CWL Vegas: Five things we learned from day one of Pool Play
Day one of Pool Play at the $250,000 Call of Duty World League Open tournament in Las Vegas, CA, has now all wrapped up.
Day one of Pool Play was as tight and high intensity as advertised, as the 16 teams battled it out to determine who will have the upper hand going into day two.
Of course, most of the powerhouse teams expected to go deep into the tournament showed up big-time, none more so than OpTic Gaming, who went
However, it’s important to remember that Pool Play is not over, as four teams from the Open Bracket are set to join each of the four Pools, and a few upsets in day two could throw a wrench into everyone’s predictions.
That being said, here is everything we learned about the teams playing at CWL Vegas after the first day of Pool Play.
#1 – OpTic Gaming are unstoppable as ever
Still, many pessimists attributed their success to online Call of Duty, and expressed their doubts about OpTic’s ability on LAN after a dysmal WWII season.
Turns out OpTic are good after all, as they went a perfect 3-0 in their Pool with a near-flawless 9-1 map count, dropping only a single S&D map in their third match against Splyce.
#2 – What’s wrong with Red Reserve?
However, everything that could have gone wrong for the Europeans, has, as losses to Evil Geniuses, Luminosity Gaming, and UYU have virtually guaranteed that they’ll be starting in the Loser’s Bracket.
Can Red Reserve regain and still make a deep run in the tournament, yes – they proved that they could do it just last season. But putting themselves in a big hole is not a good look for a team that was supposed to challenge for first in their Pool.
#3 – eUnited mean business
#4 – Pool C is truly the Group of Death
Pool C is also the only group that does not have a team with a map winning percentage of over 60% or less than 38%, and the difference in map winning percentage between the first and last team is 20%, lowest of all the Pools.
#5 – Str8 Rippin prove they belong
SpaceLy and co. continue to prove that they belong with the big boys, and that their strong start to the season in the 2000 Series online tournaments was no fluke.
For full details about the $250,000 CWL Vegas event, including all day one scores, live Pool standings, upcoming schedules and brackets, and more, visit our dedicated CWL Vegas tournament hub.