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?
It originally meant just that a team could have touched the point to prevent the cap but instead went off the point.
Over time though, the definition has evolved, as we’ve seen with tons and tons of words and phrases throughout human history. Also now we have sig9 which is sigma ulting to force the team off but c9 is still used for anyone else forcing the enemy team off these days. It basically now just means the point was won while some of the enemy team was still alive and not within 5ft of spawn.