4 biggest storylines ahead of CDL Major 3 qualifiers: Week 1 Call of Duty LeagueThe CDL Major 3 qualifiers are right around the corner, as Call of Duty\u2019s finest players head towards the business end of the season and start looking towards the Call of Duty world championship event. Major 3 could prove to be a monumental one for the 2022 Call of Duty League season, as the top-ranked teams look to ensure their spot at Champs, while those towards the bottom of the table know they have to put some serious work in to earn one of the eight spots available at the event. While the CDL power rankings give a good insight into the best and most in-form teams, you never truly know what is going to happen in Call of Duty. There are some key things to look out for, though, as Major 3 qualifiers kick off. Here are the most important storylines to keep track of. OpTic without iLLeY It\u2019s unlikely at this point that OpTic Texas fail to qualify for Champs, and they will be a threat all season no matter who\u2019s on the roster. iLLeY has been an instrumental player for the side, though, with a CoD IQ far beyond his years and the raw talent to match. With Prolute now in the fold, OpTic might not be as dominant as before \u2014 but he\u2019ll want to make sure the team doesn\u2019t lose momentum approaching the tail end of the year. Crimsix\u2019s crowning championship moment It\u2019s almost impossible to deny that Crimsix is the Call of Duty GOAT \u2014 but he\u2019s after even more accolades, a perennial winner with nothing but trophies on his mind. For several years now, Crim\u2019s goal of becoming the most celebrated player in console esports history has been discussed among fans and peers alike. With his 38 major championships, he is two behind Halo legend Tom \u2018Ogre2\u2019 Ryan \u2014 now the general manager of Florida Mutineers. The New York Subliners\u2019 CDL Pro-Am victory may have been the start of Crim\u2019s final push to the top. Though unlikely, wins at Major 3 and 4 LANs would tie him with Ogre2 and, should they qualify for Champs, Crimsix could make history with 41 console esport championships as well as an incredible four world championships. Minnesota R\u00d8KKR redemption While New York are only slightly ahead of R\u00d8KKR in the chase for Champs qualification, they\u2019ve shown a lot more promise than the Minnesota side. Read More: Reverse Sweep: OpTic is in FaZe Clan\u2019s head – It\u2019s impossible to fully count out any team right now, but Minnesota R\u00d8KKR are looking very unlikely to make the tournament, a far cry from where they were at towards the end of the 2021 season. Major 3 needs to mark the start of a huge comeback from R\u00d8KKR, and the key to that will have to be new recruit Colt \u2018Havok\u2019 McLendon, as he makes his official CDL debut for Minnesota. Toronto Ultra \u2014 One season wonder? Toronto Ultra were a unanimous number two team in the 2021 CDL season, one of very few teams able to get the better of Atlanta FaZe \u2014 and most expected that to continue into 2022. They\u2019re not running out of opportunities to prove they\u2019re still a top CDL side, and if they don\u2019t turn things around during the Major 3 qualifiers, they can say goodbye to any hope of their season ending strongly. They currently sit in 9th place in the CDL standings, meaning things are starting to get desperate. Their main saving grace, though, is that the three teams above them \u2014 Seattle Surge, Florida Mutineers, and LA Thieves \u2014 have only 10 more CDL points. It\u2019s still all to play for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
4 biggest storylines ahead of CDL Major 3 qualifiers: Week 1 Call of Duty LeagueThe CDL Major 3 qualifiers are right around the corner, as Call of Duty\u2019s finest players head towards the business end of the season and start looking towards the Call of Duty world championship event. Major 3 could prove to be […]<\/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-22142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22142","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=22142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}