CDL pros Clayster, Octane and more demand changes to Major format following Stage 1 Call of Duty League \/ ActivisionThe CDL Stage 1 Major is over, and Atlanta FaZe once again see themselves atop the Call of Duty universe having beaten Dallas Empire. But the Stage 2 Major could look very different if the community, including some pros, get their way. The first Major of the 2021 CDL season was full of as many incredible storylines and cracking matches as fans could muster. New York Subliners had an incredible run through the tournament, including sweeping OpTic Chicago 3-0 to knock them out of the tournament, while the Dallas v Atlanta Champs rematch seemed only fitting. There was, though, one notable change between this event and the countless previous, and that\u2019s the format. Or, more specifically, the grand final format. For the Stage 1 Major, while it was double elimination, the grand final was a best-of-9 matchup, with the side coming from Winners Bracket having no discernible advantage despite not losing throughout the entire tournament. Best-of-9s aren\u2019t unheard of in CoD esports. CDL Champs 2020 was a best-of-9 series, with Dallas Empire starting with a 1-0 map advantage over the Atlanta side. Now, with no map advantage for the winning team, a number of pros are calling out the system. Seattle Surge\u2019s Sam \u2018Octane\u2019 Larew called out the issue while the match was on, simply saying that best-of-9 grand finals are \u201csimply not it.\u201d Guess I\u2019ll be the one to say it Best of 9 Grand Final is most certainly not it \u2014 Sam \u201cOctane\u201d Larew (@OctaneSam) March 8, 2021 Similarly, James \u2018Clayster\u2019 Eubanks said that he fought against the change when it was announced, saying that \u201cwinners bracket teams should have a significant advantage.\u201d I disagree with the format change, and was very vocal about it when it was announced. WB teams should have a significant advantage IMO. \u2014 Clayster (@Clayster) March 7, 2021 100 Thieves coach Jordan \u2018Jkap\u2019 Kaplan and two-time world champion Patrick \u2018Aches\u2019 Price shared similar sentiments. Jkap said it was \u201cwild\u201d that Atlanta go into the final without any advantage, while Aches argued it\u2019s almost a disadvantage because the Loser\u2019s Bracket team are \u201cfresh off a big win.\u201d I\u2019d argue it\u2019s \u201calmost\u201d a disadvantage, Bc you gotta wait 2 hours then play a team who\u2019s fresh off big win. Super lame \u2014 PATTYP (@ACHES) March 7, 2021 Obviously, there was a lot of discussion around the new format, but whether we see changes going forward remains to be seen. Some suggestions were bandied about, including going back to a best-of-9 with a 1 map advantage, a bracket reset with two best-of-5s, or even a best-of-11 series. No matter what, the pros have all had their say, so now we wait to see how the Majors look from Stage 2 and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CDL pros Clayster, Octane and more demand changes to Major format following Stage 1 Call of Duty League \/ ActivisionThe CDL Stage 1 Major is over, and Atlanta FaZe once again see themselves atop the Call of Duty universe having beaten Dallas Empire. But the Stage 2 Major could look very different if the community, […]<\/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-24449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449","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=24449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}