Category: CoD

CDL Stage 3 Major Recap – Seattle Surge Win Their First Event!

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Indeed, nobody expected this to happen. For the fifth time this season, we have a new winner in the Call of Duty League! Over this past weekend, the third major of the year took place with Seattle coming out on top. Read on for your own CDL Stage 3 Major Recap below!

CDL Stage 3 Major Recap – So Many Winners

Credits: CDL Twitter

There were a tonne of storylines which were confirmed as this event, with some of the key matches:

  • OpTic Texas keep struggling with their substitute player – disappointing Top 6 finish
  • Los Angeles Thieves show up on LAN but still unpredictable – making it to top 4
  • Atlanta FaZe can’t win a grand finals – making it to every grand final, not having won yet
  • Top 4 teams: London, Paris, LAG, Boston

And of course, there’s Seattle Surge.

Credits: CDL Twitter

Headed with two rookies, this team did what it already accomplished earlier this year – taking down Atlanta FaZe. Doing so in heroic fashion, the team pulled the victory by staying calm in incredibly tense and frantic moments.

In addition, after two horrible seasons, it’s incredible to see Seattle Surge at the top of the league for the first time.

With one more Major left, there’s only one opportunity for teams to earn points.

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Paris Legion and Paris Eternal Relocating to Las Vegas

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Franchises can change location, but it’s not something we see often. Indeed, the likes of DM Esports is choosing to relocate both of their franchises. Read on to find out the future of Paris Legion and Paris Eternal below!

Paris Legion and Paris Eternal – Reasonable Move

Accordingly, for those unaware, both Paris franchises are from two different leagues:

  • Paris Legion – Call of Duty League
  • Paris Eternal – Overwatch League

However, that all changes for the 2023 season of both organizations. Specifically, they’re both looking to represent Las Vegas as announced below:

Credits: Paris Eternal Twitter

Looking to rename as “Vegas Legion” and “Vegas Eternal”, this looks to be a simple change.

However, the only implication here is for Overwatch. Accordingly, the competition here is divided into West and East regions. Therefore, by moving to Los Angeles, this franchise would now count as part of the West.

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Credits: Blizzard

Although, this is also a relief. Both organizations failed to achieve both success and proper representation of the French region – moving to North America will give them another chance to start over once again.

We look forward to seeing how these franchises shape up in the future!

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CDL 2022 Standings Update – Past Mid-Season

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Compared to last year, the Call of Duty League is a little shorter. Accordingly, with one less Major, there’s less chance for teams to qualify to CDL Champs – the big event of the year. Bearing this in mind, read on for a CDL 2022 Standings update below!

CDL 2022 Standings Update – Only 8 Going to Champs

Credits: CDL Twitter

Indeed, with competition returning this week as the Stage 3 Qualifiers continue, there’s not much time left for some teams.

To reiterate, the top event of the year, is CDL Championship. However, not all teams are invited – only the top 8 will qualify.

Here are how the standings look like right now:

  • #1 – Atlanta FaZe – 180 points
  • #2 – OpTic Texas – 165 points
  • #3 – London Royal Ravens – 130 points
  • #4 – Boston Breach – 120 points
  • #5 – Los Angeles Guerrillas – 115 points
  • #6 – Florida Mutineers – 70 points
  • #7 – Los Angeles Thieves – 70 points
  • #8 – Seattle Surge – 70 points
  • #9 – Toronto Ultra – 60 points
  • #10 – Minnesota Rokkr – 50 points
  • #11 – New York Subliners – 40 points
  • #12 – Paris Legion – 20 points
Credits: Call of Duty League Twitter

Specifically, there are only two Major left:

  • CDL Stage 3 Qualifiers + Major
  • CDL Stage 4 Qualifiers + Major

Considering how tight the scoreboard is from 6th to 11th place, this is far from undecided.

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Call of Duty League Pro-Am Classic Recap – NYSL Are Your Champions!

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Over the past weekend, the CoD community enjoyed a mid-season event. Indeed, with no stakes apart from a prize, amateur and and professional teams went at it via the Call of Duty League Pro-Am Classic. Read on as we recap the event, where NYSL managed to walk away champions!

Call of Duty League Pro-Am – Surprise Surprise

Credits: Call of Duty League Twitter

Overall, the event had great intentions, involving four of the best amateur teams. However, while no amateur teams made it into the Playoffs Stage, NYSL sure did.

Off of the back of multiple rosters, New York Sublines had a lot to prove this event. Going almost flawless in the Group Stage, NYSL would then dominate the bracket. Here they would take down Paris Legion and Toronto Ultra – earning a spot in the Grand Final.

Credits: Call of Duty League Twitter

Competing against Los Angeles Thieves, NYSL managed to win it in 4 maps and prove themselves as a top contender moving forward.

Despite the win, NYSL have taken time to find their footing. Currently 11th in the standings (out of 12), they’re 30 points down from the top 8 – only 8 teams will make it to Champs this year.

Let’s see if they’ll manage to make the cut in time, taking Stage 3 as an opportunity to earn further points.

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CDL Stage 4 Major 2022 Details – Coming This July

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Currently, competitive Call of Duty is enjoying a short mid-season break. Indeed, as teams take a breather before the next half, announcements are coming through. Read on as we cover some released details concerning the CDL Stage 4 Major 2022 below!

CDL Stage 4 Major 2022 Details – NYSL Hosting

Usually, for each Stage Major, a franchised organization is appointed to host the entire league. However, this time around, the Call of Duty League is switching things up.

Indeed, take a look at the following Tweet:

Credits: NYSL Twitter

As you can see, Stage 4 is being split into two parts. Firstly, the Challengers LAN event will be hosted by Boston Breach from July 8-10th. Secondly, the Major will be held in New York, by the Subliners, from July 14-17th.

Notably, this is definitely a small change, with the dates being moved one week forward. Accordingly, the community will have to wait for additional announcements to clear up any clashes in the timetable.

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Call of Duty League 2020 Season 2020-02-09 / Photo: Robert Paul for Activision Blizzard

Until Major IV, there’s still Stage 3 to be played out. Right now, a tonne of roster changes are underway and we can’t wait to see how teams come out!

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CDL Stage 2 Major Recap – LAG Pull Off a Miracle

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Over the past weekend, the Call of Duty Major blew the community away. Indeed, with incredible storylines, long days of matches and massive substitutes, there’s a tonne to discuss. Accordingly, read on for your very own CDL Stage 2 Major recap below!

CDL Stage 2 Major Recap – A Historical Story

Credits: Los Angeles Guerrillas Twitter

Specifically, the entire craze is surrounding the Los Angeles Guerillas. Heading into the event they stood as an average team, hindered further by a final roster change due to sickness.

Yet, they fought. Thanks to an incredible signing of stand-in player Kris “Spart” Cervantez, the organization won its very first Major in the Call of Duty League!

At the same time, the likes of favourites OpTic Texas fell early while Atlanta FaZe maintained their stock as the second favourites.

Credits: Los Angeles Guerrillas Twitter

Bearing this in mind, here are the final standings for the Major:

  • #1 – Los Angeles Guerrillas
  • #2 – Atlanta FaZe
  • #3 – Boston Breach
  • #4 – Florida Mutineers
  • #5-6 – OpTic Texas and Seattle Surge
  • #7-8 – Los Angeles Thieves and London Royal Ravens
  • #9-12 – Minnesota Rokkr, New York Subliners, Paris Legion, Toronto Ultra

Indeed, it cannot be emphasized how epic the conclusion of the event was. For one of the first times ever, a team with a substitute won a Major.

In addition, many teams underperformed – we’ll likely see a tonne of roster changes in the coming weeks!

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How to Watch CDL 2022 Stage 2 Major – teams, format, schedule, streams, predictions

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Following another exciting round of Group Stage games, we’re ready for another Call of Duty Major. Accordingly, this time around we have the CDL 2022 Stage 2 Major to look forward to. Read on as we offer all the viewership details you need for this exciting event below!

Event Background

For those unaware, this is only the second Major of the year out of four. Indeed, following this event we’ll effectively be in mid-season.

Credits: CDL Twitter

Focusing on this event, the Stage 2 Major looks to be hosted by Minnesota Rokkr. All 12 franchised teams have been invited to compete offline at the Prior Lake venue in Minnesota, with $250,000 on the line.

Taking place from 31st March to 3rd April, below is a list of the franchised teams competing:

  • Atlanta FaZe
  • Boston Breach
  • Florida Mutineers
  • London Royal Ravens
  • Los Angeles Guerrillas
  • Los Angeles Thieves
  • Minnesota ROKKR
  • New York Subliners
  • Paris Legion
  • Seattle Surge
  • OpTic Texas
  • Toronto Ultra

Besides prize, plenty of CDL Points are on the line which will prove essential to seed for CDL Championship later on this year!

Format

In terms of format, it’s rather simple.

The entire event will involve a double-elimination bracket, where teams have been seeded thanks to their Stage 2 placings. Find the first round of matches listed below:

Credits: CDL Twitter

Winner’s Round 1

  • OpTic Texas vs Seattle Surge
  • New York Subliners vs Atlanta FaZe
  • London Royal Ravens vs Florida Mutineers
  • Boston Breach vs Los Angeles Guerrillas

Loser’s Round 1

  • Minnesota Rokkr vs OPT/SEA
  • Los Angeles Thieves vs NYSL/ATL
  • Paris Legion vs LRR/FLO
  • Toronto Ultra vs LAG/BOS

All matches will take place with a BO5 format, while the Grand Final will in fact be BO9 once again!

Schedule for the CDL 2022 Stage 2 Major

Credits: CDL Twitter

In terms of schedule, find the first few days of competition listed below, with times for the timezone of Central European Summer Time:

March 31st

  • Florida Mutineers vs London Royal Ravens (21:00)
  • Los Angeles Guerrillas vs Boston Breach (22:30)

April 1st

  • Atlanta FaZe vs New York Subliners (00:00)
  • Seattle Surge vs OpTic Texas (01:30)
  • Paris Legion vs TBD (21:00)
  • Toronto Ultra vs TBD (22:30)

Feel free to view the remaining schedule here at tthe event page.

Watch the CDL 2022 Stage 2 Major on esportsguide

You can also watch the CDL 2022 Stage 2 Major live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.

CDL 2022 Stage 2 Major

Predictions

Credits: CDL Twitter

In terms of predictions, let’s take a look at the standings from the Group Stage:

  • #1 – OpTic Texas
  • #2 – London Royal Ravens
  • #3 – Boston Breach
  • #4 – Atlanta FaZe
  • #5 – New York Subliners
  • #6 – Los Angeles Guerrillas

Considering this, the top end of the league is quite clear. However, we can expect a few surprises.

First and foremost, the likes of OpTic Texas are still the favourites following their championship run at Major 1, while Atlanta FaZe are predicted to match up with them once again in the Grand Final.

However, other teams such as Boston Breach, London Royal Ravens and New York Subliners will be doing their best to contest in their own battle for top 5.

Otherwise, the remainder of the league remains as competitive as ever – who knows what could happen?

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CoD Mobile World Championship 2022 Announced – $2,000,000!

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

With the PC esport enjoying franchising year after year, CoD Mobile is also on the rise. Accordingly, the CoD Mobile World Championship 2022 has just been announced. Throwing $2,000,000 on the line, the stakes are higher than ever heading into this year!

CoD Mobile World Championship 2022 – Elevating the Stakes

Credits: COD Mobile Twitter

So, here are some facts to consider below:

  • Prize Pool: $2,000,000 – largest event payout ever for CoD Mobile
  • Date: Roadmap from March all the way to December (main event December)
  • Venue: Final Event Offline

Let’s discuss the roadmap. Outlined in the press release, there are multiple stages of competition before the Finals, split into Stages as outlined below:

  • Solo Play – Stage 1 – March to April – individuals competing
  • Team Play – Stage 2 – May – teams formed and competing against one another to earn points for seeding regionally
  • Regional Qualifiers – Stage 3 – split into regions, teams compete to earn a spot at the Regional Playoffs to qualify for Finals
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Credits: Garena
  • Regional Playoffs – Stage 4 – the final stage for the 5 regions (LATAM, India, EU, Japan, NA) will take place to outline the best teams heading to the Finals
  • Finals – Stage 5 – $1.7 million for the final teams at the Offline Event, World Championship Finals

We’ll be sure to provide more details as the event draws nearer.

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How to Watch CDL Stage 2 Groups 2022 – teams, format, schedule, streams, predictions

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Accordingly, the Major last week was epic for Call of Duty. Indeed, with epic viewership and a return to live events, the community wants more. Indeed, the CDL Stage 2 Groups 2022 event is here already. Looking to continue the season where it left off, read on as we offer all the viewership details for this event!

Event Background

As we’ll reiterate, this is the second Stage out of four for this competitive season. Following after the events of last weekend at the Stage 1 Major, Stage 2 will be more of the same.

Credits: Call of Duty League Twitter

Indeed, in the coming weeks we’ll be observing a Group Stage which will once again boil down to a Major weekend.

Running from 11th March to the 27th March, the franchised squads are back again as listed below:

  • Atlanta FaZe
  • Boston Breach
  • Florida Mutineers
  • London Royal Ravens
  • Los Angeles Guerrillas
  • Los Angeles Thieves
  • Minnesota Rokkr
  • New York Subliners
  • Paris Legion
  • Seattle Surge
  • OpTic Texas
  • Toronto Ultra

For those unaware, teams are simply competing to earn the best seed possible for the upcoming Major event – this will be specified below.

Format

In terms of format, it’s fairly simple. Each team will play 5 pre-scheduled matches. With each win offering 10 CDL points, in the context of the groups it’s the record after 5 matches which will determine seeding.

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Credits: CDL

Indeed, each game will be a BO5, with teams fighting for the same seeding as last time:

  • 1-8 – seeded into the Winner’s Round 1
  • 9-12 – seeded into the Loser’s Round 1

Keeping this simple format in mind, let’s move on to the schedule.

Schedule for the CDL Stage 2 Groups 2022

Stretching over multiple weekends, below we have the schedule for the first weekend of action, al in the timezone of GMT+1):

March 11th

  • 2100 – New York Subliners vs London Royal Ravesn
  • 2230 – Seattle Surge vs Boston Breach

March 12th

  • 0000 – Florida Mutineers vs Los Angeles Guerrillas
  • 2100 – Paris Legion vs Los Angeles Guerillas
  • 2230 – London Royal Ravens vs Los Angeles Thieves
CoD League Rostermania Update
Call of Duty League 2020 Season 2020-02-09 / Photo: Robert Paul for Activision Blizzard

March 13th

  • 0000 – Minnesota Rokkr vs Toronto Ultra
  • 0130 – Atlanta FaZe vs Seattle Surge
  • 2000 – Minnesota Rokkr vs Paris Legion
  • 2130 – New York Subliners vs Florida Mutineers
  • 2300 – Los Angeles Thieves vs OpTic Texas

We recommend visting the event page here for the remaining schedule.

Watch the CDL Stage 2 Groups 2022 on esportsguide

You can also watch the CDL Stage 2 Group Stage 2022 live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.

CDL Stage 2 Groups 2022

Predictions

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Call of Duty League 2020 Season 2020-02-08 / Photo: JOE-BRADY for Activision Blizzard

Considering how recent the last Major was, it’s likely that teams won’t change mcuh in terms of position in the standings:

  • #1 – OpTic Texas
  • #2 – Atlanta FaZe
  • #3 – London Royal Ravens
  • #4 – Toronto Ultra
  • #5-6th – Boston Breach, Los Angeles Thieves
  • #7-8th – Paris Legion, Minnesota Rokkr
  • #9-12th – Florida Mutineers, Seattle Surge, New York Subliners, Los Angeles Guerrillas

Indeed, OpTic Texas are your favourites for the event right now. However, the entire league in general is extremely competitive – there are no free wins in the Call of Duty League this season.

Otherwise, we hope to see the viewership continue to improve as we prepare for the next incoming Major.

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CDL Stage 1 Major Viewership – Breaking a Record for the Regular Season

Posted on by Gabriel Sciberras

Accordingly, with the conclusion of the CDL Stage 1 Major, it’s time to look back at the numbers. Indeed, what’s caught our eye is the hype behind the CDL Stage 1 Major Viewership. Read on as we provide a short recap of the statistics which are breaking records.

CDL Stage 1 Major Viewership – Return to Form

Credits: Call of Duty League Twitter

Specifically, the record at hand is simple. Yes, the most recent event managed to score the highest viewership for a regular season event in the Call of Duty League. Accordingly, not counting pre-season or post-season events, here’s the current tier list:

  • CDL 2022 Stage 1 Major – 157,421 Peak Viewers
  • CDL 2021 Stage 3 Major – 135,623 Peak Viewers
  • CoD League 2021 Stage 1 – 131,008 Peak Viewers
  • CWL Anaheim 2019 – 122,643 Peak Viewers

This is massive for competitive Call of Duty. Apart from celebrating the popularity of the title, it’s proof that the scene is healthier then ever.

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Credits: CDL

With the community-favourite team of OpTic Gaming managing to win the event and the return of a live crowd, the environment was simply electric.

Accordingly, we’ll be looking at how the viewership changes as the season continues later this week. Thanks to Esports Charts for making such figures publically available.

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