The esports team were one of the North American organizations selected by Riot Games for its Americas partnered league.

The game developer handed out only five slots to North American organizations. This allowed selected squads to pick out players from the vast number of players in teams that were unable to make the cut.

Cloud9 are undoubtedly making the most of the situation, especially with the number of new players the team are reportedly in the process of adding to their lineup.

The NA organization have their eyes set on a player from OpTic Gaming and Version1, Zellsis, as reported. Negotiations for the previously retired CS:GO player will reportedly be finalized soon, and the NA squad will welcome him into their ranks.

Cloud9 are also set to add former OpTics Gaming player Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker to the team’s roster, and according to reports, the acquisition is currently in its final stages.

Yay is statistically one of the best players in the world and is known for his impressive and consistent top scoreboard performance while with OpTic Gaming. With Zellsis on the team, Cloud9 will be one step closer to achieving their superteam and will likely be a more significant threat in the North American VCT league.

Other Cloud9 players currently on the team’s roster include Anthony “vanity” Malaspina, Nathan ‘leaf’ Orf, and Erick ‘Xeppaa’ Bach.

Zellsis earned the reputation as one of the most prominent initiators in the NA region. Last year, vanity, the current in-game leader of Cloud9, played alongside the formerly retired player in their time with Version1 shortly before his move to the NA team.

Together, the duo helped their team qualify for the VCT Stage Two Masters in Reykjavík, which took place in Iceland. Version1 reached the top six at the end of the tournament.

In August, Zellsis was given to the Sentinels on loan and played with the team during the North American Last Chance qualifier tournament. The squad competed in three games and recorded only one loss in their first match with The Guard.

With Zellsis in the lineup, the Sentinels were able to claim victory over Shopify Rebellion. However, they ultimately lost to 100 Thieves in the losers’ bracket second round, and 100 Thieves went on to win the tournament.

Cloud9’s matchup in the Americas league will be against some of the most popular esports teams. There, Zellsis will most likely have to play against his previous team, the Sentinels, as well as several other prominent squads like 100 Thieves and Evil Geniuses.

The first 2023 VCT event of the year will be the kick-off tournament, and the three-week event will start in February and come to a close in March. It will feature the three leagues, including all 30 partnered Valorant teams in S?o Paulo, Brazil.

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Due to the partnership, GG.BET will become the esports organization’s official international betting partner. The collaboration would ensure both parties work together to develop their global profile.

The betting company will provide Vitality fans with noteworthy “next-gen” content and activations during events to build a bond between the supporters and GG.BET. Financial information concerning the partnership between the companies was not revealed.

The renowned esports betting company’s logo would be on the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive jerseys of the franchise while they compete in live events until the end of 2022 and into 2023. This will only apply to the CS:GO squad of the organization, as they are the primary team involved in the deal.

Vitality’s League of Legends division is reportedly not a part of the deal. This is mainly because Riot Games strictly prohibits betting organizations from partnering with its franchised League of Legends competition teams.

Nicholas Maurer, Vitality’s CEO, talked about the new partnership and how pleased the company was to join GG.BET’s list of partners.

“We’re so proud to be partnering with GG.BET,” Maurer said. “This is our first international partnership with a betting company, and it was incredibly important to us that our partner makes the development of esports its top priority and understands our community and what they want. We’re incredibly excited for what this partnership will bring to Team Vitality and our fans.”

Over the years, GG.BET has collaborated with several tournament organizers as well as content creators and streamers. They were the leading betting partner of the PGL Major Antwerp, the previous CS:GO Major event, and are currently partnered with ESL Gaming, the tournament organizer.

The betting company is also currently in the same partnership as Vitality with Natus Vincere. Overall, GG.BET has partnered with more than 100 esports content creators and streamers and generally has sturdy ties with the CS:GO community.

GG.BET’s new partnership with Vitality has ensured the corporation’s relations with esports teams that house some of the most renowned CS:GO players in the world, Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut from Vitality and NaVi’s Oleksandr ‘S1mple’ Kostyliev.

GG.BET’s CEO, Dmitry Voshkarin, said, “We are pleased to announce a partnership with Team Vitality, a world-class esports team whose successes we have been following with great interest for a long time.”

He continued, “For GG.BET, this is a logical stage of our plans to expand into new markets and provide continuous support for esports development. We are looking forward to implementing joint projects and will work hard to make GG.BET users and Vitality fans happy.”

Vitality previously announced they had brought in three players from Astralis, including the team’s coach. At the beginning of the year, Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, Emil “Magisk” Reif, and former Astralis coach Danny “zonic” S?rensen were all brought into the team to help build a super team with Danish-French players.

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