What next for Methodz? Possible CDL trades & landing spots ActivisionOn March 10, 2021, Anthony \u2018Methodz\u2019 Zinni announced that CDL franchise Toronto Ultra would be benching him heading into Stage 2. But what happens next for the AR? Here are all the options. Methodz has been a mainstay in Call of Duty for years now. Initially coming up in Black Ops 2, he had an exceptional resurgence during the World War II season, and since then has been a well-regarded assault rifle player that can fit with just about any team. Clearly, though, there were issues in the Ultra camp. With their 3-5 record to start the season, they\u2019ve already made a change. To the surprise of many fans and fellow pros, the player on the chopping block was Methodz, who announced that he had been benched on March 10. This, despite leading Ultra in KD across all modes. Before it comes from anyone else, I\u2019ve been benched by Ultra. Not really sure what to say or do, this is my best game since WW2 and obviously wasn\u2019t expecting this. Appreciate the support in advance \u2014 OpTic Methodz (@Methodz) March 10, 2021 Zinni added in a follow-up tweet that he would be playing in the Challengers circuit with Decemate, Drazah and TMTwerk. He remains contracted to Toronto for the time being which prevents him playing for another CDL team. Regardless of the circumstances, Methodz would clearly prefer to play in the CDL with the very best. Here are some potential options he has going forward: Stick it out in Challengers Let\u2019s get the obvious out of the way first: Methodz will be playing in Challengers, and at this very moment in time there\u2019s no telling how long that will be for. He would no doubt be one of the best main ARs in the amateur tournaments, and with his history of success, can help elevate a number of teams. With that said, it seems unlikely that Methodz will be stuck outside of the Call of Duty League for long. Despite what I think, this is the situation I’m in and have decided to play Challengers w\/ Decemate, Drazah, and TMTwerk. I’m confident I’ll be back where I belong in due time & I appreciate all of your guys’ support more than you know. \u2014 OpTic Methodz (@Methodz) March 11, 2021 Traded to another CDL team The likelihood is that Methodz gets traded to another CDL team, and he\u2019s deserving of that too. There are a number of teams that could use assistance here, so let\u2019s take a look at the options. London Royal Ravens London is the obvious choice. They\u2019ve had some poor luck this season, with Trei \u2018Zer0\u2019 Morris unable to get to the US and Alex \u2018Alexx\u2019 Carpenter missing the Stage 1 Major for personal reasons. That said, they\u2019ve completely failed to make the best of a bad situation, and the players\u2019 performances are lackluster at best. Read More: CDL 2021 Power Rankings after Stage 1 Major – With Sean \u2018Seany\u2019 O\u2019Connor as London\u2019s main AR, Methodz would be a direct improvement. While Seany has become a fan-favorite in the UK, with plenty of clutch moments, he\u2019s simply not the AR Methodz is. This move would allow London to move Seany into a more-suited flex role and replace Chris \u2018Parasite\u2019 Duarte, who was brought in as a temporary stand-in due to Zer0\u2019s absence. With Zer0 due to return at some point down the line, the Ravens could then find themselves with more talented players than starting slots. Not a bad problem to have after such a poor start to the season. Seattle Surge Seattle is perhaps the only team that doesn\u2019t need to upgrade their main AR, but it\u2019s not impossible. During the Reverse Sweep CDL Preview Show, Ian \u2018Enable\u2019 Wyatt argued that Seattle should consider a blockbuster trade for Octane, and this could play perfectly into their hands. Methodz has history playing with both Loony and Gunless, and they\u2019ve seen success together, so it\u2019s clearly a mixture that can work. This would also work for Seattle if it frees up cap space and allows them to grab another Toronto asset \u2014 and Octane is definitely worth going for. This could end up a move that works for both parties, though depending on the traded players, may help Toronto significantly more than Seattle. Minnesota R\u00d8KKR Lamar \u2018Accuracy\u2019 Abedi has been a tremendous main AR in recent years, but for some reason it\u2019s just not working out right now. ROKKR are the worst Hardpoint team in the league and need to change something to start racking up wins. That\u2019s not to say Accuracy is the problem, because he\u2019s far from it. But, if the R\u00d8KKR did want to make a change and strike before it\u2019s too late, Methodz\u2019s availability could be something they consider. This is an unlikely one, but we wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s impossible. Watch now: Pacman: \u201cLA Thieves kinda suck!\u201d | Reverse Sweep CDL Major 1 Review Does he have any other options? Realistically, there\u2019s not a lot Methodz can do as of right now. While benched and under contract, he can\u2019t exactly force a trade to another franchise, but he won\u2019t want to risk his stock plummeting as a result of not playing. It\u2019s very possible things don\u2019t work out for Toronto Ultra and they add him back to the starting lineup. He is a strong player, and a proven winner, so his replacement will need to bring some serious prowess to the squad. He\u2019s certainly a CDL-level player, but now he\u2019ll be keeping an eye on other teams to see if his benching can get the ball rolling for possible trades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What next for Methodz? Possible CDL trades & landing spots ActivisionOn March 10, 2021, Anthony \u2018Methodz\u2019 Zinni announced that CDL franchise Toronto Ultra would be benching him heading into Stage 2. But what happens next for the AR? Here are all the options. Methodz has been a mainstay in Call of Duty for years now. […]<\/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-34761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34761","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=34761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}