100 Thieves\u2019 Tommey explains why Warzone private matches don\u2019t work Activision \/ FnaticPrivate lobbies were a highly-requested feature since Warzone launched in March, however, they haven\u2019t quite gone over well in the community as 100 Thieves player Thomas \u201cTommey\u201d Trewren explains why they\u2019re \u201cnot great for competing.\u201d Since the latest Call of Duty battle royale dropped, there\u2019s been one consistent method of competition: Kill-races. In this format, players rush to find as many eliminations as possible in a single lobby. More often than not, duos are put together, dropped in as a squad, and have to race for kills against each other in the same lobby. While kill-races have been exceedingly popular, with dozens of high-stakes tournaments adopting the format since launch, there was always the possibility of custom games in the back of our minds. What would it look like when the world\u2019s best players all drop into the same instance of Verdansk? Well, a few weeks after private lobbies were added in beta form, not much has changed. Kill-races are still the go-to for comp Warzone. Tommey, one of the highest-earning competitors in the scene, has explained why this is the case. \u201cWarzone is very easy to play,\u201d he said in a November 30 tweet. Comparing it to Fortnite and how the competitive scene immediately took to custom games and never looked back, Tommey outlined how the games are vastly different. \u201cYou cannot build your way through zones and outplay with crazy mechanics.\u201d In Warzone, you\u2019re stuck on the ground. There\u2019s no lightning-fast mechanics to get you out of a pickle. As a result, \u201cif you\u2019re crossing anywhere in the open against any good player or team, you\u2019re dead,\u201d he explained. *Referring to custom lobbies. 2v2 will always be the best format but timed kill races are definitely better than customs. \u2014 Tommey (@Tommey) November 30, 2020 \u201cIt\u2019s fun to mess around with for sure, it\u2019s not great for competing. The best format for competitive Warzone to watch and compete is 2v2. Same lobby, same opportunities, same people to kill. It lowers the RNG. If you ask any actual top player on Warzone, they\u2019ll agree.\u201d The Call of Duty League hosted a few private matches earlier in the year before the feature was available to the public. Since then, however, kill-races have remained the norm. Despite private lobbies finally coming to the game, no major tournaments outside of the CDL have utilized the feature just yet. \u201cI\u2019d have loved for customs to actually work and be exciting to play but it just simply doesn\u2019t,\u201d Tommey added. \u201cThere\u2019s very little outplay potential.\u201d I\u2019d have loved for customs to actually work and be exciting to play but it just simply doesn\u2019t. There\u2019s very little outplay potential. The reason games are exciting for viewers is because of the plays that can happen, it\u2019s very, very limited in customs which creates bad viewing. \u2014 Tommey (@Tommey) November 30, 2020 Perhaps things might change down the line with some more settings to experiment with. Everything from circle timing to loot around the map, being able to adjust all aspects of private lobbies could lead to a more enticing state of affairs. But for the time being, it doesn\u2019t seem like we\u2019ll be moving away from kill-race tournaments anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
100 Thieves\u2019 Tommey explains why Warzone private matches don\u2019t work Activision \/ FnaticPrivate lobbies were a highly-requested feature since Warzone launched in March, however, they haven\u2019t quite gone over well in the community as 100 Thieves player Thomas \u201cTommey\u201d Trewren explains why they\u2019re \u201cnot great for competing.\u201d Since the latest Call of Duty battle royale […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}