Both South Korea & Busan are known Esport hubs, and they've probably marked one of the best Off//Season events so far. Here's all you need to now about C9's journey to the W and everything along the way.
The OFF//SEASON is usually the period of the year when the Tier 2 teams and below have a shot at the spotlight and can prove themselves. The TEN Global Invitational Valorant event is an offline tournament hosted in Busan, South Korea, and here's all you missed about it.
Everything You Need To Know About TEN Valorant Global Invitational
Before talking about how good the new C9 roster is, let's introduce you to the event first. It's an off-season event with four invited teams hosted in Busan. There were no requirements or qualifiers, the organizers chose the 4 best teams in their minds and invited them to the LAN. It has a solid prize pool of $25,954 (for an offseason event), and lasted for two days, starting on October 7th, and finishing on the 8th.
TEN Valorant Global Invitational Teams
All of the invited teams were invited for the hype they would potentially give to the event. The invited teams for the event were:
- DRX
- T1
- Cloud 9
- EDward Gaming
TEN Valorant Global Invitational Format
Four-way invitationals usually have a weird playing format and this one wasn't an exception. It started off in the Group Stage where all of the teams playing against each other. After the games in the group stage were over, the 1st placing team went directly to the Grand Finals, 2nd placing team went directly to the Semi-Final, and the 4th and 3rd placing teams played against each other in a Bo1 QuarterFinals game.
TEN Valorant Global Invitational Group Stage Results
| Place | Team |
| #1 | Cloud9 (2-1) |
| #2 | EDward Gaming (2-1) |
| #3 | DRX (1-2) |
| #4 | T1 (1-2) |
In a situation in which the teams would have the same score, the outcome of the previous match between the teams that have the same score would count and decide the placement. C9 beat EDG 13 to 11 in their group-stage game, making C9 the top seed of the group stage.
TEN Valorant Global Invitational Playoff Results
| QuarterFinal | Semi-Final | Grand Final |
| DRX 13-9 T1 | EDward Gaming 1:2 DRX | Cloud9 2:1 DRX |
Cloud9 Show Off Their New Roster In Style By Winning Their First Lan Together
The OFF//SEASON is a period of the year filled with random events and a lot of roster shuffles. Cloud9 added three new faces to their active roster following a rather disappointing season and they might have struck gold as they looked good in the South Korean event. The new additions are "wippie", "vanity" & "OXY", and they've only had 2 weeks since they signed their contract to get along with the rest of the squad.
2-1 @DRX_VS The happiest moment of my life @zmjjkk . Got a pic with kang kang pic.twitter.com/p027W2rtSy
— LFT OXY (@Lft_Oxy) October 8, 2023
Even though Cloud 9 won it, the spotlight was on "Kang Kang" as his emerging fan base was wilding for the OP master. Even though he was the player with the highest ACS in his games, it seemed like it wasn't enough for EDG to secure the W and move on to the Grand Finals.
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