Cloud9 have left the door open for Golden to play in Katowice

ESL release IEM Katowice rosters; Zellsis and Warden listed as coaches

Much still up in the air for Cloud9; Warden will don his headset once more.

With the January 1st roster lock for IEM Katowice having now occurred over a week ago, ESL have now made the submitted lineups available to the public.

All is as was expected for Liquid, MIBR, and the teams attending the Americas Minor. Of note, however, are the Cloud9 and compLexity rosters, which list Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro and Matt "Warden" Dickens as coaches, respectively. In the case of the former, this means that Maikil "Golden" Selim has been listed as part of Cloud9's active roster.

The two teams official rosters are as follows:

Cloud9 compLexity
  • United States Timothy "autimatic" Ta
  • United States Will "RUSH" Wierzba
  • Sweden Maikil "Golden" Selim
  • Sweden Robin "flusha" Rönnquist
  • Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey
  • United States Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro (Coach)
  • Rory "dephh" Jackson
  • Canada Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz
  • United States Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan
  • Australia Ricardo "Rickeh" Mulholland
  • United States Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert
  • United States Matt "Warden" Dickens (Coach)

It remains to be seen what Cloud9 will actually do in Katowice, as it will depend not only on the health of their Swedish in-game leader, but also presumably how they fare with Zellsis at iBUYPOWER Masters and the ELEAGUE CS:GO Invitational.

What is certain, however, is that should the team choose, they would be able to substitute Zellsis in for Golden in Katowice. Additionally, in either case, the team will not have the benefit of coach Soham "valens" Chowdhury standing behind them.

Cloud9's Major campaign will start with the Major Qualifier, which will begin on February 14th. By virtue of their Legends status from the FACEIT Major, compLexity skip right to the main event, set to start a week later.

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#1(With 0 replies)
January 13, 2019 01:39PM
parks2214
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huh
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January 13, 2019 03:18PM
Joe
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Really weird, I wonder who C9 have been practicing with.
#3(With 4 replies)
January 13, 2019 04:54PM
DiSCO
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Zellsis is coach so that they can use the one-time swap for the coach and a player, so zellsis is playing and golden is "coaching"
#4(With 2 replies)
January 13, 2019 04:59PM
Joe
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Also, heard a rumor that said C9 must have Golden in their player position to keep a 3-man core that participated at the last major.
#5(With 0 replies)
January 13, 2019 07:47PM
Nohte
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This isn't a rumor, just how it has to be to get Zellsis onto the roster if Golden can't play.
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January 13, 2019 11:31PM
DiSCO
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thats a fact, not a rumor
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January 14, 2019 11:45AM
006_tv
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300 iq by Mastermind Jack controlled by FNS
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January 14, 2019 03:13PM
sinistersnare
It is not called the 'Major Qualifier' anymore, it is the 'New Challengers Stage'.
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