❘ Revealed: 2023-03-01T22:48:22
❘ Up to date: 2023-03-01T22:48:30
Cloud9 formally confirmed that Jaccob ‘yay’ Whiteaker has parted methods with the group. The skilled Valorant group rallied round yay after he introduced his free-agent standing.
Cloud9 formally confirmed a number of experiences round its star Valorant participant yay by saying that he and the group have parted methods. After the announcement got here out, along with yay putting out his own statement that he was now a free agent, a number of followers and fellow gamers rallied round him on-line.
Lots of yay’s former teammates from his time on OpTic Gaming responded to his publish with considerate phrases, together with Austin ‘crashies’ Roberts and Pujan ‘FNS’ Mehta.
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“They did you soiled, head up brotha,” crashies said.
Different execs, like LOUD’s Erick ‘aspas’ Santos and DRX’s Byung-chul ‘BuZz’ Yu, additionally despatched finest needs to the world-class participant.
Others went to Cloud9’s personal assertion to voice their displeasure with the transfer, accusing the group of both not being absolutely clear with the transfer or the esports panorama normally.
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“You don’t bench the most effective participant on the earth from the yr prior due to position points, and also you actually don’t DROP them fully letting them change into unrestricted F/A. Someone actually actually dropped the ball and screwed up right here,” Valorant caster Arten ‘Ballatw’ Esa said in response to Cloud9’s assertion.
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Fellow Valorant analyst Jessica ‘Jess’ Bolden additionally commented on the transfer, contextualizing it inside the bigger esports market downturn that has been getting into.
“Esports is only a f***ing nightmare. Nobody makes selections that make sense. This yr has simply been folks dropping the ball on extremely beneficial folks and it’s exhausting,” Jess said.
Cloud9 will go into the mid-season switch window seeking to substitute yay and might also doubtlessly make different roster strikes sooner or later.