Rostermania Following COD Championships 2017

It’s that time of year again for the Call of Duty esports scene; rostermania. Performances at the biggest event of the year, Championships, often decides the fate of players on their roster. Signings, transfers, swaps, drops and everything in between is expected as we head into boots on the ground warfare. Let’s see what’s happened until now.

Starting with Evil Geniuses, the squad has released Parasite and Havok into free agency. One would think, since the next game is without jetpacks, that the formidable BO2 player in Parasite would be reserved. Then there’s Cloud9, who’ve completely split up as a squad. Patrick “ACHES” Price failed to lead his group of young guns to much success as they got swamped at a top 16 finish. Part of the compLexity dynasty; expect “ACHES” to find a home momentarily.  Another noticeable drop is that of Rise Nation’s “Faccento”. He's been successfully replaced by young gun "TJHaly". "Killa", "Mboze", "Proofy"and "Stainville" are also names which fall under free agency. 

Probably the largest change in the scene, and perhaps the most surprising, is the deconstruction of Team EnVyUs. Having remained strong together for two years, it all fell apart at the Grand Final when Optic took them to a second game of five and won. Quite a crushing loss. Thus, Jkap and John have left, two players who didn’t show up at COD Champs. Following suit, was “Apathy”; we don’t know if he left independently or if he was sent off. With three gone, the only player remaining is “Slasher”, undoubtedly their best player of Infinite Warfare who many consider a hard carry. He was the only player on the squad who had a positive k/d at Season 2 Playoffs; and they reached the Grand Final! Who will be joining him remains a mystery.

When it comes to signing and new teams being created, the largest piece of news is the fact that three Black Ops One veterans are back at it again; players who’ve had 2^nd place finishes regularly throughout that season. Namely, these are “Pikachu”, “Domo” and “Mpaac”. They are currently looking for an organisation to represent.

So that’s it regarding rostermania until now. We’ve seen WWII’s beta and everyone seems hyped about the next season; players along with the community. With so many free agents roaming around, the possibilities are endless.