This market will resolve to "Yes" if a team competing under the Cloud9 organization clinches a spot in VCT 2027: Americas Kickoff through the VCT 2027 Americas open qualification path (the Open Qualifiers, the qualifier Playoffs, or the Last Chance Qualifier) per Riot Games rules. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". Cloud9 is not a VCT Americas partner team for the 2027 season, so it does not receive a partner invitation to VCT 2027: Americas Kickoff. Only a spot earned through the open qualification path counts. The players on the Cloud9 roster do not matter; only the team entered by the Cloud9 organization counts. A team competing under a different organization does not count, even if it includes former Cloud9 players. If at any point it becomes impossible for a Cloud9 team to clinch a spot in VCT 2027: Americas Kickoff (e.g. the team is eliminated from the qualification path or does not enter it), this market will resolve to "No". If the VCT 2027 Americas open qualification path is canceled, postponed after January 17, 2027, 11:59 PM ET, or the teams that qualified for VCT 2027: Americas Kickoff have not been officially confirmed by Riot Games within that timeframe, this market will resolve to "No". The resolution source for this market will be official information from Riot Games (via valorantesports.com); however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.