Luminosity Win CWL : Anaheim

Luminosity Gaming is a major esports organisation which is respected across many titles and platforms. As Call of Duty began to peak in attendance, LG made their way in; hungry for victory. Yet, when entering in November 2015, they didn’t know that a couple years of elusion and disappointments would come their way first. Finally, as of yesterday, LG have won a championship, namely CWL Anaheim last Sunday.

Entering Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, a huge roster change happened and left many curious to what this new team could accomplish. Players ‘NAMELESS’, ‘SpaceLy’ and StuDyy’ left and were replaced by ‘Classic, ‘Octane’ and ‘Slacked’. Everyone would admit that LG had some serious potential for the year. After being denied the trophy at the CWL Stage 1 Global Pro League by Splyce, they would return the favour at CWL Anaheim.

Last Sunday’s grand final, if you haven’t figured it out, was between Splyce and Luminosity Gaming. Splyce had fought through a tough loser bracket and would need two wins to claim victory. Many doubted this would happen with LG’s recent form, defeating favourites Optic Gaming yet again and simply not losing in brackets. Everyone will agree, however, that it was an insane match- up. The first map, Scorch Hardpoint, witnessed jaw-dropping plays with a final score of 249-250; a hyped victory for Splyce. LG would remain calm and snatch the SND on Crusher in a 6-4 fashion. Going into Uplink, LG were the favourites being one of the best uplink teams in the game and not surprisingly, hammered Splyce with an 11-5 scoreline; all the momentum from the first map was gone. Sealing the deal was the second hardpoint, on Retaliation which saw yet another nail-biter closing at 250 to 245.

Thus, $80,000 of prize money went the way of Luminosity Gaming and the MVP was respectably given to Octane. The 19 year old impressed and has shown that this is his game. The squad’s integrity will be tested on June 30 th , at second season of the CWL Global Pro League.