Call of Duty League roundtable: Looking forward to Champs

In the first season, the Call of Duty League was also UPS and Falls from the opening weekend of January. Twelve teams competed in the modern war for 13 weeks, and was interrupted by pandemic in the season. Here, we will introduce some simple outline of the most smart moment, the Call of Duty League 2020 championship, and the future for the future.

Let's begin with a throwback to last year's championship team. Just how good was eUnited's scouting when you look back at their former players' performances in 2020?

Emily Land: Chris Simimi, Ille Hindu, MacArthur, Celium Jobel-All of them began on a United Cadet (however, the Celium was a phase clan a year later I entered). EUNITED 2019 CALL OF Duty Championship is composed of Simps, Allec Arcitis Sunderson, Preston Prestini Thunder Son, Tyler "Avzy" Faris, James "Craister". Last year, this organization played with the largest code ever, became a champion, and was surprisingly balanced, from newcomers in SIM to veteran Klystar. I claim that each player, including the Presny at the time, had their own places, including the Presnny at the time.

The names listed in the above paragraphs are all included in the 3rd commander of the Call of Duty League this year. Simp and Avensy were divided in 2020, continued to control the Little Hollers as a member of the Atlanta Phase, and his teammates calmly nominated 2020 MVP candidates. Craister and Iri have become a member of Dallas Empire, but this is a composition similar to United in 2019: a veteran player (such as Clearister), and is a young player (Iri, etc.). Make the most of your talent and direct it.

After taking a spotlight in Florida Mutinniers, Chicago Huntmen reunited with his older brother, Alcittes, and brought a strong sel f-assertion aggressive style. Finally, of course, Alcittes was active all year round as a member of Hunters.

I asked this question to tell how wonderful the 2019 United Champ's participating players were composed? That's right.

Arda looks back. They could become a team consisting of only CDL star players, and that would not cause any special struggles. It is completely a goat composition. United made a really special team in 2019, and this momentum moved in 2020. It was really absurd. Instead of 16 teams, trying to create such a composition in the 12 team leagues is one attempt. The team would be a candidate in 2020, and this year there were a number of wonderful stories with these players.

All five members of Unity, a Call of Duty favorite in 2019, play for Call of Duty League powerhouses. Kevin Haub/Espat Media

What was the most impactful roster change of this Call of Duty season?

EDGE: One of the best things about this inaugural season is how many teams took risks with brand new or relatively unexpected talent. In some cases (cough), North American League of Legends franchises (cough) are still not very comfortable taking risks on basically promising talent. This wasn't the case in the CDL, where we saw a mix of configurations all season--and surprisingly, in fact, they all worked out pretty well.

Bearing in mind that my colleague will actually wax poetic about Joseph Oberking-Conley and the Florida Mutineers, I think Mackenzie "Mac" Kelly's start with the New York Subliners was at least, if not more, tough. That Subliners season was donated on paper but didn't result in a podium finish. Mack then joined the team that had another disappointment - the Subliners - concert for the Los Angeles Economic Series, the team lost both games and was one of the first to exit the league.

The Subliners had already been in a concert with Poppyseed, but they beat the Hunters in the first round and almost beat the Atlanta Faze in the qualifiers. However, they lost to the Hunters and did not advance to the semifinals. For this stage the Subliners continued to work hard and as a result won the individual matches of the Economic Series. It cannot be said that Mack alone changed the team, but somehow this joining opened something in the Subliners.

Out: Really, Emily, I would wax poetic about the ovorenes. But Mack - absolutely, a mythical choice, for Florida State, then wake up, as in May, Conley joined the team. The team that set itself online, for example, acted. This season, Mac was the leader in terms of K/D (1. 13) and was named the leader of the CDL with a rating of 96, 96 (a quick shoutout for Mac for public stats - as always, definitely cool). Ovackening very likely did not have the best K/D on his team (this honor belongs to Cesar Skyz with 1, 24), but it was all the same in the second space of the league with a 1, 17 K/D. This team won quite a few more chips than the experts had hoped for, and it all started with the paradigm exchange that occurred with Ovackening's entry into the Mutineers.

Best moment of the season?

Land: It's still shocking that the Family Series was held in Los Angeles in March, when events around the world were canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19, but my favorite moment is Dallas Empire. It is related to that weekend when I won the first personal title this season. Despite the third round of the season, there were rumors that "it would be likely to end with a skirmish" in Empire, and the new joining ILLEY and Anthony, "SHOTZZY", and Cebus Castro can also demonstrate their abilities. I didn't.

This weekend, they proved that they were suspicious, which happened at a decisive moment. If "EMPIRE" was on the Internet alone, this sad situation would have continued regardless of the remarkable improvement of the team after the opening (and the unexpected patch change just before this weekend). The final match between Minnesota Røkkr and Dallas Empire in Los Angeles is one of my favorite games this year.

Okar: There is a fact that I was there and witnessed the drama, so there is a part where my bias is here, but for me, I fought on the podium of Atlanta. Alkitis and Prestinie. Alkitis and Prestini had never played in the most important games of the season. Prestini had something to actually discuss. He was not a weak point of United. Alcittes certainly didn't want to lose to his twin brothers. The Alucitez team, Chicago Han Tsumen, is one of the best powerful CDLs, has never lost in the series until this stage, and has won the tournament once. At that time, Mutiniers, led by Prestini, had not yet been announced as a candidate. One win and one loss at the Lean Weekend, and the defeat in the guerrillas battle seems to be an eternal event now. < SPAN> Land: COVID-19 is still shocked that the Family Series was held in Los Angeles in March, when events around the world were canceled or postponed, but my favorite moment is Dallas. ・ It is related to that weekend when Empire won the first personal title this season. Despite the third round of the season, there were rumors that "it would be likely to end with a skirmish" in Empire, and the new joining ILLEY and Anthony, "SHOTZZY", and Cebus Castro can also demonstrate their abilities. I didn't.

This weekend, they proved that they were suspicious, which happened at a decisive moment. If "EMPIRE" was on the Internet alone, this sad situation would have continued regardless of the remarkable improvement of the team after the opening (and the unexpected patch change just before this weekend). The final match between Minnesota Røkkr and Dallas Empire in Los Angeles is one of my favorite games this year.

Okar: There is a fact that I was there and witnessed the drama, so there is a part where my bias is here, but for me, I fought on the podium of Atlanta. Alkitis and Prestinie. Alkitis and Prestini had never played in the most important games of the season. Prestini had something to actually discuss. He was not a weak point of United. Alcittes certainly didn't want to lose to his twin brothers. The Alucitez team, Chicago Han Tsumen, is one of the best powerful CDLs, has never lost in the series until this stage, and has won the tournament once. At that time, Mutiniers, led by Prestini, had not yet been announced as a candidate. One win and one loss at the Lean Weekend, and the defeat in the guerrillas battle seems to be an eternal event now. Land: It's still shocking that the Family Series was held in Los Angeles in March, when events around the world were canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19, but my favorite moment is Dallas Empire. It is related to that weekend when I won the first personal title this season. Despite the third round of the season, there were rumors that "it would be likely to end with a skirmish" in Empire, and the new joining ILLEY and Anthony, "SHOTZZY", and Cebus Castro can also demonstrate their abilities. I didn't.

This weekend, they proved that they were suspicious, which happened at a decisive moment. If "EMPIRE" was on the Internet alone, this sad situation would have continued regardless of the remarkable improvement of the team after the opening (and the unexpected patch change just before this weekend). The final match between Minnesota Røkkr and Dallas Empire in Los Angeles is one of my favorite games this year.

How many (if any) online issues will we have during the first round of Champs?

Okar: There is a fact that I was there and witnessed the drama, so there is a part where my bias is here, but for me, I fought on the podium of Atlanta. Alkitis and Prestinie. Alkitis and Prestini had never played in the most important games of the season. Prestini had something to actually discuss. He was not a weak point of United. Alcittes certainly didn't want to lose to his twin brothers. The Alucitez team, Chicago Han Tsumen, is one of the best powerful CDLs, has never lost in the series until this stage, and has won the tournament once. At that time, Mutiniers, led by Prestini, had not yet been announced as a candidate. One win and one loss at the Lean Weekend, and the defeat in the guerrillas battle seems to be an eternal event now.

And here, they stood on the stage with their team and all of these scenes were completed. Everyone thought they would defeat Chicago 3-0. Hunter seizes hard points in Azir's cave in 1 of this game. At the Arcurus Peak, he won 6: 4 in this search & destroyer game. After this, Florida breathed back and won the Petrograph on 167-121. After this, Florida won a more satisfying map at Hackney Yard, and everything was revealed! The fifth S & amp; amp; d card is important to solve the problem, and Florida prepared it. 6-2! Defeat Jaegers and return home. Prestini jumped off the chair and yelled at Jaegers, but actually shouted at his real brother. He didn't need to win. He had the ability to solve everything himself. He justified it.

For example, Alcittes sat on a chair and stared at the ceiling. After overcoming the confusion, Prestini changed from euphoria and guilt to anxious about his brother, rushing to Alcitez and embracing him. As in the pos t-match interview, they were completely beaten with the impression of a roller coaster in South America. It was unpleasant to talk about this, and it was clear. Both were pleased that everything was left behind. In fact, in the second half of the season, Prestini fled to Chicago, this was the last rival match. The situation is: What a moment.

Pick one of the losers-bracket first-round teams (Seattle Surge, Paris Legion, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, Los Angeles Guerrillas) to make a deep bracket run and make a case for them.

Prestinie Sanderson (left) and Alec Arcts Sanderson (right), who are discussing the Call of Duty League Atlanta Faze with the ESPN's major pillar Alda Okar. Thomas Tishio (ESPN)

Land: I don't really think so. I'll ask you to disappear. I'm really tired of having an asterisk in which episode, because someone cuts the connection, because the delay is strong, or the misunderstanding of the referee, I have to remember it. is. This is a hopeful observation, but I am convinced that at least the champion tournament will bet on a huge amount of money and the cleanest online tournament of the year will be held.

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• Okaru: The same opinion as Emily. The Seattle season is cursed. LAG had a duties sharing, and the new members were not lucky. Despite the fact that Paris is actually coming to the end of the economic series, there is nothing to boast this season, except for the Warzone Weekend victory. There is no doubt that the optic has the most potential among these four teams on documents. However, it is an interesting part of CDL that has the potential to happen!
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