We’re past the halfway mark for the competitive Call of Duty League season and things are spicing up quite nicely. Accordingly, following two weeks since the Stage 3 Major, we’re ready for another regular season. Indeed, the CDL Stage 4 season looks to answer a billion questions, while offering so many more. Read on for another reliable esportsguide How to Watch episode!
Event Background
As I’ll reiterate, we’re entering the latter half of the competitive season for Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War. Out of five stages and majors, this is notably the fourth one.
Accordingly, our 12 teams still have a chance to earn a considerable amount of points to try and qualify for the biggest event of the year – Champs. Bearing in mind the stakes, the regular season of Stage 4 kicks off soon on May 27th, moving up to 13th June a few weeks later.
As a brief reminder, here are the 12 competing teams heading into this season, together with their overall points and ranking so far in the season:
- Atlanta FaZe – 340
- New York Subliners – 240
- Dallas Empire – 230
- Toronto Ultra – 225
- OpTic Chicago – 200
- Los Angeles Thieves – 170
- Minnesota Rokkr – 140
- Florida Mutineers – 120
- Los Angeles Guerrillas – 90
- London Royal Ravens – 70
- Paris Legion – 60
- Seattle Surge – 50
Heading into this event there are also some exciting changes, such as a change in map pool. Specifically, Standoff Search will replace Checkmate Search.
Format
Moving over to the format, there’s nothing exactly new here compared to previous stages. Split into three weekends of Group Play, named as Home Series, the competition will be fighting for seeding into the next major. Each match of the groups will a BO5.
Here’s how the weekends are grouped:
- Chicago Home Series (27-30 May)
- Florida Home Series (03-06 June)
- LAT Home Series (10-13 June)
Here are how the Groups have been Snake Drafted:
Group A
- Atlanta FaZe
- Los Angeles Thieves
- Minnesota ROKKR
- OpTic Chicago
- Paris Legion
- Seattle Surge
Group B
- Dallas Empire
- Florida Mutineers
- London Royal Ravens
- Los Angeles Guerrillas
- New York Subliners
- Toronto Ultra
Schedule for CDL Stage 4 2021
There’s definitely a lot to chomp through, but the schedule should be quite familiar. At every weekend, Thursday and Friday will broadcast two games, while Saturday and Sunday will enjoy three each.
For example, below find a tweet for this upcoming weekend schedule:
Indeed, for the entire updated schedule, it’s recommended to check out the official Call of Duty League Schedule page.
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Predictions
Bearing in mind the structure of the Groups, I’ll be approaching predictions for each separate one.
Beginning with Group A, it’s quite likely that Atlanta FaZe arise as the first seed. Otherwise, the other team who could potentially upset the leaders are likely OpTic Chicago.
Meanwhile, it’s likely that Los Angeles Thieves and Minnesota ROKKR will contest for positions 3rd and 4th. Sadly for this group, it almost seems too obvious that Paris Legion and Seattle Surge are doomed for the bottom spots.
Now, let’s talk Group B – an incredibly exciting group. On this half of the fence, the majority of teams look a little murky and predictions are tough. Anyways, the top 2 teams are certainly New York Subliners and Toronto Ultra, with Ultra likely to place first.
Otherwise, it gets very tricky. All four teams; Dallas, Florida, London and LAG; are some of the most inconsistent teams in the league right now. Personally, the likelihood is that Florida and Dallas prevail, but who knows?
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