Censor joins Triumph Gaming as team becomes NYSL\u2019s Challengers team Instagram, @Subliners \/ Triumph Gaming \/ New York Subliners[jwplayer mCpsAxNx] A top Call of Duty League\u2019s Challengers organization, Triumph Gaming, have officially become the New York Subliners\u2019 Academy Team and signed Doug \u2018Censor\u2019 Martin, who finally gets his chance to play after being a substitute all year. For months, Censor has decried a CDL system that prohibits substitute players from official playing opportunities lest their teams have an affiliated Challengers squad. Those issues appear resolved as the Subliners and Triumph have announced an affiliation, thereby satisfying the contract and Challengers ruleset stipulations that precluded Censor\u2019s chance to compete. Censor replaces David \u2018Davpadie\u2019 Maslowski in the lineup, joining fellow CoD veterans FeLo, Nagafen, Royalty, and Standy just ahead of their tournament action this weekend. TRIUMPH GAMING CHALLENGERS ROSTER Tyler \u2018FeLo\u2018 Johnson – Jared \u2018Nagafen\u2018 Harrell – Mathew \u2018Royalty\u2018 Faithfull – Eli \u2018Standy\u2018 Bentz – Doug \u2018Censor\u2018 Martin – Welcome to Triumph, @Censor. Along with Doug, we welcome the @Subliners. We’ll be working together with them as their affiliate @CODLeague Challengers team. Let’s get moving, New York. #NYSL #TogetherWeTriumph pic.twitter.com\/AnRGi3c1RR \u2014 Triumph \ud83e\udd8c (@TriumphGamingGG) July 10, 2020 While it\u2019s unclear exactly how the meta will shift, given recent gun adjustments and GA\u2019s, Censor is joining one of the strongest teams in Challengers so it will be interesting to find out what role coach Steve \u2018Mochila\u2019 Canle gives to his new player. In his reaction video, Censor was absolutely ecstatic about his chance and committed to proving his doubters wrong. \u201cThis is a huge opportunity for me personally and I can\u2019t be more grateful than I actually am,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is truly just a dream come true to me \u2026 It\u2019s time to get to work, let\u2019s get it.\u201d The source of Censor\u2019s issues with the CDL stemmed from an inability to compete in Challengers as a substitute for a team without a true Challengers affiliation. Per the CDL\u2019s official amateur ruleset, \u201cplayers may negotiate the right for the CDL Team to designate the player as eligible to compete in Challengers on an affiliated Challengers Team or Academy Team.\u201d Since the Subliners lacked such an affiliation, there was no simply way for the veteran to participate in the amateur circuit without breaching his contract. This new partnership with Triumph solves that predicament, allowing one of CoD\u2019s storied players to get back into tournament play. As for why he had yet to play in official CDL matches for the Subliners, many have speculated that New York\u2019s roster was too stacked and that his level of play and preferred style didn\u2019t quite match the lineup\u2019s most impressive addition thus far: Makenzie \u2018Mack\u2019 Kelley. Now that speculation has followed him over to Triumph, thanks to multiple seven-kill duds he recently put up in scrims against the Chicago Huntsmen, including one where he had 27 deaths. It\u2019s hard to judge a player exclusively by their performance with a brand-new team and against one of the CDL\u2019s strongest rosters. So, while the \u201cC7\u201d memes may be popular now, it\u2019d be unfair not to expect improvement from Triumph\u2014especially against Challengers competition. Until proven otherwise, this is an intriguing, winning situation for all parties involved. The CoD semi-pro scene gains popularity, the CDL and Subliners get to provide more opportunities for bench talent, and Censor finally gets his shot at competitive Call of Duty action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Censor joins Triumph Gaming as team becomes NYSL\u2019s Challengers team Instagram, @Subliners \/ Triumph Gaming \/ New York Subliners[jwplayer mCpsAxNx] A top Call of Duty League\u2019s Challengers organization, Triumph Gaming, have officially become the New York Subliners\u2019 Academy Team and signed Doug \u2018Censor\u2019 Martin, who finally gets his chance to play after being a substitute […]<\/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-24533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24533","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=24533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}