Cloud9 VALORANT IGL runi following VCT Americas debut
Following Cloud9’s 9th-16th place finish at VCT 2023: LOCK//IN, the storied North American organization made the shocking decision to part ways with VALORANT star Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker and In-Game Leader Anthony “vanity” Malaspina.
In their place, Cloud9 revealed their two newest additions to be Dylan “runi” Cade and Jake “Jakee” Anderson to complete their VCT 2023: Americas League lineup. As a result, expectations were low for Cloud9’s ability to compete with the competition in the VCT 2023: Americas League.
Initially, things looked bleak for Cloud9 VALORANT in the first instances of their VCT 2023: Americas League debut. After the first half on Pearl, Cloud9 found themselves down 3-9 against Evil Geniuses as many doubt’s against Cloud9’s new roster had grown even larger. However, a dominant second half on Pearl helped Cloud9 cement a comeback as they bounced back on pearl to win map one 13-11. That dominance from the second half on Pearl continued to Fracture. Cloud9 soared to an early 8-4 lead in the first half before ultimately closing out the game 13-9 and cementing a strong 2-0 victory in their VCT 2023: Americas debut.
In this interview, we spoke to Cloud9 VALORANT’s in-game leader Dylan “runi” Cade about opening the VCT 2023: Americas League on a victory, his relationship with Matthew “mCe” Elmore, and silencing the Cloud9 doubters.
How to watch VCT 2023: Americas League?
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.