I keep having games where after a game ends somebody on either team will say “c9” despite… it not… being… a c9… and just the team not getting to the point from spawn on time or being killed off. Is there a new generation of young gamers who just see a cool new term and repeat it without understanding?
C9 is simple : you won the fight , and (usually) in the glory of chasing kills, lost the objective.
I see it most often confused with a back cap… but in some cases it IS still a C9. If you’re spawn camping enemy, and Sombra back caps you…that’s a C9. You’re winning / controlling the fight , and someone back capped the objective you’re ignoring / forgetting / assuming you own.
Also. If 2 teams are fighting for the payload in overtime, and each team gets some kills, meaning there’s 2 or 3 left on each team, and the fight turns in one teams favor and they have more players / more respawning teammates, but the contesting player jumps off or chases a little too far and the time expires…That’s a C9. Even though the enemy team has players left…you won the fight , the point is rightfully yours , but you C9’d the objective.
However: if someone is booped or cc’d off point, or simply cannot touch , that is not a C9. The enemy influenced the fight back into their favor.
You cannot accuse someone of a C9 simply for not touching when they theoretically could have. A Moira being the only one who can contest a 1v5 while the rest of your team is spawning or elsewhere, is suicide. The fight was in no way “won”
Remember : there are a lot of different perspectives in any match. Some people wont see the boop, or the javelin, or the Hitscan forcing you to cover. Some people dont know exactly what a C9 is… or since it’s literally based on one specific team play once upon a time, maybe it’s evolved into more broad terms. Hell it can apply to games other than Overwatch.
To me it’s simple: You won! But you lost because you forgot to claim the prize.