Call of Duty pro ZooMaa steps down from competing in CDL Call of Duty LeagueNew York Subliners SMG star Tommy \u2018ZooMaa\u2019 Paparratto has announced that he\u2019s stepping down from competing in professional Call of Duty, just days before the CDL Kickoff Classic brings the league back for the 2021 season. ZooMaa has a storied career in Call of Duty, and has spent the last year representing his home city of New York under the Subliners, renowned for his no-nonsense yet positive attitude and incredible gameplay. Arguably one of the best to ever grace the game, the Italian Stallion also represented major organizations such as FaZe Clan throughout his career, winning multiple championships over the years. Now, on January 19, 2021, ZooMaa has revealed that he will be stepping down from competing in Call of Duty, citing a recurring injury in his thumb and wrist, calling recovering from it \u201cone of the hardest things I ever had to do both physically & mentally.\u201d Taking a step back from competitive Call of Duty\u2026 Read: https:\/\/t.co\/z3g9YRIvnC \u2014 FaZe ZooMaa (@ZooMaa) January 19, 2021 In addition, ZooMaa says that \u201cplaying through the weakness and pain in my hand just isn\u2019t possible anymore. I don\u2019t enjoy competing when I can\u2019t be the ZooMaa everyone knows and loves.\u201d Known for his fast playstyle and often-successful flanks, ZooMaa\u2019s gameplay and the fanfare he generates speak to the kind of player and person he has become, and his legacy is one that will remain in fans\u2019 hearts and minds for a very long time. In the Twitlonger posted by ZooMaa, it\u2019s painfully clear how much this is affecting him, and were it not for his injuries we would likely be seeing him taking to the main stage once again this year and annoying every opponent he comes up against. \u201cIt breaks my heart to step away from a game I put my heart and soul into every single day for eight years,\u201d he explained. \u201cTearing up just writing this, but I don\u2019t know what else to do at this point.\u201d This doesn\u2019t look like the end for ZooMaa in the CoD scene, however. He says: \u201cI\u2019m not sure what the future holds and will explore all options as I love this game too much to walk away completely. I look at it as one door closing and another one opening.\u201d Where Tommy goes next remains to be seen, but fingers crossed this isn\u2019t the last we see of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Call of Duty pro ZooMaa steps down from competing in CDL Call of Duty LeagueNew York Subliners SMG star Tommy \u2018ZooMaa\u2019 Paparratto has announced that he\u2019s stepping down from competing in professional Call of Duty, just days before the CDL Kickoff Classic brings the league back for the 2021 season. ZooMaa has a storied career […]<\/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-24447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24447","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=24447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}