Shotzzy interview: MVP gas, big stats, and Empire\u2019s rivals at CDL Champs Call of Duty League[jwplayer br5AuoVJ]The Dallas Empire\u2019s Anthony \u2018Shotzzy\u2019 Cuevas-Castro is a Call of Duty League MVP candidate and a major reason behind his team\u2019s No. 2 seed heading into CDL Champs 2020. We interviewed the SMG Slayer about his play, his team, and their competition this postseason. MVP Race The Call of Duty League MVP candidates are you, Cellium, Envoy, Simp, and Skyz. Do you think you\u2019re the best of that list? \u201cIf you don\u2019t think you\u2019re the best, then you\u2019re obviously not. So I\u2019m going to say yeah. But CoD is just so day to day. It can be hard to have a \u2018best player in the league\u2019 because one day you\u2019re the best, the next day someone else is.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/CODLeague\/status\/1284552188933488642 Apart from you, do you think one of them stands out as the best candidate? \u201cThey are really good players, but they\u2019re all really different roles. Simp and Envoy are that main slayer, do-it-all kind of guy, and Skyz is a main AR. If I had to go with one, I\u2019d go with Cell because he can do the dirty work and basically do whatever is needed based on the situation. Teams need players like that.\u201d You\u2019ve obviously put up nasty numbers for much of the season, but people rightfully talk about your movement as the biggest key to your success. Do you think you have the best movement in the league? \u201cI would probably say yeah, just because I get gassed a lot for it\u2014that\u2019s about it to be honest. But it\u2019s the same as Halo 5, everyone said I had the best movement but I didn\u2019t know that until I stopped playing the game and rewatched some of my matches. It\u2019s kind of the same way this game.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/CODLeague\/status\/1271630070881431552 The Dallas Empire heading into CDL Champs Fans obviously recognize that you\u2019re out there being a weirdo on the map just frying people and doing whatever you want, but it feels like iLLeY and Huke get slept on sometimes. Do you think that\u2019s the case? \u201cEveryone on my team does, just because when they watch my perspective it\u2019s just movement, movement, you know? But I play with these players every single day and I know how much impact they put on the map. They honestly allow me to do whatever I do. And they\u2019re not like \u201cwhy are you doing this, why are you doing that?\u201d They kind of just let me roam freely and that\u2019s why you see the stats I put up.\u201d How specifically do they enable you to roam freely, are Clay and Crim holding down lanes while iLLeY and Huke hit angles or bring pinches when needed? \u201cSo, basically, the main ARs are holding angles and they\u2019re like \u201cdo whatever you want, you\u2019re f**king disgusting, like do literally whatever you want.\u201d So I do, but every movement that I make isn\u2019t a dumb move, like I\u2019m always thinking about where I\u2019m gonna go next to open the map for my teammates. Then, Huke is a Smoke player so he\u2019s basically taking consistent routes and has to die sometimes just so he gets another Smoke. He\u2019s kind of throwing his life out there, but gets kills and there\u2019s a lot that\u2019s strategic to it. And iLLeY\u2019s kind of a dirty work player, one of the masterminds that knows every move he makes is really impactful, trying to get us spawns and rotating really early.\u201d The meta has shifted around in the past events due to the 10mm and Merc Foregrip GA\u2019s. But teams are still running two AR\u2019s with 10mm back and your team looks especially comfortable now that Crimsix is on the M4. Do you think you guys improved with the meta change? \u201cYeah, I think so honestly. Crim had trouble trying to play with the MP5 and the M4 at the same time and felt that it was messing up his shot. Once he was able to switch to M4 full-time, that\u2019s when you started to see his stats increase. And us as well, we were just dominating around the map for the most part and the subs were just doing their thing. Our pacing is really good with this new meta.\u201d So what I\u2019m gathering here is that Crim getting to swap off of the MP5 is the biggest reason for improvement? \u201cHe always jokes about it, saying the M4 saved his career. But genuinely, he was a good sub.\u201d \u2026was he though? \u201cI mean, maybe not in the matches [laughs], but in scrims he would drop 30-bombs, sometimes 40-bombs with the sub. It was just one of those things where he couldn\u2019t transition from scrims into the league matches. Which happens sometimes. But you know, the M4, he f**king loves it.\u201d One thing that really stands out, especially from Clayster, is your team\u2019s comms. How would you describe the impact that Crim and Clayster\u2019s leadership have in-game? \u201cIn scrims it\u2019s different because we\u2019re all talking and small talking, but when it comes to match time, Clay and Crim are just steering the ship and we\u2019re just waiting for the calls. It\u2019s cool when you have teammates that are able to do that because I can just rely on my gunshots, listen to them, and talk when I need to.\u201d The Champs 2020 competition Does any team stand out as the biggest competition you might face in the league this postseason? \u201cIn practice we do really well against literally every single team. I think we\u2019re the most consistent team in the league right now, but obviously our matches against FaZe are like 1-4, 1-3 or something like that. For some reason every single time we play them it\u2019s either really close or we get blown out. So we always look forward to playing against them and I guess you could say they\u2019re our toughest competition right now.\u201d Pro 10s and still frying. @Shotzzy is just not human. Full video: https:\/\/t.co\/gsToKHknNr pic.twitter.com\/D0z7fagqIH \u2014 Dallas Empire (@DallasEmpire) August 6, 2020 Looking at the playoffs, you play in Winners Round 2, so that would be against London, Toronto, or Florida. Are you hoping for any of those to make it out in particular? \u201cToronto. I really wanna get some revenge. We fell short last Home Series and we want to play them again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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