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The results have been impressive, but C9\u2019s primary shot caller has taken care not to let results be the team\u2019s main focus and advises other teams to do so as well. \u201cI\u2019m more worried about the path we\u2019re on rather than getting somewhere specific,\u201d vanity told Dot Esports. \u201cI think [focusing on results] hurts teams a lot. The team I\u2019m on is more focused on putting in the effort, consistently showing up every day, doing the extra stuff, remembering lineups and strats. As long as you keep doing those things and slowly build it up over time, you should be a good team.\u201d See Valorant on Amazon The C9 roster has continued to get better and better since its formation, with several of the players reaching a distinguishable level of reputation. Vanity is regarded as one of the top IGLs in NA, Xeppaa has carved out a spot as one of the top flex players, and leaf could be considered the most dangerous man on Jett in the entire region. The success isn\u2019t getting to them, though. Vanity said the team is still working on different areas of improvement, particularly throwing rounds as a result of \u201cyears of over peeking\u201d from all the players\u2019 days of CS:GO. And even after wins, he\u2019s still looking for ways to get better, especially after their first-round playoff match against Knights on March 17. \u201cWe were impressed that they were so competitive on Breeze, but I feel like we kind of just gave them the game,\" vanity said. \"I can think of multiple rounds where we had it, like I\u2019m reading a child\u2019s book, and then we die to them. They were hitting sick shots. They played pretty well but I think we had a pretty off day. This was the worst match we've played as a team since I joined.\u201d If you look at the stats, you can see that it was indeed a tough day at the office for C9. As a team, they lost more opening duels than won across the series, had to scrap in overtime to take away Ascent, and lost their own map pick of Breeze for the second time this stage (lost 13-8 to Evil Geniuses). Looking ahead, vanity and C9 aren\u2019t taking anyone lightly. He said that only Luminosity or Knights making Iceland would surprise him, \u201cbut it\u2019s not out of this world\u201d if they did end up winning, recalling that \u201cnobody thought we\u2019d make it [to Iceland] last year on Version1.\u201d He also spoke very highly of the current Version1 team and expressed his desire to meet them during these playoffs. \u201cHaving an actual IGL again helps them a lot,\" vanity said. \"Having someone like Zander be the main voice helps, and Jordan [Zellsis] can do the secondary voice which he\u2019s really, really good at. And the rest are all good players; all five have had insane matches. I think they're in really good form and hopefully we get to play them. I think it'll be a good match.\u201d Before C9 potentially face Version1, they\u2019ll have to overcome OpTic in their upper bracket semifinals on March 19. 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The results have been impressive, but C9\u2019s primary shot caller has taken care not to let results be the team\u2019s main focus and advises other teams to do so as well. \u201cI\u2019m more worried about the path we\u2019re on rather than getting somewhere specific,\u201d vanity told Dot Esports. \u201cI think [focusing on results] hurts teams a lot. The team I\u2019m on is more focused on putting in the effort, consistently showing up every day, doing the extra stuff, remembering lineups and strats. As long as you keep doing those things and slowly build it up over time, you should be a good team.\u201d See Valorant on Amazon The C9 roster has continued to get better and better since its formation, with several of the players reaching a distinguishable level of reputation. Vanity is regarded as one of the top IGLs in NA, Xeppaa has carved out a spot as one of the top flex players, and leaf could be considered the most dangerous man on Jett in the entire region. The success isn\u2019t getting to them, though. Vanity said the team is still working on different areas of improvement, particularly throwing rounds as a result of \u201cyears of over peeking\u201d from all the players\u2019 days of CS:GO. And even after wins, he\u2019s still looking for ways to get better, especially after their first-round playoff match against Knights on March 17. \u201cWe were impressed that they were so competitive on Breeze, but I feel like we kind of just gave them the game,\" vanity said. \"I can think of multiple rounds where we had it, like I\u2019m reading a child\u2019s book, and then we die to them. They were hitting sick shots. They played pretty well but I think we had a pretty off day. This was the worst match we've played as a team since I joined.\u201d If you look at the stats, you can see that it was indeed a tough day at the office for C9. As a team, they lost more opening duels than won across the series, had to scrap in overtime to take away Ascent, and lost their own map pick of Breeze for the second time this stage (lost 13-8 to Evil Geniuses). Looking ahead, vanity and C9 aren\u2019t taking anyone lightly. He said that only Luminosity or Knights making Iceland would surprise him, \u201cbut it\u2019s not out of this world\u201d if they did end up winning, recalling that \u201cnobody thought we\u2019d make it [to Iceland] last year on Version1.\u201d He also spoke very highly of the current Version1 team and expressed his desire to meet them during these playoffs. \u201cHaving an actual IGL again helps them a lot,\" vanity said. \"Having someone like Zander be the main voice helps, and Jordan [Zellsis] can do the secondary voice which he\u2019s really, really good at. And the rest are all good players; all five have had insane matches. I think they're in really good form and hopefully we get to play them. 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The success isn\u2019t getting to them, though. Vanity said the team is still working on different areas of improvement, particularly throwing rounds as a result of \u201cyears of over peeking\u201d from all the players\u2019 days of CS:GO<\/em>. And even after wins, he\u2019s still looking for ways to get better, especially after their first-round playoff match against Knights on March 17.<\/p>

\u201cWe were impressed that they were so competitive on Breeze, but I feel like we kind of just gave them the game,” vanity said. “I can think of multiple rounds where we had it, like I\u2019m reading a child\u2019s book, and then we die to them. They were hitting sick shots. They played pretty well but I think we had a pretty off day. This was the worst match we’ve played as a team since I joined.\u201d<\/p>

If you look at the stats, you can see that it was indeed a tough day at the office for C9. As a team, they lost more opening duels than won across the series, had to scrap in overtime to take away Ascent, and lost their own map pick of Breeze for the second time this stage (lost 13-8 to Evil Geniuses).<\/p>

Looking ahead, vanity and C9 aren\u2019t taking anyone lightly. He said that only Luminosity or Knights making Iceland would surprise him, \u201cbut it\u2019s not out of this world\u201d if they did end up winning, recalling that \u201cnobody thought we\u2019d make it [to Iceland] last year on Version1.\u201d He also spoke very highly of the current Version1 team and expressed his desire to meet them during these playoffs.<\/p>