Retired North American pro CS:GO player Nathan " leaf " Orf has finally become an official part of the Cloud9 Blue Valorant roster months later . Cloud9 Blue , one of two Valorant rosters owned by the organization , was on the hunt for new players for the team after Tyson "TenZ" Ngo decided to pursue his career as a content creator. After a disappointing performance at the Valorant North American First Strike tournament , the team parted ways with captain Josh "Shinobi" Abastado in December, and it didn't take long to sign with the Leaf .
The winds of change are blowing...
— Cloud9 (@Cloud9) January 21, 2021
Please welcome @leaf_cs to #C9BLUE ! pic.twitter.com/tRadsn3cSk
Having performed a trial period with Cloud9 Blue , Leaf announced that it has officially joined the Valorant staff after its effective performance and success, with the following words:
" I'm proud to announce that I'm joining Valorant with Cloud9. I've been playing with them for a while, it's good to finally make it official, I'm looking forward to playing Valorant with my friends. "
Proud to announce my swap to VALORANT with Cloud9 😄 Been playing with them awhile it's good to finally have it out in the air, looking forward to playing VAL with da bois https://t.co/pUrR6fOREg
— Nathan (@leaf_cs) January 21, 2021
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The 17-year-old professional player, who has played CS: GO for teams like Rugratz, Gorilla Gang and Chaos Esports Club since 2018, is currently unknown for his role in Valorant , but he will need to replace TenZ, one of the most talented players in Valorant 's competitive scene.
In his latest announcement tweet, Nathan "leaf" Orf said:
"I'm probably one of the best players in the game. I definitely think I'm that talented."
Leaf is known to be quite versatile in his agent pool and had some spectacular performances with Omen, Killjoy, Cypher and Reyna during the last NSG Winter Championship . Cloud9 , which will start Valorant 's first international tournament, the Champions Tour, in a few days , is trying to consolidate its 5-man squad before the competition. Son "xeta" Seon-ho is very pleased with Leaf , and a contract for the squad is expected to be completed very soon.
Cloud9 Blue announced the signing in a video where they interviewed Leaf. He details his passions with the team in the following words.
"Personally, I want to be one of the best players in the game and I definitely think I have the skills to do that. I'm a pretty good CS player if I can say it myself, and I think it's definitely possible to be one of the best players in the game."
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