FormaL criticizes Call of Duty League schedule for 2020 Season Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper, main AR for the Chicago Huntsmen, has lashed out at the Call of Duty League\u2019s scheduling, ahead of its inaugural 2020 season for Modern Warfare. The upcoming Call of Duty League Season is arguably the most anticipated of all time. It is the first time that CoD esports has adopted a franchise-based system, with a number of star-studded rosters ready to face off. The schedule for the inaugural Modern Warfare season has been announced, seeing each franchise host two separate weekends of fixtures. It all kicks off in Minnesota on January 24, seeing the ROKKR as the first franchise to defend their home-town. Despite the excitement, some pros have been quick to point out potential issues with the CDL\u2019s initial scheduling. One of these pros is FormaL, whose reunion with Scump sees them form the backbone of an exciting Chicago Huntsmen roster. In a November 15 tweet, Piper said: \u201cLol international events for one series to be played for some of the teams.\u201d While the CWL has seen international events in the past, they have always been at least a few days long and seen a tournament take place. However, the CDL will see certain teams fly outside of the USA \u2013 to London, Toronto or Paris \u2013 sometimes for just one \u2018best of five\u2019 series. Lol international events for one series to be played for some of the teams, hahahahhaahahhaahahahah \u2014 OpTic FormaL (@FormaL) November 15, 2019 Trust me I\u2019m truly grateful for the position I\u2019m in, it\u2019s awesome. But at the same time I\u2019m a competitor, and I\u2019d like to compete. \u2014 OpTic FormaL (@FormaL) November 15, 2019 He then clarified his comments in reply to a fan, who suggested FormaL was complaining about being able to travel across the world to compete in Call of Duty. \u201cTrust me I\u2019m truly grateful for the position I\u2019m in, it\u2019s awesome,\u201d FormaL said. \u201cBut at the same time I\u2019m a competitor, and I\u2019d like to compete.\u201d Other prominent members of the Call of Duty scene appeared to agree with Piper. Chicago teammate Arcitys joked that he\u2019d be getting \u201csick\u201d when it comes to traveling across the world for one series, while OpTic Gaming\u2019s GM, Muddawg, stated that his side \u201chave to fly to Paris to play a singular regular season match vs Atlanta\u201d. we have to fly to paris to play a singular regular season match vs Atlanta lmao \u2014 100T Muddawg (@Muddawg) November 15, 2019 In this case, the problem with the scheduling is clear. OpTic Gaming will have to fly from the west coast of the USA to France, all in order to play one series against Georgia-based Atlanta. FormaL and Muddawg clearly feel this is wasteful of both time and money to simply facilitate one series. Read More: Shroud criticizes Modern Warfare sniping – Many fans and players have suggested that the CDL would have been better off scheduling longer tournaments which would see franchises playing multiple series, rather than just one match. One \u2018best of five\u2019 series in past CoD games has typically lasted up to an hour and a half at most, while a flight from Los Angeles to Paris is roughly 11 hours either way. Franchises will, of course, stay for a few days, but many players seem worried about the impact the travel will have on their ability to compete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FormaL criticizes Call of Duty League schedule for 2020 Season Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper, main AR for the Chicago Huntsmen, has lashed out at the Call of Duty League\u2019s scheduling, ahead of its inaugural 2020 season for Modern Warfare. The upcoming Call of Duty League Season is arguably the most anticipated of all time. It is […]<\/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-26521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26521","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=26521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}