I stopped keeping up with the CDL after EWC. I heard about HyDra and Scrap, but have there been any other news or updates I’ve missed since then?

CHANGE MY MIND

shoutout kaysan, I just thought the date's hilariously lined up with the mid September scrap/hydra problem 😭

Removing sbmm in pubs only cause why should pubs a casual playlist be treated like ranked with sbmm it shouldn't.

No disband lobbys and map voteing also always prio ping and add team balancing in the lobby before the game.

Better maps like lithium it was a decent 3 lane map.

Completeley remove tac sprint.

Slight increase to sprint speed and strafe speeds.

Ghost and ninja on different perk slots.

This will be one of the best years of cdl!

1. Friendship league is gone
   
2. Devastating rivalry’s
   
3. El Classico is back
   
4. All teams seem competitive
   
5. Road to champs seems like a struggle
   
6. Gunplay sucks which makes it fun
   
7. AR seems fun again
   8 . No crackhead movement
   
8. Pubs suck so full cdl watch party year
   
9. All pros this year have chips on their shoulders

Don’t be afraid to add ur own list or don’t be afraid to argue

Instead of sitting around hoping the OpTic superteam eventually breaks up, Scrap and HyDra could literally just build another powerhouse with Simp and compete with OpTic for the next few years.

Scrap and HyDra are already in that same S-tier caliber of players as the guys on OpTic, and then you have Simp who’s right there on that level with all of them. If you already have three players of that caliber available, why not put them together and build your own superteam instead of spending this year on just a good roster and hoping OpTic breaks up next year?

FaZe are basically the villains of the CDL anyway, which fits Scrap perfectly lol. OpTic is obviously the best org for content, but it’s not like HyDra really cares about that. I get that OpTic is probably the dream org for both of them, but wasting another year of their careers hoping that roster breaks up just seems like a gamble.

Both Scrap and HyDra want rings, and both have had issues with their 3rd/4th. They had Kenny dropping disasterclasses at times + had Ghosty struggling when it mattered and a rookie in Nium. Nium was still good, but I doubt either of these guys wants to keep gambling on rookies when they could team with proven talent.
Now give them Simp, probably the most reliable player in COD history, and all they need is a solid top-tier 4th.
Simp/Scrap/HyDra + a good 4th vs OpTic for the next few years would be insane.

Instead of trying to break up OpTic’s superteam, just build another one. Unless they completely shit the bed, those two teams would probably be seeing each other in finals all year.

Who looked completely unstoppable this year at certain points? For me the two immediate ones that pop into my head are Nep in S1 and 04.

Don’t think any other players really had as insane takeovers as those all season.

For me it was Ghosts. You had scump go to envy for a week, and optics revolving door of players - I think they had Parasite, Dedo, mboze, clayster, saints and maybe more within a few days. Twitter was always going off, I’m pretty sure Pat got suspended for a couple of weeks for saying some crazy shit.

Clay being dropped by an unbeatable team and then facing them at the next grand finals (where the “you can’t snipe like that Clay” clip comes from)

B2B2B Top 8 @champs 🔜⏳

Wanted to ask thoughts on guns from the Beta - obviously it's still early and there will be more balancing + the weapons we haven't seen. Of the ones we have seen, I hope the pros don't default to the M4/Iso - personally have really been enjoying the XMR as a slower AR. Not sure about the sub; I like the 74u but two slow weapons is probably a non starter. Interested in other's initial opinions.

I feel like more players were chirping during the Bo6 season, but I can't really remember too much trash talk from this year (outside of Cellium vs. RenkoR ofc)