Former Call of Duty League employee exposes \u201clow-to-no priority\u201d Challengers stance PexelsWith the Call of Duty League\u2019s third season on the horizon, a former Call of Duty League employee has exposed the league\u2019s \u201clow-to-no priority\u201d stance on its path-to-pro Challengers scene. From OpTic Texas\u2019 creative director David \u2018Hitch\u2019 Edwards and CoD pros claiming Call of Duty: Vanguard \u201cspits in the face\u201d of the CoD esport scene, to Matthew \u2018Nadeshot\u2019 Haag and Dr Disrespect slamming the CDL after the HCS\u2019 record-breaking return\u2026 the CDL has not been in the most ideal spot in the pro scene\u2019s eyes. While already under fire with constant criticism from both fans and pros alike, a now-former CDL employee has revealed the league\u2019s stance on its Challengers scene, bringing forth even more bad news to the esport. CDL considers Challengers \u201clow-to-no priority\u201d? Upon announcing his retirement on Twitter, former Manager of Competition Operations for the CDL, Matthew Zaborowski explained on Twitter how the Challengers scene is \u201clow-to-no priority for most of the CDL organization.\u201d His work contributed to a plethora of changes for the league\u2019s Challenger scene, including bringing in the Latin America region, more readily accessible VODs, and much more. GG. On the 31st I will be leaving CDL and ending my career in esports Read: https:\/\/t.co\/Do7lDqg3Lx \u2014 Matt (@DotZeb) December 29, 2021 \u201cOver the last 2 years, we introduced events to spotlight the top Challengers talent, brought in the Latin America region, and had broadcasts\/VODs where they otherwise wouldn\u2019t have happened,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is far from everything I wanted to do, but I do hope I have done right by the community.\u201d But Zaborowski claims that this low-priority stance has \u201cresulted in little internal resourcing, attention, and mindshare given to the program.\u201d Regardless of the stance, the former CDL employee still saw a positive outlook upon his departure from the league. \u201c[I had] conversations with leadership on my out [that] gave me some belief that things will change for the better in the future,\u201d he said. With the CDL beginning on January 21 with its preseason Kick-Off Classic, only time will tell if Activision take action to help appease the CoD esports scene\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Call of Duty League employee exposes \u201clow-to-no priority\u201d Challengers stance PexelsWith the Call of Duty League\u2019s third season on the horizon, a former Call of Duty League employee has exposed the league\u2019s \u201clow-to-no priority\u201d stance on its path-to-pro Challengers scene. From OpTic Texas\u2019 creative director David \u2018Hitch\u2019 Edwards and CoD pros claiming Call of […]<\/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-26553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26553","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=26553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}