Cloud9's jakee on VCT 2023: Americas expectations
One of the biggest surprises of this past weekend had to be Cloud9’s surprise victory over Evil Geniuses in 2-0 fashion. Going into the opening week of VCT 2023: Americas League, nobody was expecting Cloud9 to make any type of noise.
They were playing with two new players in Dylan “runi” Cade and Jake “jakee” Anderson who was also new to the highest level of North American VALORANT. So when you add that this group of five players has only had two weeks as a team to practice together, it is fair to say that not many people were expecting them to start their VCT 2023: Americas campaign on a win.
Yet, this past weekend showed that you cannot judge a team by its players as Cloud9 soared over Evil Geniuses after a tough 9-3 start on Pearl.
In this video interview, we spoke to Cloud9’s newest VALORANT player jakee on his VCT 2023: Americas debut, why he switched from duelist to controllers for Cloud9, and his expectations for the remainder of the season.
How to watch VCT 2023: Americas League?
Cloud9 will have a tall task tomorrow going up against LOUD in their second match of the VCT 2023: Americas season. Once again, they are underdogs, but it will be interesting to see if they can repeat their magic once again.
You can keep up with the VCT 2023: Americas League by watching all the matches live through the VCT Americas YouTube and Twitch channels.
Sage got his start in esports as a volunteer writer in 2016 for esports organization, Dignitas. Since then, he has continued to work on his craft as a journalist and reporter for a number of established esports publications, such as esports.gg, Unikrn, Akshon Esports, Howla, The Player’s Lobby, Nerd Street Gamers, and most recently Dot Esports. Now, as a member of Esports Illustrated’s content team, Sage’s primary duties are centered around creating groundbreaking written and video content about the esports industry that impacts the community in a meaningful way. Sage graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and Informatics. There, he was a member of the Rutgers Esports Executive Board, both as the head of the fighting game community and a videographer/photographer for the Content team.