American organization Cloud9 have just announced that they are pausing their involvement in CS:GO. Here is their announcement:
Regarding #C9CSGO: pic.twitter.com/QMUB0Zjgpq
— Cloud9 (@Cloud9) March 26, 2021
Cloud9 pausing involvement in CS:GO – Why?
In their main statement, Cloud9 revealed that the main reason for this was because of the pandemic. According to them, the current health situation around the world has disallowed Cloud9 to assemble the team in North America as they had planned initially. Due to this, Cloud9 were forced into remote training which is not how the organization wants to go about things.
Some have come to the conclusion that this was not the only reason for this temporary pause from CS:GO. The team has gone through multiple player changes, as well as a coach switch up and they still haven’t gotten a single solid result.
Here are some of their recent placements in CS:GO events:
- 17th-20th in ESL Pro League Season 13 – 24th March 2021 – $15,000
- 5th-8th in Snow Sweet Snow #2 – 9th March 2021
- 4th at DreamHack Masters Spring 2021: European Qualifier – 7th March 2021
- 17th-20th in Intel Extreme Masters XV – World Championship – 17th February 2021 – $4,500
Community reaction
Obviously this news came as a shock to many, especially Cloud9 fans. With the Colossus only in action for about 6 months it’s definitely heartbreaking to see that this potential roster will also be dropped. With so much hype around this team, it’s certainly disheartening to see that Cloud9 are once again in a very troubling situation with CS:GO.
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