Octane reveals insane CDL team that almost formed in the first offseason Call of Duty LeagueBefore the Call of Duty League got underway in 2020, players were scrambling to form the strongest franchise teams but Octane has now revealed one that may have trumped them all. Following the Black Ops 4 season, the competitive CoD scene underwent one of the biggest shakeups to date. Essentially every roster changed to some degree as the CDL geared up for its first season under the new format. While we know how the inaugural season played out, things could have been drastically different, according to Octane. Seattle Surge didn\u2019t have a great start to the new league, but unforeseen circumstances forced them to build a team on just \u201ctwo days\u201d notice, he revealed in an August 12 upload. Before the initial lineup of Apathy, Enable, Karma, Octane, and Slacked came to be, a potential super team was almost put together. With the Black Ops 4 cycle winding down at the tail end of 2019, Octane\u2019s popular 100 Thieves lineup fell apart. \u201cKenny and SlasheR split off to be a team of two,\u201d he said. At the same time, \u201cPriestahh was essentially on FaZe by the time Champs was over.\u201d That left just Octane and Enable to build a new squad. Before long, the remaining duo was \u201capproached by LG\u201d as they were \u201cbuying into the [CDL]. I essentially got to build my own roster,\u201d Octane explained, \u201cthat was the offer.\u201d Initially, Slacked was lumped into the mix as he \u201cwas being held by the organization from his contract prior to the Modern Warfare offseason\u201d. These three veterans had their eyes set on two young guns in particular: Arcitys and Envoy. While both eventually landed at the short-lived Chicago Huntsmen brand, Octane was first to have a \u201cverbal commitment\u201d from the two stars. As a result, it led to the \u201cmost stressful period of [his] life. The potential lineup had two options at the time, remain with LG or side with Dallas instead. Unfortunately for Octane\u2019s ambitious roster, Huke \u201cwanted to play with iLLeY\u201d. Because those two were inseparable during the offseason, Octane explained, it \u201ckinda f***ed up the whole thing.\u201d \u201cThat was essentially the reason that didn\u2019t happen. I didn\u2019t want to take the chance on iLLeY, that\u2019s on me, I will openly admit that.\u201d With LG as the only remaining home, the team gradually fell apart at the finish line. \u201cLiterally two days before roster lock [Arcitys and Envoy] got a call from H3CZ and they left.\u201d This left the upcoming Surge team scrambling for last-minute additions. \u201c[Karma] didn\u2019t have a team, so we hit him up and he said yes. We saw Apathy and we signed him, he was one day away from signing with Florida.\u201d While Octane and Enable lucked out with some big names at the final hour, the Modern Warfare season obviously didn\u2019t go according to plan. Karma and Enable both retired as the Surge fumbled to an 11th place finish that year. Who knows how CDL\u2019s first year unfolds if that lineup came together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Octane reveals insane CDL team that almost formed in the first offseason Call of Duty LeagueBefore the Call of Duty League got underway in 2020, players were scrambling to form the strongest franchise teams but Octane has now revealed one that may have trumped them all. Following the Black Ops 4 season, the competitive CoD […]<\/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-30319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30319","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=30319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}