Zellsis and yay have found a new home at Cloud9 valorant after their teams were unable to make the cut for the Americas League.
North American Organization Cloud9 is gearing up its Valorant roster with two new signings for the forthcoming VCT Americas League. C9 has signed Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker and Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro for the VCT 2023 season, according to the announcement on Twitter.
According to multiple rumors, yay was linked to Cloud9 Valorant after he was let go by OpTic after the latter was unable to make the cut to the Americas League. yay revealed on September 21 that he was a restricted free agent in North America and EMEA after OpTic Gaming was cut from the sponsored league.
The former OpTic player joins Anthony ‘vanity’ Malaspina, Erick ‘Xeppaa’ Bach, and Nathan ‘leaf’ Orf in Cloud9. According to the statement, Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro, who has previously competed for the Sentinels and Version1, will round out the roster.
As a result of breaking a lot of statistical records during the course of the season, yay is widely regarded as one of the finest players in the world. At the recent Valorant Champions, yay had the highest Kill/Death ratio and kills per round ratio.
Zellsis is one of the most highly anticipated artists to emerge from North America, and he made his debut on the worldwide scene with Version1 in 2021. He played for Sentinels in the North America Last Chance Qualifier for Valorant Champions 2022.
In contrast to OpTic, which had a prosperous 2022 season and is a strong contender for the title of the greatest team of the year, Cloud9 struggled throughout the year.
The organization moved from being on the verge of making it into the Valorant Champions 2021 through the Last Chance Qualifier to being eliminated from contention for all international competitions in 2022.
At the first stage of the Valorant Champions Tour, Cloud9 performed admirably on the domestic front. They were so close to making it to the Stage 1 Masters event, but in the lower bracket final of the North American qualification competition, they fell to The Guard and were eliminated.
The VCT 2023 has already received the preliminary rosters from the organizations that are participating in the associated leagues. The rosters of the various teams are not required to be made public just yet, and the transfer window will stay open all the way up until the deadline in February.
The VCT Kickoff competition will take place in Brazil in February 2023, giving fans the opportunity to watch yay fight with his new team. The following four North American organizations, Sentinels, Evil Geniuses, NRG, and 100 Thieves, will also compete in the VCT Americas league alongside Cloud9.
