NAMELESS Reveals What Pushed Him to Retire From Professional Call of Duty Anthony \u2018NAMELESS\u2019 Wheeler has cemented himself in the competitive Call of Duty community with a storied professional career across multiple CoD installations. Following a disappointing start to the Call of Duty: WWII CWL Season alongside Evil Geniuses which eventually saw him part ways with the squad after Stage One of the Pro League, the veteran competitor chose to take a step back from any professional competition. Instead of leaving the competitive CoD community entirely, NAMELESS took a role with MLG as an on-air talent for analysis and commentary \u2013 a role which he quickly adhered to. However, in a feature released on the official Call of Duty Esports website, NAMELESS revealed that he struggled with \u2018constant doubts\u2019 over the past two years regarding his place as a professional player, but his decision to retire eventually dismissed a substantial amount of \u2018stress.\u2019 \u201cThe last two years I played I had constant doubts. I\u2019d think, \u201cMan, I can\u2019t get into that top group of players to make a team to win, and I want to win. What am I doing?\u201d When I retired, all that pressure to become a Champion was gone. I was so stressed for the past two years, but now I have the chance to learn something new, to go and improve and not deal with all that weight.\u201d Even though he has had some difficulty \u2018coping with his new place in the community,\u2019 the chance to be on the analyst desk is an opportunity that NAMELESS knows he can improve on in the future. \u201cI feel really comfortable being on the talent roster. It\u2019s something that I think I\u2019m good at and I can improve upon. People usually don\u2019t retire when they should. They win a championship, and then they get eighth place at an event the next year, and then they get 22nd, and they keep playing. People overstay their welcome. I don\u2019t think I overstayed my welcome, but I think that after three years without a championship, there\u2019s believing in yourself, and there\u2019s beating a dead horse.\u201d The full feature titled \u201cNAMELESS: I Don\u2019t Get to Play\u201d can be found on the Call of Duty Esports website. More information on the 2018 CWL Championship including scheduling, matchups, teams, and much more is available right here. Source: CoD Esports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NAMELESS Reveals What Pushed Him to Retire From Professional Call of Duty Anthony \u2018NAMELESS\u2019 Wheeler has cemented himself in the competitive Call of Duty community with a storied professional career across multiple CoD installations. Following a disappointing start to the Call of Duty: WWII CWL Season alongside Evil Geniuses which eventually saw him part ways […]<\/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-29891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29891","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=29891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}