But going into Champs, how important is that winners' bracket spot compared to starting in losers?Ĭlassic: Oh it's completely different. I feel like those two game modes are what we’re focused on right now moving into champs.ĮSTNN: Losers bracket runs aren't impossible, we’ve seen them before such as nV in COD Ghosts Champs where they lost in round one and went all the way through losers before eventually falling in the Grand Finals. Here I feel like we’ve improved a lot, even over the last week. We’re pretty good at Hardpoint which we’ve got locked down but sometimes in Dom, we would make mistakes and throw it away, the same in SnD.
After falling short in two semi-finals earlier in the year, what changes have you made to ensure that you can get past that semi-final barrier and win your first CDL Home Series this weekend?ĬleanX: I feel like we’ve definitely focused a lot on our Domination and our SnD which were our biggest disadvantages in a series. Depending on other results, if you make a good run this tournament you could overtake Paris for that final winners round one spot. You currently sit with 70 CDL points so this is a massive event for you. The Road to FinalsĮSTNN: Finally, we’ll talk a bit about the end of year championships. I think it creates healthy competition and I know I have to bring my best every time I’m out there or else I could be replaced. We don't really play them in SnD daily or anything, but I certainly feel like they've helped us with smaller things such as spots we need to be wary of and nades.ĮSTNN: Do you also feel like there is more pressure on you to perform knowing that there is always someone who could take your spot at any time?Ĭlassic: I think it's good. We’ll sometimes talk to them about strats, I know some of them have given us strats and spots to use. We’ve seen you play SnD very well at times, do you think that is due to having your 10 man roster and a second-team that you can scrim regularly?ĬleanX: We don't really scrim the second team that much in SnD. It was the plan that we had to play from there but with all this going on we won't be.ĮSTNN: With a 10 man roster you have the biggest team in the league. We started at the beginning of the league playing from there, but once COVID hit we had to move back.ĬleanX: We have a facility but we haven't used it. But, that's just how it is in the current situation I guess.ĮSTNN: With the pandemic, everyone is playing from home, are you playing from your own apartment or are you going into a facility to play?Ĭlassic: We all play from our own apartments, so we all have Bell fiber 1000/1000 so we have some of the best internet here. I definitely would’ve wanted it to be live and in front of all the Toronto fans coming there to watch us play. Will it feel any different knowing that this would've been your Home Series and you would've had all of Toronto coming out to support you?ĬleanX: It definitely feels like we’re missing out on a big event. But we can switch up, Ben (Bance) can run a flex so an AR or a Sub.ĮSTNN: You’ve played multiple online Home Series now and this is the last one of the season. But it’s good we have Cammy as a strong AR to help us in this meta at least. I think on Cave we’re running three to four AR’s at times so it all depends on the map. I, Classic, and Bance are all aggressive subs, so I feel like we’ve benefited from this more aggressive meta.ĮSTNN: We’ve seen lots of teams running both 3 and 2 AR’s recently, will you be using a 2 AR meta yourselves?Ĭlassic: Honestly, it all depends on the map. We have three aggressive players and we also have Cammy as that aggressive AR so we've benefited a lot from it. ESTNN caught up with CleanX and Classic as they near the end of the 2020 CDL season.Īhead of Toronto’s very own Call of Duty League Home Series, we got to speak with Tobias ‘CleanX’ Jønsson and Nicholas ‘Classic’ DiCostanzo about the new meta, their 10 man roster and preparations for Call of Duty League Championships.ĮSTNN: How will the re-addition of 10mm rounds affect the team this weekend?ĬleanX: I think we’ve improved.