CDL pros unhappy with controversial format for $2.5m CDL Champs event ActivisionThe Call of Duty League announced that the 2021 CDL Championship event will be played on LAN with a crowd for the first time in well over a year from August 19-22, but players and fans alike aren\u2019t impressed with the format for the event. The $2.5m tournament will take place in Los Angeles\u2019 Galen Center with the top eight teams in the CDL at the end of Stage 5. While some teams, such as Atlanta FaZe, Toronto Ultra and New York Subliners have locked in their spots, a number of teams are still fighting for seeding for the event. At the tournament, the two bottom-seeded teams will start in Loser\u2019s Bracket, while the top two will receive a first-round bye \u2014 and people aren\u2019t happy with it. There has been a lot of discussion throughout the year about the Champs format, even before it was confirmed. Players like Crimsix and Octane have been outspoken in believing that the event should feature all teams and be a true gauntlet for those playing. Now, after seeing the exact format, several players have expressed their disappointment. Octane tweeted simply asking \u201coh man what happened,\u201d which inspired replies from some fellow pros. Donovan \u2018Temp\u2019 Laroda responded simply calling it an \u201cL format.\u201d Meanwhile, Austin \u2018SlasheR\u2019 Liddicoat, who has only just arrived back on the LA Thieves starting line-up and will be hoping to secure a stronger seed for Champs, reminiscing on the \u201cold tournament style.\u201d Octane\u2019s final point was that \u201cif you\u2019re going to have an 8-team format, no team should start in losers,\u201d adding that this should be \u201cobvious.\u201d If you’re going to have an 8 team format, no team should be in losers that’s just obvious. We got smoked so we don’t deserve to go, but my tweet has nothing to do with us. \u2014 Sam \u201cOctane\u201d Larew (@OctaneSam) July 7, 2021 So, some players clearly aren\u2019t delighted with the format, although most haven\u2019t yet spoken out on it. It will definitely be interesting to see how this compares to previous World Championship events, especially since the clamoring for \u201cold tournament styles\u201d has been so prominent this year. Whether the format is good or not, there\u2019s $2.5m on the line, and every player on the top eight teams will be firmly locked onto that regardless of how the bracket looks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CDL pros unhappy with controversial format for $2.5m CDL Champs event ActivisionThe Call of Duty League announced that the 2021 CDL Championship event will be played on LAN with a crowd for the first time in well over a year from August 19-22, but players and fans alike aren\u2019t impressed with the format for 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-24458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24458","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=24458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}