Selly to return to Korea after being removed from Cloud9

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May 12, 2017

According to sources inside Cloud9, Selly has been removed from C9 and will be flying home to Korea. It has been just over a month since the organisation announced the addition of Koreans Selly and Xepher to the roster, though they were living with the team in North America for a few weeks beforehand. A replacement has not yet been reported.

One source told over.gg that Selly had been removed for “personality conflicts”, though went into no further detail. Coach Bishop had a different take, saying, “Selly is an extremely talented player, but his aggressive playstyle didn’t mesh with the team at various moments, causing his playstyle to be somewhat inconsistent.” Selly confirmed he was removed from Cloud9 but did not go into reasons or replacements, saying he was "just looking for [a] team now".

The recent results for Cloud9 with their new roster, which involved Gods moving to tank as ryb and Mendokusaii left the team, have placed them in the middle of the top teams in North America. In the Rivalcade Rumble they lost to Immortals in groups but beat Selfless in the first round of the playoffs, falling straight afterwards to Rogue and LG Evil. LG Evil again had their number in the CyberPowerPC Spring Invitational, beating them 3-2 in an extremely close match.

During these tournaments, Surefour, Xepher, and Selly were frequently swapping between offtanks and DPS heroes to facilitate compositions from triple tank to triple DPS. Selly was taking the brunt of the Soldier: 76 work, also showing up on Genji and Roadhog among other heroes.

There is no indication so far that Selly attempted any sort of coup.

The Cloud9 roster is now:

Lane "Surefour" Roberts (DPS)
Jaemo “Xepher” Koo (Flex)
Daniel "GODS" Graesser (Tank)
Randal "Roolf" Stark (Support)
Adam "Adam" Eckel (Support)
Beoumjun “Bishop” Lee (Coach)

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C9 talespin?
There's more than enough EU talent for the role they need so they really shouldn't have trouble finding a competent replacement.

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I really don't get the Talespin hype, and I don't see it happening here.

He abandoned a team mid-tournament. Regardless of the reasons, that's a pretty big red flag that would give any well run org pause.
He hasn't played in a team environment in months.
He's known for his Pharah, a hero that Surefour is already very strong on. I don't remember his Genji as anything special, and even though he's played a bunch of Tracer, he's not a hitscan specialist.

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Finally someone agrees with me,i was only impressed by his pharah and tracer,heroes that surefour has shown a masterclass on,i'd much prefer them get a genji/offtank player like the one that RNG was looking for

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I know one... Seagull. I want to see Mendo back too, Surefour + Mendo is the best C9 DPS duo I have seen.
I think Xepher can go, he doesn't look all that good outside of Zarya anyway. Selly was looking like the much better korean of the two.
We can have Surefour, Seagull, Mendo in the same lineup. The hero pools and roles works out great too.

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plat chat

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but ur plat

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Agree. Dude hasn't done anything impressive since the pharmercy meta and yet Reddit keeps hyping him up.

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He chokes during big lans
He had big games on Phara before Ana, Zen buff, Soldier buff etc. Over a year ago which doesn't mean much atm
His Genji was a genji that needed nano boost to do anything and even then it was underwhelming
His Tracer is not worth mentioning

He's okay, he plays the game a lot.

NRG should give selly a tryout, he's an upgrade from any of the dps they currently have. There's only so many games IDDQD can carry the other team with his widow plays. #FarmedBySurefour

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You realize hes on trial with fnatic right?

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didn't fnatic sign talespin?

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hope u enjoyed ur vacation in america selly

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Why would C9 get Talespin if Surefour who has does everything Talespin does but better?

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On trial =\= signed

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On trial = obligations with another team and wont randomly sign with c9

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Bishop seems like a strict coach considering what he said. Selly was only with the team for a month and with little tourneys going on, there's time to fix mistakes.

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There is no indication so far that Selly attempted any sort of coup.

Investigative journalism at its finest. :]

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s4 is the problem kappa

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The return of Mendo Kappa

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There is no indication so far that Selly attempted any sort of coup.

i died

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I will miss Selly.. Super talented player, I'm sure he'll find a great home in Korea!

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I hope Mendocoupsaii gets a chance to play, he's my favourite C9 player after ryb :)

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This is a shame since i really liked selly :( but i guess Bishop knows best

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