Atlanta FaZe coach Crowder slams Dallas Empire \u201conliner\u201d criticism Dallas Empire \/ MLGAtlanta FaZe\u2019s head coach James \u2018Crowder\u2019 Crowder has slammed critics of CDL Chicago grand final opponent Dallas Empire, defending them from fans calling the team \u201conliners.\u201d Due to the outbreak of the ongoing health crisis, the Call of Duty League has had to shift to an online format, abandoning the LAN events that were supposed to be spread throughout the year. Of course, moving online brings a new host of issues for the league and teams in it, but one of the most common seems to be how fans weigh online wins against LAN wins. After criticism of Dallas Empire as an \u201conline\u201d team, Crowder has explained why this is such a bad take. Dallas Empire beat Atlanta FaZe 3-1 in the grand final of CDL Chicago, becoming only the second team to beat Atlanta after Minnesota ROKKR and also taking down Chicago Huntsmen in their semi-final matchup. Crowder tweeted out after the series finished that Dallas exhibited \u201cincredible play and teamwork\u201d and called them the \u201cbest team in the game,\u201d which is high praise considering it\u2019s something more often said about Atlanta themselves. Despite this, someone came back and called Dallas the \u201cbest online team\u201d \u2013 which Crowder didn\u2019t take kindly to, saying it\u2019s \u201csuch a sh**ty take\u201d and to \u201cgive credit when it\u2019s due.\u201d Such a shitty take. They won an event on LAN already. Give credit when it\u2019s due. \u2014 FaZe Crowder (@JamesCrowder) April 27, 2020 Although Crowder was happy to heap praise on Dallas for their continued top performances and placements, some Atlanta fans didn\u2019t agree with what he was saying. Twitter user ImDepend told the coach that \u201cyou guys have smoked them on LAN\u201d and added that, despite beating two of the top teams, he doesn\u2019t believe they can be the best team in the game \u201cjust because of one online tournament win.\u201d Chris you guys have smoked them on LAN, they beat two of the best teams in the game online, i mean yea they won but i still dont think their the best in the game just because of 1 online tournament win. \u2014 Depend (@ImDependYT) April 27, 2020 Whether or not Dallas Empire are the best team in the game will continue to be a subjective issue until more events are held, but for now, Crowder\u2019s voice is one that is definitely worth listening to when it comes to Call of Duty. Watch: Why Nadeshot was Call of Duty\u2019s most underrated champion Fans won\u2019t have to wait too long to see more CoD action, with CDL Florida taking place May 8-10, though Dallas won\u2019t be in attendance to defend their crown \u2013 they\u2019ll have to wait until CDL Minnesota on June 6-8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Atlanta FaZe coach Crowder slams Dallas Empire \u201conliner\u201d criticism Dallas Empire \/ MLGAtlanta FaZe\u2019s head coach James \u2018Crowder\u2019 Crowder has slammed critics of CDL Chicago grand final opponent Dallas Empire, defending them from fans calling the team \u201conliners.\u201d Due to the outbreak of the ongoing health crisis, the Call of Duty League has had to […]<\/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-22633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22633","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=22633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}