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Enter Cloud9 Kongdoo

Big news from the world of Overwatch, where Cloud9 have signed the team now formerly known as KongDoo Panthera. The South Korean roster is currently undefeated in OGN Overwatch APEX Season 4.

C9 was recently announced as the London-based team in Blizzard’s upcoming Overwatch League.

“KongDoo Panthera’s run in Season 3 was nothing short of incredible, and the skills and passion they displayed in the finals are going to be right at home with Cloud9,” said C9 founder Jack Etienne in a statement. “These guys are fierce competitors and I know they’re going to finish what they started, so we’re really excited for what’s to come.”

Back in August, the team announced the signing of the former Laser Kittenz roster. No word yet on exactly which squad will be participating in the inaugural OWL Season, though C9’s official website now lists the Cloud9 Kongdoo squad in their Overwatch section.

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kNg speaks out

Less than 48 hours after Vito "kNgV-" Giuseppe announced he was leaving Immortals, the embattled Brazilian Counter-Strike player released a statement on the circumstances surrounding IMT’s now infamous DreamHack Montreal Grand Finals.

In the statement, written in Portuguese, kNg details visa troubles in U.S. that sent him back to Brazil after DreamHack Malmö, and then to Canada to join the rest of squad after a tiring travel ordeal.

“I was broken,” he wrote. “Almost 3 days without sleeping right and would still have to arrive in Brazil and return the same day to Canada.”

kNg goes on to talk about how his constant travel apparently played havoc with his sleep schedule, and how he was unable to rest properly during the entire Montreal event and prior. He said some players decided to take a nap following their win over Counter Logic Gaming in the morning, but failed to wake up in time for the Grand Finals.

Regarding the threat he made to CLG’s Pujan "FNS" Mehta over Twitter, kNg was not as candid.

“Sad about all this, we still had to listen to jokes that we were drunk,” he wrote. “We really like a party. But we did not leave. And my reaction was obviously on impulse, because it was a BIG lie.”

For the record, I have no idea if they partied or not. It was all a joke from my end but I can see why it would hurt them. Sorry again. — Pujan Mehta (@FNScsgo) September 10, 2017

He ends the note by saying “Counter strike has always been my life,” and admitting “I messed up.”

Colin McNeil is a supervising editor for theScore esports. You can follow him on Twitter.