Scump angered by CDL fines \u201ccensoring\u201d his opinions on Call of Duty Treyarch\/YT: Nadeshot[jwplayer FKHc5OkU] OpTic Chicago veteran Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner has hit out at the Call of Duty League for \u2018censoring\u2019 his opinions, after apparently receiving a fine for criticizing Black Ops Cold War\u2019s lack of a League Play mode. With the release of Black Ops Cold War on November 13, community opinions have begun to filter in as players offer feedback. Among other things, the lack of a League Play\/Ranked mode has been criticized, a feature that was also totally missing in 2019\u2019s Modern Warfare. Scump has been among these critical voices, stating that a League Play or Ranked mode should be a base inclusion at launch for every Call of Duty title. \u201cHow does Call of Duty not get released with a ranked playlist every year?\u201d he tweeted. \u201cI am just genuinely confused. It should be a staple, but it gets ignored. Interesting to think about.\u201d How does CALL OF DUTY not get released with a ranked playlist every year. I am just genuinely confused. It should be a staple, but it gets ignored. Interesting to think about. \u2014 OpTic Scump (@scump) November 15, 2020 The tweet garnered the attention of David Vonderhaar, one of Treyarch\u2019s directors and veteran Call of Duty developer. He responded defensively, saying that Scump should be saying: \u201cI\u2019m really looking thankful for all the hard-working men and women trying to give us a ranked playlist.\u201d Scump was apologetic, explaining that he wasn\u2019t explicitly criticizing Treyarch. \u201cVahn, you know I love you first of all, and of course I\u2019m grateful you guys pulled through at all during these times,\u201d he replied. \u201cIt was more of a general thought to any game made. You always deliver and I speak highly of your studio all of the time.\u201d Vahn, you know I love ya first of all, and of course I\u2019m grateful you guys pulled through at all during these times. It was more of a general thought to any game made. You always deliver and I speak highly of your studio all of the time. \u2014 OpTic Scump (@scump) November 15, 2020 However, it quickly became clear that Scump was concerned about facing backlash from the Call of Duty League for his comments about the lack of Ranked Play. CDL players can be fined for what they say publicly, particularly negative comments about the game or integrity of the competition, with the League arguing it is antithetical to the growth of the game and the esport. Scump, though, denounced this as \u2018censorship\u2019. \u201cLiterally tweeted [that] I love the game an hour before. Fine incoming for the \u201ccontroversial\u201d one though,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just so lame. I\u2019ve dedicated my life to this game and now if I say anything slightly negative I get a slap on the wrist.\u201d It\u2019s just so lame. I\u2019ve dedicated my life to this game and now if I say anything slightly negative I get a slap on the wrist. \u2014 OpTic Scump (@scump) November 15, 2020 He even revealed that he has been fined in the past for a stream that was sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends. According to Scump, he was punished for promoting another game that wasn\u2019t Call of Duty, despite the stream taking place during the competitive CoD off season. I\u2019m fed up. It\u2019s not right what they enforce. It won\u2019t change though \ud83e\udd37\u2642\ufe0f. I got fined for doing a sponsored stream on raid shadow legends cause I promoted another game from call of duty. Like HUH. \u2014 OpTic Scump (@scump) November 15, 2020 Many Call of Duty professionals feel that the CDL\u2019s criteria for a fine needs to be slackened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scump angered by CDL fines \u201ccensoring\u201d his opinions on Call of Duty Treyarch\/YT: Nadeshot[jwplayer FKHc5OkU] OpTic Chicago veteran Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner has hit out at the Call of Duty League for \u2018censoring\u2019 his opinions, after apparently receiving a fine for criticizing Black Ops Cold War\u2019s lack of a League Play mode. With the release 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-30931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30931","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=30931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}