Where were you when C9 die? C9 is kil… “no.”

Shortly after Electronic’s departure from Cloud9, OverDrive, the notorious CIS leaker, dropped the news that Perfecto and HObbit would also both be leaving the team. Fellow leaker Harumi even went as far asto say Perfecto benched himself. But if Harumi told us it’d be sunny, we’d still bring an umbrella, so do with that what you will…

This leaves C9 with only Ax1Le, Boombl4, and coach groove to build off of, which, sure, is not a terrible foundation, but what the hell just happened?

Playing with no AWPer is going the way of the 5 man roster. C9 has looked pretty awful at worst, and just okay at best. Changes were needed, and since Ax1Le is their star and Boombl4 is on a freshish contract, it makes sense they stick around. But who do they go for?

C9 has fumbled some of the biggest players in the region, and unless this team can perform above the sum of its parts (or they sign s1mple) they need to go international to upgrade. But that doesn't really help answer the “who” question… it might even make it harder to answer.

Welp, it’s not like their next event is in under a month so they can take their tim- Oh it is?

We don’t envy you, C9.