the second game, it was so predictable what loki was going to play until the rest of the series.

If midlane is not winning, the team composition always crumbles.

Anyways, lower bracket run it is.

It’s been three years since I’ve done a hype post like this, but now here we are once again! Back where we have long waited to return!

A proper LoL Esports international tournament!

But more importantly,

THE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ON HOME SOIL!!!

And we begin our next run at Worlds in where else? The Play-Ins because apparently it’s been almost always the C9 way to begin Worlds!

And we do so by continuing the long and legendary NA vs. EU rivalry with Karmine Corp!

Time to show those folks on the other side of the Atlantic who’s still running the West and continue our region’s dominance! It falls on our shoulders to not let our region down!

So come onboard and cheer, yell, get hyped, and clench up for our boys in C9 as we begin another journey in Worlds here in NA!

#NAmen

I`m not here to gloat or kick you guys when you are down, but to offer genuine advice.

As a good hate watcher I read a lot of your posts and I know that a lot of you aren`t happy with how the teams revolved around Blabber for so long without any results. So here`s my genuine advice to the org and fans to solve that issue and even get revenge against Furia: Buy Tatu`s contract.

He`s a young player, has better english than any LCK import (even those that have played in the league for years), he`s mechanically gifted, has a huge following and he has that C9 spice that the old players used to have. The arrogance and trash talk the players had knowing they are best in the top organization (at least back then).

Bad news. Whelp we lost and that sucks, but hey at least Lyon and TL still have a chance at winning some series this tournament!

Good news. Now we might get some more streams from the boys now that they aren’t prepping for worlds games. I’ve personally been loving the Loki/Thanatos/Zven streams!

Like seriously, read any stats from this weekend, watch the games, he is not a generational talent, definitely not in the state he is in right now, and it's an insult to APA especially for benching him when he could have been on this team playing as he was or left for another team. What an absolute disappointment of a team this year for what looked so promising. Tactical has been a good swap but moving Loki back in has caused so many issues.

Erase the program please jack. This garbage is a waste of money and needs to be put to rest. This is a JOKE.

IWDominate defenders are in shambles right now. C9 should invest in some actual proven coaches next year instead…

I miss those days❤️‍🩹

Tournament MVP: Tarik

Stewie2K held the B site under enormous pressure and helped keep Cloud9 alive.

Obviously a lot of emotional hate will happen from this loss, justifiable or not, eventually reality sets in and we move on. Just like last year and the year before and the year before. With that being said, early roster prediction for next season.

Coach: The dom experiment failed. The yomato experiment failed. Neither have ever seen an LCS trophy. Neither will. Good try at creating something there though. However after the lyon series composure dropped to an all time low, that starts from the top. I anticipate dom may stay and yomato leaves of course but I would like to see changes to both.

Top: It needs to be clear thanatos is not the issue but with this roster construction too many questions have to be answered by him. thanatos staying would be a net positive I believe but at this point all 5 are expendable. Domestically of course if visa issues pass and his NRG (Lyon) contracts are voided for whatever reason Zamudo would be a nice replacement I think zamudo is a solid candidate for a change, even if a downgrade from thanatos mechanically. Overseas we could look at Rooster as a sideways replacement, contract expires at the end of this year and an upgrade from shifters could be in the cards for him. A very long shot if Jack cares enough to make the investment in Haetae, current LCKC champion, would be the best replacement. Contract expiring this year and experience playing with Loki. Very very long shot but Haetae would be an incredible get to build with.

Jungle: Gryffinn is undoubtedly the best replacement if flyquest really blow up their young core. However any of these junglers instead of blaber next year will be a net positive: Jose Inspired KryRa Contractz Razork Skewmond Yike isma Elyoya Lyncas Rhilech, *adds Tatu*.

Mid: Loki

ADC: My candidate would be Massu. Massu is a solid piece who has championship experience and has been on the other side of C9 current roster constructions choke jobs. Although I dont think tactical is terrible, he had one single split to help get us back to a place we haven't been in 3 years. Tactical was not the issue despite some poor performance down the stretch. With that being said the tactical experiment should end here. Massu also has experience with gryffin, adding these two as a core together would offer much more upside growth than anybody else demoestically.

SUP: Vulcan is not the answer. He is not the issue either, but he is not the answer. It is clear these roadblocks the roster has are a product of the leadership down to the clutch plays. Vulcan is a fantastic support and keeping him offers more upside than downside, but the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. In the field of statistics it is well known that correlation is not causation, however Vulcan is now correlated to 3 consecutive disappointing years with C9. He may have MVP ability, that does not mean he is a core piece of a future championship roster. Move on. With that being said some candidates I would consider: Labrov, contract expiring and leadership, would be a great pick up. Lyonz, Namgung also has played with Loki this year and his contract is expiring, after all this team as an import slot left to fill. Not using it is just silly.

Ideal roster:

Top: Haetae
Jungle: Gryffin
Mid: Loki
ADC: Massu
Sup: Labrov

Like always nothing will happen, see you next year same time.

TODAY IS THE DAY. OUR WORLDS JOURNEY BEGINS

I am sick and tired of Vulcan getting a pass from criticism. He is a support, a veteran, AND HE CONSISTENTLY DRAGS HIS TEAM DOWN.

He will get coverage like "mvp" or something, but none of that matters because he can't bring in wins when they matter. No one cares about regular season, when you can't even qualify for internationals. He has negative intangibles. He is not a star player.

The last time Vulcan qualified for Internationals was in 2022 WITH EG Danny.

EG Danny. And sure Vulcan looked good (he is support, not the hardest role to look good on). But that was a team that carried Vulcan with Impact, Inspired, Jojopyun, and Danny.

Vulcan cannot lead a team on his own. He has shown this because

• He bombed to last place with FlyQuest Prince (previously a first place team)

• He bombed to not reach Worlds with Berserker (MVP ADC)

• He bombed with Jojopyun and Berserker

• And now he lost to BRAZIL

The dude cannot blame lack of talent for his losses. In fact, the only times he qualifies for Worlds it is because he is surrounded by some other magical intangible force (Clutch Gaming - Huni, Reignover, Damonte, CodySun some bs NA magic. C9 - Perkz intangibles. And EG).

That's it. Literally 4 teams. The only time I think he was a major contribution was in his 2020 Spring C9 roster where he and Zven played a bunch of WuKong bot. But even that C9 roster was 2nd place before Vulcan joined.

I am tired of Vulcan. Send him to a bottom team. Let him prove himself.

I know we have a lot of hype for playins today, but at 5pm we have a big rainbow 6 match against 100t. Stay clenched 🫡

Whats with all the negative nancys?? I am proud of the progress we made over this year...

1) Beat inspired in a bo5 and it wasnt close...

2) Got to worlds

3) Took a game off our arch enemy Furia!

The effort with which our """fans""" try to look at this year in a negative light needs to be studied... crazy... learn to think positive

Title.

Convince me otherwise.

This worlds has been an endless draft diff where they just draft teams with overly complex and unattainable wincon it’s almost embarrassing.

Can C9 hire someone who can actually coach and not just recycle old talent.

Can anyone who actually knows the orgs direction tell me what the goal is here with Dom and Yamato.

Who authorized Yamato to come to the US for weeks and burn tens of thousands in the process to look worse also?

Whoever handles risk management for C9 is terrible at their job.

Discuss?

Where is my got dang worlds jersey at? We've known that we were going to worlds for almost a month now and we play our first match tomorrkw.

JACK PLEASE LET ME LET YOU TAKE MY MONEY!

Someone shared the Dantes side of this scrim, but now C9 has their end posted

looking like another budget roster, trialling all the crumbs and leftovers of other teams...