{"id":26549,"date":"2025-01-28T15:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/formal-vs-optic-gaming-grudge-match-at-the-cwl-pro-league-preview-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:05:28","slug":"formal-vs-optic-gaming-grudge-match-at-the-cwl-pro-league-preview-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/formal-vs-optic-gaming-grudge-match-at-the-cwl-pro-league-preview-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"FormaL vs OpTic Gaming: Grudge Match at the CWL Pro League \u2013 Preview &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FormaL vs OpTic Gaming: Grudge Match at the CWL Pro League \u2013 Preview The grudge match that the entirety of the competitive Call of Duty community has been breathlessly waiting for has finally arrived. Luminosity Gaming will meet OpTic Gaming at the CWL Pro League Stage 2, but more importantly, LG player Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper will face his former teammates for the first time since leaving the Green Wall. Anticipation for this match was set in motion the moment that FormaL left OpTic for LG in what will likely go down as the most publicized roster move in CoD esports history. He has been replaced by former LG player Sam \u2018Octane\u2019 Larew, who too will be facing his former team in this heavyweight matchup as well. Read More: Karma Believes He Could Improve All But Two of the CWL Pro League Teams If He Played a Particular Role &#8211; After the roster moves were officially announced, several pro players and community insiders, including CWL caster Clint \u2018Maven\u2019 Evans, warned the rest of the field that the move would greatly inspire FormaL, making him a dangerous force for the remainder of the season. Now FormaL will look to put this new will to win on display against his former teammates Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner and Ian \u2018Crimsix\u2019 Porter, with whom he had spent the previous 3+ years competing, winning 18 major trophies in the process, including his first and only World Championship in 2017. \u2013 This match is scheduled to take place at 3:30 PM PST \/ 6:30 PM EST. For all scores, schedules, rosters, standings, and live-stream, make sure to visit our dedicated CWL Pro League Stage 2 hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FormaL vs OpTic Gaming: Grudge Match at the CWL Pro League \u2013 Preview The grudge match that the entirety of the competitive Call of Duty community has been breathlessly waiting for has finally arrived. Luminosity Gaming will meet OpTic Gaming at the CWL Pro League Stage 2, but more importantly, LG player Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper [&hellip;]<\/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-26549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26549","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=26549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}