Summer's over and Cloud9 has found their form once again. Here's all you need to know about what happened this summer for Cloud9. By Scribe It was a rough winter for Cloud9 and going into summer, things weren't looking too well for the team. The organization replaced Ryan "freakazoid" Abadir with Alec "Slemmy" White to try and bring a more tactical approach to the team's play. While the team's strategies improved temporarily, the lack of fragging power from White led the team to look elsewhere. C9 dropped White in favour of snatching Timothy "autimatic" Ta from Team SoloMid. The move had some fans worried about a return to an "all aim, no brain" style of play the team had resorted to since losing tactical mastermind Sean "seang@res" Gares. Instead, the team surged in the rankings with stunning results online and surprising results on LAN. So how did Cloud9 do this summer? Here's a quick breakdown: Since swapping White out for Ta, C9 have dominated online competition. The team's 40-7 online record is near spotless. The team also managed to finish first at the CyberPowerPC Summer 2016 Pro Series online tourney. So far, OpTic Gaming is the only team to be able to win more than 2 maps against Cloud9 online with 4 wins total since Ta was brought on. EchoFox, NRG and Liquid are the only other teams to take a map off C9, with one win each. Even with White, C9 still put up an impressive 20-7 record online and a 1st place finish in the iBUYPOWER Summer Invitational 2016 online tourney. However, Cloud9 couldn't translate that online success with White offline, with the team failing to qualify for the ESL One Cologne 2016 Major and only notable finishes on LAN being 3rd-4th at Dreamhack Austin and 5th-6th at the ECS Season 1 Finals. The team also competed in ELEAGUE and the ESL Pro League Season 3 finals with White, finishing 5th-8th and 7th-8th respectively. With Ta, the team has managed to pull off surprising results on LAN. The team started off strong with a controversial second place finish at Northern Arena 2016 and then followed up with a 3rd-4th finish at the StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2 finals. The team also finished in second place at Dreamhack ZOWIE Open Bucharest 2016. It took only three LAN events with Cloud9 for Ta to achieve the same number of wins White had on LAN with C9 in five offline events. Against international teams, C9 has an 11-7 record offline. Of the 24 maps Cloud9 has played on LAN since adding Ta, only 6 of them have been against North American and Brazilian teams. Despite some rough stretches, Cloud9 has managed to bounce back in full force with a revitalized lineup. Based on C9's impressive online record and their steady improvement on LAN, Ta hit the ground running and seems to be meshing well with the team. Jake "Stewie2K" Yip has developed into one of North America's breakout stars, putting up impressive numbers in matches. Despite months of fan criticism and sub-par play, Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert has returned to his old form and is playing well on the scoreboard while both Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham and Mike "shroud" Grzesiek have stayed consistent. It will be a true test of the roster to see if Cloud9 can keep up the stellar play in the months leading up to the next Major in January.
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