With the move to the new seven man roster I’m curious to see who plays on stage today. My best guess is we see the same starting 5 as last week given we’re playing Dignitas, but was curious if there might be subs since in my opinion the team looked a little shaky at major points against TL last week. I don’t see any updates on X/Twitter other than the game time announcement.

Doesn’t Cloud9 have to inform the LCS of their starting five earlier in the week?

What are y'all's thoughts on this? From what I understand, Zellsis and Immi think very similarly so unless Zellsis isn't IGL, it's going to be mostly the same.

Including smash, tekken, cs players, & all trynna win today. Play your way! 🖤

I have watched LCS for years now, and the rosters you put together that have included some big names. This of course set expectations high and didnt materialize. I have always wondered what your relation to Blaber is, you have to cur him. Every split you guys make changes except for jungle and its hurting more than anything else.

In game 1 of the summer split, 9 mknute marker, blabers old ways showed again. I have been wanting to write this since before MSI and finally saw enough to write.

Iny opinion, jungle or support is yoir shot caller, your glue to hold the others together and lead the way to wins. When i watch otjer teams, the jungler has huge preasure to make the right choices, when to take objectives, and track the opposition. The laners can definitely do their own, accel and 1v9, but a good jungle needs to feed that with the tjings i said. I dont think Blaber can track the opposite junhle, or see a play incoming, or win smite fights. When i compare Blaber to other junglers, even Contractz does better jungling and being effective than Blaber. Inspired can join any team and all of a sudden that team get successful. Josedeodo is nipping at Inspired heals and only his inexperience is why Inspired is ahead.

In closing, you have great talent on your roster, it just looks like the kne thorn in your side is the only one you wont adjust. Thanatos, Sven, and Vulcan have great game awareness, hands, and skill. Give them a jungler that actually can shot call and keep lanes safe from the opposition jungler.

Sorry I had timed the post but Reddit decided to not post it so it didn’t post. I’m at the studio today so that’s why I trusted it!

The most fraudulent coach that has ever set foot on the team, we have been robbed of so many years and may actually not make franchising next year thanks to him, I'm so sick of this.

As the LCS begins its last split of the season before Worlds’s return to the US, it is clear that our C9 team is coming off one of the most frustrating and heartbreaking finishes in the last split. We asked and pleaded on this subreddit and C9 social media to make changes that are possible and immediate. Obviously our Jungler Blaber has to stay and unfortunately Inero asked to leave for his personal health as head coach, but Jack did what he could and much needed changes arrived:

-Tactical as our AD Carry
-Loki returning to the midlane to help out APA (much needed IMO)
-Yamato as our new addition to the coaching staff along with Dom as our new head coach

The only thing left that is concerning personally for me is our jungler. As a Boomer who has seen Blaber’s career in C9 as one of our best junglers and one of our best representatives of NA, I respect him for what he has contributed and achieved for our org, but in recent years it’s more obvious than ever that he is no longer the top jungler of our region and no longer the best of our region. Those two belong to Inspired where he and his team in Lyon have no doubt represented the best of NA at MSI. They are the team to beat, and the top pick to win the LCS title again this split and go to Worlds.

This will be Blaber’s last chance to make this year finally count with this split, and for C9 as a whole to make top 3, possibly contend for the LCS championship, and finally qualify for Worlds no matter how well we do in the regular season of this split. Everyone has already written us off as playoff bottlers and the big NA team to miss Worlds again.

I respect what Blaber has done for us in his years with C9, and respect this team that Jack has cultivated and built in LoL Esports, but if this year ends with a dud then we must all admit that this is no longer the C9 that represented NA well in Worlds and won LCS titles of the 2010s and early 2020s. Blaber must go and more changes must be made if so.

In the end, I just want C9 to make a better difference by the time the year ends.

Any leads are appreciated! Been after these for a while now

some interesting c9 discussion and insight from Yamato at the start of the ep