Kaiser confirmed to join Cloud9

harsha

May 21, 2017

Ryu "Kaiser" Sang-hoon's struggles have been well-documented as of late. After garnering significant attention during the APEX Season 2, Kaiser's absence on the RunAway starting lineup was under intense scrutiny, especially after his impressive performances. However, he later revealed that he encountered financial burdens that made a long-term stay in Korea impossible under current conditions, as RunAway did not have the proper funding necessary.

Kaiser announced that he would join a western team, and most speculated that he would join Cloud9, especially after Selly's departure. On the latest episode of Around the Watch, which occurred live, head coach Bishop confirmed the move:

Pretty sure everyone put 1-to-1 together and figured out that you know...Kaiser will be our new 6th member, so here's the formal announcement: Kaiser will be our 6th member, our main tank for Cloud9. Hype!

The episode will likely go live on SoundCloud shortly.

With the move, GODS will move back to a flex position while performing Roadhog and DPS duties. Kaiser will likely feel comfortable in the new environment, as he will be able to confide in Cloud9's other Korean imports, Bishop and Xepher.

As of now, the Cloud9 roster is as follows:

Lane "Surefour" Roberts (DPS)
Daniel "GODS" Graesser (Flex)
Koo “Xepher” Jae-mo (Flex)
Ryu "Kaiser" Sang-hoon (Tank)
Randal "Roolf" Stark (Support)
Adam "Adam" Eckel (Support)
Lee “Bishop” Beoum-jun (Coach)

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#1

KuroiRyuu9625

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KNEW IT! For real though, worst kept secret ever.

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C9 roster looking pretty stacked now.

Best of luck to Kaiser, guy deserves to be on a top team

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at least c9 is sticking to their 2-2-2 flag roster

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Big upgrade for c9.

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This should be a great move for Kaiser and C9. He's the kind of guy you can build the team around just him and Surefour and have an identity.

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So the korean version of the proverb is "putting 1 and 1 together"? :P

gl to c9

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I hope he finds the same passion with this team as he did with runaway considering he joined to help his family financially.

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Kaiser at TakeOver

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I think this suits cloud9 better with gods flexibility, hes reminds me of a swiss army knife which could really open things up interms of comps.

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big kept secret

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Hudsen

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GODS back on flex role FeelsGoodMan

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The way Bishop made it out, Xepher is the main flex, while Gods will be primarily a DPS.

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PogChamp NA time Kaiser streams PogChamp

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If S4 and Adam werent so good in their respective positions, if Bishop was still hired when C9 went over to KR for Apex, they'd prolly have an all KR team sooner than later

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Even though this move was made to relieve gods of his tank position which he clearly doesn't do his best on. I cannot help but think that even at dps/flex, gods is still the weakest link to the lineup. C9 also has mendo as a sub (maybe a gray area)who mainly plays dps, so I suppose even if that holds true over time, it will be the best for the teams flexibility.

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Gods is underrated, the boy can do work

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harsha

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Mendo has no desire to return to the starting lineup

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He is their hog player and a damn good one. In addition to that he can flex onto anything.

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Mendo mentioned on his stream that he "probably never" will go back to the main roster.

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Sas

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inb4 c9 drops roster like other ow orgs FeelsKaiserMan

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Guinea

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Yes im sure they imported 3 koreans with plans to drop the roster

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well they already sent one korean back : 3

i'll be so mad if the same thing happens to kaiser tbh

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One_Punch_Man

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Splyce had plans, bootcamped for a month, new players and where are they now....

Fnatic, trialing new players, and boom, gone.......(raised 7 million)

Both of these teams received investment with the rumor mill of OWL, the millions to bid for a spot (c9 raised close to 3million), you never know with endemic orgs.

but dropping the roster before OWL to them pick it up is just a shrewd business move to save money and more a long term view. so if c9 wants to keep spending money before they pony up for OWL, good for them, others aren't.

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So happy for KAISER !

Hype Max !

Can't wait to see him perform.

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ez groupies ez money ez games welcome to NA overwatch LUL

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