Cloud9 Challenger
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| Short name | C9 |
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| Divisions | League of Legends, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Overwatch, Vainglory |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Manager | Jack Etienne, Danan Flander, Aisultan Sugurbayev |
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Axe HTC Red Bull Logitech HTC G2A MSI Twitch Curse IBuyPower HyperX Crunchyroll Intel NeedforSeatUSA LolWiz |
| Website | Official website |
| Game | League of Legends |
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| Founded | 2013 |
| Division titles | NA LCS: Summer 2013, Spring 2014 |
Cloud9 (C9) is an American eSports organization, which fields teams in League of Legends, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Overwatch, and Vainglory.
Cloud9 formed when Jack Etienne bought the former Quantic Gaming League of Legends roster. Following the success of the Cloud9 LoL team in the North American League of Legends Championship Series, the team was able to expand to field rosters in other esports. In 2015, Cloud9's Heroes of the Storm team won the first Heroes of the Storm World Championship, becoming the inaugural winner of the championship.
Cloud9 has its origins in the League of Legends team of Orbit Gaming, which had several current C9 team members. After Lone Star Clash in November 2012, members of Orbit Gaming signed with Quantic Gaming, which had only been sponsoring a StarCraft II team. Quantic Gaming was an esports team and media company founded in 2010 by Simon Boudreault, a Quebec native who had come upon a large inheritance upon the death of his father and decided to invest nearly all of it in esports. During its existence, several players and coaches claimed that they consistently missed payments from Boudreault. When QG failed to make the 2013 LCS Spring split, Boudreault cut off contact with society and soon dissolved the company. Despite being owed tens of thousands of dollars, former players say they are no longer considering legal action against Boudreault. Former Team SoloMid manager Jack Etienne bought the team for US$15,000 in May 2013 and also became its manager.
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