Scump explains why Dallas Empire dominating scrims \u201cdoesn\u2019t matter\u201d Star Call of Duty pro player Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner isn\u2019t taking rival Dallas Empire\u2019s dominance of online scrims too seriously, explaining that such a thing \u201cdoesn\u2019t matter\u201d until teams face each other on LAN. With the regular season of the newly-formed Call of Duty League set to kick off in January, most of the teams have been practicing against each other and amateur sides in online scrimmages. It\u2019s no secret that Dallas Empire, one of the best teams on paper, have been the most dominant team in these scrims. They have repeatedly made the competition look a lot worse than they probably are. Chicago Huntsmen CEO Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez asked one of his star players, Scump, about how well the Empire have been showing out in scrims, but the former OpTic Gaming captain replied by claiming that scrims aren\u2019t taken as seriously as fans may think. \u201cNobody cares right now, everyone\u2019s in the actual scene,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can\u2019t blame the people watching because that\u2019s all they\u2019ve had to base off of, you can\u2019t blame them. People place stock in all that scrim stuff.\u201d Scump doesn\u2019t think Dallas Empire should be crowned the best team yet While admitting that the Empire are a very strong team, Scump explained that their dominance in online practice sessions doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re the best team in the CDL. \u201cThey\u2019re really good, they\u2019ve been the best online team and that\u2019s a fact, no question,\u201d he admitted. \u201cAll the professional players know that they\u2019re really good. But everyone\u2019s like \u2018wait until LAN, wait until LAN,\u2019 and they\u2019re saying that for a reason.\u201d \u201cThey\u2019re very hard to play against online. Their five based out of one state with very good internet. Texas has always been known for super-good internet. They\u2019re very, very good, but, at the end of the day, it\u2019s proven on LAN.\u201d What makes LAN so different from online? The 2017 World Champion listed off some of the factors that separate competing live and in-person versus playing in an online environment. \u201cAll the pros that actually play the game every single day and play on different hosts and different connections against these pro players, we know best,\u201d he explained. \u201cThat\u2019s why a lot of people always say online doesn\u2019t really matter and LAN is where everything counts because everyone\u2019s on a level playing field, people can get nervous, there\u2019s a lot of different factors.\u201d (Segment begins at 6:27 mark for mobile users) Call of Duty League kicks off soon Not much time is left until the Call of Duty League regular season starts and this scrim conversation gets thrown by the wayside in favor of more serious levels of competition. The CDL Launch Weekend, taking place January 24-26, will feature all 12 franchises coming together for the first time, including both the Huntsmen and Empire. For more information about the inaugural season and all of the teams involved, make sure to check out the full CDL 2020 match schedule and offseason RosterMania tracker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scump explains why Dallas Empire dominating scrims \u201cdoesn\u2019t matter\u201d Star Call of Duty pro player Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner isn\u2019t taking rival Dallas Empire\u2019s dominance of online scrims too seriously, explaining that such a thing \u201cdoesn\u2019t matter\u201d until teams face each other on LAN. With the regular season of the newly-formed Call of Duty League set […]<\/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-30969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30969","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=30969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}