Scump calls out Clayster for \u201cbackpedaling\u201d on Dallas Empire trash talk Katy Eyre for ESPAT MediaChicago star Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner has taken aim at James \u2018Clayster\u2018 Eubanks and the Dallas Empire for \u201cbackpedaling\u201d on their pre-CDL London trash talk, after the two locked horns in the league\u2019s first tournament weekend. The Chicago vs Dallas rivalry has enveloped the Call of Duty League. Star-studded rosters on both sides marked the matchup as a potential title-decider, but after success in London and Minnesota, it looks like the Huntsmen have come out on top. The Scump-led Chicago lineup edged Empire 3\u20131 in their first meeting at Copper Box Arena, before the eventual winners proved victorious again in a 3\u20130 sweep in the final. Soon, fans were ribbing Dallas on social media for their losses. Clayster wasn\u2019t having it, especially considering he felt his team had lifted their game, and hit back at the critics in a passionate rant. The social media tirade soon drew the attention of Scump, however, who accused Empire of \u201cbackpedaling.\u201d \u201cDaLLas [sic] started this feud, and now is backpedaling,\u201d he wrote on Twitter, and shared an image of Mike \u2018Hastr0\u2019 Rufail commenting on power rankings. \u201cDon\u2019t dish it if you don\u2019t want a negative response after. Victim role is weird!\u201d Clayster replied almost immediately, asking the newly-crowned London champion who he was talking about when he said \u201cbackpedaling.\u201d Scump suggested the online negativity \u201cwouldn\u2019t be as bad\u201d if the Empire hadn\u2019t heaped on the trash talk ahead of the matchups. \u201cHow is that backpedaling?\u201d the Clayster responded. \u201cWhere exactly did I talk trash? I stated facts, and I\u2019ve really stayed out of it for the most part. Alec [Arcitys] is like a brother to me, and I\u2019m friends with you. I\u2019ve got no beef, and nothing to say, yet I\u2019m getting dumpstered on the bird by the cult following.\u201d Read more: CDL London results and final placements – During the conversation, Clayster also added the Huntsmen stars, including Scump and fellow former OpTic Gaming megastar Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper, had fanned the flames by using the \u201cinfluence and power [they] have over fans.\u201d How is that backpedaling? Where exactly did I talk trash? I stated facts, and I\u2019ve really stayed out of it for the most part. Alec is like a brother to me and I\u2019m friends with you, I\u2019ve got no beef and nothing to say, yet I\u2019m getting dumpstered on the bird by the cult following \u2014 Clayster (@Clayster) February 11, 2020 Context is important in situations such as this one, and you know the influence and power you have over your fans. We\u2019ve had some setbacks, and not the performances vs y\u2019all we wanted, kudos to y\u2019all, but it\u2019s not like me\/ant\/Inder\/Cuyler we\u2019re coming at yalls neck preseason. \u2014 Clayster (@Clayster) February 11, 2020 Scump agreed that his first use of \u201cbackpedaling\u201d for Clayster may have been a bit off base, especially considering the rivalry had first sparked from comments by Ian \u2018Crimsix\u2019 Porter, and had been set ablaze after their first meeting. He didn\u2019t, however, see eye to eye on Clayster being able to shrug off his team\u2019s trash talking ahead of the matchups. While Eubanks may not have been personally throwing barbs at the Huntsmen, he was simply \u201cguilty by association.\u201d \u201cI agree it wasn\u2019t so much you, but it trickles down to you, unfortunately. With all the hype and confidence y\u2019all built online it was inevitable that if you lost it would be bad,\u201d Scump said, and suggested it had \u201cbecome the narrative\u201d for both teams. Read more: Top six moments from CDL London – \u201cSeems like your whole team talks trash when they do these hype pieces and take little jabs at us,\u201d he added.\u201d Guilty by association, in this case, James. Negativity comes with the position y\u2019all took since day one.\u201d Clayster argued that the \u201cnarrative\u201d was only due to Scump and Crimsix, and that there had been no \u201cbackpedaling\u201d at all. The narrative was built for sure, but also stems from you and Porter. You know how it is with those video pieces, they take a 45 min interview and clip the two \u201cheater\u201d answers. Honestly there\u2019s no real argument here, we\u2019ve done no backpedaling and have given y\u2019all credit. \u2014 Clayster (@Clayster) February 11, 2020 When do Chicago and Dallas face off again? While it looks like Scump and Clayster aren\u2019t set for any personal battles in or out of the CoD servers\u2014Eubanks even ended the conversation by congratulating the King\u2014the ever-growing Huntsmen vs Empire war seems far from done. Unfortunately for Chicago fans who are keen to see their team extend their winning record, and Dallas fans who want to see their roster hit back with a vengeance, the grudge match will be put on ice over the next month. Read more: When is CDL Atlanta? Schedule, teams, more – While the CDL resumes in a fortnight at the Gateway Center Arena in Atlanta, Dallas Empire is one of four organizations set to miss that weekend. The same holds true in a month, with Chicago absent from Week 4 in Los Angeles. The next time the two star-studded rosters are slated to potentially meet comes in Week 5, when Empire hosts their first CDL homestand. With the home side and the Huntsmen locked into opposite brackets, they will both need to make it to the playoffs for a chance to face off. If they do, however, that maybe one of the most explosive fixtures in the competition\u2019s inaugural year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scump calls out Clayster for \u201cbackpedaling\u201d on Dallas Empire trash talk Katy Eyre for ESPAT MediaChicago star Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner has taken aim at James \u2018Clayster\u2018 Eubanks and the Dallas Empire for \u201cbackpedaling\u201d on their pre-CDL London trash talk, after the two locked horns in the league\u2019s first tournament weekend. The Chicago vs Dallas rivalry […]<\/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-30936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30936","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=30936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}