Cloud9

Team Information

Location:

Europe

United States

Region:

Europe

Approx. Total Winnings:

$2,223,339

Links

History

Created:

2012-12-04

2014-02-09

Disbanded:

2024-11-01

Cloud9 is a North American esports organization. Cloud9 made its debut into the Dota 2 arena by signing the former Speed Gaming team in February 2014.^[1]

Timeline

Player Roster

Former

Organization

Active

ID	Name	Position	Join Date
Jack	Jacques Etienne	Co-Founder/CEO	2013-05-23 ^[33]
Paullie Etienne	Paullie Etienne	Co-Founder/COO	2013-07-?? ^[34]
Myra Mynx	Mary Conley	SMM	2024-07-29^[22]
KZ	Sarah Zulkiflee	SMM	2024-07-29^[22]

Former

Former Organization

ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
Th3RealJP	Noah Eigenheer	Manager	2024-07-21^[22]	2024-12-21^[32]	Tundra Esports (Manager)
TheChosenOne	Aliaksei Karanevich	Analyst	2024-07-21^[22]	2024-12-21^[32]	L1GA TEAM (Coach)
Bohdami	Mikita Bohdan	SMM	2024-07-29	2024-12-20^[35]
Astini	Filipe Astini	Coach	2024-07-21^[22]	2024-10-22^[30]	PARIVISION (Coach)
SingSing	WehSing Yuen	Streamer	2016-01-31	2023-11-16^[20]
Gaylen	Gaylen Malone	Senior General Manager	2017-09-??
Noukky	Ysabel Müller	Team Manager	2020-01-29^[17]	2020-04-28^[19]
Anduril	Kunal Patel	Manager	2020-01-29^[17]	2020-04-28^[19]
Danan	Danan Flander	Senior General Manager	2014-12-??	2018-08-??
13abyKnight	Jon Andersen	Streamer	2017-05-13^[12]	2017-??-??^[36]
Xiituzi	Helen Xu	Manager	2017-07-20	2017-08-23
QuantumPope	Conrad Janzen	Manager	2014-10-??	2015-09-??
Clairvoyance	Aaron Kim	Coach	2014-??-??	2014-??-??	Monib Baray (player)
Stan King	Stanley Yang	Coach	2017-07-20	2017-08-23	is GG (player)

Results

Awards

2018
- Esports Awards 2018: Esports Organisation of the Year.^[37]

Gallery

Rosters

Cloud9's roster for The International 2014:
Aui_2000, pieliedie, bOne7, SingSing, and EternalEnvy.
Cloud9's roster for The International 2015:
Fata, Notail, Misery, EternalEnvy, and bOne7.

Trivia

On March 20th, 2015, Cloud9 broke the record for the longest competitive Dota 2 match against ScaryFaceZ in the Star Ladder Series Season 12 Europe and CIS qualifiers. The match lasted for 3 hours, 20 minutes, and 24 seconds.^[38]

Interviews

2015

2015-08-22 | Interview with Conrad Janzen of Cloud9 by OmniEulogy of LiquidDota.com

2014

2014-09-06 | Cloud9 owner Jack Etienne interview at WEC by Hot_Bid of LiquidDota.com at World E-sport Championships 2014

Additional Content

Interviews

Miscellaneous

Spotlights

2024

[e] 2024-10-08 | We're Finally Back To The International by Cloud9 at The International 2024

Highlights

Existing Team IDs

1333179, 7668567.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Jack Etienne (9 February 2014). "DotA 2 has arrived". http://cloud9.gg. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Farewell to SingSing
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Cloud9 HyperX Adds FATA to DOTA 2 Roster
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Jędrzej "ProxyPL" Smaruj (2015-01-06). "Cloud9's new roster on fire in DAC!". joinDOTA. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
↑ Pieliedie and Aui 2000 kicked off Dota team, still part of Cloud9
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 Pranjal "pranjal26" Drall (2015-08-14). "Cloud9 officially disbands". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 ^7.5 1437 (2015-09-01). "Time for a New Chapter". Retrieved 2018-06-25.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Major registration list
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Danan Flander (2015-11-16). "Ritsu Dismissed From Cloud9 DOTA2 Roster". Cloud9. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 ^10.5 "Cloud9 transfers 1437 to Digital Chaos and disbands their roster". GosuGamers. 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 Rob Zacny (5 January 2017). "Cloud 9 announces new Dota 2 roster". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 ^12.3 ^12.4 ^12.5 ^12.6 Danan Flander (13 May 2017). "Cloud9's DOTA2 Roster Disbands". cloud9.gg. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 ^13.4 ^13.5 @Cloud9 (20 July 2017). "Welcome @EternaLEnVy1991, @MSSDota, @PieLieDieDota, @Aui_2000, and @LiquidFATA back to the #C9DOTA2 roster!". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 ^14.4 ^14.5 Cloud9Jack (23 August 2017). "It was an honor to work with the boys again be apart of TI7.".
↑ Cloud9Jack (23 August 2017). "The teams in every case have chosen to break up.".
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 ^16.3 ^16.4 ^16.5 Cloud9 (2020-01-29). "After 2 years, #C9DOTA comes off of cooldown as we rejoin competitive @DOTA2!".
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 John Nomis (2020-01-29). "Cloud9 Comes Off Cooldown and Rejoins Competitive Dota 2". cloud9.gg. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 ^18.3 ^18.4 ^18.5 ^18.6 Cloud9 (2020-03-03). "#C9DOTA Roster Change".
↑ ^19.00 ^19.01 ^19.02 ^19.03 ^19.04 ^19.05 ^19.06 ^19.07 ^19.08 ^19.09 John Nomis (2020-04-28). "Cloud9 departs competitive Dota 2". cloud9.gg.
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 Cloud9 (2023-11-16). "Today we part ways with former C9 Dota 2 pro and content creator @SingSing".
↑ Sing (2023-11-16). "Today marks my final day with @Cloud9 after a very lengthy partnership.".
↑ ^22.00 ^22.01 ^22.02 ^22.03 ^22.04 ^22.05 ^22.06 ^22.07 ^22.08 ^22.09 ^22.10 Cloud9 (2024-07-21). "Back after a four year break with a team bound for The International".
↑ Entity (2024-07-21). "Entity hands over the baton to Cloud9".
↑ Cloud9 (2024-08-13). "Cloud9 Expands Esports Portfolio with Entity Acquisition, Partnering with BC.GAME".
↑ ^25.0 ^25.1 Cloud9 (2024-09-27). "Goodbyes are never easy".
↑ ^26.0 ^26.1 Cloud9 (2024-10-04). "Goodbye, @watsondoto..".
↑ Gaimin Gladiators (2024-10-04). "NEW ARC OP.".
↑ ^28.0 ^28.1 Cloud9 (2024-10-12). "Today, we say goodbye to No[one"].
↑ ^29.0 ^29.1 Cloud9 (2024-10-14). "Thank you, @DMdota17, for being an incredible player and an even better person.".
↑ ^30.0 ^30.1 Cloud9 (2024-10-22). "We say goodbye to our coach, @astinidota".
↑ ^31.0 ^31.1 Cloud9 (2024-11-01). "There are plenty of fish in the sea... but only one @FishmanDota2.".
↑ ^32.0 ^32.1 ^32.2 Cloud9 BC.GAME Dota 2 (2024-12-21). "Today we bid farewell to our Team Manager @Th3ReaLJP and Assistant Coach TheChosenOne.".
↑ "Jacques Etienne - CEO @ Cloud9". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
↑ Paullie Etienne. "Paullie Etienne - Co-Founder and COO at Cloud9 Esports". Retrieved 2021-04-15.
↑ Bohdami (2024-12-20). "LFT pos SMM".
↑ ^{[Inside Source]}
↑ @esportsawards (2018-11-13). "And your winner for Esports Organisation of the Year in association with @couttsandco @cloud9".
↑ Longest game record shattered by Cloud9 and Scaryfacezzz

[c9_squad_2014-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Jack Etienne (9 February 2014). "DotA 2 has arrived". http://cloud9.gg. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[Farewell_to_SingSing-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Farewell to SingSing

[Cloud9_HyperX_Adds_FATA_to_DOTA_2_Roster-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Cloud9 HyperX Adds FATA to DOTA 2 Roster

[Cloud9's_new_roster_on_fire_in_DAC!-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Jędrzej "ProxyPL" Smaruj (2015-01-06). "Cloud9's new roster on fire in DAC!". joinDOTA. Retrieved 2013-08-14.

[Pieliedie_and_Aui_2000_kicked_off_Dota_team,_still_part_of_Cloud9-5] Pieliedie and Aui 2000 kicked off Dota team, still part of Cloud9

[Cloud9_officially_disbands-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 Pranjal "pranjal26" Drall (2015-08-14). "Cloud9 officially disbands". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2016-08-14.

[Time_for_a_New_Chapter-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 ^7.5 1437 (2015-09-01). "Time for a New Chapter". Retrieved 2018-06-25.

[Major_registration_list-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Major registration list

[Ritsu_dismissed_from_Cloud9_roster-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Danan Flander (2015-11-16). "Ritsu Dismissed From Cloud9 DOTA2 Roster". Cloud9. Retrieved 2018-06-25.

[1437_to_DC-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 ^10.5 "Cloud9 transfers 1437 to Digital Chaos and disbands their roster". GosuGamers. 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

[C9_2017_squad-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 Rob Zacny (5 January 2017). "Cloud 9 announces new Dota 2 roster". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[C9_2017_disbanded-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 ^12.3 ^12.4 ^12.5 ^12.6 Danan Flander (13 May 2017). "Cloud9's DOTA2 Roster Disbands". cloud9.gg. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

[C9_New_Roster-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 ^13.4 ^13.5 @Cloud9 (20 July 2017). "Welcome @EternaLEnVy1991, @MSSDota, @PieLieDieDota, @Aui_2000, and @LiquidFATA back to the #C9DOTA2 roster!". Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[EE's_squad_leaves_Cloud9-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 ^14.4 ^14.5 Cloud9Jack (23 August 2017). "It was an honor to work with the boys again be apart of TI7.".

[15] Cloud9Jack (23 August 2017). "The teams in every case have chosen to break up.".

[c9_20200129-16] 16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 ^16.3 ^16.4 ^16.5 Cloud9 (2020-01-29). "After 2 years, #C9DOTA comes off of cooldown as we rejoin competitive @DOTA2!".

[C9_2020_announcement-17] 17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 John Nomis (2020-01-29). "Cloud9 Comes Off Cooldown and Rejoins Competitive Dota 2". cloud9.gg. Retrieved 2020-03-11.

[c9_20200303-18] 18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 ^18.3 ^18.4 ^18.5 ^18.6 Cloud9 (2020-03-03). "#C9DOTA Roster Change".

[c9_20200428-19] 19.00 ^19.01 ^19.02 ^19.03 ^19.04 ^19.05 ^19.06 ^19.07 ^19.08 ^19.09 John Nomis (2020-04-28). "Cloud9 departs competitive Dota 2". cloud9.gg.

[c9_20231116-20] 20.0 ^20.1 Cloud9 (2023-11-16). "Today we part ways with former C9 Dota 2 pro and content creator @SingSing".

[21] Sing (2023-11-16). "Today marks my final day with @Cloud9 after a very lengthy partnership.".

[c9_20240721-22] 22.00 ^22.01 ^22.02 ^22.03 ^22.04 ^22.05 ^22.06 ^22.07 ^22.08 ^22.09 ^22.10 Cloud9 (2024-07-21). "Back after a four year break with a team bound for The International".

[23] Entity (2024-07-21). "Entity hands over the baton to Cloud9".

[24] Cloud9 (2024-08-13). "Cloud9 Expands Esports Portfolio with Entity Acquisition, Partnering with BC.GAME".

[c9_20240927-25] 25.0 ^25.1 Cloud9 (2024-09-27). "Goodbyes are never easy".

[c9_20241004-26] 26.0 ^26.1 Cloud9 (2024-10-04). "Goodbye, @watsondoto..".

[27] Gaimin Gladiators (2024-10-04). "NEW ARC OP.".

[c9_20241012-28] 28.0 ^28.1 Cloud9 (2024-10-12). "Today, we say goodbye to No[one"].

[c9_20241014-29] 29.0 ^29.1 Cloud9 (2024-10-14). "Thank you, @DMdota17, for being an incredible player and an even better person.".

[c9_20241022-30] 30.0 ^30.1 Cloud9 (2024-10-22). "We say goodbye to our coach, @astinidota".

[c9_20241101-31] 31.0 ^31.1 Cloud9 (2024-11-01). "There are plenty of fish in the sea... but only one @FishmanDota2.".

[c9_20241221-32] 32.0 ^32.1 ^32.2 Cloud9 BC.GAME Dota 2 (2024-12-21). "Today we bid farewell to our Team Manager @Th3ReaLJP and Assistant Coach TheChosenOne.".

[33] "Jacques Etienne - CEO @ Cloud9". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2021-04-15.

[34] Paullie Etienne. "Paullie Etienne - Co-Founder and COO at Cloud9 Esports". Retrieved 2021-04-15.

[35] Bohdami (2024-12-20). "LFT pos SMM".

[36] ^{[Inside Source]}

[37] @esportsawards (2018-11-13). "And your winner for Esports Organisation of the Year in association with @couttsandco @cloud9".

[Longest_game_record_shattered_by_Cloud9_and_Scaryfacezzz-38] Longest game record shattered by Cloud9 and Scaryfacezzz

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ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
EternaLEnVy	Jacky Mao	1	2014-02-09^[1]	-
SingSing	Weh Sing Yuen	2	2014-02-09^[1]	2014-08-13^[2]	Team Tinker
bOne7	Pittner Armand	3	2014-02-09^[1]	-
Aui_2000	Kurtis Ling	4	2014-02-09^[1]	2015-01-05^[4]	Evil Geniuses
pieliedie	Johan Åström	5	2014-02-09^[1]	2015-05-08^[4]	MeePwn'd

ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
Ritsu	Ravindu Kodippili	1	2015-09-01^[7]	2015-11-16^[9]	Shazam
Brax	Braxton Paulson	2	2015-09-01^[7]	2015-11-27^[10]	Shazam
MSS	Arif Anwar	3	2015-09-01^[7]	2015-11-27^[10]	Shazam
SVG	Avery Silverman	4	2015-09-01^[7]	2015-11-27^[10]	Shazam
1437	Theeban Siva	5	2015-09-01^[7]	2015-11-27^[10]	Digital Chaos
Loomdun	Chase Stearns	5	2015-09-04^[8]	2015-11-27^[10]	Shazam

ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
EternaLEnVy	Jacky Mao	1	2014-02-09^[1]	2015-08-14^[6]	Team Secret
FATA-	Adrian Trinks	2	2014-08-17^[3]	2015-08-14^[6]	5Jungz
bOne7	Pittner Armand	3	2014-02-09^[1]	2015-08-14^[6]	Kaipi
BigDaddy	Johan Sundstein	4	2015-01-05^[4]	2015-08-14^[6]	Monkey Business
MiSeRy	Rasmus Filipsen	5	2015-01-05^[4]	2015-08-14^[6]	Team Secret

ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
EternaLEnVy	Jacky Mao	1	2017-07-20^[13]	2017-08-23^[14]	Fnatic
FATA-	Adrian Trinks	2	2017-07-20^[13]	2017-08-23^[14]	Team Secret
MSS	Arif Anwar	3	2017-07-20^[13]	2017-08-23^[14]	Digital Chaos
Aui_2000	Kurtis Ling	4	2017-07-20^[13]	2017-08-23^[14]	Animal Planet
pieliedie	Johan Åström	5	2017-07-20^[13]	2017-08-23^[14]	Fnatic

ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
Ace	Marcus Hoelgaard	1	2017-01-05^[11]	2017-05-13^[12]	Danish Bears
13abyKnight	Jon Andersen	2	2017-01-05^[11]	2017-05-13^[12]	Crescendo
HeStEJoE-RoTTeN	Mikki Mørch Junget	3	2017-01-05^[11]	2017-05-13^[12]	Danish Bears
NoiA	Danny Mørch Junget	4/5	2017-01-05^[11]	2017-05-13^[12]	Danish Bears
Ryze	Christoffer Borregaard Winther	4/5	2017-01-05^[11]	2017-05-13^[12]	Danish Bears

ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
EternaLEnVy	Jacky Mao	1	2020-03-03^[18]	2020-04-28^[19]	business associates
Ace	Marcus Hoelgaard	2	2020-03-03^[18]	2020-04-28^[19]	5men
Sneyking	Jingjun Wu	3	2020-03-03^[18]	2020-04-28^[19]	business associates
MISERY	Rasmus Filipsen	4	2020-01-29^[16]	2020-04-28^[19]	5men
pieliedie	Johan Åström	5	2020-01-29^[16]	2020-04-28^[19]	5men

ID		Name	Position	Join Date	Inactive Date	Active Team
skem		Andrei Ong	1	2020-01-29^[16]	2020-03-03^[18]
vtFαded	Loan	Cheng Jia Hao	2	2020-01-29^[16]	2020-03-03^[18]

ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
watson	Alimzhan Islambekov	1	2024-07-21^[22]	2024-10-04^[26]	Gaimin Gladiators
No[o]ne-	Volodymyr Minenko	2	2024-07-21^[22]	2024-10-12^[28]	PARIVISION
DM	Dmitry Dorokhin	3	2024-07-21^[22]	2024-10-14^[29]	PARIVISION
Kataomi`	Vladislav Semenov	4	2024-07-21^[22]	2024-09-27^[25]	BetBoom Team
Fishman	Dzmitry Palishchuk	5	2024-07-21^[22]	2024-11-01^[31]	1w Team

Date	Place	Tier		Result	Prize

2024-09-14	5th - 6th	Tier 1	The International 2024	0 : 2	$97,180
2017-01-15	2nd	National	World Electronic Sports Games 2016	1 : 2	$400,000
2015-08-04	9th - 12th	Tier 1	The International 2015	0 : 2	$221,155
2015-07-12	2nd	Tier 1	Dota Pit League Season 3	0 : 3	$57,056
2015-02-07	5th - 6th	Tier 1	Dota 2 Asia Championships 2015	1 : 2	$152,876
2014-12-07	2nd	Tier 1	The Summit 2	1 : 3	$77,728
2014-10-05	2nd	Tier 1	World Cyber Arena 2014	0 : 3	$89,721
2014-09-07	2nd	Tier 1	World E-sport Championships 2014	1 : 4	$32,627
2014-07-20	5th - 6th	Tier 1	The International 2014	1 : 2	$655,439
2014-06-16	2nd	Tier 1	DreamLeague Season 1	2 : 3	$41,000

Date	Tier	Type	Tournament		vs. Opponent
September 14, 2024 - 10:10 CEST	Tier 1	Offline	TI 2024 - Playoffs	0 : 2	Falcons	View match details
September 13, 2024 - 16:20 CEST	Tier 1	Offline	TI 2024 - Playoffs	0 : 2	Liquid	View match details
September 8, 2024 - 12:00 CEST	Tier 1	Offline	TI 2024 - Playoffs	2 : 0	Aurora	View match details
September 6, 2024 - 16:15 CEST	Tier 1	Offline	TI 2024 - Seeding Decider	2 : 0	1w	View match details
September 5, 2024 - 14:50 CEST	Tier 1	Offline	TI 2024 - Group B	2 : 0	Talon	View match details
September 5, 2024 - 10:00 CEST	Tier 1	Offline	TI 2024 - Group B	1 : 1	Tundra	View match details
September 4, 2024 - 12:20 CEST	Tier 1	Offline	TI 2024 - Group B	2 : 0	G2.iG	View match details
August 24, 2024 - 10:30 CEST	Tier 2	Online	FISSURE Universe 3 - Group B	0 : 2	Falcons	+ Add details
August 22, 2024 - 11:00 CEST	Tier 2	Online	FISSURE Universe 3 - Group B	2 : 0	G2.iG	+ Add details
August 21, 2024 - 11:00 CEST	Tier 2	Online	FISSURE Universe 3 - Group B	0 : 2	TSpirit	+ Add details

Team	Overview Results Played Matches
Organization	Jack KZ Myra Mynx Paullie Etienne

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Cloud9

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Former

Results

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Gallery

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2015

2014

Additional Content

Interviews

Miscellaneous

Spotlights

2024

Highlights

Existing Team IDs

References