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Cloud9 formally confirmed that Jaccob ‘yay’ Whiteaker has parted methods with the group. The skilled Valorant neighborhood rallied round yay after he introduced his free-agent standing.
Cloud9 formally confirmed a number of stories round its star Valorant participant yay by asserting that he and the staff 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.
They did you soiled, head up brotha ????
— NRG crashies (@Crashies) March 1, 2023
Lots of yay’s former teammates from his time on OpTic Gaming responded to his put up 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 greatest needs to the world-class participant.
Others went to Cloud9’s personal assertion to voice their displeasure with the transfer, accusing the staff of both not being totally clear with the transfer or the esports panorama on the whole.
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You do not bench the perfect participant on the earth from the 12 months prior due to position points, and also you definitely do not DROP them solely letting them turn out to be unrestricted F/A.Someone actually actually dropped the ball and screwed up right here. https://t.co/QSHMvnCOvP
— Ballatw (@Ballatw) March 1, 2023
“You don’t bench the perfect participant on the earth from the 12 months prior due to position points, and also you definitely don’t DROP them solely letting them turn out to be 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 throughout the bigger esports market downturn that has been getting into.
See what I imply? You may be one of many literal BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD and be dropped. Esports is only a fucking nightmare. Nobody makes choices that make sense. This 12 months has simply been individuals dropping the ball on extremely invaluable individuals and it’s exhausting. https://t.co/jevOVXQBZD
— Jess???? (@JessGOAT) March 1, 2023
“Esports is only a f***ing nightmare. Nobody makes choices that make sense. This 12 months has simply been individuals dropping the ball on extremely invaluable individuals and it’s exhausting,” Jess said.
Cloud9 will go into the mid-season switch window trying to exchange yay and may doubtlessly make different roster strikes sooner or later.
