ACHES explains \u201cmassive\u201d CDL concerns citing Faze and Huntsmen schedule CDL \/ Chicago Huntsmen \/ Atlanta FazeCall of Duty veteran Patrick \u2018ACHES\u2019 Price expressed his concerns with the competitive integrity of the Call of Duty League on January 27 after examining the league schedule in the lead up to the London Ravens Home Series. The anticipation for CDL\u2019s inaugural season was mired in controversy on and off the stage. On-the-fly competitive rulings for games in progress and players citing untimely Modern Warfare patches took center stage throughout the weekend in Minnesota. Regardless of the early bumps in the year-long road for the CDL, the weekend\u2019s results are in the books as teams took with them their allotment of CDL points ahead of their Feb 8-9 trip to the United Kingdom. But a since-deleted tweet from the CDL showed how the eight participating teams would break down into groups in London, another point of contention for ACHES that raises \u201cmassive\u201d concerns for the league\u2019s commitment to competitive integrity. \u201cEvery team has now realized after reviewing the schedule that the Chicago Huntsmen and Atlanta Faze won\u2019t ever be placed in the same group at any of the 8\/12 tournaments they compete at,\u201d he said in a series of tweets. The league\u2019s scheduling seems to prevent the two major orgs going up against each other early in events, something that ACHES suggests the league coordinated to build up anticipation. \u201cKinda funny how these two teams are never in the same group as if the league want the two biggest brands making the basket,\u201d he wrote, noting how every team except for Faze and the Huntsmen matchup up with each other at least once. \u201cMaybe to ensure they have the best chance of making Sunday together for the best possible viewership?\u201c For a league that has continued to stress competitive integrity being paramount\u2026 This is another case that shows the opposite sadly\u2026\u201d Dexerto reached out to the CDL for comment, but has yet to receive a response at the time of publication. I just want to see the League be strong on its values of competitive integrity and with that, succeed for many years to come. If that means pointing out massive flaws in the current system in order to get changes that create a healthier system long term. Then so be it. \u2014 PATTYP (@ACHES) January 27, 2020 Orgs entering the league had to brand their teams around the cities they represent, but personnel changes and big name teams dominated the preseason buzz. Atlanta Faze was instantly a home name for many with the world-wide brand bringing instant recognition only complimented by their insane lineup of young guns. Meanwhile the Huntsmen, led by former OpTic Gaming head Hector \u2018HECZ\u2019 Rodriguez, inherited a ton of Greenwall fans after the off-season changing of the guard at OG, along with a new team starring OpTic alums Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner and Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper. https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACHES\/status\/1221916538220843008 During the first weekend, ACHES was critical of the league on and off the Armory\u2019s stage in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Guerrillas and Minnesota R\u00d8KKR decision that eventually saw a potential 3-0 sweep for LA turn into a 3-1 win for the home team. Now teams will be setting their sights for London for the next iteration of the Call of Duty League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ACHES explains \u201cmassive\u201d CDL concerns citing Faze and Huntsmen schedule CDL \/ Chicago Huntsmen \/ Atlanta FazeCall of Duty veteran Patrick \u2018ACHES\u2019 Price expressed his concerns with the competitive integrity of the Call of Duty League on January 27 after examining the league schedule in the lead up to the London Ravens Home Series. The […]<\/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-22286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22286","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=22286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}