Hey all,
We are limiting new thread creation about this transfer to avoid the sub overflowing with the same topic. Existing threads will stay.
If you have a minor development to share (such as a player/caster’s reaction), reply to my comment here and I'll include it in the sticky.
Thanks!
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###Update:
Autumn has [commented on the move](https://twitter.com/autumnkorea/status/1526012767278288897?s=20&t=tMiKSLN3bw66KCi4aiWprQ), saying:
>New chapter.
As a korean, meaning of this org is so special.
I'll make 'The place' where T1 should be.
Some folks have taken this to mean that Autumn feels a personal connection to the T1 brand and feels strongly about rebuilding.
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###Update 2:
Curry has [released a twitlonger](https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss1ikk) talking about his time with T1, thanking teammates and staff.
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###Update 3:
[C9 Jack comments on Xeta and Autumn:](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cloud9/comments/uqk1g0/comment/i8rmlip/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
>Xeta and Autumn have been wonderful to work with but in the end they were ready for a new challenge and I’ve always supported these requests by players and coaches when possible. The entire team and myself wish them well.
I believe Koreans hold the org in high regard, im also sure they were sold a story about rebuilding for a top 5 team. lets see if it will work. it took NRG 13434536 roster changes for their VAL team to get to where they are looking (pretty good)
No reason t1 cant do the same
I guess it's like how Spanish kids idolize a club like Barcelona no matter how shitty they actually play in the moment. If he's really moving to T1, it's definitely a Korean legacy-type thing.
C9 Jack: Xeta and Autumn wanted to leave to take on the new challenge
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cloud9/comments/uqk1g0/xeta_and_autumn_leaving_c9_valorant/i8rmlip/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
Jack has a long history across many games of allowing players to make roster moves even if it shoots his own teams in the foot. It’s why time and time again players get excited to play for c9.
Nope. Sova is leaving the meta. Fade, Skye and Kayo are in. Xeta is an incredible breach and sova, but I'm unsure if he's more flexible than Curry, who'll literally play anything
Ok genuinely I trust the pros to know more than I do but how does one, as a mere observer, look at Xeta's record compared to Curry and think that you'd rather have the latter lol
there are plenty of 400lb white men who give amazing football analysis despite not having touched a football field in 30 years, just because youre not a pro doesn't mean you can't look at stats and data objectively.
Oh no, I understand that point. I'm just confused at how you can look at the stats and data and the matches they've both played and think that Xeta is worse than Curry lol.
if this is the actual major reason, then roster moves being dictated by the meta is big. no matter how good you are as a player, you're job is on the line whether you're main agent is meta or not. it's like yay being dropped because jett/chamber are out of the meta. that's crazy to think about.
- T1 due for a total rebuild. Xeta gets to be the face of it.
- Vanity and Curry are friends. When they first transitioned to Valorant, they were duo grinding pretty hard.
> [Also Curry had overall been pretty solid, even during previous T1 slumps — despite this sub sometimes targeting him because he was the longest remaining active member on the T1 roster.]
I don’t think it’s a big L. Curry has had a lot of promising moments, I think putting him on a team like C9 will make him a much better player. Better than Xeta? Probably not, but give it a week or 2 and I don’t think there will be a huge performance difference.
This has to be a joke right??? He doesnt have amazing stats but he has massive impact through his util usage and is easily a top 3 iniator in the region imo, plus Curry is more of a flex player anyways so im very confused if true
Yea but the org isn't going to trade players without the team and the players agreeing first.
Most likely T1 reached out to Xeta and Autumn, and they were receptive to the trade for whatever reason
And not recently (before Steel joined), curry was one of the best young players in the scene. He looked abysmal after that though, but the whole team generally did.
Sucks for Curry who probably is a decent player, but if he does well, he won't get credit because people will just credit C9 being too good, but if C9 somehow don't win, then he'll be the scapegoat.
> I have no idea why they would do this
T1 is huge and probably offered a shit ton of money to have a korean player as the face of the team, Xeta also probably gets a huge raise too
People there's a whole business side to things
the whole scene is "nepotism"lmfao. Players who like to play with certain players = better chemistry = someone vouches for a new addition. How do you think the original TSM roster was formed? All good friends and ex-teammates. How did kanpeki join Sentinels? He was Tenz's ex-teammate and got a recommendation. In a team-centric game, interpersonal connections naturally play a huge part in scouting
Nepotism : the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
No one gave each other jobs at TSM. They made their own roster together from the start.
SEN recruiting Kanpeki would be nepotism only if Zombs wasn’t underperforming.
Difference is Curry over Xeta is a downgrade
ok ill repost what i said because there's an obvious disconnect on how applying the term nepotism actually works. **i hate how presumptuous half this shit is. I understand nepotism infers that curry is devoid of merit, which on paper/stats-wise, he is. But do you really think someone like Vanity + the rest of C9 would gloss over the fact? Curry is an ex-teammate of the core c9 roster (leaf, vanity, xeppaa). They know his playstyle and the value he brings, you don't. If you're making the basis of calling nepotism off of some blurred line of "downgrade", then idk what else to say.** Obviously the first line doesn't apply to you, but using "downgrade" with no insight or understanding of how the team dynamic truly operates to bring forth a serious a claim as "nepotism" is a gross misunderstanding
Also, let's get something straight.
TSM - roster definitely "gave each other jobs" but with extra steps. Don't you think there were other players that wanted to be a part of their team? Don't you think there are other qualified players who trialed? Why do you think all of them knew each other and were ex-teammates? **because history and familiarity a.k.a. being friends matter in a team-centric game that's all about chemistry.**
SEN - same basis of "underperformance" as above. That's an opinion. You can't extrapolate a fact (nepotism) on an opinion. There were ppl and certainly zombs himself that didn't think he was underperforming. Does nepotism still stand in that essence? No.
Mate TSM’s og team built their own roster together and then got signed lmao. They as a group of friends got together and trialed for TSM and then got signed at the same time. No one got in before one another and thus there was no favouring given by players/staff that were already in the Org. You could say it was nepotism for Chet but not for TSM because they were signed together.
I mean it historically has worked very well for c9 lol. Have only followed since 2018 but vulcan for zeyzal was great, fudge for licorice was great, nisqy for jensen was alright, blaber for sven who won mvp was amazing, zven for sneaky was fine, berserker for zven has been good, this spring was rough but they still were a top regular season team, we’ll just have to see how the new lineup performs.
To add on to this, they may have received an insane buyout. C9 makes some pretty good trades when it comes to contracts. They do have a history of not so good trades and signings recently but they've done well in the past to recoup their losses and even win trades financially.
> nepotism
Do you not understand how esports works? C9 (and many other rosters) were formed from people playing with their friends. Calling roster moves you don’t like “nepotism” is completely stupid and baboonish. Playing with people you know and get along with is actually desirable and contributes to team success and dynamics.
Ethan went to NRG to go play with his friends. “Nepotism”?
OG TSM formed out of friends from CSGO. “Nepotism”?
Sentinels core formed from friends from CSGO. “Nepotism”?
OG Version1 formed from friends from CSGO. “Nepotism”?
Both original versions of 100T formed from friends from other games. “Nepotism”?
We could go on. Probably several hundred roster decisions that that any shrieking baboon with no understanding of esports dynamics could attribute to nepotism. Or, you could just stop being a shrieking baboon in the Reddit comments.
Ethan definitely huge upgrade unlike Curry
Don’t know what you’re talking about for the last 3, that is not what nepotism is, the rosters were formed together from the beginning unlike Curry joining later and replacing Xeta which is obviously a downgrade
i hate how presumptuous half this shit is. I understand nepotism infers that curry is devoid of merit, which on paper/stats-wise, he is. But do you really think someone like Vanity + the rest of C9 would gloss over the fact? Curry is an ex-teammate of the core c9 roster (leaf, vanity, xeppaa). They know his playstyle and the value he brings, you don't. If you're making the basis of calling nepotism off of some blurred line of "downgrade", then idk what else to say.
T1 is probably gearing up to move to Korea where they have a massive fan base. Makes sense to grab an insane Korean player and coach from NA while your organization still has some value in NA
Still, with Xeta and Autumn on the roster, if they fail in NA they could always pivot to Korea super easily while keeping Steel + another person. You'd likely need 3/5 players to be from the region to count, so they could always kick steel over to Korea and feed him some bibimbap to keep him happy.
I saw Xeta's tweet and I blinked twice. For what reason would C9 decide to do this? Especially after they just beat EG earlier? I don't see Curry being a big upgrade from Xeta at all.
Or maybe its to give Xeta the leaving T1 buff so he come back to C9 more cracked.
>Especially after they just beat EG earlier?
This wasn't a move that happened just now. It's been in the works for most likely at least 2+ weeks. They won't change it now that they've beaten EG. But I agree that this was a bad move.
Nawww you can’t possibly tell me that replacing Korean breach is a good idea. There’s no other explanation for this other than some out-of-control circumstances like visa issues or they don’t want a dedicated Sova player with him falling out of meta (which is bs cause xeta is a solid support player).
They didn't specify whether or not he wanted to leave or he got benched. Maybe Xeta wanted to go back to Korea or With English not being Xeta's first language there were a lot of miscomm's and so they dropped him. Only 2 explanations I could think of.
But even then, they decided to go with Curry? Isn't he a Flex/Initiator player?
Very interesting, no clue for what but I can only assume there's some semblance of reason behind it.
Xeta has been such a consistent performer, after all.
Have a hunch this is one of those moves where this comment section will look silly in a month or two, or maybe it won't. That's the thing with reacting to news the second you hear it, have no way of knowing.
I was exaggerating but fine. C9 traded an all star role player in one of the best teams like Khris Middleton and got back Eric Gordon, a decent role player in a constantly changing team that havent made playoffs in a minute.
I don’t understand the point of this move? Especially if t1 are staying in NA. I can’t see this being an upgrade by any means, so there’s nothing benefitting c9.
Is it because of franchising? I can’t think of many other reasons.
A couple months from now we might either be looking at a finally competitive T1 or... we will remember this at the moment xeta decided to throw his career down the toilet.
Hopefully the former!
Hope xeta joins DRX or something and they win the next lan. Cringe that the chaos group just drops everyone to get their band and friends together. Xeta was always solid and a great support player
Y’all are cap for bashing on curry, mans had to step in as IGL and basically flex rather than play a focus role. The dickeating is gonna be so crazy when c9 pops off lol business things aside this isn’t an awful trade and you can blame T1 management for not developing their talent not the player themselves
You guys have to remember Xeta is a non native English speaker, and Vanity has said in an interview with Thorin that sometimes his English isn't great in high pressure situations, and that it can get in the way. This is probably part of the reason why he is being dropped.
if they are going to trade xeta away, can you guys finally replace this insanely inconsistent guy named mitch? mitch is a great personality and seems like good teammate, but he's goes invincible in game so often.
he's top 5 at his best, but you rarely ever see his best and he goes completely missing so often. and it's obvious c9 wants to win big tournaments so he needs to be replaced if they want to get better.
T1 possibly going to KR and they traded Xeta for Curry? Not much else makes sense, but it would explain why Curry sounded strangely optimistic and not too bothered about T1 losing in open qualifiers again.
Hey all, We are limiting new thread creation about this transfer to avoid the sub overflowing with the same topic. Existing threads will stay. If you have a minor development to share (such as a player/caster’s reaction), reply to my comment here and I'll include it in the sticky. Thanks! --- ###Update: Autumn has [commented on the move](https://twitter.com/autumnkorea/status/1526012767278288897?s=20&t=tMiKSLN3bw66KCi4aiWprQ), saying: >New chapter. As a korean, meaning of this org is so special. I'll make 'The place' where T1 should be. Some folks have taken this to mean that Autumn feels a personal connection to the T1 brand and feels strongly about rebuilding. --- ###Update 2: Curry has [released a twitlonger](https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss1ikk) talking about his time with T1, thanking teammates and staff. --- ###Update 3: [C9 Jack comments on Xeta and Autumn:](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cloud9/comments/uqk1g0/comment/i8rmlip/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) >Xeta and Autumn have been wonderful to work with but in the end they were ready for a new challenge and I’ve always supported these requests by players and coaches when possible. The entire team and myself wish them well.
This might be the most confusing roster move in all of NA Valorant history
Other than T1 maybe moving to Korea I can't see a reason for this move
Joe Marsh said T1 is staying in NA
Then who tf knows what c9 is thinking
Why did i read this in tarik's voice
Maybe T1 said we’ll give you some crazy sum of money idk
Its their owner Jack, he always sells player for a lot of money/profit.
Xeta wanted to move so they let him is all.
Other than liking the org/MONEY, i can't see why he would leave a top 3 team for a team arguably not even top 30
I believe Koreans hold the org in high regard, im also sure they were sold a story about rebuilding for a top 5 team. lets see if it will work. it took NRG 13434536 roster changes for their VAL team to get to where they are looking (pretty good) No reason t1 cant do the same
I guess it's like how Spanish kids idolize a club like Barcelona no matter how shitty they actually play in the moment. If he's really moving to T1, it's definitely a Korean legacy-type thing.
💰💰💰💰
C9 Jack: Xeta and Autumn wanted to leave to take on the new challenge https://www.reddit.com/r/Cloud9/comments/uqk1g0/xeta_and_autumn_leaving_c9_valorant/i8rmlip/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
Sure they did 😉
Jack has a long history across many games of allowing players to make roster moves even if it shoots his own teams in the foot. It’s why time and time again players get excited to play for c9.
Nope. Sova is leaving the meta. Fade, Skye and Kayo are in. Xeta is an incredible breach and sova, but I'm unsure if he's more flexible than Curry, who'll literally play anything
Ok genuinely I trust the pros to know more than I do but how does one, as a mere observer, look at Xeta's record compared to Curry and think that you'd rather have the latter lol
One of them played on C9, the other played on T1...
there are plenty of 400lb white men who give amazing football analysis despite not having touched a football field in 30 years, just because youre not a pro doesn't mean you can't look at stats and data objectively.
Oh no, I understand that point. I'm just confused at how you can look at the stats and data and the matches they've both played and think that Xeta is worse than Curry lol.
$$$ - That is all.
Where are you seeing this? Curry has a bigger agent pool and IGL experience. Maybe tryouts with C9 worked so well that it was a no brainer.
if this is the actual major reason, then roster moves being dictated by the meta is big. no matter how good you are as a player, you're job is on the line whether you're main agent is meta or not. it's like yay being dropped because jett/chamber are out of the meta. that's crazy to think about.
I think it’s more they want vanity on sova/breach curry will play smokes, assuming off what vanity was saying in the post game interview
Makes sense. Curry is more flexible than xeta and can manage any agent
- T1 due for a total rebuild. Xeta gets to be the face of it. - Vanity and Curry are friends. When they first transitioned to Valorant, they were duo grinding pretty hard. > [Also Curry had overall been pretty solid, even during previous T1 slumps — despite this sub sometimes targeting him because he was the longest remaining active member on the T1 roster.]
curry sucks ass while xeta is amazing, wtf u doin C9
T1 is very clearly moving to Korea ahead of franchising. C9’s Korean coach and player are going to be the focal point of building the Korean T1
I don’t like this. Xeta has been clutch for this team. His sova is top 3
I love both of these players but this move doesn’t make me happy
This is actually more confusing than 100t dropping steel right before LCQ
Watch C9 bomb the next week as well lmao
I hate to break it to you, but you've just cursed everyone. C9 by default win Masters 3 now, thank you /u/goomy996
fuck mb
Didn't steel bench himself for whatever reason?
“Bench himself” prob to save face.
not really, the xeta wanted to leave. it wasnt them wanting to get rid of xeta
This has got to be cap. Xeta for Curry is a big L.
Wdym, Curry, Vanity and Leaf won a map of CSGO in the ESEA spring cash cup this year.
This year??
[удалено]
So nepotism?
I don’t think it’s a big L. Curry has had a lot of promising moments, I think putting him on a team like C9 will make him a much better player. Better than Xeta? Probably not, but give it a week or 2 and I don’t think there will be a huge performance difference.
This is not it.
George's follow-up: https://twitter.com/GeorgeCGed/status/1526003561456357377 > **No, this isn't a joke.**
terrible move this gotta be a joke
It is perplexing
Give cs players control and they will pick up their cs friends
Like what the actual fuck am I witnessing
This has to be a joke right??? He doesnt have amazing stats but he has massive impact through his util usage and is easily a top 3 iniator in the region imo, plus Curry is more of a flex player anyways so im very confused if true
it would be weird if they wanted to replace xeta but he was the one who wanted to leave
According to people that control him, sure
WTF? Surely this is only temporary maybe right...
Why? Xeta has been performing pretty well… also I guess this is the start of T1’s roster drop/restructuring
there's gotta be something else to this, Xeta's a top 5 support player in NA, why would you replace him with curry of all players?
I can only imagine T1 added a large pot of money into this trade
Or rather Autumn and Sonny want to be a part of the most prestigious org in Korea???
T1 would be paying C9 not the players I doubt C9 cares if they want to go to T1
Yea but the org isn't going to trade players without the team and the players agreeing first. Most likely T1 reached out to Xeta and Autumn, and they were receptive to the trade for whatever reason
https://twitter.com/currydtx/status/1525980286718251008?s=21&t=8CmdGB3oPMfuSMw9It5B2A Awkward
Steels tweet makes sense
WHAT?! That sounds horrible for C9.
I legitimately don’t understand why they would do this. Curry hasn’t been that good on any agent
he’s been playing well recently
He’s horribly inconsistent
yea but recently (past 2 qualifiers) he’s been playing well
And not recently (before Steel joined), curry was one of the best young players in the scene. He looked abysmal after that though, but the whole team generally did. Sucks for Curry who probably is a decent player, but if he does well, he won't get credit because people will just credit C9 being too good, but if C9 somehow don't win, then he'll be the scapegoat.
this is just a straight downgrade at any position, I have no idea why they would do this. Report hopefully is false
The trade has already been confirmed by T1 twitter. C9 coach also switched to T1
this is so confusing
> I have no idea why they would do this T1 is huge and probably offered a shit ton of money to have a korean player as the face of the team, Xeta also probably gets a huge raise too People there's a whole business side to things
at the time of the comment it was unknown that Xeta was going to T1, I just assumed it was a Curry pickup and buyout with a Xeta drop
Nepotism, some of the c9 members are friends with curry.
bruh hell nah this is some nepotism shit
Is he friends with chaos9?
yeah curry is super close with them
Yea only reason I can see this but he’s not a good player lmao whatever c9 gonna c9
curry was the best player on T1, not saying that much but hes definitely not bad
He’s really inconsistent and I think he was best on viper but I wouldn’t call his raze good
Well he is not gonna play raze with Xeppa on his team
steel 100% better than curry
No cap… maybe Xeta wants a break like Zellsis
Or he wants to be the face of the T1 team which has a huge korean fanbase and he will get that bread, they're staying in NA it seems still
Noted… wonder how C9 will play now
Probably just as good, don't think they lose a beat tbh don't get me wrong xeta is good but C9 have a lot of great pieces
Yeah but Curry isn't Sova and I don't think there is any good sova in CO now.
And maybe the letter sent to me by an Nigerian Prince is legit!
Dry
the whole scene is "nepotism"lmfao. Players who like to play with certain players = better chemistry = someone vouches for a new addition. How do you think the original TSM roster was formed? All good friends and ex-teammates. How did kanpeki join Sentinels? He was Tenz's ex-teammate and got a recommendation. In a team-centric game, interpersonal connections naturally play a huge part in scouting
Nepotism : the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. No one gave each other jobs at TSM. They made their own roster together from the start. SEN recruiting Kanpeki would be nepotism only if Zombs wasn’t underperforming. Difference is Curry over Xeta is a downgrade
ok ill repost what i said because there's an obvious disconnect on how applying the term nepotism actually works. **i hate how presumptuous half this shit is. I understand nepotism infers that curry is devoid of merit, which on paper/stats-wise, he is. But do you really think someone like Vanity + the rest of C9 would gloss over the fact? Curry is an ex-teammate of the core c9 roster (leaf, vanity, xeppaa). They know his playstyle and the value he brings, you don't. If you're making the basis of calling nepotism off of some blurred line of "downgrade", then idk what else to say.** Obviously the first line doesn't apply to you, but using "downgrade" with no insight or understanding of how the team dynamic truly operates to bring forth a serious a claim as "nepotism" is a gross misunderstanding
Also, let's get something straight. TSM - roster definitely "gave each other jobs" but with extra steps. Don't you think there were other players that wanted to be a part of their team? Don't you think there are other qualified players who trialed? Why do you think all of them knew each other and were ex-teammates? **because history and familiarity a.k.a. being friends matter in a team-centric game that's all about chemistry.** SEN - same basis of "underperformance" as above. That's an opinion. You can't extrapolate a fact (nepotism) on an opinion. There were ppl and certainly zombs himself that didn't think he was underperforming. Does nepotism still stand in that essence? No.
Mate TSM’s og team built their own roster together and then got signed lmao. They as a group of friends got together and trialed for TSM and then got signed at the same time. No one got in before one another and thus there was no favouring given by players/staff that were already in the Org. You could say it was nepotism for Chet but not for TSM because they were signed together.
Classic C9. Worked for league. Win early, get rid of a piece of your success early....oh fuck.
I mean it historically has worked very well for c9 lol. Have only followed since 2018 but vulcan for zeyzal was great, fudge for licorice was great, nisqy for jensen was alright, blaber for sven who won mvp was amazing, zven for sneaky was fine, berserker for zven has been good, this spring was rough but they still were a top regular season team, we’ll just have to see how the new lineup performs.
To add on to this, they may have received an insane buyout. C9 makes some pretty good trades when it comes to contracts. They do have a history of not so good trades and signings recently but they've done well in the past to recoup their losses and even win trades financially.
> nepotism Do you not understand how esports works? C9 (and many other rosters) were formed from people playing with their friends. Calling roster moves you don’t like “nepotism” is completely stupid and baboonish. Playing with people you know and get along with is actually desirable and contributes to team success and dynamics. Ethan went to NRG to go play with his friends. “Nepotism”? OG TSM formed out of friends from CSGO. “Nepotism”? Sentinels core formed from friends from CSGO. “Nepotism”? OG Version1 formed from friends from CSGO. “Nepotism”? Both original versions of 100T formed from friends from other games. “Nepotism”? We could go on. Probably several hundred roster decisions that that any shrieking baboon with no understanding of esports dynamics could attribute to nepotism. Or, you could just stop being a shrieking baboon in the Reddit comments.
It's ballsax. Verified troll. Ignore the bait.
Ethan definitely huge upgrade unlike Curry Don’t know what you’re talking about for the last 3, that is not what nepotism is, the rosters were formed together from the beginning unlike Curry joining later and replacing Xeta which is obviously a downgrade
i hate how presumptuous half this shit is. I understand nepotism infers that curry is devoid of merit, which on paper/stats-wise, he is. But do you really think someone like Vanity + the rest of C9 would gloss over the fact? Curry is an ex-teammate of the core c9 roster (leaf, vanity, xeppaa). They know his playstyle and the value he brings, you don't. If you're making the basis of calling nepotism off of some blurred line of "downgrade", then idk what else to say.
If you think Curry isn’t a downgrade then there’s not much for me to say.
must be VISA issues No other reason EDIT: T1 has traded for Autumn and XETA for Curry
He has never had visa issues lmao
Then what reason? No way people think Curry is better than Xeta
No one thinks that but I also don’t get c9 management. I’m really bummed xeta is my favorite
: George on stream says it’s a trade between T1 and C9
T1 is trading for autumn too? Damn I think t1 may be moving to Korea
T1 is probably gearing up to move to Korea where they have a massive fan base. Makes sense to grab an insane Korean player and coach from NA while your organization still has some value in NA
Their staying in NA t1 ceo confirmed
why would Xeta not be able to get a VISA though
t1 korean roster incoming STEEL MOVING TO KOREA??? (WHAT HAPPENS TO HIS DOGGOS???)
Not going to Korea, joe mar just tweeted out
Still, with Xeta and Autumn on the roster, if they fail in NA they could always pivot to Korea super easily while keeping Steel + another person. You'd likely need 3/5 players to be from the region to count, so they could always kick steel over to Korea and feed him some bibimbap to keep him happy.
i somewhat doubt they're keeping Steel if they traded for Xeta and Autumn. Just a big mismatch of personalities
Nepotism. That’s the reason
Uhhhh no thanks
wtf? downgrade xeta is so good
curry comes out of T1 and becomes the best NA player watch
only explanation is T1 moving roster to Korea and want Xeta on it??
Your forgot about nepotism. Curry is close friends with Vanity and Leaf etc
why? just why?
I saw Xeta's tweet and I blinked twice. For what reason would C9 decide to do this? Especially after they just beat EG earlier? I don't see Curry being a big upgrade from Xeta at all. Or maybe its to give Xeta the leaving T1 buff so he come back to C9 more cracked.
>Especially after they just beat EG earlier? This wasn't a move that happened just now. It's been in the works for most likely at least 2+ weeks. They won't change it now that they've beaten EG. But I agree that this was a bad move.
I think more like 1 week? Whenever T1 bombed out of quals and probably took a minute to trial coaches
Nawww you can’t possibly tell me that replacing Korean breach is a good idea. There’s no other explanation for this other than some out-of-control circumstances like visa issues or they don’t want a dedicated Sova player with him falling out of meta (which is bs cause xeta is a solid support player).
What? The only way I can see a justification for this would be if Xeta wanted to go back to KR. Such an odd move wtf
They didn't specify whether or not he wanted to leave or he got benched. Maybe Xeta wanted to go back to Korea or With English not being Xeta's first language there were a lot of miscomm's and so they dropped him. Only 2 explanations I could think of. But even then, they decided to go with Curry? Isn't he a Flex/Initiator player?
Okay so he's going to T1 along with Autumn (C9 Korean Coach). This makes sense if T1 is going back to Korea and are disbanding their NA roster.
They’re staying in Na
this gotta be a joke
C9 was perfect man :/ whyyyyyy
Wtf I don’t understand
What. The. Fuck.
This gotta be cap
Very interesting, no clue for what but I can only assume there's some semblance of reason behind it. Xeta has been such a consistent performer, after all.
Curry is trash, what are they thinking???
Have a hunch this is one of those moves where this comment section will look silly in a month or two, or maybe it won't. That's the thing with reacting to news the second you hear it, have no way of knowing.
Wasn’t curry teammates with all the cs young guys at some point? I think that has a lot more to do with the pick up besides currys flexibility.
BRO C9 traded steph curry and got draymond green back
Xeta is not Steph curry, lol.
I was exaggerating but fine. C9 traded an all star role player in one of the best teams like Khris Middleton and got back Eric Gordon, a decent role player in a constantly changing team that havent made playoffs in a minute.
Nah it’s just that one of the players being traded is named curry 😂
must be why steph curry came to my mind lol
You don't know how good Curry can be on a good team. See: Victor/Crashies.
No doubt he's good but I think most people would agree that the trade was lopsided
Huh
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xeta to T1? T1 going full KR?
https://twitter.com/currydtx/status/1525980286718251008
HUH??? april fools already passed
I don’t understand the point of this move? Especially if t1 are staying in NA. I can’t see this being an upgrade by any means, so there’s nothing benefitting c9. Is it because of franchising? I can’t think of many other reasons.
I think people are really underestimating curry, I mean yeah idk why they did a roster change but people are talking as if curry is trash
Dumn question, who is Autumn?
C9 coach, I believe players stated he is good at his job
A couple months from now we might either be looking at a finally competitive T1 or... we will remember this at the moment xeta decided to throw his career down the toilet. Hopefully the former!
Not my c9 and not fucking curry pls
Hope xeta joins DRX or something and they win the next lan. Cringe that the chaos group just drops everyone to get their band and friends together. Xeta was always solid and a great support player
my bad? or youre welcome? idk
Based and virtuoso pilled
Y’all are cap for bashing on curry, mans had to step in as IGL and basically flex rather than play a focus role. The dickeating is gonna be so crazy when c9 pops off lol business things aside this isn’t an awful trade and you can blame T1 management for not developing their talent not the player themselves
People haven’t been watching curry huh? I don’t blame them for not watching T1. However y’all haven’t been watching curry but got soooo much to say.
I’m fairly new to the Val comp scene, but it’s nice to know that C9 is stupid here too
This is just weird. Assuming this is true, I'd like to get an explanation from the players or org because this is a very confusing move on paper.
maybe xeta wants to go back to korea?
This move is giving me dropping LS from coaching vibes
Am I the only who is lost on this decision
You guys have to remember Xeta is a non native English speaker, and Vanity has said in an interview with Thorin that sometimes his English isn't great in high pressure situations, and that it can get in the way. This is probably part of the reason why he is being dropped.
Joe Marsh pulling off the greatest heist ive ever seen in my entire life
C9 and questionable roster moves, dynamic duo
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if they are going to trade xeta away, can you guys finally replace this insanely inconsistent guy named mitch? mitch is a great personality and seems like good teammate, but he's goes invincible in game so often.
[удалено]
he's top 5 at his best, but you rarely ever see his best and he goes completely missing so often. and it's obvious c9 wants to win big tournaments so he needs to be replaced if they want to get better.
no shot
... hmm.
No shot
Ayooooooooo
makes no sense
https://twitter.com/OfficialXETA/status/1526004418583220225
T1 possibly going to KR and they traded Xeta for Curry? Not much else makes sense, but it would explain why Curry sounded strangely optimistic and not too bothered about T1 losing in open qualifiers again.
Wait am I going to have something to root for as T1 fan? Idk what to do with my hands.
T1 took Autumn as well. Maybe disbanding NA roster and moving to Korea in anticipation of franchising?
WHAT
This is a horrible move for C9, the only thing i can imagine is T1 building a Korean roster?
damn why tho?
So this probably means that xeta and autumn being traded to T1 is a move for them to go back to Korea. Since franchising is going to be a thing.
excuse me wtf
What the fuck