Scump explains why he\u2019s keen for Call of Duty\u2019s \u201cstale\u201d offseason to end The new-look Call of Duty League is set to begin with a historic opening weekend at the end of January, but that\u2019s too long for Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner, who says he wishes Modern Warfare\u2019s \u201cstale\u201d offseason was ending much sooner. The King has admitted he\u2019s looking forward to getting into the CDL grind, and playing competitive Modern Warfare again in 2020, after slogging through \u201cone of the more stale\u201d offseasons he\u2019s experienced in his near-decade long career. It\u2019s not been a bland experience for CoD fans, of course, who have seen the game\u2019s entire competitive ecosystem turned on its head with the introduction of a franchised league, bringing with it city-based rosters and a raft of player moves. For Scump, however, the pre-CDL buildup has been \u201cmost boring\u201d because the 24-year-old has been stuck managing admin, organizing the beginning of his life with the Chicago Huntsmen, and generally preparing for the next CoD era. \u201cThis offseason has been kind of stale, it\u2019s probably been one of the more stale ones for me, because \u2026 a bunch of team things happened to me as you can imagine,\u201d Scump said in the Huntsmen\u2019s new Meet the Players series. Offseasons are often filled with throwback tournaments and interesting pro-ams, Scump explained, and while the end of 2019 had hosted Hitch\u2019s time-winding Black Ops 2 comp, and a pro-am Abner entered, he had barely had time to enjoy it. \u201cI didn\u2019t get to go to Hitch\u2019s throwback tournament, which would have been fun to play in\u2026 I did do the pro-am, but apart from that, and that one I missed, there wasn\u2019t really much, and I haven\u2019t really been doing anything,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been trying to get a lot of my in-real-life things sorted, so when the game drops I can play it lots. I\u2019ve just been trying to get everything sorted, but it means it\u2019s been the most boring offseason for me personally, so it\u2019s been really slow.\u201d That said, there\u2019s is one positive Scump has taken from the fact that he\u2019s barely touched video games, and missed out on one of the two offseason tournaments: he\u2019s chomping at the bit to get his life in the Call of Duty League started. \u201cI\u2019m really, really excited to get started,\u201d he admitted. \u201cThis is probably the most excited I\u2019ve been for a new game in a while because of the sheer boredom I\u2019ve endured in the past couple of months. I\u2019m ready for the change of pace.\u201d The King pointed to new locations like Chicago, New York, and Toronto as places that would be experiencing live competitive Call of Duty for nearly the first time, and said he was keen to \u201csee different fans\u201d and immerse himself in the roadshow. There\u2019s also another reason Scump is eager to start the CDL\u2019s regular season, though it\u2019s another rewinding of the clock to his days with the Greenwall. For the first time since their explosive separation at OpTic Gaming, Scump and the other half of the iconic T2P duo Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper will once again be dropping into games together, and Abner said he can\u2019t wait to see how it goes. \u201cT2P is back, yes, it\u2019s very exciting for me personally because I felt like on our old dynasty team it was me and Matt that were the heavy-hitters, and Ian and Damon would do the dirty work and pick up when we weren\u2019t performing,\u201d Scump said. \u201cNothing\u2019s really changed. I talked to him after we lost at Champs, and I said \u2018Listen, this is childish what we\u2019re doing, there\u2019s no reason to be mad at each other,\u2019 and I said I didn\u2019t know why we had ended on such bad terms in the first place. \u201cWe hashed things out, and got to the root of the problem, and shared what we expected of each other going into next year. To be on good terms and have him back on the squad is super exciting, and motivating. We used to do some real damage together, so I\u2019m looking forward to continuing that this season.\u201d For mobile readers, the related segment begins at 2:56. Now, first up for Abner, Piper, and the rest of the star-studded Chicago roster, is a reunion with their former organization, OpTic, now turned into the CDL-styled Los Angeles OpTic Gaming. They meet in the very first week of the league. While many esports stars tap into their feelings when coming up against the old banners they used to play under, Scump believes LA\u2019s green-soaked team isn\u2019t enough like the old Greenwall to even feel like he\u2019s facing an old friend. \u201c[Our time at OpTic] is something we hold very dear to our hearts, but this point now, we\u2019re moving forward, it\u2019s much more than a logo,\u201d Scump said. \u201cTo the fans at the Greenwall, which is no more\u2014it\u2019s there in theory, but it\u2019s not necessarily there\u2014we played for the name. It\u2019s much more than that though, it\u2019s a family we\u2019ve built. I\u2019m not going to tell people to root for us [instead], but we played for that logo and idea. We still have the same love for you guys.\u201d Scump and the Huntsmen take to the field against OpTic on the weekend of January 24-26, in the CDL\u2019s historic opening round. All twelve teams will be playing at The Armory in Minneapolis. 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