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Speculative concept · Phase 4 · broadcast and overlay motion

Broadcast, at altitude.THE NINTH · KINETIC OVERLAY PACKAGE

The membership extends into the watch experience. The overlay system carries the brand onto the broadcast and puts the membership on screen: members co-watching, moments tied to the app's clipper, and member milestones celebrated live. It stays calm at speed, keeps glass over gameplay, and reserves frost for the summit. Press Run a broadcast moment to play the sequence.

CLOUD9 2 1 TEAM LIQUID 24:18 +3.2k
IXTHE NINTHLIVE
WATCHING WITH THE NINTH
1,204 in
BLABER
Jungle · Cloud9
KDA 4 / 1 / 7 · 62% KP
IX
MOMENT · AUTO-CLIPPED
Kaelis flips the fight
IX
INNER NINE
Welcome @nine_lives
to the inner circle
Run a broadcast moment
Reset

The system

Overlay components

C9 21 TL
Score and state bug
Persistent. Quiet glass, never moves. Score ticks ease, no flash.
WATCHING WITH THE NINTH
1,204 in
Member co-watch rail
The differentiator. Puts the membership on the broadcast. Reactions rise and fade, calm.
BLABER
Jungle · Cloud9
Player lower-third
Rise in from left. 500ms ease, holds, eases out. Sentence-case role line.
IXMOMENT
Moment sting
Frost, single shimmer. Fires on a big play, ties broadcast to the app clipper. Never loops.
INNER NINE
Welcome @nine_lives
Tier shout-out
Member milestone, live. Celebrates a summit on air. Calm celebratory, frost accents.
The Ninth
CLOUD NINE, YEAR ROUND
Title bumper
Altitude reveal. Wordmark rises through cloud for segment intros and the reel open.

Motion, applied

How the package moves

Rise

Enter from below or the edge

Overlays drift in the way you rise through cloud. Nothing snaps or drops. The lower-third slides, the sting scales up gently.

Ease

240 to 500ms, no bounce

Broadcast speed without the frenzy. Controlled easing reads as premium, which is the brand's whole register at pace.

Summit

Frost is rationed

The iridescent IX appears only on the moment sting and the Inner Nine shout-out. Everywhere else the package stays in calm glass and blue.

Production note: this is the design and motion logic, built in HTML so it animates and records for review. Final broadcast delivery is After Effects over real LCS and VCT footage, with Runway and Veo used to previs the complex transitions before finishing by hand.

The Ninth is a speculative concept anchored to Cloud9 for portfolio purposes, not affiliated with or endorsed by Cloud9. Match, scene, players, and members shown are illustrative. No outcome here describes Pratik Mehta's own results.