Call of Duty pros Crimsix and JKap debate the best \u20183rd game mode\u2019 in competitive CWL\/eUnitedCall of Duty professionals have been debating the best \u2018third game modes\u2019 in CoD esports, with OpTic Gaming\u2019s Ian \u2018Crimsix\u2018 Porter seemingly not a fan of any that have been used in recent titles. Competitive CoD has seen significant variation in the third game mode featured, depending on the title and the game modes it shipped with. This year\u2019s Black Ops 4 sees the first inclusion of Control, a game mode with limited lives centered around capturing or defending two zones. However, the 3rd game mode has varied significantly in recent years, with a number of modes supplementing Hardpoint and Search and Destroy. CoD: WWII used Capture the Flag (CTF), Infinite Warfare used Uplink, Black Ops 3 and Advanced Warfare used both CTF and Uplink, while Ghosts used Blitz (and domination in place of Hardpoint). Blitz is a game mode that has not been in any CoD since and was the center of many complaints throughout the Ghosts season. On June 2, Crimsix tweeted his tier list of the best third game modes, with Blitz on top, followed by Uplink, CTF and then Control. In fact, he even sarcastically put \u201cmassive pile of dogshit\u201d above the latter three. Best 3rd game modes in COD: Blitz [Massive pile of dogshit] Uplink CTF Control\u2014 Ian (@OpTic_Crimsix) June 2, 2019 Blitz required players to reach an enemy goal to score points. On doing this, they were instantly teleported back to their own spawn point. Some members of the competitive community felt that Blitz\u2019s focus on \u2018sneakiness\u2019 over skill made it a poor representative mode for Call of Duty at the highest level. Jordan \u2018JKap\u2019 Kaplan disagreed though, arguing that Blitz was \u201cby far the worst\u201d after Crimsix doubled down and stated it was \u2018the best\u2019 \u2013 although his follow up reply suggests he was being sarcastic all along. I feel like you\u2019re trolling me but Blitz was by far the worst \u2014 Jordan Kaplan (@JKap415) June 3, 2019 The OpTic star went on to say that the whole thing was a \u201ctroll\u201d and that, in fact, the best third gamemode was sabotage: \u201cSabotage is the best and there\u2019s no contest.\u201d Sabotage is a bomb-based game mode, similar to Search and Destroy, and was a staple in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, but the mode has been absent from CoD title\u2019s since 2011\u2019s Modern Warfare 3. Ex-CoD pro turned analyst Jonathan \u2018Pacman\u2019 Tucker agreed with Crim\u2019s assessment, saying \u201cSabotage >>\u201d. Current OpTic Gaming SMG Thomas \u2018TJHaLy\u2019 Haly, said that Uplink was the best third game mode. Uplink was dropped after Infinite Warfare, despite its return as \u2018Gridiron\u2019 in Sledgehammer Games\u2019 WW2. It\u2019s clear that Hardpoint and Search and Destroy are established favorites among the competitive community, with the 3rd game mode still hotly debated. With fans, professional players, developers and organizers alike still looking for that perfect combination of game modes for Call of Duty esports, those included in the franchise\u2019s next release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, are anybody\u2019s guess. Love it or hate it, though, spectators and players will have to put up with Control for the remainder of the Black Ops 4 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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