After Cloud9 released its previous Halo Infinite roster on the finish of 2022, a crew that had simply taken an in depth second-place end on the Halo World Championship, it was believed that the beforehand partnered group was taking its depart from the scene earlier than yr two.
However right now, with qualifiers for the opening Charlotte Main subsequent week, C9 debunked these beliefs and made a shock announcement that it will likely be fielding a crew for Halo Infinite in any case within the 2023 season. The one subject is that, as of proper now, that crew solely consists of three gamers.
With its earlier roster of Sure, Eco, Pznguin, and Stellur now operating under the banner of Spacestation Gaming, C9 has picked up the remaining fragments of the outdated Oxygen Esports and Players First rosters. Kyle “Nemassist” Kubina and James “TritoN” Bolling made a powerful run on the World Championship, acquiring a top-six end with the Oxygen squad in a surprising underdog run. Nathan “Squallaye” Kostal spent the complete 2022 season with G1, one marked with large highs like a top-two end on the NA Tremendous in August and the devastating low of a top-12 exit at Worlds.
The squad of three had been competing with Str8 SicK, a former G2 Esports participant, throughout the Spacestation Spartan Showdown in January. The dearth of Str8 SicK on this announcement, nevertheless, means that since then, the roster has been on the hunt for a brand new fourth. It’s an unsurprising transfer to make after their run within the Spartan Showdown got here to an finish with a top-12 placement.
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It doesn’t matter what fourth participant C9 chooses to finish the crew, it should have some giant footwear to fill after the spectacular legacy that the 2022 crew left behind. Securing constant grand finals appearances and taking dwelling two LAN event wins all year long, C9 cemented itself as some of the dominant organizations within the scene alongside OpTic Gaming. It’s laborious to think about that the brand new gamers will be capable of attain the identical heights with competitors set to be higher than ever this yr.
Followers will be capable of see the brand new C9 Halo roster in motion subsequent week when the Charlotte Main qualifiers go dwell from Feb. 13 to 14.
