For the past six months, the 12 teams who comprise the Call of Duty League have waged virtual war against each other in attempts to earn prize money, respect, and, most importantly of all, a spot at the end-of-year event that has annually changed the lives and careers of the winners.
After a regular season filled with player and fan complaints, most of which centered on the league’s online-heavy format and the existence of Vanguard, the wildly unpopular game teams have been forced to compete on this year, the third iteration of the CDL Championship is quickly approaching. The event colloquially known as Champs will be back in Southern California for the second time since the CDL launched before the 2020 season and the seventh time since Activision decided to support an annual, million-dollar event starting in 2013.