兩日前Cloud9向fnatic租借flusha出戰Blast Pro Series Istanbul,並計劃以flusha取代由mousesports租借的斯洛伐克選手STYKO的位置。事隔兩日後,於本港時間9月26日深夜Cloud9官方宣佈正式簽入這名擁有三個Major 冠軍及一個Major MVP的選手flusha來填補陣容上的空缺。
瑞典戰隊fnatic於FACEIT Major後宣佈將flusha列入後備名單,基於flusha令人失望的表現,flusha於Major期間的rating為0.82是flusha在2018年表現最差的賽事,加上fnatic於New Legends Stage取得2勝3敗成績後出局是fnatic至成軍已來首次無法打入Major的淘汰賽階段。
(flusha:加入Cloud9是在他職業生涯之中一個正確的決定去延續對比賽動力,因為跟一些想獲得成就的選手一起作戰會推動flusha完成更多的目標。同時間,希望自己的經驗可以為隊中的年輕選手帶來改變; 此外, flusha希望可以跟Cloud9一起踏上成功的道路。 )
“Joining Cloud9 is one of those opportunities in life that just felt right for me to pursue. Getting to play with hungry players that want to achieve what I once achieved is a big motivator, because I am not done yet. I hope to bring a lot of experience to this talented and young group of players, and I’m looking forward to getting to know the team better as well. Bringing us onto a winning path will follow from there!”
– 根據C9 官方新聞中 flusha 加入Cloud9後的感受
隨著flusha加入C9後,意味flusha跟效力5年的fnatic正式說再見, 在效力fnatic的5年期間flusha已經為fnatic贏取三個Major名銜(DreamHack Winter 2013、ESL One Katowice 2015和ESL One Cologne 2015)及至少十七個大賽冠軍(數字未包括Major冠軍)。
“flusha is an absolute legend, and I’m thrilled we’re getting a chance to work with him. The work ethic he has needed to sustain success at the highest level is going to be a great fit for our roster and organization. Can’t wait to see him in action. Welcome to Cloud9!”
“We’re really going to miss STYKO and the support he brought to this team. His commitment to his teammates and his optimistic attitude are benchmarks every player should strive for and every organization would be lucky to have. We will all follow his career closely and know that success is soon to come.”
(Jack Etienne :flusha是一個CSGO的傳奇,他很高興能夠簽入flusha這名選手。另一方面, 他亦感謝STYKO近幾個月對C9的貢獻並祝STYKO的職業生涯取得成功。)
– 根據C9 官方新聞 C9 CEO Jack Etienne的感受
接下來,flusha將會跟隨前fnatic隊友Golden再次並肩作戰,他們早前效力fnatic的時候,為fnatic奪得WESG 2017以及IEM Katowice 2018的冠軍。在flusha加入後,C9兩日後將會在土耳其Blast Pro Series Istanbul上迎戰MIBR,相信這次賽事可以看看C9跟flusha的磨合程度。
目前Cloud9的陣容如下:
William "RUSH" Wierzba Timothy "autimatic" Ta
Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham Maikil "Golden" Selim
Robin "flusha" Rönnquist
Soham "valens" Chowdhury (教練)