CS:GO | Cloud9 Academy Roster 2022 - Adding New Players
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C9 is the protagonist of one of the most
important news of the summer break on the CS:GO competitive scene. The
legendary North American organization continues its commitment to Russian
players and will have Gambit’s coach as the project leader.
After more than three months of returning C9 to
CS:GO, the club has announced the creation of an academy. The latter will be
composed of five prospects from Russia that have little experience within the
competitive scene of Valve’s shooter. Nevertheless, these young players will be
directed by Ivan "F_1N" Kochugov, who has previously worked as
Gambit’s head coach.
Currently, the fifth season of WePlay Academy
League is underway, one of the events that has motivated squads to create
second teams focused on training. Even though we think the C9 academy roster
would be classified for the event, WePlay managers haven’t yet decided to
invite the club to the league. Thus, the participation of the Cloud9 subsidiary
is in question at the moment. But if you don’t want to miss out on any updates,
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Nevertheless, before Cloud9 academy takes a step
on the professional CS:GO stage, this is the perfect time to take a closer look
at the main causes for its creation, the new players for the roster, and the
future goals for this squad. Without further ado, let’s get started!
The CEO manager of C9 gave an interview to HLTV
about the creation of the academy. His intentions for its academy roster were
mainly based on the three causes. First of all, the opportunities offered by
Cloud9 as an organization, merged with the coaching experience, can expand by
creating another team appealing on the competitive stage.
Second of all, the new academy C9 roster will
present their club in events in which the first team is unable to participate.
The last reason why the North American organization decided to organize the
academy is because it can use the players as substitutes for the first squad,
something that NiP or Fnatic already do.
The acquisition of this competitive and young
roster defines the formative nature of the project in its respective CS:GO
division. At the moment, there is no info about what upcoming matches and
tournaments the club will participate in. That said, Cloud9 and North American
fans will be celebrating after receiving any decisive news from the team on the
competitive scene. The roster will consist of:
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Artem "sstr1ct" Mesnyankin
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Maxim "dekz" Korolev
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Vladislav "Н1te" Khait
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Matvey "sm3t" Gogin
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Daniil "alpha" Demin
(IGL)
As we have said earlier, the new prospects of the
team have little to no experience in the competitive scene of CS:GO, except for
Vladislav “Н1te” Khait, who has played more than 60 maps on the professional
stage.
The CIS players were not going through their best
due to the conflict in Ukraine. In this regard, the Russian Gambit team decided
to sell the roster to Cloud9 after its players had to play the last tournaments
without representing the organization. In addition, with new C9 players, there
was also a change of role of Ivan "F_1N" Kochugov, the Gambit’s head
coach. Since Cloud9 bought the Russian team, F_1N has worked mainly as an
analyst at the club.
However, his arrival on the NA academy team as
the project leader will help its players to get competitive experience and
return to the champion in Valve's shooter academies.
In the same interview, Aleksandr Shсherbakov
explained that he would like to see the Cloud9 academy compete in the fifth
edition of the WePlay Academy League. However, and as we have said earlier, the
participation of the NA academy depends on whether the organizers decide to
invite the club to the league.
With that being said, C9 managers have serious
intentions for the possible future of the club. The C9's official channel
tweeted a quote within the intentions for its new roster. Following the
announcement, Cloud9’s initial goals for this team were to obtain experience on
the professional scene and establish itself as a top 30 CS:GO team on the
planet.The Reasons for Roster Changes
Cloud9 Academy Roster -
Rebuilding Time
Ivan "F_1N" Kochugov as
the First Coach
Future Goals for the Team
