floppy transitions to new Cloud9 roster

7/10/2020 - 18:01

The 20-year-old will remain in Cloud9 as he has been added to the new, unfinished roster led by Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin, the organization has confirmed.

The move was reported by DBLTAP late last month and has been confirmed by Cloud9, whose new team dubbed the "Colossus" now features four players and a coach, with two more set to be signed after General Manager Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer announced his plans to create a six-man roster.

Just like with his previous signings, HenryG has revealed details of Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery's new contract. With the contract valued at $432,000 over three years and no buyout attached, the newest addition's salary amounts to $12,000 a month.

floppy remains in Cloud9

floppy transitions to the new roster after having been part of the organization since the start of the year, when he transferred to Cloud9 alongside the rest of the American-South African team around Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou from ATK.

The 20-year-old has been considered one of North America's biggest prospects to make it to one of the region's top teams. Since he started playing against the best opposition in the region consistently in the latter half of 2019, he has averaged a 1.14 rating and helped his squad place in the top four at tournaments such as Flashpoint 1, ESL One: Road to Rio - North America, and DreamHack Masters Spring - North America.

Cloud9's new roster now is:

Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin
William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman
Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker
Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery

Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović (coach)

Meanwhile, floppy's departure leaves the South African-American lineup with:

Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou
Aran "⁠Sonic⁠" Groesbeek
Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm
Ian "⁠motm⁠" Hardy

Tiaan "⁠T.c⁠" Coertzen (coach)

+fer now

2020-10-07 18:01

13 replies

please no

2020-10-07 18:02

+TACO

2020-10-07 18:04

2 replies

Oh hell no

2020-10-07 19:31

lolw

2020-10-08 11:38

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2020-10-07 18:14

idk, fer just bought a Porsche in Brazil and stuff... I think he will play for RED Canids

2020-10-07 18:29

1 reply

Fer daytrader confirmed

2020-10-13 19:24

0/8 fer is complete shit now

2020-10-07 18:40

ex mibr is shit /closed

2020-10-07 20:02

lmao no.

2020-10-07 19:17

YUCKS

2020-10-07 21:54

Why would we ruin the perfect team

2020-10-09 14:09

fer who?

2020-10-10 09:27

pog

6 replies

solid tier 2 roster rn

Floppy Pog

2020-10-07 18:06

You can be banned for impersonating

2020-10-07 18:45

what?

2020-10-08 14:57

This is sick

2020-10-07 20:00

Real??

2020-10-08 03:35

lol

Pog

Expected

Meh Except for Alex and mezii I’m really underwhelmed by the coLosSuS

Zeolik?

2020-10-07 18:18

Yeah....Woxic makes me feel uneasy about this lineup. He's good, but I feel like attitude and ego can get in his way. We will have to wait for the other 2 players to see how this all turns out.

2020-10-07 18:47

I'm just hoping that him being kick from mouz will be enough for him to try harder in C9.

2020-10-07 22:59

+1 he can be amazing when he's feeling it!

2020-10-08 00:15

this is just og 2.0/bootleg col let's be real col hit the jackpot with blamef imo. you arent going to find anyone on the market rn that has the work ethic and talent that blamef has

2020-10-07 19:21

2020-10-07 19:26

2020-10-07 19:37

implying ALEX < blameF

2020-10-07 19:47

3 replies

bruh blameF >>>> ALEX so far alex always had the benefit that he had the best player in the world in his team. individually he's average/slightly below average and tactically he has a lot to prove. whereas blameF has already proven that he's a great leader without the best player in the world, and on top of that he's very good individually

2020-10-07 21:21

RUSH_1_MAJOR_ZYWHO_0_MAJOR

2020-10-08 14:39

RUSH_26_YEARS_OLD_ZYWOO_19_YEARS_OLD

2020-10-08 16:52

Alex is the most overrated and overpaid player on this roster, without a team of superstars he is going to look very bad.

2020-10-07 19:43

floppy's actually really good. Definitely Tier 1 in comparison to other top NA players, we'll see how he sustains in EU.

2020-10-12 19:07

See ya oSee lol

floppy be like oSee ya later lmao

Cloud9 top 1

YAY

Why do they need 2 articles cause everyone already knew this

cloud9 paying hltv to make hype axaxaxaxxaxa

2020-10-07 18:54

Truue kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

I can confirm

2020-10-07 21:05

Unexpected

Not really it got leaked a couple of months ago

You mean like a month ago

2020-10-07 18:33

a month ago maybe

2020-10-07 22:56

French Alex ??

He is kind of French

2020-10-07 18:03

Why does ALEX have a french flag?

7 replies

born UK, nationality FR?

Yea that seems bizarre. I thought it was well known he was English but just speaks French fluently edit: oh, curious if his family's French and/or if he actually has a different nationality

4 replies

He moved in France when was 12-13 years old, or so.

2020-10-07 18:10

ohh thanks. I didn't know that

2020-10-07 18:17

I heard he lived in France since he was 5, but can't recall sauce on that.

2020-10-07 18:19

So he's a Teh Farmer, Bendji, Dumas type situation?

2020-10-07 18:34

Ok someone from HLTV just changed it lol

2020-10-07 18:05

Lets go!

Lmao writes one letter and still #21 kkkkkkk

Lul

2020-10-07 21:57

+FER

fer dont talk english, maybe TACO

he played with stewie2k and tarik, how he not speak english?

Fer speak english more than coldzera, Faze player now

2020-10-08 02:13

who?

Had me in the first half

+oBo?

lol c9 is going to eu

PogU

Expected, good move. And everyone who calls him a snake needs to look in the mirror and ask themselves if they hadn't done the exact same thing in his spot.

He could have said so when oSee still had a spot, rather than saying he'd stay with oSee and the boys and changing his mind after woxic got picked up lol

2020-10-08 09:48

Nice Hands down the best player from the old roster Solid top 5 team

What do u consider a not top 5 team if that’s a top 5 team 2 t2 players 1 igl got carried by #1 player and 1 inconsistent awper

2020-10-07 18:53

actually he is not inconsistent player,he is well and proved that he can play t1.Maybe he is suffering a hard period for mental health.

2020-10-13 10:24

Then he should stop playing

2020-10-13 15:15

Don't see mezii performing good here

idk mezii is like tier 2-3 star player but he seems to have the utility knowledge to be a good support

damn, the way this team is being built, it should have the 5th as oBo or felps. please don't let the latter one happen, but it would fit like a glove

felps doesn't speak english

2020-10-07 18:26

he does. i don't know the actual level, but i seen stuff in english from him... i think

do you even know why obo left col

2020-10-08 07:44

I bet he read the article, but the reason might have went into his brain and out the second he finished the sentence.

2020-10-08 10:34

LMAO who

Floppy is very underrated But this raises more questions about who is going to join the old C9 Obo? One of the Mibr players?

2020-10-07 18:07

Reports saying TACo is on their list, but not as a priority.

2020-10-07 18:27

+fer pls

Huge mistake, this guy is really overrated, for me he is trash and is not going to make his job in C9. I loved this team at the beggining, building a team around ALEX and mezii was great idea, but now they have taken woxic and floppy, I think those are huge mistakes by C9.

10 replies

Woxic is gamble that can Pay off but floppy...

2020-10-07 18:20

9 replies

I don't think either woxic or floppy can pay off, those woxic is just really bad, and floppy is even worse.

8 replies

Floppy has done nothing but play well. Your assertion makes no sense.

2020-10-08 04:53

Played well against T3 NA scene, he would get crushed in EU.

2020-10-08 16:15

He's played against EU. One of his best known clips is his 1v4 against Astralis. lol

2020-10-08 19:45

5 replies

Great proove that he is a great player. Funny.

2020-10-08 19:46

It's not up to me to prove it, it's up to him. If you can't see the potential though you're blind. Don't know how else to put it.

2020-10-08 20:00

I don't see any potential in him, and I don't know where do you see it.

2020-10-08 20:34

Well that's weird most analysts do. youtube.com/watch?v=j1qk0BzXIT0

2020-10-09 00:25

I don't agree with them then.

2020-10-09 15:17

Please add jks now I'm begging you

JKS prefers to hang out with his homies while Smurfing in NA.

2020-10-07 18:31

Yeah but Henry can just throw money at him

2020-10-07 18:59

That is very true

2020-10-07 19:14

2020-10-08 02:15

Obo is perfect for this roster tbh

oBo wants an NA team and it's unclear if C9 will station this roster in EU or NA

2020-10-08 09:49

- MEZZII + KREAZ

Osee to liquid plz

2020-10-07 18:08

+1 fuck bot stewie

2020-10-07 20:21

2020-10-07 23:44

Nice

2020-10-07 18:09

I hope oSee gets picked up so he doesn’t go into valorant. He is one of last NA’s hopes in CSGO.

Gen. G can replace s0m with him since s0m may head to VALORANT soon.

2020-10-07 19:03

I hope Gen.G breaks up, autimatic joins C9 and BnTeT joins Complexity. oBo can fill in for floppy.

2020-10-08 19:40

Now add oBo and they are good to go

He won't come cuz c9 have 3 EU players

GL bro, i hope you will become the next NA s1mple maybe 😃

i'm glad he had a glimpse of reason in his brain when making his last decision, gl going further

2020-10-07 18:12

Osee ya later :) lmao I don't get why he snaked them.

2020-10-07 18:13

Because the ex-C9 team was dead AF? oSee will most likely join GenG tbh. They need a new AWPer since s0m will join Valorant. Well, depends on if Koosta wants to AWP or not.

2020-10-07 18:16

yeah he prob thought of future, hope oSee joins GenG then. But Auti is main awp?

Well, we all know Auti can do good without the AWP anyways, so. And i bet GenG might have new roles now when Daps and s0m left. Well, s0m will leave soon for Valorant and NRG i believe.

2020-10-07 18:22

ye but floppy had his chance to say yes before, but he said he was gonna stay with oSee and the boys (which likely influenced oSee's choice not to try out) then changing his mind once they the main AWP spot was filled

2020-10-08 09:51

Well, oSee should be happy anyways. This probably means that he himself will leave this dead Ex-C9 roster for GenG anyways. Also, my guess is that Floppy will be the only American in this lineup. If they dont get oSee as well since HenryG mentioned a 6 player roster.

2020-10-08 12:06

LETS GO!!!

Ricky "⁠2Faced⁠" Toledo

woxic and nobody else hahahaha also new snake floppy his name

xaxaxaxaxaxaxa KKKKKKKKKKK hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Stewie2k New player?? Maybe will good

2020-10-07 18:21

Snake spotted osee should join to

lul

2020-10-07 18:25

Osee KEKW Idiot had a chance to save himself and but choose damnation

probably only chose not to try out because floppy said he'd stay around but now oSee's spot is filled by woxic and floppy changes his mind LMAO

2020-10-08 09:52

KEKW

o see

tier3

Ricky "⁠ThreeFaced⁠" Kemery

2020-10-07 18:28

Tear 3 team at best

POG

First us player to join the us team xD

nice

Lol all JT deserves is a tier 50 team

2020-10-07 18:35

JT seems like a decent leader and is pretty good at setting up his teammates can't frag for shit, I think he'd be a really good coach though

2020-10-08 09:53

Floppy bird

2020-10-07 18:39

xaxaxaxaxxaxa 🤣🤣😂😂🤔🤔

2020-10-08 11:41

Omg! I think my expectations over this project was too high! I thought colossus would be S1mple, Niko, zywoo, gla1ve and dupreeh.

F OSEE

rip c9

solid tier 5

2020-10-07 18:42

Jks now and im in

2020-10-07 18:44

alex toyed by kreaz lul

world beater HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH IM DYING SEND HELP HAHAHAHAHA

2020-10-07 18:50

+bubzkji maybe

oh clown9 is still building a roster, its been so long since they announced this project i completely forgot about it :/

"i will stay with my ATK friends, we like playing together. It's too much risk to play with other guys" 2 weeks after... LUL

exactly what I thought ahahahah I guess it changes when Henry puts a contract in front of u with 12k a month for 3 years, I would do the same honestly

2020-10-07 19:54

after all it's a sign of maturity, you can't just compete with your friends to succeed Especially with the NA scene atm, there are not many options you have to play it safe

2020-10-07 19:55

Boring do something HenryG for fuck sake

2020-10-07 19:00

colossus xd

2020-10-07 19:01

OMG KEKW OMEGALUL COLULSUS EDIT:THANKS FOR THE GOLD KIND STRANGER!!

2020-10-07 19:07

good move

if they add one crazy russian player, this team could conquer the world..

2020-10-07 19:18

the 5th player must be a star player. like jks? don't know who is available. hard to see them a top15 team.

now liquid +osee and let the rest of this c9 roster rot please

fr tho I'd love to see Liquid either pick up junior or oSee

2020-10-08 09:55

Nice reveal the fifth player now.

2020-10-07 19:22

So much for floppy believing in his old teammates lol.

Money talks

12k dollars to play a game lmao. Dream job

2020-10-07 20:03

Looks like a decent team for me

2020-10-07 20:04

i wish them well but they dont look too hot to me..

2020-10-07 20:11

Ricky "TwoFaced" Toileto

2020-10-07 20:33

Just add oBo and this team could do work

2020-10-07 20:35

12k /month for this bot HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

2020-10-07 21:59

He use to hard carry sonic and jt

2020-10-07 22:05

Colossus, they said.

2020-10-07 22:08

So its almost confirmed oBo will be 5th player

2020-10-07 23:38

I don’t like the idea of Floppy on the team... I don’t see them winning with him on it. I would’ve gone for JKS, man is still inane + some experience. As for 5th, idk how I would pick. Maybe an entry fragger?

2020-10-07 23:54

Do you think they didn't tried to get jks? Honestly??? jks will die on 100T, he will never get out of his comfort zone, he is the lone star of the team and always will be, he not gonna leave. Obviously he rejected tons of offers last years.

2020-10-08 03:29

We say this, as he’s singing for Col XD F to C9 not being fast enough

2020-10-09 21:39

It was a huge surprise for me, indeed

2020-10-10 01:54

oBo will be fifth.

2020-10-08 00:26

Clown9 Omegalul

2020-10-08 00:35

lol how his old teammates feel now

2020-10-08 00:36

Dno if this new cloud9 team is going to be better than the former one. Only time will tell but they don't look like top5 material as yet.

2020-10-08 01:09

Amazing! Now +jks and Get_Right/fer to 6th player

2020-10-08 02:16

2020-10-08 03:15

Don't know why people are downplaying this move. He's played really well for a year now. He's their second best fragger behind Woxic as constructed without a doubt. Hopefully the last piece is a big name. JKS or an Obo or Niko and this team is going to be really good.

2020-10-08 04:55

So fucking true +1. If I was floppy and wanted to prove myself to be able to contend against tier 1 EU teams then I'd take the deal as well. Because who in the right mind would stay in a tier 2 team where there's no room for improvement without kicking someone out? Not only that, this is like a training ground for him + if ALEX knows how to utilize floppy then I would be damned.

2020-10-08 05:38

now + obo or bntet since buyout cheap for bntet

2020-10-08 07:15

LITERALLY ROBBING HIM BLIND KEKW

2020-10-08 09:39

Signing woxic its a big mistake

2020-10-08 11:21

+Godstin savage pls

2020-10-08 11:42

Lmao shitty kreig highlight Good one C9

2020-10-08 12:17

Feels like a lot of people commenting haven't really watched floppy play. This can be a really good team if you give them the time. Excited to see the last player.

2020-10-08 14:45

Guh.. Such an uninspired lineup. Really dislike mixing na and eu players too.

2020-10-08 16:45

pls get back autimatic now. at least one real C9 legend. and then n0thing as 6th pls :)

2020-10-08 19:29

Fuck this entire roster bring back tank top c9

2020-10-13 15:17

HELL YEAH

2020-10-13 22:04

+obo or +jks

2020-10-09 14:07

Wow ! I think C9 would crack NA scene again with this roster.

2020-10-10 05:31

yeah, i dont believe in this guy floppy.

2020-10-11 00:34

Obo

2020-10-12 15:58

oBo doesn't want to play in EU

2020-10-13 19:19

that pic of floppy looks like a guy i was friends with at school who turned into a leftish cuck whos mentally ill now, so i hope that i dont have to see floppy on hltv front page for much longer

2020-10-17 05:55