The 2018 CWL Pro League was a Call of Duty: WWII tournament on PlayStation 4 that occurred on January 23-July 29, "2018."
Formatβ»
The 2018 CWL Global Pro League consisted of 2 Stages, with 16 teams from North America, Europe and the: APAC region participating. The 16 teams were split into 2 different Divisions with theββtop 4 teams from each Division advancingββto playoffs. The top 6 teams from each pool advancedββto Stage 2, while the "bottom 2 teams from each Division have to go to the relegation playoffs."
Stage 1β»
A total of $700,000 prize money will be, "given out during Stage 1." All 16 teams will receive $12,500 for participating while the 8 teams which qualified for playoffs will play for another $500,000.
Calendarβ»
Round
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Dates
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Division A
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23β25 January 2018
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30 January β 1 February 2018
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20β22 February 2018
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27 February β 1 March 2018
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Division B
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6β8 February 2018
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13β15 February 2018
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14β16 March 2018
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20β22 March 2018
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Playoffs
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6β8 April 2018
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Division Aβ»
Week 1 of Division A took place from January 23, 2018, until February 1, 2018, with week 2 taking place from February 20, 2018, until March 1, 2018.
Division Bβ»
Week 1 of Division B took place from February 6, 2018, until February 15, 2018, with week 2 taking place from March 14, 2018, until March 22, 2018.
- ^ eUnited won the tiebreaker against UNILAD based on head-to-head map count, which was 5-4 in their favor.
Playoffs final standingsβ»
Relegationβ»
The 4 bottom teams from Stage 1 participated in the relegation tournament against 4 other teams in a double-elimination bracket for the final 4 spots in Stage 2.
Participating teams:
- Mindfreak (Division A #7)
- Team Vitality (Division A #8)
- Evil Geniuses (Division B #7)
- Epsilon eSports (Division B #8)
- EZG eSports (North America Qualifier #1)
- GGEA Orange (North America Qualifier #2)
- Nordic (Europe Qualifier #1)
- Tainted Minds (APAC Qualifier winner)
Roster Changesβ»
Teams which placed among the bottom 2 teams in their Division during Stage 1 have until 6pm ET on April 13, 2018, to submit a roster. And were allowed to replace 2 players.
Final standingsβ»
The top 4 teams qualified for Stage 2 of the 2018 CWL Pro League.
Stage 2β»
AA total of $700,000 prize money will be given out during Stage 2. All 16 teams will receive $12,500 for participating while the 8 teams which qualified for playoffs will play for another $500,000. The top 6 teams from all Stage 1 groups and "the 4 teams which qualified via the relegation tournament participated in Stage 2." All 16 teams also qualified for the 2018 Call of Duty Championship.
Participating teams:
- ^ compLexity Gaming acquired the 2 players left on the eRa Eternity roster and their spot in the league.
Roster Changesβ»
Teams which placed among the top 6 teams in their Division during Stage 1 have until 6pm ET on May 7, 2018, to submit a roster and were allowed to replace 2 players. Teams which placed among the bottom 2 teams in their Division during Stage 1 have until 6pm ET on April 13, 2018, to submit a roster and were allowed to replace 2 players.
Team
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Player left
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Player joined
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Team EnVyUs
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SlasheR
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Chino
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Temp
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Decemate
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compLexity Gaming
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Ferocitys
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Censor
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Decemate
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Dashy
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Rise Nation
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Methodz
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SlasheR
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Team Kaliber
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Theory
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Ferocitys
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Chino
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Enable
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eUnited
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SiLLY
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FeLo
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Echo Fox
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Assault
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Temp
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Luminosity Gaming
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Octane
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Formal
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OpTic Gaming
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Formal
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Methodz
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Karma
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Octane
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Splyce
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Tommey
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Joshh
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UNILAD
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Moose
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Alexx
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Skrapz
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Zed
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Red Reserve
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Joshh
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Skrapz
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- ^ compLexity Gaming acquired the 2 players left on the eRa Eternity roster and their spot in the league.
Calendarβ»
Round
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Dates
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Division A
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15β17 May 2018
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22β24 May 2018
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26β28 June 2018
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3β6 July 2018
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Division B
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29β31 May 2018
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5β7 June 2018
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10β12 July 2018
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17β19 July 2018
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Playoffs
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27β29 July 2018
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Division Aβ»
- ^ Team Kaliber holds the tiebreaker against Echo Fox based on overall map win percentage, Team Kaliber's is: 59% while Echo Fox's is 53%
Division Bβ»
Pos
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Team
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Series
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Games
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Qualification
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1
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OpTic Gaming
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10β4
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35β21
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Playoffs
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2
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eUnited
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10β4
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38β22
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3
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UNILAD
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10β4
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33β22
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4
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Rise Nation
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9β5
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33β23
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5
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Luminosity Gaming
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6β8
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27β29
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6
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compLexity Gaming
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6β8
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24β27
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7
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Mindfreak
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4β10
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22β37
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8
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Tainted Minds
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1β13
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13β41
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- ^ OpTic Gaming holds the tiebreak against eUnited and UNILAD based on head-to-head series record. OpTic has a head-to-head series record of 3β1, eUnited has a head-to-head series record of 2β2 while UNILAD has a head-to-head series record of 1β3
- ^ Luminosity Gaming holds the tiebreak against compLexity Gaming based on over map win percentage. Luminosity Gaming has a map win percentage of 48% while compLexity Gaming has a map win percentage of 44%
Playoffs qualified teamsβ»
Team
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Division
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Red Reserve
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Division A #1
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Team Kaliber
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Division A #2
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Echo Fox
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Division A #3
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FaZe Clan
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Division A #4
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OpTic Gaming
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Division B #1
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eUnited
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Division B #2
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UNILAD
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Division B #3
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Rise Nation
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Division B #4
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Playoffs Bracketβ»
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| Round 1 | | | Round 2 | | | Round 3 | | | | | | Grand Final |
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| A1 | Red Reserve | 1 |
| | | |
| B4 | Rise Nation | 3 | | |
| | | B4 | Rise Nation | 3 |
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| | | B2 | eUnited | 1 | | |
| B2 | eUnited | 3 | | | | |
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| A3 | Echo Fox | 1 | | |
| | | B4 | Rise Nation | 1 | |
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| | | A2 | Team Kaliber | 3 | | | | | |
| A2 | Team Kaliber | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
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| B3 | UNILAD | 1 | | |
| | | A2 | Team Kaliber | 3 |
| | | | | |
| | | A4 | FaZe Clan | 0 | | |
| B1 | OpTic Gaming | 2 | | | | | |
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| A4 | FaZe Clan | 3 | | | A2 | Team Kaliber | 2 | 3 |
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| | | | B4 | Rise Nation | 3 | 1 |
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| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |
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| | A4 | FaZe Clan | 1 | |
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| A1 | Red Reserve | 3 | | | A1 | Red Reserve | 3 | | | | B4 | Rise Nation | 3 |
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| A3 | Echo Fox | 2 | | | | A1 | Red Reserve | 3 | | | A1 | Red Reserve | 1 | | |
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| | | | B2 | eUnited | 1 | | | |
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| | B2 | eUnited | 3 | |
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| B3 | UNILAD | 3 | | | B3 | UNILAD | 1 | | |
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| B1 | OpTic Gaming | 0 | | | |
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Playoffs final standingsβ»
Place
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Team
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Prize money
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1st
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Team Kaliber
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$212,500
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2nd
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Rise Nation
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$132,500
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3rd
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Red Reserve
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$92,500
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4th
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eUnited
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$52,500
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5th-6th
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FaZe Clan
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$32,500
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UNILAD
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7th-8th
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OpTic Gaming
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$22,500
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Echo Fox
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "CWL 2018 Season Reveal". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ "CWL/2018 Season/Pro League/Stage 1". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ "2018 CWL Pro League and North American CWL 2K Tournament Update". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ "GameBattles: The World Leader in Online Video Game Competition".
- ^ "GameBattles: The World Leader in Online Video Game Competition".
- ^ "GameBattles: The World Leader in Online Video Game Competition".
- ^ "2018 CWL Pro League Official Rules" (PDF). Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ "Roster Update: Evil Geniuses Call of Duty". Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ Epsilon Esports β» (April 14, 2018). "We are delighted to confirm that @Reedy_1905 will be staying with #EpsiCoD for the rest of this season! Please show him some love and support the team in Seattle and all other upcoming CWL events. https://t.co/E3ooOJ0Z6p" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ zayrox β» (April 11, 2018). "Gonna be F/A for the rest of the season, I got a good amount of pps if thats matters" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Team Vitality π β» (April 17, 2018). "Following the decision to part ways with @zayrox28, we're happy to announce @MarkyB & @Mooseman95 joined our CoD squad They'll play with Malls & Wailers in the relegation #VforVictory @rsknxzu is still officially contracted to the team, more infos regarding him will come later https://t.co/BEFypqh8XX" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "CWL/2018 Season/Pro League/Stage 2". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ "Changes to #coLofDuty". 31 July 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ Liddicoat, Austin β» (April 7, 2018). "With that being said I'm wasting no time since we only have 6ish days. F/A" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Envy β» (April 12, 2018). "π£ Welcome Martin "Chino" Chino & Jacob "Decemate" Cato to #EnvyCOD! Both players will join @HukeFPS & @Classic and make their debut at #CWLSeattle. Give them each a follow - @MJCheen & @decemate https://t.co/ASXMyGZJJa" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "New Team Kaliber Call of Duty Roster". Retrieved April 10, 2018.
- ^ Ultra Methodz β» (April 8, 2018). "Restricted F/A. Best of luck to Rise and my former teammates" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "SlasheR Signs With Rise". Archived from the original on April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
- ^ Dylan β» (April 10, 2018). "To my knowledge I will no longer be on the tK competitive roster if and teams need 1 for seattle and stage 2 let me know :)" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Team Kaliber β» (May 7, 2018). "We're excited to announce our new roster! Please welcome @Enable to #TKCOD! He will be joining @KuavoKenny @f3rocitys & @AccuracyLA at Stage Two of the #CWLProLeague #tKAllDay https://t.co/XHuZiClDDr" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "eUnited Acquires FeLo, SiLLY Departs". Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ "Echo Fox signs Donovan "Temp" Laroda to Call of Duty roster". Archived from the original on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ "Welcome Formal to LG Call of Duty!". Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- ^ Call of Duty League β» (May 6, 2018). "ROSTER MOVE: @OpTicGaming have announced their new roster, as @Octane_ and @Methodz join @OpTic_Crimsix and @OpTic_Scumper! #CWLPS4 https://t.co/64ALaYVf7C" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Nordavind DNB β» (May 3, 2018). "We're excited to welcome @SkrapzG as our new fourth, We are looking forward to what our team can do for the rest of the season. #RESERVED #RRCOD https://t.co/SBp2Be8ukb" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Tommey β» (April 28, 2018). "Restricted F/A Took a few days off after the poor performance in Seattle before getting back on the grind. But I've been told that although nothing is final, it is only fair to allow me to look elsewhere. It is what it is. And we were very inconsistent as a team" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ MAD Lions LoL English β» (May 11, 2018). "COD roster update: @BsportJoshh is back. #OnTheHunt May 15. #CWLPS4 https://t.co/w9qiNfLZce" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Handley, Tom β» (April 6, 2018). "I've been released from @UNILADEsports First time I've been dropped since i started competing around 8 years ago. But we move on and forget about the past. There's a tone of stuff i would love to get off my chest but what goods that going to do? We go again ladies and gentlemen" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ UNILAD Esports β» (April 19, 2018). "Making his debut at @CODWorldLeague in Seattle, welcome to @UNILAD @Alexx1935! #WelcomeAlexx #LetsDoThis https://t.co/CE2Iff3QXJ" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "CWL Stage 2 Roster Movement Recap". Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ Nordavind DNB β» (May 3, 2018). "We would like to thank @BsportJoshh for everything he has done for us this year. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. #RESERVED https://t.co/USEDRZ1syL" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
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