Cloud9 (C9) is a professional esports organization based in the United States. League of Legends player Hai Lam founded the organization in 2013 as a LoL team, and since it quickly became successful, it also has expanded into Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft, Dota 2, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Smite and World of WarCraft and also opened a division for Super Smash Bros. Melee on May 6th, 2014, with Mango as its first sponsor player. In 2016, they added Ally as their first Smash 4 player and Tafokints as an official coach for Mango.
Pro smashers
ID | Name | Game(s) | Main(s) | Join Date | |
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Mango | Joseph Marquez | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 2014-05-06 |
Former smashers
ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | Leave Date | |
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Ally | Elliot Bastien Carroza-Oyarce | Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. for Wii U |
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2016-08-18 | 2018-04-03 | |
Tafokints (signed as coach) | Daniel Lee | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 2016-12-30 | 2018-04-?? |
Other famous players
- Zach Scuderi (Sneaky) League of Legends
- Nicolaj Jensen League of Legends
- Jung Eun Yeong (Impact) League of Legends
- James Kostesich (Firebat) Hearthstone
- Jordan Gilbert (N0thing) CS:GO
- Tyler Latham (Skadoodle) CS:GO
- Jake Yip (Stewie2k) CS:GO
- Timothy Ta (Autimatic) CS:GO
- Kyle Souder (KyKy) Overwatch