Cloud9

E355469

esports organization multigame esports organization

Cloud9 is a prominent North American esports organization best known for its success across games like League of Legends, Counter-Strike, and Valorant.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Cloud9 Academy	2
Cloud9 canonical	1
Cloud9 Blue	1
Cloud9 White	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3410814 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cloud9
Context triple: [Counter Logic Gaming, notableRival, Cloud9]

A. Heroku
Heroku is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and scale applications without managing underlying infrastructure.
B. Bitbucket
Bitbucket is a web-based platform for hosting Git repositories that provides source code management, collaboration tools, and integration with development workflows.
C. GitLab
GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform that provides Git repository hosting along with integrated tools for source code management, CI/CD, and project collaboration.
D. Loudcloud
Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
E. Cloud Foundry
Cloud Foundry is an open-source, multi-cloud application platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of cloud-native applications.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cloud9
Target entity description: Cloud9 is a prominent North American esports organization best known for its success across games like League of Legends, Counter-Strike, and Valorant.

A. Heroku
Heroku is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and scale applications without managing underlying infrastructure.
B. Bitbucket
Bitbucket is a web-based platform for hosting Git repositories that provides source code management, collaboration tools, and integration with development workflows.
C. GitLab
GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform that provides Git repository hosting along with integrated tools for source code management, CI/CD, and project collaboration.
D. Loudcloud
Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
E. Cloud Foundry
Cloud Foundry is an open-source, multi-cloud application platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of cloud-native applications.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	esports organization ⓘ multigame esports organization ⓘ
basedIn	Los Angeles ⓘ
colors	black ⓘ blue ⓘ white ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedBy	Jack Etienne ⓘ Paige Etienne ⓘ
foundedDate	2013 ⓘ
hasAcademyTeam	Cloud9 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cloud9 Academy
hasContentBrand	C9 ⓘ
hasGameDivision	Apex Legends ⓘ Counter-Strike 2 ⓘ Halo video game series ⓘ surface form: Halo Hearthstone ⓘ League of Legends ⓘ Overwatch Contenders ⓘ surface form: Overwatch Super Smash Bros. ⓘ Teamfight Tactics ⓘ Valorant ⓘ World of Warcraft ⓘ
hasTeamName	Cloud9 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cloud9 Blue Cloud9 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cloud9 White
knownFor	fielding competitive rosters in multiple esports titles ⓘ strong talent development in League of Legends ⓘ
leagueParticipation	LCS ⓘ VCT Americas ⓘ various CS:GO and CS2 circuits ⓘ
notableAchievement	2018 ELEAGUE Boston Major win in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ⓘ multiple LCS championships in League of Legends ⓘ regular appearances at League of Legends World Championship ⓘ
notableFor	Counter-Strike Major championship win ⓘ League of Legends Championship Series participation ⓘ Valorant Champions Tour participation ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
shortName	C9 ⓘ
socialMediaPlatform	Instagram ⓘ Twitch ⓘ Twitter, Inc. ⓘ surface form: Twitter YouTube ⓘ
sponsors	BMW ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ Puma ⓘ Red Bull GmbH ⓘ surface form: Red Bull
website	https://www.cloud9.gg ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Counter Logic Gaming → notableRival → Cloud9 ⓘ

Darshan "Darshan" Upadhyaya → team → Cloud9 ⓘ

subject surface form: Darshan Upadhyaya

this entity surface form: Cloud9 Academy

Cloud9 → hasTeamName → Cloud9 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cloud9 Blue

Cloud9 → hasTeamName → Cloud9 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cloud9 White

Cloud9 → hasAcademyTeam → Cloud9 self-linksurface differs ⓘ