Cloud9 silently cuts last Dota 2 ties with release of previous professional SingSing

Cloud9 has an extremely combined history in the Dota 2 scene and hasn’t been active in competitors because dropping its newest lineup in April 2020. Now, the company has actually silently cut what seems its last ties to the video game by launching previous professional SingSing.

SingSing is a veteran Dota gamer who hung out contending in the initial video game together with StarCraft II and Heroes of NewerthHe began his streaming profession off early with the Dota 2 beta in 2011 and ultimately went on to have an effective professional profession over the next numerous years.

He contended throughout numerous lineups from late 2011 to 2016 before mainly retiring to concentrate on his streaming profession. That consisted of a stint with Cloud9 in 2014 where he assisted the org record among its finest total years in Dota and a fifth-place surface at The International 2014– the greatest positioning for the org to date.

Eventually in between the start of 2016 and Singsing’s choice to retire from competitive play in October 2016, Cloud9 signed him as a streaming partner.

Throughout that time, Sing has actually continued to be among Dota’s greatest banners, balancing almost 4,000 audiences and drawing in an overall of 70.5 million hours enjoyed and 101 million views because Nov. 2016, according to TwitchTracker

That collaboration silently continued for around 7 years (without counting his time as a gamer for the group), however it has actually now silently ended– and stunned lots of Dota 2 fans who had actually completely forgotten Sing was still with C9.

With this relocation, C9 has actually formally left the Dota 2 scene after 3 years of lack of exercise on the competitive front following its 3rd time dropping EternaLEnVy from its lineup. There is, nevertheless, one possible tie to the video game entrusted to the org.

According to Liquipedia and Twitter, previous Dota and StarCraft II professional Jon “13abyKnight” Andersen is still signed with the North American video gaming business. He has actually noted himself as “taking some time off and handling tension” and hasn’t streamed on Twitch or anywhere else in over a year, however he still has the C9 branding on socials.

While it is not likely C9 will return to Dota 2 and its competitive circuit at any point after its blended lead to the past, Sing need to still continue to grow as a banner.