FURIA vs. Cloud9 / World Championship 2026 Play-In Stage - Round 1 Elimination Match / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Ultimintree]

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 PLAY-IN STAGE

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FURIA 3-1 Cloud9

FURIA will play MVK in Lower Bracket Round 2!
Cloud9 is the first team eliminated from the 2026 World Championship.

• Player of the Series: Ayu
• Game Threads: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3

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FULL MATCH SUMMARY & STATS

🟦	🧱	💰	⚔️	137:52	⚔️	💰	🧱	🟥
FUR - L	2	68.6k	10	Game 1 (39:52)	19	80.4k	8	W - C9 1st pick
C9 - L	5	62.7k	9	Game 2 (35:15)	12	67.6k	7	W - FUR 1st pick
FUR - W	10	72.3k	14	Game 3 (34:09)	6	61.1k	4	L - C9 1st pick
FUR - W 1st pick	9	60.8k	16	Game 4 (28:36)	7	48.1k	2	L - C9

Team	Total KDA	KP	CSM	DMG%	Champions Played
🇧🇷 FUR	52-41-126
🇧🇷 Guigo	7-13-20 (2.1)	52%	8.2	22%	Ambessa, Olaf, Volibear, Jax
🇧🇷 Tatu	12-6-28 (6.7)	77%	7.2	16.5%	Jarvan IV, Sejuani, Cho'Gath, Vi
🇧🇷 Tutsz	13-10-19 (3.2)	62%	8.9	26.4%	Ahri, Akali, Viktor, Twisted Fate
🇧🇷 Ayu	18-6-19 (6.2)	71%	10.7	28.3%	Kalista, Yunara, Sivir, Miss Fortune
🇧🇷 JoJo	2-6-40 (7)	81%	1.1	6.8%	Renata Glasc, Lulu, Karma, Rell
🇺🇸 C9	41-52-81
🇰🇷 Thanatos	7-8-18 (3.1)	61%	8.2	21.6%	Rumble, K'Sante, Renekton, Aatrox
🇺🇸 Blaber	15-14-14 (2.1)	71%	7.6	19.2%	Qiyana, Lee Sin, Naafiri, Trundle
🇰🇷 Loki	11-12-12 (1.9)	56.%	8.6	21.3%	Syndra, Sylas, Orianna, Locke
🇺🇸 Tactical	6-10-12 (1.8)	44%	10.5	33%	Lucian, Caitlyn, Ezreal, Ziggs
🇨🇦 Vulcan	2-8-25 (3.4)	66%	1.1	4.9%	Milio, Bard, Alistar, Nautilus

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GAME 1: FUR vs. C9

Winner: Cloud9 in 40m | PotG: Tactical
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
FUR	Nocturne Cassiopeia Karma	Xin Zhao Maokai	68.6k	10	2	🧪3	3, 1, 0
C9	Seraphine Skarner K'Sante	Vi Akali	80.4k	19	8	🔥1 ⚡2 🧪4 🧪5 💥6	0, 0, 1

FUR		KDA	vs	KDA		C9
Player	Pick	10-19-23	⚔️	19-10-44	Pick	Player
Guigo	2 Ambessa	0-3-3	TOP	2-0-9	1 Rumble	Thanatos
Tatu	3 Jarvan IV	1-4-8	JNG	3-4-8	2 Qiyana	Blaber
Tutsz	4 Ahri	2-5-5	MID	7-2-4	3 Syndra	Loki
Ayu	1 Kalista	6-4-0	BOT	5-2-9	3 Lucian	Tactical
JoJo	1 Renata Glasc	1-3-7	SUP	2-2-14	2 Milio	Vulcan

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GAME 2: C9 vs. FUR

Winner: FURIA in 35m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
C9	Seraphine Ezreal Pantheon	Skarner Gnar	62.7k	9	5	⚡1 🔥3	3, 1, 0
FUR	Maokai Nocturne Vi	Camille Twisted Fate	67.6k	12	7	⛰️2 🔥4 🔥5	0, 0, 2

C9		KDA	vs	KDA		FUR
Player	Pick	9-12-11	⚔️	12-9-26	Pick	Player
Thanatos	3 K'Sante	2-4-2	TOP	3-5-3	2 Olaf	Guigo
Blaber	2 Lee Sin	6-3-0	JNG	3-0-7	3 Sejuani	Tatu
Loki	4 Sylas	0-3-4	MID	3-3-2	3 Akali	Tutsz
Tactical	1 Caitlyn	1-2-0	BOT	3-1-5	2 Yunara	Ayu
Vulcan	1 Bard	0-0-5	SUP	0-0-9	1 Lulu	JoJo

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GAME 3: FUR vs. C9

Winner: FURIA in 34m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
FUR	Nocturne Cassiopeia Nocturne	Seraphine Gnar	72.3k	14	10	🔥4 🔥5	3, 1, 2
C9	Ashe Xayah Jayce	Vayne Varus	61.1k	6	4	🌪️1 🧪2 🔥3	0, 0, 0

FUR		KDA	vs	KDA		C9
Player	Pick	14-6-44	⚔️	6-14-10	Pick	Player
Guigo	4 Volibear	2-1-8	TOP	2-2-2	3 Renekton	Thanatos
Tatu	2 Cho'Gath	3-2-7	JNG	3-3-3	2 Naafiri	Blaber
Tutsz	3 Viktor	6-2-7	MID	1-3-3	2 Orianna	Loki
Ayu	1 Sivir	2-1-9	BOT	0-3-0	1 Ezreal	Tactical
JoJo	1 Karma	1-0-13	SUP	0-3-2	3 Alistar	Vulcan

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GAME 4: FUR vs. C9

Winner: FURIA in 29m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
FUR	Nocturne Yone Jayce	Xin Zhao Gnar	60.8k	16	9	⚡3 ⚡4	0, 1, 1
C9	Seraphine Galio Skarner	Aurora Cassiopeia	48.1k	7	2	🌪️1 🔥2	3, 0, 0

FUR		KDA	vs	KDA		C9
Player	Pick	16-7-33	⚔️	7-16-16	Pick	Player
Guigo	3 Jax	2-4-6	TOP	1-2-5	4 Aatrox	Thanatos
Tatu	1 Vi	5-0-6	JNG	3-4-3	3 Trundle	Blaber
Tutsz	3 Twisted Fate	2-0-5	MID	3-4-1	2 Locke	Loki
Ayu	2 Miss Fortune	7-0-5	BOT	0-3-3	1 Ziggs	Tactical
JoJo	2 Rell	0-3-11	SUP	0-3-4	1 Nautilus	Vulcan

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/Saqueador]

WE LOSE EVERY YEAR!
WE LOSE EVERY YEAR!
YOU ARE NOTHING SPECIAL
WE LOSE EVERY YEAR!

[u/LeagueOfCakez → u/Saqueador]

ITS ONLY 1-3

ITS ONLY 1-3

HOW SHIT MUST YOU BE

ITS ONLY 1-3

[u/LuxurySunshine → u/Saqueador]

I feel like I'm going insane watching English football chants in the League of Legends subreddit

[u/Ultimintree]

All-time H2H between FUR and C9 after this result: 9-1 in FURIA's favour

Tournament	FUR	C9
Esports World Cup 2025	1	0
Americas Cup 2026	5	0
Worlds 2026 Play-In	3	1
Total	9	1

No paternity test needed on this one.

[u/Frozen_Watcher → u/Ultimintree]

What an upset by C9 to take 1 game off their fathers.

[u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV → u/Frozen_Watcher]

you have to win one to give the fans false hope

[u/xwombat → u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV]

An NA classic, dont look at my flair.

[u/Vnaux → u/Ultimintree]

They changed two players and still only took 1 game against FURIA LMFAOOOO

[u/Rawdream → u/Vnaux]

They were also using the excuse of having different players at America Cup,

that tournament didn't matter, jetlag, different patch, etc. etc.

[u/piotrj3 → u/Ultimintree]

I believe that 1 loss, was so Furia had 7:1 score against C9 for moment.

[u/Matagros → u/Ultimintree]

C9-1 lol

[u/Last0 → u/Ultimintree]

We did C9 Jatt.

[u/cadaada → u/Ultimintree]

a decade later, and c9 keeps the tradition to complete 9 losses somehow, now to furia https://youtu.be/QoFIjMtXujQ?si=V-urBCiZ0zYHYiKC&t=15

Thanks c9!

[u/Miserable_Ad_1195 → u/Ultimintree]

Furia had to lose game 1 so that the score could be 7-1 at one point

[u/DickCheneyIsPureEvil]

If any of the C9 players or staff are reading this, don't listen to the haters saying that you are all a bunch of frauds. They're right, but don't listen to them.

[u/DarthTaz_99 → u/DickCheneyIsPureEvil]

"I know we had a lot of haters who thought we wouldn't be able to do it, and to them I just wanna say, honestly good call by the haters"

[u/Quiet_Education5918 → u/DarthTaz_99]

Their logic was flawed, but the conclusion is hard to deny.

[u/Jehebus → u/DickCheneyIsPureEvil]

If the C9 players or staff are reading this guys comment, ignore it. Please listen to all of the people call you frauds, you need to hear it.

[u/Canoodler192]

Scheduled C9 loss to Furia is the funniest shit ever. Ragebaited by Guigo into elimination from play-ins

[u/xvareon23 → u/Canoodler192]

What a final game to go out on

Blaber inted at crab

Earlygame lead thrown

Loki completely fraudulent in a winning draft

Tactical useless on ziggs

[u/NotBunger → u/xvareon23]

Do or die game, worlds on the line, I want TACTICAL ZIGGS. Man if we really want to play ziggs that bad put in APA

[u/Canoodler192 → u/NotBunger]

most telegraphed Ziggs APC ever and it would still be better. Get APA or Zven man I dont care

[u/Scrogger19 → u/NotBunger]

No joke sub APA in to play Ziggs bot game 4

[u/DropsOfLiquid → u/Scrogger19]

Furia would just ban Ziggs the second they put APA bot then they're actually fucked

[u/Canoodler192 → u/DropsOfLiquid]

They're not ready for bot lane ASol

[u/croninhos2 → u/Canoodler192]

BR costreamers were laughing hard when C9 was banning JAYCE AND VAYNE vs Guigo lol

They did no scout. Leaving Voli open (a very Guigo pick) was just the cherry to end a totally clueless draft.

[u/Hjax]

In a way losing in the LCS studio means C9 once again didn't go to an international

[u/Lynchie24 → u/Hjax]

As far as I'm concerned, they haven't. They lost in PLAYINS...

[u/Marowalker → u/Lynchie24]

against what's essentially the closest they can get to a "same region" opponent too, the script writes itself

[u/Taranek]

The real winner is Vedius

[u/Canoodler192 → u/Taranek]

I forget, did Jatt actually commit to the Riftbound box bet?

[u/Taranek → u/Canoodler192]

yeah

[u/Canoodler192 → u/Taranek]

Jatt needs to double down on the diapers bet that Furia will beat KC now

[u/PanemV → u/Canoodler192]

gamblers fallacy

[u/Aquasmatic]

Im too European to know whether its quicker for them to fly or drive home.

[u/Duke_157 → u/Aquasmatic]

They didn't even make it to Texas where the Swiss stage is happening. They ended in LA where their home base is

[u/Idakari → u/Aquasmatic]

they need to walk home

[u/eVill_YT → u/Idakari]

they already sprinted enough

[u/Plus_Specific_4628 → u/Aquasmatic]

Wasn't this played in the usual LCS studio? They're already home

[u/NewbisLyfe]

Waited 3 years for C9 to make it back to world just so I can disappointingly watch them be eliminated first... Disgusting levels of collapse especially after yesterday's performance.

[u/Deskjet9000 → u/NewbisLyfe]

monkey paw moment for C9 lmao

[u/Naronu]

C9's first international since Worlds* 2023 and they couldn't even make it out of the LCS Studio. Pathetic performance from a pathetic team

[u/DrPlexel1234 → u/Naronu]

Didn’t even win one series in the LCS Studio.

[u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV → u/DrPlexel1234]

they don't even get the opportunity to swim home, they just have to take the team van back to C9 HQ

[u/VinalChloride → u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV]

At this point, they're hand carrying the van on foot back home

[u/Gluroo → u/DrPlexel1234]

Just one day ago they were up 2-1 vs KC and arguably should have won Game 2 while FURIA got utterly assblasted by PCS #3

Now same FURIA completely broke C9s ankles

How quickly the tables can turn lmao

[u/Va_Dinky → u/Naronu]

Blaber really broke down in tears when they qualified only for them to be out in a day 😭

[u/bazinga221 → u/Va_Dinky]

I feel so bad for Blaber. He's a very likeable guy and he has his moments as a player, but he's also so deeply flawed in a way that I'm not sure is fixable at this point.

[u/Chrystoler → u/bazinga221]

I've said it before, but I really think he should have been let go from C9 a couple years ago for both his and the team's sake.

It's clear it's not working out for him there, he has amazing talent but needs a new environment. Farm that honeymoon phase, he's been at C9 way too long without success at the level that he wants to be at. Somewhere where he's not a shotcaller, I think it would do him a world of good.

[u/EronisKina → u/Naronu]

If this isn't enough to legitmately fire the whole team and start fresh idk what is. Blabber and tactical had us thinking you could teach a old dog new tricks. Unfortunately, they ultimately showed you cannot.

[u/Curiousoctos → u/EronisKina]

This guy is getting paid to miss ziggs ult of all things on knocked up targets.

[u/TheAlmightyVox3 → u/Curiousoctos]

mf could whiff a Karthus ult.

[u/Sir_Ninja_VII → u/Naronu]

Being a C9 fan is torture.

[u/blueragemage → u/Sir_Ninja_VII]

I thought being an NA fan and having C9 ruin the agenda was bad, but then I remembered some people actually wake up and can have their weeks ruined by this team

[u/Flesroy → u/Naronu]

only reason they made playins is because they knew they would still be playing in the studio.

[u/random-meme422]

First time at worlds in forever to be the worst team at the tourney. Wild.

[u/W33B520 → u/random-meme422]

Especially crazy since the narrative going to this worlds is "the 3 best team NA has sent to worlds"

[u/Aschentei → u/W33B520]

immaculate sally ult, his podcast is already aging like milk

[u/W33B520 → u/Aschentei]

Can't believe RIOT has yet to nerf that shit

[u/turtle921]

What can you even say

[u/DeloronDellister → u/turtle921]

Usual NA airport speedrun baby

[u/Omnilatent → u/DeloronDellister]

In this case speed walk of shame home

[u/dogma897 → u/turtle921]

https://imgur.com/a/2vNjBFp

[u/Sufficient-Ad3388]

Cant wait for the next mind the gap #VediWasRight #JattShatHimself

[u/Pelagius_Hipbone → u/Sufficient-Ad3388]

SOMEONE PUT THE JATT QUOTE RN

[u/Troviel → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

Already did, but here you go:

"(FURIA) are going to finish last, they are going to probably be swept by C9, C9 is substantially better in the early game... ...Furia probably got blasted by a bad team, and they're going to get EVISCERATED by C9"

After how many times Vedius got ragebait quoted here, it feels good tbh.

[u/Chrystoler → u/Troviel]

He went on and on last night about how there was no way C9 would lose, and I was just thinking this is going to be the most disgusting caster curse ever created. and here we are

[u/BigStrongPolarGuy → u/Sufficient-Ad3388]

Vedi picked C9. Even when he's right, he's still wrong somehow.

[u/SweatyAdhesive → u/BigStrongPolarGuy]

yea they should just post vedius's take to ragebait him further

[u/No_Taro_6224 → u/Sufficient-Ad3388]

'your region is ass bro' LO i cant wait for the next ep

[u/MasWas]

C9 committing domestic terrorism with their inability to play the game when they have any sort of a lead. What an embarrassment, 1 game from sweeping KC to being first out of playins getting stomped by Furia who had just gotten stomp the day prior.

[u/Ill-Development-3885]

I mean what could C9 possible do against the powerhouse that is... Furia? lul

[u/Sofaboy90 → u/Ill-Development-3885]

Furia doesnt even have Koreans lol, must feel great for Brazilian fans.

Imagine they win the play ins, theyll have just as many teams in main stage as EU and NA

[u/Beneficial-Beat-947 → u/Sofaboy90]

Honestly I'm glad furia is looking competitive again, one of the reasons I love G2 is that they're actually a western team (with only western players) so another full western team is always welcome.

[u/Llovio_cuatro_anos → u/Ill-Development-3885]

Furia owns C9 historically

[u/Hitoseijuro → u/Ill-Development-3885]

Good guys Furia letting C9 take a game off them so that NA looked like they ever had a chance.

[u/White_Gale]

Top comments from MVK Esports vs. FURIA Post-Match Thread

Overhyped brainless region that somehow getting more slots and favourable seeding by RIOT despite abysmal showing at every Internationals.

LCS never deserved to lose their seed for Brazil. I’m totally okay with Brazil having two seeds, but it shouldn’t have been at the expense of LCS. Brazil has no results to justify it.

[u/Miserable_Ad_1195 → u/White_Gale]

I like how the second comment isn't even correct because Brazil didn't even have 2 seeds last year, they only got it this year when LCS also got their 3rd back. and they most likely got it precisely because LCS keeps losing to them

[u/bazinga221 → u/White_Gale]

Also all the comments about Americas Cup being fake because C9 were jetlagged and didn't care.

[u/OkkotsuYutaFanboy → u/bazinga221]

C9 losing to jetlagged Fúria makes this even funnier

[u/Luckebass → u/OkkotsuYutaFanboy]

Furia didn't play the patch for worlds until the start of this play-in. The CBLOL final was the last saturday and they play on 26.17. It's even worse for C9.

[u/Chocomin7 → u/bazinga221]

The "didn't even care lol" excuse they drop every time shows why NA will never win anything.

[u/DeloronDellister → u/Chocomin7]

They probably didn't care for Worlds either

Blaber cried for nothing

[u/Lean000123 → u/White_Gale]

Aged like fine Milk LOL.

Props to furia for actually doing a 180° and not go home early

[u/QuailOk841 → u/White_Gale]

Game 1 C9 vs KC is hilarious to read back

[u/jakatluong → u/White_Gale]

It's not CBLOL vs LCS. It's Furia vs C9 and they like those odds.

[u/whynot1260 → u/White_Gale]

The concept of Brazil having no results to justify it after what happened in the americas cup this year...

[u/Chocomin7 → u/whynot1260]

2025 LTA Cross Conference

RED 3x2 SR

VKS 3x1 100T

[u/Jon_ofAllTrades]

Turns out the C9 international curse never left us. C9 still isn’t leaving the LCS studio.

[u/EronisKina → u/Jon_ofAllTrades]

One of the best performing teams internationally in NA. Then once the old guards left/got kicked they couldn't ever find their footing.

[u/lvs2pwn → u/Jon_ofAllTrades]

No Sneaky No Worlds is such a lame meme, but after the og C9 creative vibes were gone, even if they assembled a superteam way back, they became soo frustrating to watch since then

[u/EtheriosPrime]

Tactical on Ziggs worked so well yesterday right? Lets run it back today!

[u/liar_pathological → u/EtheriosPrime]

I don't think he landed center part of the ult on anyone this entire game.

[u/VincentBlack96 → u/liar_pathological]

The ult near baron missed entirely. The MF didn't need flash or barrier, just fucking walked out.

[u/That0neRedditor]

No you don’t understand! Give the C9 core one more chance!!!

[u/Tommey_DE]

We got blaber crying on camera Out of happiness to this.

OUCH

[u/rightovahere → u/Tommey_DE]

We got a potential Tactical redemption series into an entire offseason of slander in less than 24 hrs.

[u/Hitoseijuro]

Did Jatt put a bet on FURia winning against all odds and just send a tactical ULT during the podcast that there is "NO WAY C9 LOSES TO FUR"

[u/Snow-27]

If you put Tactical's brain in a cow it would bark

[u/Troviel]

Jatt, about FURIA, yesterday :

"They are going to finish last, they are going to probably be swept by C9, C9 is substantially better in the early game... ...Furia probably got blasted by a bad team, and they're going to get EVISCERATED by C9"

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Troviel]

He set C9 for failure,  finally vedius have a big win over jatt lol 

[u/CelestialDrive]

Furia legit dumping destinygate, bullet time and vi ult on every single skirmish, go, no doubt, full gas. Meanwhile there were like three moments where C9 could have jumped MF in postfights with Vi ult on cd and nothing happened. Night and day contrast of decisiveness. As true as it always was, I guess.

I still want to see the late lane Loki death the camera looked away from, because that led to the herald fight and Furia slingshotting ahead. What even happened on that flash.

[u/Winter-Annual8887]

I'm not even a C9 fan exactly, moreso a fan of NA at large, and even so this is the most bitterly disappointed I've been by any team since the Hans TL roster failed to make worlds. This organization has just absolutely refused to figure it out for years now, and their failure is not just disgusting in isolation but actively damaging to the future of NA League as a whole.

NA needed this worlds. We really fucking needed to be good this year.

C9 is disgusting.

[u/expert_on_the_matter → u/Winter-Annual8887]

C9 is the NA Fnatic, the difference is in EU Fnatic doesn't make Worlds anymore.

[u/justintolboe → u/Winter-Annual8887]

blaber has been the common denominator for years now. He wasn't the only issue today but you gotta start there.

[u/samylam → u/justintolboe]

yes 100% tbh I literally don't even care if he is the worst player on the team or not (he never is). C9 consistently has underperformed the like like 6 years with him as their jungler. it is time to move on

[u/Pilvikas → u/justintolboe]

I mean blaber mistakes are the same he was making as a rookie, god forbids that man leaves a crab alone

[u/canastataa → u/Pilvikas]

After his death from Q on Lulu the whole series went bad for them.

[u/First_Spread → u/Winter-Annual8887]

I've said this once and way too many times, but I'll say it once more. It's C9's attachment to Blaber as their jungler for 7-8 years. How many toplaners have C9 changed? How many ADCs? How many supports? And especially, how many midlaners? I thought this split, I have been proven wrong, but unfortunately, I was right. I am not even a C9 fan. I'm a FlyQuest fan who hate watches C9 all the time, but I honestly can't even believe it that even I am disappointed. It's Blaber, and has always been Blaber. It's C9's attachment to Blaber that led them to their downfall. They could've had any LCKCL junglers, like Guwon or Sharvel. They could've had Yuuji from NACL, Yukino from KCB, they could've had KryRa under the guidance of Dom. No, they chose to stick with Blaber for all these years. He's the common denominator. Honestly glad that this happened. Blaber is finally out and if he isn't, I hope C9 fail endlessly

[u/Undesiredbeast → u/First_Spread]

he has mental blocks and cannot go over them. he's not showing any good signs of veterancy

[u/MachCutio → u/Winter-Annual8887]

Its blaber man, its the same problem every year and he is the only constant

[u/bigyikers → u/Winter-Annual8887]

Threw out APA just to go 19th place at Worlds. Lmfao

[u/FluffyFlamesOfFluff → u/bigyikers]

There's something funny about losing both series with a random Ziggs pick that they CLEARLY can't even play (we're talking missing ult on CCed targets) when APA is lounging on the bench.

[u/likemyupdoot]

Be honest, you always knew deep in your heart they were gonna choke

[u/MachCutio → u/likemyupdoot]

deep ? man we all knew that if they lost to KC they were gonna mental boom. this team mental is a toothpick

[u/BismarckBug]

Dom walking into the team meeting room after this series, as well

I can't believe how dumb C9 played in the moment. Just walking up to objectives and losing their fucking minds multiple times. I don't know if the comms were literally just chimp screeches and vague gesturing at the monitor but that's how it felt.

This MF felt completely untouched, what the actual fuck.

[u/nguyenjitsu → u/BismarckBug]

Every drake fight was so embarrassing. You play against Lyon who's legitimately world class at drake set ups and when to give/take them and they just int their faces off at every drake team fight. Like how have you not learned anything from them

[u/Large_Love_2563]

NA, also known as “Near Arby's”, is known as the fastest region to arrive at Arby's at Worlds 2026. Since they gave up on Worlds 2026, they are investing in Speedruns. In particular they are current worldrecord holders in Arby's Menu Any % and Arby's All Stores Fastest Arrival thanks to prestigious Near Arby's organization, Clown9.

[u/Working_Constant3556]

C9 fans are 100% infuriated. And ya can't spell infuriated without FURIA. Sad day for NA (we knew this was coming)

[u/Fabiocean → u/Working_Constant3556]

If you remove Furia from infuriated, all you're left with is inted

[u/IAmDarkridge]

Now can we stop bullshitting this C9 woulda given TL a better series narrative people were trying to pull for the NA finals? lol

[u/Madgamer2k7]

All hands, no brains.

[u/The_Bread_Fairy]

Blabber cried on stage when C9 qualified for worlds because he knew how embarrassing this would be for them

[u/paraguaisferule]

Furia let C9 take a game because an 8-0 would look bad. 

LOSGRANDESFACTOS

[u/Ultimintree]

C9 as 3rd seed in 2018: Reaching Wolds Semis

C9 as 3rd seed in 2026: Losing in Worlds Play-In to Brazil.

[u/desutruction → u/Ultimintree]

will never forget that legendary Licorice Ornn auto

[u/Job-24 → u/Ultimintree]

C9 SNEAKY WOULD NEVER

[u/ICaseyHearMeRoar]

That's the Tactical I know

[u/DinkyTabinky]

I never wanna hear "C9 is good internationally" ever again.

[u/xmateusu]

When they lost at the Americas Cup, they blamed the travel and jet lag.

When they lost at EWC, they said Lyon just didn't care about the tournament.

So what's the excuse this time? The pressure of playing in front of a home crowd?

[u/DeloronDellister → u/xmateusu]

Americas Cup was Mickey Mouse

EWC was Mickey Mouse

Worlds is Mickey Mouse?

[u/Time_Pineapple_9314 → u/DeloronDellister]

Everything is mickey mouse when your losing it.

[u/SweatyAdhesive → u/DeloronDellister]

C9 is mickey mouse

[u/xisaaa]

Como brasileiro, sempre tive dificuldade em entender a cultura americana. O que me fascinava era como eles gostam de se gabar da própria liberdade, o que era estranho pra mim, porque eu não achava que tinha menos liberdade do que eles. Eu sempre pensava: “Qual é a diferença?”. Mas, depois desse jogo, finalmente entendi. A NA do Norte é livre pra caralho.

[u/StickyNotes2357 → u/xisaaa]

Como brasileiro, sempre tive dificuldade em entender a cultura americana. O que me fascinava era como eles gostam de se gabar da própria liberdade, o que era estranho pra mim, porque eu não achava que tinha menos liberdade do que eles. Eu sempre pensava: “Qual é a diferença?”. Mas, depois desse jogo, finalmente entendi. A NA do Norte é livre pra caralho.

[u/umsimplorio → u/xisaaa]

Mano será que o reddit traduz direito essa copypasta ?

[u/Naerlyn]

Turns out C9 looked better when they weren't qualifying for internationals

[u/herp_derpy]

Inspired: we have purposefully lost to C9 and got them to Worlds as a joke

holy fuck

[u/Fun_Highlight307]

Well played jatt you jinxed C9 

Lmao disband the org ,no matters how bad furia   looks, they will always beat C9 lol 

[u/bigpackage11]

cant even make nearest airport jokes cuz theyre already home 😹

[u/DarthLarth]

As a European it was always hard for me to understand American culture. What was fascinating for me is that they like bragging about their freedom which was weird for me, because I didn't think that I have any less freedom than them. I always thought 'What is the difference'. However after this game I finally understand it. NA is just so f*cking free.

[u/TaintedQuintessence]

C9 when there's a little bit of pressure...

[u/gridemann]

The north american mind cannot comprehend a player like GUIGOCHAD

[u/Anirchist]

Finally qualified to Worlds after a long time, only to play two series lol

[u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN]

ahh....

fuck c9

okay tl and lyon lets see what you can do

[u/infin1ty0nhigh]

would’ve rather watched SR whose games were at least entertaining pure anarchy late in the playoffs ☠️

[u/ohkhartoum]

Brazilian fan here. You guys are going to blame the players, and yeah, that was a terrible performance. That said, as someone who actually follows FURIA, I can say that Dom made massive draft mistakes. Quick example: the Jayce ban in game 3. He clearly hasn't watched a single Guigo match lol. The whole series was a disasterclass in preparation by Cloud9.

[u/Illustrious-Shape999]

C9 is the TES of NA

[u/Miserable_Ad_1195 → u/Illustrious-Shape999]

this was basically the TES MSI run, choke first series 2-3 when you could've easily won it then completely collapse and lose 1-3 vs supposedly weak team

[u/MachCutio → u/Illustrious-Shape999]

Nah TES at least makes it to International, C9 hasnt left the LCS studio

[u/Dest1ny1]

NA fucking did it again. They completed the Worlds Airport speedrun

[u/Chemical-Pilot-4622]

C9 needs to be banned from attending worlds again, atleast for 50 years.

[u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

NA (“Near Airport”) é conhecida como a região mais rápida para chegar ao aeroporto. Como desistiram do Campeonato Mundial de LoL, agora estão investindo em speedruns. Em particular, atualmente são os detentores dos recordes mundiais nas categorias Airport Any% e Airport sem vitórias.

[u/12398120379872461]

C9 saw Worlds was being held in the US and realized they had the opportunity to do the unbeatable {undefined} airport speedrun.

[u/YouMadBroLma0]

Ironic that C9 lost on Ziggs with arguably the best Ziggs player sitting on the bench

[u/Fangun]

«"Why does NA have so many spots and Brazil only one?"

There's your answer, Tatu»

Nah its actually a good question

[u/ificommentthen2oops → u/Fangun]

NA fans really thought we had 3 good teams

[u/nightlesscurse → u/ificommentthen2oops]

let it be known that i did not eat the bait

[u/Numbuh24insane → u/nightlesscurse]

Let it be known, I ate that bait.

[u/nightlesscurse → u/Numbuh24insane]

feel sorry for you, the last time people where this hyped we had the 0-6 incident

[u/SirDoober → u/Fangun]

No no, he's got a point

[u/DeloronDellister]

Good to see that NA sent the strongest teams in years to worlds. I don't even want to know how it would've looked like otherwise

[u/DefNotAnAlter]

This greatly reduces C9 chances of beating KC in the upper bracket

[u/Savac0]

I haven't watched in years and was surprised to see that Tactical had improved enough to have a starting position on C9. I was mistaken.

[u/bazinga221 → u/Savac0]

He played pretty well in LCS and had a few decent plays against KC. The fall off in this series was massive.

[u/DeezYomis]

This is the first time the best region in the west has sent 3 competitive speedrunners, the airport skip is the cherry on top

[u/A1nt9 → u/DeezYomis]

Illegal Speedrun Tech! Any% world record!! New secret airport skip, highly innovative!

[u/vituhyva123]

Generational chokers

[u/UmaThurmish]

5 years contract extension for Blaber. he will be 90 years old and still be C9s jgler

[u/Blizzgrarg]

Tactical is AWFUL. And Blabber is way way too unreliable. Just shocking how low his floor is.

[u/Labor101]

Team is too afraid of making any mistakes while ahead so they refuse to play aggressively. They refuse to field APA despite the team clearly lacking a voice to make any decisions for the team or call any shots. It really was a shameful performance.

Next season, if C9 want to even try to be competitive, they need to make some serious changes. Maybe Loki. Maybe Thanatos. Maybe Tactical. Blaber. Something has to give.

I'm embarrassed as an NA fan.

[u/niihoyninyoi → u/Labor101]

Vulcan had a quiet day today but I think he was genuinely the only player that had any sauce in their first series.

It's like their entire game revolves around him setting up their fights and if he doesn't get his conditions they can't play the game and run around like headless chickens and get picked.

[u/WaterLord1]

Legendary hatewatch

[u/No_Meat_7628]

At least they don't have to go to the airport.

[u/Materph]

But I thought Furia was brain dead and handless and CBLOL didn’t deserve to have two seeds…

[u/EgweneIsLit]

Loki gapped in 8 consecutive games. Again I ask, why are we importing Koreans to just get shit stomped in every international? Might as well do that with domestic players.

[u/fredy31 → u/EgweneIsLit]

Yeah tbh its an easy fucking math.

A-team koreans stay in korea.

B-Team koreans go to china because of the paycheck. Hell, even a-team koreans do.

So when na calls... We get c-team koreans. Good fucking luck performing internationally

[u/Solyde]

Como brasileiro, sempre tive dificuldade em entender a cultura americana. O que me fascinava era como eles gostam de se gabar da própria liberdade, o que era estranho pra mim, porque eu não achava que tinha menos liberdade do que eles. Eu sempre pensava: “Qual é a diferença?”. Mas, depois desse jogo, finalmente entendi. A NA do Norte é livre pra caralho

[u/Arabia-Felix]

It would have literally been better not to go to “Worlds” than lose like this lmao

[u/Dogaclysm]

Fire everyone on the team and the coaching staff. Losing a game, let alone a series, to the third best team in South America is absolute malpractice. Completely embarrassing.

[u/TharkunOakenshield → u/Dogaclysm]

>   Losing a game, let alone a series, to the third best team in South America is absolute malpractice.

FURIA is 8-1 against C9, and overall 11-1* against NA at official Riot tournaments this year.

This isn't just the one series tbh.

There's a massive gap between TL / LYON (the actually good NA teams) and the rest in NA, and the rest isn't really better than CBLoL top teams this year.

*(actually 11-4 as someone pointed out, since LYON did 3-0 FURIA at MSI)

[u/metristan → u/TharkunOakenshield]

11-4 they lost 0-3 to lyon at msi

[u/PartyCauliflower7044]

‎this is the year that na is gonna send their 3 strongest teams at worlds

[u/eVill_YT → u/PartyCauliflower7044]

This is the year that NA is gonna send their 2 strongest teams at worlds

[u/Dismal_Kale508]

Bro wtf. Now I know why Tactical was stuck in tier 2. Tactical ran it down this entire series. Loki completely invisible and Blaber mental boomed. Choke9 is real…..

[u/kalllllllllllllll → u/Dismal_Kale508]

Tactical with 0 kills in the last 3 games?

[u/zirenyth]

I'm so done believing in NA and especially C9 after this .

[u/WritingOutOfBoredom]

i wont lie i only watched the last 5 minutes

did i just see guigo run circles around 5 C9 members

[u/WittVector]

Costreaming really has gotten out of hand, even tactical is doing it now

[u/FCT77]

Sneaky please, stop showing hole on twitter and come back, C9 needs you.

[u/Chocomin7 → u/FCT77]

You know he can do both.

[u/DuendeBrek4]

Generational hate watch indeed 💀

[u/sorendiz]

they really brought this bum loki back from korea just to get eliminated by brazil, you have to laugh

[u/Omnilatent]

Because the team Clogged 9 toilets, the shat the bed instead

[u/geokilla]

As a Canadian it was always hard for me to understand American culture. What was fascinating for me is that they like bragging about their freedom which was weird for me, because I didn't think that I have any less freedom than them. I always thought 'What is the difference'. However after this game I finally understand it. NA is just so fucking free.

[u/BigStrongPolarGuy]

C9 couldn't win championships. Then, after franchising started, they found a ridiculous amount of success through C9 Academy (Fudge, Blaber, Zeyzal, all of the subs in 2018 summer, even Emenes), and became a championship organization again. And then, they got rid of their Academy team and have been a fucking joke ever since, and that makes me happy. Joke of a team in a joke of a region.

[u/ModestMouse1312 → u/BigStrongPolarGuy]

good point.

but Balls,  Meteos,  Hai,  Sneaky,  LemonNation did win championships

[u/irihime]

Blaber statement series