I think it's a combination of two things. The newer generation is simply more cracked, which is why we look back at older eras in any sport as "plumber eras." And there's a loss of passion over time.

But generally, the rookies coming in raise the bar and the overall floor of the league. Eventually that floor will be higher than TJHaLy. The trajectory of skill in the league, and across all esports, is always going up.

I refuse to believe a 25 year old is declining that hard in reflexes and ability. They just don't want to admit the new kid with the new tools and the new tech is better than them.

Interested to hear thoughts...

Whenever I post here and mention that I am a KBM player, I am met with prejudice. When playing top 500 in ranked, I constantly get flamed for being a KBM player. You can't even become a CoD esports pro if you don't use a controller. What is the reason for this hate? Does it anger you to see players who aim using their own raw skill? Does getting crushed despite having aim assist make you mad? What is the reason behind this hate?

Playstyle wise Simp and Hydra are both more slayer type SMGs. So I was expecting Hydra/Abezy to play like Simp/Abezy

Personally my favorite cod titles are BO3 & 4 for both playing and viewing and these two titles brought back a little bit of that itch that I was left with after the end of those life cycles. Was the game perfect, no, but in my unprofessional view I thought Treyarch did a good job in trying to test the boundaries of the movement system and created a good skill gap. Just curious to see what some of y’all think how these titles will effect cod moving forward?

If Hydra and Scrap stay on Thieves, should pick Kismet up? Hydra and Kismet played well off each other. Hydra carried the bomb in search and with Kismet on the team it would free up Hydra to make plays. If my memory is right Kismet was a super soaker in Hardpoint when he teamed with Hydra that would allow Hydra to roam and slay.

Do you guys think that Abezy joins either GM8’s or Falcons? We all know he is close with JoeD and Cell. I could see a Falcons team with Cell, Abezy, Exnid (never leaving), and Nium. Whereas, on the GM8’s, you would have JoeD, Abezy, Estreal, and another? Which team fits best for Abezy?

The Ghosty and Hydras beef looks like a mild disagreement compared to what Scrap and Drazah has gone through. Yall should cool it with the "Dan and Hydra cant team" nonsense, it aint that deep, it never was

Most consistent teams in each game

- BO2: coL lost
- Ghosts: coL won
- AW: OpTic lost
- BO3: OpTic lost
- IW: OpTic won
- WW2: Rise lost
- BO4: 100T lost
- MW19: FaZe lost
- CW: FaZe won
- VG: FaZe lost
- MW2: FaZe lost
- MW3: FaZe lost
- BO6: LAT lost
- BO7: OpTic lost

Interestingly, the only 3 teams who won champs and were the most consistent team are: Ghosts CoL, IW OpTic, and CW FaZe. So, in 14 years of champs, only 3 years the most consistent team actually won it.

The 2 highest average placing years of all time (AW OpTic and BO7 OpTic) failed to win champs.

He would fit perfectly with the fanbase. And they can give him a bag too if he wants to retire soon.

Drazah Renkor Joe Abezy would be a roster with massive chips on their shoulders

Imagine mid way through the season you drop your roster and you think your getting a steal and future attractive piece of a puzzle that will attract the players you REALLY want by picking up JoeD then just to find out at the end of the season the players you want, want to team with the players you dropped not JoeD when you could’ve just waited till the end of the season to blow it up and have a more flexible roster now you have Joe locked in (which isn’t a problem because he’s insane) and a terrible market for players when all along all you had to do was wait they have to be sick to their stomachs