H3CZ and hastr0 implore future CoD devs to help build CDL esports scene Instagram: Hecz \/ Twitter: Dallas EmpireHector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez and Mike \u2018Hastr0\u2019 Rufail, two of the faces of Call of Duty (CoD) esports, have outlined how future releases in the huge FPS franchise can help the competitive scene boom like never before. While the inaugural season of the Call of Duty League (CDL) has seen viewership growth over previous years, according to hastr0, there\u2019s supposedly a lot more that CoD developers could be doing to build out the esports scene. The Chicago Huntsmen and Dallas Empire owners recently came together with Christopher \u2018MonteCristo\u2019 Mykles on talkshow Essential Esports to discuss how future CoD titles can push the competitive scene in all-new ways. \u201cThe biggest difference in esports that are successful and ones that aren\u2019t, are the ones who are constantly promoting esports to their casual player base,\u201d hastr0 explained. \u201cWith Overwatch and CoD, we haven\u2019t even started that yet.\u201d Players are able to access CDL skins in 2019\u2019s Modern Warfare, but beyond that, teams and events aren\u2019t promoted a great deal. The Huntsmen owner continued: \u201cWe haven\u2019t even leveraged the game that much.\u201d The relevant topic begins at the 21:18 mark. \u201cImagine in the next CoD title, when you log in to the game, you\u2019re creating a profile and it says pick your favorite CDL team,\u201d H3CZ said. \u201cThen they start creating content for our teams in the game, advertising the league in the game.\u201d With different dev teams working on their own franchise titles, we\u2019ve seen a wide array of ideas come and go. Sledgehammer\u2019s WWII had in-game theater, Treyarch\u2019s numerous Black Ops titles had league-play implemented directly. H3CZ and hastr0 argued, however, that the series hasn\u2019t even scratched the surface. The veteran Call of Duty owners pointed to another thriving esports ecosystem in League of Legends as a leading example for in-game support for esports. Riot\u2019s title has skins, banners, and client alerts for when big matches are being played. \u201cIf we are able to get the support that we need to promote the game the way it should be promoted, the way that [Riot Games] promotes theirs, our possibilities are endless,\u201d H3CZ added. \u201cThis isn\u2019t something you just brush off and let it go and watch it grow. You gotta water this thing, bring your own pale, and dump that water in yourself. That\u2019s what the league is working towards as well.\u201d \u201cIf you\u2019re a game developer or publisher and you want your game to be successful in esports, advertise it in the f***ing game. It\u2019s that simple,\u201d hastr0 said. There\u2019s no telling if the next title will have many of these desired features right out of the gate. Perhaps we\u2019re still a few iterations off. But it\u2019s clear that team owners are pushing for esports to be a major focus directly in CoD titles down the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
H3CZ and hastr0 implore future CoD devs to help build CDL esports scene Instagram: Hecz \/ Twitter: Dallas EmpireHector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez and Mike \u2018Hastr0\u2019 Rufail, two of the faces of Call of Duty (CoD) esports, have outlined how future releases in the huge FPS franchise can help the competitive scene boom like never before. While […]<\/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-26756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26756","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=26756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}