Over the past few days, competitive Call of Duty has skyrocketed in terms of excitement. Indeed, this is all thanks to the incredible rostermania going on – massive moves all around. Accordingly, with so much going on, we’ll be taking the time to offer a CoD Rostermania Update – read on to dive right into it all!
CoD Rostermania Update – Smaller Teams Cleaning Up
For this type of article, we’ll be going team by team and discussing the changes made so far – note that not all teams have made a change at this point in time.
Seattle Surge – Letting Go Of Octane After 2 Seasons
- Sam ‘Octane’ Larew
- Pierce ‘Gunless’ Hillman
- Preston ‘Prestinni‘ Sanderson
- Nicholas ‘Nicholas’ DiCostanzo
- Daniel ‘Loony’ Loza – Substitute
- Joey ‘Nubzy’ DiGiacomo – Coach
We’ll start with some of the more predictable changes, taking place with some of the lower teams.
Finally after two years, the Seattle Surge is letting go of their entire roster. Following two years at the bottom of the leaderboard and the contract of Sam ‘Octane’ Larew expiring, the team will need to rebuild.
Accordingly, hopefully they’ve learned their lesson – teams aren’t made on paper but in peron.
Paris Legion – Starting From Scratch……Again
- Donovan ‘Temp’ Laroda
- Matthew ‘Skrapz’ Marshall
- Ulysses ‘AquA’ Silva
- Alex ‘Zaptius’ Bonila
Meanwhile, we have a similar story from Paris Legion. However, the Legion never appeared to be shooting for the stars, especially since it was public knowledge that they were offering the lowest salaries in the league.
Anyhow, although showing potential all year, the Legion is cleaning up shop. Accordingly, there are also rumours that Legion may be trying to sell its franchise spot this offseason.
London Royal Ravens – Building Around Afro
- Sean ‘Seany’ O’Connor
- Zach ‘Zed’ Denyer
- Paul ‘PaulEhx’ Avila
- Alex ‘Alexx’ Carpenter
- ‘SHANE’ – Coach
Although managing to place 4th at CoD Champs last year, the team simply couldn’t put it together this year.
For CoD Cold War, the team was haunted by problems such as ‘Zer0′ not obtaining a VISA and ‘Alexx’ stepping away for personal reasons. This combined with multiple, perhaps too many, roster changes left this team unable to catch up to everyone else.
Anyway, the team now looks forward to build around the youngster of ‘Afro‘ which is a respectable decision.
New York Subliners – Still a Mystery
- Conor ‘Diamondcon’ Johst
- John ‘Revan’ Boble – Coach
Across the year, the New York Subliners have enjoyed an incredible storyline of resilience. Indeed, bouncing back from a truly rough start to the year for multiple reasons – ‘Zoomaa’ retiring and ‘Hydraa’ not obtaining a VISA.
Still, the team put it together – later in the year growing painfully close to success but never reaching it.
Anyways, the organization has publically let go of substitute player ‘Diamondcon’ who helped the team greatly, while mysteriously letting go of John ‘Revan’ Boble.
We’re curious to hear more from the New York Subliners.
Toronto Ultra – Letting Go Of Methodz
- Anthony ‘Methodz’ Zinni
Although a dominant force from Stage 2 onwards, Toronto Ultra suffered a truly poor start before the Stage 2 Major.
This change came about following the team benching their main AR ‘Methodz’. Being on the bench since then, it’s no surprise that the player is now a free agent in the offseason.
Otherwise, we’re quite confident that Toronto Ultra will be one of the few teams sticking together for the next season.
Los Angeles Guerillas – Cleaning the Slate Once Again
- Adam ‘Assault’ Garcia
- Bryan ‘Apathy’ Zhelyazkov
- Justin ‘SiLLY’ Fargo-Palmer
- Billy ‘MentaL’ Putnam
Running it back to the bottom of the leaderboard, the Los Angeles Guerillas once again offered up a poor season.
Although offering some signs of life up to Stage 2, everything came crashing down when the team refused to build around ‘Vivid’ – a stellar player who simply benched himself and signed to another team.
After this, the team never found its footing, especially when betting on a rookie such as ‘MentaL’. Accordingly, it’s no surprise that the entire team is now in free agency.
CoD Rostermania Update – Discussing the Rumoured OpTic and Dallas Merger
Now, we can finally discuss the big news. As two of the biggest organizations in the Call of Duty League, the community was absolutely stunned by the roster changes coming from OpTic Chicago and Dallas Empire.
OpTic Chicago – Fans Absolutely Shocked
Starting with OpTic Chicago, the first news is the retirement of one of the greatest competitive CoD players of all time – Matthew ‘FormaL’ Piper.
Having been on the team since Advanced Warfare, the legendary player is in the leaderboard for the most wins. He’ll be sorely missed, confessing that he’s not up to the task anymore.
Following this first shock, the community was then surprised by the letting go of Dylan ‘Envoy’ Hannon. Although rumoured to be the successor to Seth ‘Scump’ Abner, they’ve let go of the young prodigy – however, it’s a lot clearer as to why.
Dallas Empire – Dropping Crimsix and Vivid
Moving on to Dallas Empire, everyone is equally surprsied here. Out of the blue, Ian ‘Crimsix’ Porter was dropped – the most winningest player in the history of CoD together with the young phenomenal sub player in Reece ‘Vivid’ Drost.
The Merge – CoD Rostermania
Suddenly, with both changes aligned, it all started to make sense. A prominent leaker in the scene, Cory ‘CRONE’ Davis announced that Dallas Empire is looking to acquire OpTic Gaming – including its CDL spot.
Inded, with owner ‘H3CZ’ wanting to break away from NRG since May of this year, Barring the specifics, it seems that financically this all makes sense with both teams dropping two players. Accordingly, this potential new team could look like this:
- Anthony ‘Shotzzy’ Cuevas-Castro
- Indervir ‘iLLeY’ Dhaliwal
- Seth ‘Scump’ Abner
- Brandon ‘Dashy’ Otell
With details still being finalized, we can’t wait to learn more about this huge move.
An Available CDL Spot
With a merge, this means a new spot is open for an organization to invest into the league. Within the community, many have the likes of Cloud9 juming in following leaks however it remains a distant rumour.
We hope you enjoyed the rostermania so far – we’re certain there’s a lot more on the way.
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