Cloud9

Season 3
On April 1st, the Cloud 9 roster of Hai, LemonNation, Meteos,Sneaky and Balls was picked up by Quantic Gaming. However, just a few weeks later the roster would once again become Cloud 9 with previous TSM manager Jack Etienne becoming the manager and owner of the team.
In the Summer Promotion Qualifier, Cloud 9 went 5-0 to earn a spot in the LCS Summer Split, beating Team Astral Poke 2-0, and former LCS team compLexity 3-0. Midway through the season, Cloud 9 went on the longest win streak in LCS history (13 games) and went on to earn 25 victories, the record most in an LCS season split, and won first place in the Summer Split regular season. Throughout the NA LCS Summer Playoffs, they won every single one of their games and sets, first against Team Dignitas, and then the grand finals against TSM. Cloud 9 took home $50,000 USD as well a first round bye at the Season 3 World Championship. They finished their season 3 LCS and playoffs with a 30-3 total, the highest in LCS history and with a 91% win rate.
With high hopes, C9 went into the S3 Championship quarterfinals with a first round bye for being the North American champions. Their first international match was against the top European seed, Fnatic. In a formidable set of games, Cloud 9 lost 1-2, being the last North American team to be eliminated and ending up in eighth place.
Pre-2014 Season
On October 29th, it was announced that coach Alex Penn would leave and Dan Dinh would join as new coach.[1]
At the first international pre-season tournament, IEM Cologne in November, Cloud 9 received a bye into the second round and competed against Gambit Gaming of Russia. Gambit defeated Cloud 9 2-0, marking their second immediate exit from an international tournament.
In December 2013, Cloud 9 joined four other North American LCS teams at the Battle of the Atlantic, facing European champions Fnatic for the second time. With dominating performances by mid laner Hai, Cloud 9 took the series 2-0, resulting in an overall North American win at the tournament and $10,000 USD for the team.
2014 Season
As a top five finisher in the Season 3 LCS Summer Split, Cloud 9 earned a berth in the 2014 Season Spring Split. After having trailed just behind Team SoloMid after the first week, Cloud 9 finally regained first place by facing off against and defeating them during week 7. They would go undefeated afterwards (equaling their previous 13 win streak record) and finish first place for the regular Spring Season. During the eighth week of the season, Cloud 9 secured a top six finish and a spot in the Spring Playoffs. Cloud 9 would repeat their 2013 Summer Playoff success with a 2-0 victory over Curse in the semi-finals, and a 3-0 against TSM in the grand finals; earning the team a spot in the 2014 All-Stars. Cloud 9's LCS success has resulted in a record season win percentage of 87.5% (49 wins to 7 losses), 89.4% when including playoffs (59-7).
In March 2014, Cloud 9 competed against an international field at the IEM Season VIII World Championship. Cloud 9 opened with 1-0 victories against the Chinese World Elite and Taiwanese Taipei Assassins, but fell 1-2 against rival Fnatic in the tournament semifinals. The team thus took home third/fourth place and $14,000 USD.
Cloud 9's several international encounters with Fnatic in late 2013 and early 2014 has resulted in a rivalry between the two teams. Cloud 9 currently has a 4-4 game record and a 1-2 series record against Fnatic, winning the Battle of the Atlantic while losing at IEM and the Season 3 World Championship.
In April 2014, Cloud 9 placed 1st in the 2014 NA LCS Spring Playoffs going undefeated after beating Team Curse 2-0 in the semi-finals and then Team SoloMid 3-0 in the finals.
In May 2014, Cloud 9 would participate in the All-Star Paris 2014 event. In group stage, the team defeated OMG, Fnatic and Taipei Assassins but lost to SK Telecom T1 K finishing 2nd with a 3-1 record. In the semi-finals, Cloud 9 lost to OMG placing 3rd-4th in the tournament.