Scump & H3CZ protest rumored CDL swap from Twitch to YouTube: \u201cOut of line\u201d YouTube: OpTic Audio NetworkOpTic legends Scump and H3CZ aren\u2019t too thrilled by the possibility of the Call of Duty League swapping back over to YouTube after recent success on Twitch in the 2023 season. When the Call of Duty League kicked off in 2019, restructuring the competitive scene into a franchised system, it did so with an exclusive broadcasting deal. Every match over the first three seasons was streamed on YouTube, with no watch parties allowed on rival platforms. While occasional marquee matches still climbed into six-figure territory, overall viewership generally dipped from the previous era. As a result, we saw mega-stars like Nadeshot willingly giving up their Twitch partnership in order to co-stream on YouTube and help the League amid its early struggles. To kickstart the 2023 season, the CDL announced its pivot to Twitch, much to the delight of the community. Early events have already soared with record-breaking viewership, select games even clearing 300,000 live viewers. However, this newfound resurgence comes amid new reports from Dexerto\u2019s own Jacob Hale that the League is in active talks with YouTube over a new deal. One that could see competitive CoD move back to the Google-owned platform in an exclusive capacity for another three years. As this news broke, H3CZ immediately lashed out, claiming the 12 partnered CDL organizations hadn\u2019t been consulted on this possible deal. \u201cI don\u2019t think that rumor is true,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI don\u2019t think that the League would not talk to their partners who paid a bunch of cash to be a part of this franchised league.\u201d Now, in the February 9 OpTic Podcast, H3CZ and Scump went in-depth on the possible shakeup, further venting their frustrations in light of major success on Twitch. \u201cIf that is not the League looking at this thing and saying \u2018we really don\u2019t care\u2019\u2026 I don\u2019t know what is,\u201d H3CZ stressed. \u201cIf they would have checked with owners\u2026 and they didn\u2019t. They didn\u2019t call me, I didn\u2019t get an email, they didn\u2019t check with any of the owners, of course not. \u201cLet us be a part of that conversation and see what the financial gain is for the organizations too. But to just make a decision without checking in with your partners, that is just completely out of line. We should have a say.\u201d H3CZ & Scump discuss the CDL x YouTube reports at the 53:55 timestamp below. Outside of the main CDL broadcast itself, collaborative watch parties have also been thriving on Twitch in recent months. With the likes of Scump and ZooMaa helping lead the charge, collective viewership is surging like never before. As a result, H3CZ is adamant that staying on Twitch in the long-run is vital to the League\u2019s continued success. \u201cFor me, staying on Twitch is not only important, but it\u2019s imperative that we do for the betterment of Call of Duty as a whole. Them allowing watch parties to happen was just step one.\u201d \u201cWe broke records,\u201d Scump chimed in, addressing the 300K+ fans that tuned into the recent Major 2 event, a feat the League never quite accomplished on YouTube. \u201cWhat the f*** are they gonna get on YouTube? Not that,\u201d he added. \u201cThe teams have bought into this. For them to make decisions that hurt everyone\u2019s investment, and they didn\u2019t tell anybody about it\u2026I mean\u2026 For it to just keep flip-flopping, it\u2019s insane to me. We\u2019ve done everything to build this.\u201d Obviously, for the time being a deal is yet to be struck. While talks are reportedly ongoing, it\u2019s unclear if the League officials may have changed their stance following record-breaking success over Major 2 weekend on Twitch. We\u2019ll be sure to keep you posted with any further developments, but it\u2019s clear not everyone is onboard with the idea of moving back to YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scump & H3CZ protest rumored CDL swap from Twitch to YouTube: \u201cOut of line\u201d YouTube: OpTic Audio NetworkOpTic legends Scump and H3CZ aren\u2019t too thrilled by the possibility of the Call of Duty League swapping back over to YouTube after recent success on Twitch in the 2023 season. When the Call of Duty League kicked […]<\/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-30991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30991","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=30991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}