{"id":977,"date":"2019-07-24T12:15:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/cloud9-new-csgo-roster"},"modified":"2024-07-20T23:41:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T23:41:53","slug":"cloud9-new-csgo-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/cloud9-new-csgo-roster","title":{"rendered":"Cloud9 announce new CS:GO roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><p>North American esports organisation Cloud9 has officially announced its new <a aria-label=\"CS:GO (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/cs-go\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CS:GO<\/a> roster following a string of disappointing results in recent months.<\/p><p><\/p><figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"C9-CSGO-roster-update-1024x320.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/sxsT2Eee1xRds6Rec-pV93cM94hpSQPCVfpf5ZimwWY\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly9naW54LnR2L3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDE5LzA3L0M5LUNTR08tcm9zdGVyLXVwZGF0ZS0xMDI0eDMyMC5qcGc\" width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><p><\/p><p>The team has dropped Will &#8220;Rush&#8221; Wierzba to the bench and released Ren&Atilde;&copy; &#8220;cajunb&#8221; Borg and Daniel &#8220;vice&#8221; Kim, who had been with the team since April and March respectively. Meanwhile, coach Soham &#8220;valens&#8221; Chowdhury will remain with Cloud9, taking on the role of Head of Data Science.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Timothy &#8220;autimatic&#8221; Ta is the only player to remain on the team, having first joined in August 2016. He will be joined by Damien &#8220;daps&#8221; Steele, Kenneth &#8220;koosta&#8221; Suen, Tyson &#8220;TenZ&#8221; Ngo and Spaniard &Atilde;&#147;scar &#8220;mixwell&#8221; Ca&Atilde;&plusmn;ellas. As coach, James &#8220;JamezIRL&#8221; Macauley is joining from Ghost Gaming.<\/p><p><\/p><p>daps and mixwell previously played together under ELEAGUE winners <a aria-label=\"OpTic Gaming (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/immortals-gaming-club-purchase-infinite-esports-optic-gaming\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpTic Gaming<\/a> (though daps wasn&#8217;t there for the win), also joined by rush. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see whether they can get this chemistry back on track and bring some more glory to North America.<\/p><p><\/p><p>&acirc;&#128;&#156;Some things can only be achieved with a deliberate step in a new direction,&#8221; said valens. &#8220;These changes will help perpetuate the mindset that we all need to be willing to be a beginner every single morning. Thank you to Mike, Dan, Rene, Will, and Kevve for trying to right the ship&#8211; I am excited to see where they continue their journey. Without further ado, please join us in welcoming James, Damian, Tyson, Oscar, and Kenny to build a team with Tim that we can all be proud of! I&#8217;ll be cheering&acirc;&#128;&brvbar; try and stop me. &acirc;&#128;&#157;<\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>The team&#8217;s first test will be at BLAST Pro Series: Los Angeles 2019, which kicks off next weekend on Saturday, July 13.<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North American esports organisation Cloud9 has officially announced its new CS:GO roster following a string of disappointing results in recent months. 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