Enable argues that SlasheR is approaching \u201cParasite territory\u201d & CDL blacklist Twitter, @LAThieves \/ Call of Duty LeagueAfter the Call of Duty League\u2019s Stage 2 Major, Reverse Sweep\u2019s Enable offers up a hot take: the LA Thieves\u2019 success and happiness without SlasheR could mean the star veteran is trending toward being blacklisted by CDL teams. Personalities often clash in competitive team environments, as hunger for victory is approached differently by different people. That has long been the case in Call of Duty and those clashes have often dictated team chemistries. After seeing the Los Angeles Thieves not only perform better without Austin \u2018SlasheR\u2019 Liddicoat, but also simply seem\u2026happier, the Reverse Sweep crew dove into the player\u2019s future. When asked by Katie Bedford who their LVP (Least Valuable Player) was for the Stage 2 Major, Enable told the crew that his choice would be SlasheR. Shocked by Enable\u2019s decision to choose a player who hadn\u2019t even played a map, Jonathan \u2018Pacman\u2019 Tucker and his co-analyst dove into speculation about the renowned AR. The central question appears to be a difficult one: If LA plays better without SlasheR, does that mean he is too difficult a personality for other teams to gamble on? After surprising the group by choosing SlasheR as LVP, Enable explains his reasoning: \u201cThe team looked way better! Who would have thought?\u201d Later, he elaborated and garnered some agreement from Pacman and Bedford. After Enable noted that the Thieves \u201clooked way better\u201d and looked like they were enjoying themselves, Pacman agreed that \u201cthey did look like they were having fun\u201d out there. And this was also noticed by Katie, who pointed out just how different the team\u2019s vibe was: \u201cThey smiled, they talked!\u201d This leads to the crux of the point for Enable, who believes that \u201cwe\u2019re starting to turn the tides where he\u2019s getting the Parasite treatment, it\u2019s starting to go that way \u2014 where it\u2019s not \u2018oh, you got to have tough skin to play with Austin\u2019 it\u2019s \u2018we can\u2019t play with him.\u2019\u201d Or, as Pacman phrases it, \u201cyou\u2019ve got to put up with Austin.\u201d While SlasheR had formerly been considered a highly respected, albeit sometimes difficult teammate, Enable thinks he\u2019s approaching thin ice. Using Christopher \u2018Parasite\u2019 Duarte as an example is apt, as the player has been inconsistently rostered for a long time now, all due to questions about character rather than talent. In the past, Enable argues that people used to frame SlasheR\u2019s mindset positively: \u201cHe\u2019s a champion, he\u2019s a leader, he\u2019s got the Michael Jordan mindset.\u201d Now, he\u2019s not so sure. If the Thieves continue improving without the veteran, the Reverse Sweep crew is concerned that other teams may not be willing to gamble on picking him up due to character concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Enable argues that SlasheR is approaching \u201cParasite territory\u201d & CDL blacklist Twitter, @LAThieves \/ Call of Duty LeagueAfter the Call of Duty League\u2019s Stage 2 Major, Reverse Sweep\u2019s Enable offers up a hot take: the LA Thieves\u2019 success and happiness without SlasheR could mean the star veteran is trending toward being blacklisted by CDL teams. […]<\/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-26009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26009","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=26009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}