SlasheR breaks silence after LA Thieves bench former Call of Duty world champ Call of Duty LeagueTwo days after the Los Angeles Thieves made yet another roster shuffle in the 2021 Call of Duty League season, Austin \u2018SlasheR\u2019 Liddicoat has opened up on what the future holds. The LA Thieves first season in the CDL hasn\u2019t quite panned out as they would have hoped. Despite re-entering competitive CoD with a ton of hype behind them, the original star-studded roster has undergone a number of changes just two Stages in. Donny \u2018Temp\u2019 Laroda was benched in March and just two weeks later, former world champion SlasheR joined him. The pair were sidelined for Challengers rookies Carlos \u2018Venom\u2019 Hernandez and Zack \u2018Drazah\u2019 Jordan respectively. Finishing at the bottom of Group A with a 1-4 record in Stage 2, half of the roster has now been replaced ahead of the next Major. While rumors immediately began circulating as to why SlasheR, of all players, was rotated out, the veteran just took to Twitter in order to \u201cclear the air.\u201d Just wanted to clear the air.. As a competitor I would never bench myself this was not my decision. I still want to continue competing and would never just give up. Appreciate all the support and GL to teams competing this weekend \u2014 SlasheR (@SlasheR_AL) April 7, 2021 \u201cAs a competitor I would never bench myself,\u201d he said. \u201cThis was not my decision.\u201d The official announcement from LA Thieves outlined how they wanted to \u201cgive SlasheR some time off.\u201d Based on SlasheR\u2019s response, however, sitting out for the $500,000 Major is not something the veteran had intended on. \u201cI still want to continue competing and would never just give up,\u201d he added. \u201cAppreciate all the support and GL to teams competing this weekend.\u201d Despite a hot start in Stage 1, LA Thieves have struggled ever since the first Major. Securing just six map wins across five matches in Stage 2, LA Thieves fell to the bottom of Group A. The revamped roster is all set to meet Paris Legion in round one of the Loser\u2019s Bracket on April 7. So where exactly does SlasheR go from here? With his heart still set on competing for the year, being benched limits his options. He could drop down into the Challengers circuit, similar to Temp who now competes as part of the WestR lineup. Alternatively, this shakeup could pave the way for a \u2018blockbuster\u2019 trade. Here\u2019s a deep dive on where we think the veteran might end up in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SlasheR breaks silence after LA Thieves bench former Call of Duty world champ Call of Duty LeagueTwo days after the Los Angeles Thieves made yet another roster shuffle in the 2021 Call of Duty League season, Austin \u2018SlasheR\u2019 Liddicoat has opened up on what the future holds. The LA Thieves first season in the CDL […]<\/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-31287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31287","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=31287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}