Cloud 9’s Big Weekend

This past weekend has been nothing but extraordinary for Jack and the boys. They made history and reassured fans in some serious changes made by upper management. Friday marked the start of the Inaugural Overwatch League Grand Finals. Fans from across the states migrated to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to watch and join in the festivities. Investors and C level VIP’s also made their way to negotiate in deals with Blizzard Activision. The Cloud 9 owned London Spitfire made a strong run to the finals after a lackluster showing in the stage 2 and 3 phases of the league. Their match was against the Philadelphia Fusion. Advertisements and artwork littered the city and all eyes were glued to the match, whether it was on Twitch or television on ESPN and Disney. The matches were explosive in the first day, but the Spitfire managed to take the first point of the best of 3 series. The hype continued into day two, but London was not phased and swept the board against the Fusion. After 7 months of competition, the team cemented their name in esports history as the first team to ever win the Overwatch League.

Along with the success of the Spitfire, Cloud 9’s League of Legends team also followed through with some much needed success. The team had recently traded their team captain and shot caller, Smoothie, to Echo Fox. The team has already received criticism for their previous roster moves with the temporary benching of Sneaky for Keith and Jensen for GoldenGlue earlier in the split. However, this weekend Cloud 9 started their academy jungler, Blaber, over long time veteran Svenskeren. The team crushed Team Solomid and had a won tough game against Smoothie and Echo Fox. These wins highly increased their chances of making playoffs and pulled the team out of 10th place. Cloud 9 has always made Worlds and with their backs against the wall, they climbed out to join the race for playoffs.