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Call Of Duty Championships
The Call of Duty Championship is an annual ''Call of Duty'' tournament held at the end of each competitive season to determine the year's World Champion. To determine qualification, teams must qualify through events before the World Championship. Players must be at least 18 years of age as of the beginning of the tournament in order to participate. History The inaugural tournament was first held in 2013 on '' Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' for the Xbox 360 and was won by Fariko Impact. In 2014, playing '' Call of Duty: Ghosts'', Complexity Gaming won the $400,000 championship prize. The 2015 iteration of the event was won by Denial eSports with team consisting of Chris "Replays" Crowder, Dillon "Attach" Price, James "Clayster" Eubanks, and Jordan "JKap" Kaplan. The 2016 iteration occurred 2–4 September 2016, unlike previous ones held in the spring, with a two million dollar prize pool. It was announced on June 8, 2016, that the championship will take place along with Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of Duty
''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter video game Media franchise, franchise published by Activision. Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II. Over time, the series has seen games set in the midst of the Cold War, futuristic worlds, and the modern day. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then also by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games. Several spin-off and handheld games were made by other developers. The most recent title, ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022 video game), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II'', was released on October 28, 2022. The series originally focused on the World War II setting, with Infinity Ward developing the Call of Duty (video game), first (2003) and Call of Duty 2, second (2005) titles in the series and Treyarch developing the Call of Duty 3, third (2006). ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' (2007) introduced a new, modern setting, and proved to be the breakthrough title for the series, creating the ''Modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood, California
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures, are located near or in Hollywood. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It was consolidated with the city of Los Angeles in 1910. Soon thereafter a prominent film industry emerged, having developed first on the East Coast. Eventually it became the most recognizable in the world. History Initial development H.J. Whitley, a real estate developer, arranged to buy the E.C. Hurd ranch. They agreed on a price and shook hands on the deal. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'', and Ivar Weid, a prominent businessman in the area. Daeida Wilcox, who donated land to help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advanced Warfare
''Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare'' is a 2014 first-person shooter video game published by Activision. The eleventh major installment in the ''Call of Duty'' series, the game was developed by Sledgehammer Games for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One, while High Moon Studios developed the versions released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and Raven Software developed the game's multiplayer and the Exo-Zombies mode. ''Advanced Warfare'' was the first ''Call of Duty'' title to be developed primarily by Sledgehammer, following the supporting work the studio did on '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'' alongside Infinity Ward in 2011. Though the game was released on November 4, 2014, a special edition entitled the ''Day Zero Edition'', which came with bonus in-game content, was released on November 3 for people who pre-ordered the game. Before the development of ''Advanced Warfare'', Sledgehammer were originally working on a game set during the events of the Vietnam War. Devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayster
James Clayton Eubanks, better known as Clayster or Clay, is an American professional ''Call of Duty'' player for the Las Vegas Legion. Early life Eubanks is from Winchester, Virginia, and attended West Virginia University. Career Eubanks was the Major League Gaming (MLG) X Games 2014 gold medalist, playing with OpTic Gaming, and MVP of the Call of Duty Championship 2015, playing with Denial eSports. Eubanks went 1,400 days without a major win, until he and the squad won the finals of the 2019 CWL Pro League to clinch the 2019 league championship and end the drought. He also played for RoughNeX, Thrust Nation, UNiTE Gaming, compLexity Gaming, Team Kaliber, OpTic Gaming, Team EnVyUs, Denial eSports, FaZe Clan FaZe Clan (formerly FaZe Sniping) is a professional eSports, esports and entertainment organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA. Founded on May 30, 2010, the organization has players from around the world, across multiple game ..., and . Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Convention Center
The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in the southwest section of downtown Los Angeles. It hosts multiple annual conventions and has often been used as a filming location in TV shows and movies. History The convention center, designed by architect Charles Luckman, opened in 1971 and expanded in 1981, 1993 and 1997. It was originally built as a rectangular building, between Pico Boulevard and 11th Street (now Chick Hearn Ct.) on Figueroa Street. The northeast portion of the center was demolished in 1997 to make way for the Staples Center. The Convention Center Annex of green glass and white steel frames, mainly on the south side of Pico, was designed by architect James Ingo Freed. The area in front of the convention center is known as the Gilbert W. Lindsay, Gilbert Lindsay Plaza, named for the late councilman who represented the Downtown area of Los Angeles for several years. A -high monument honoring "The Emperor of the Great 9th District" was unveiled in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of Duty Championship 2014
The Call of Duty Championship 2014 was a '' Call of Duty: Ghosts'' tournament that occurred on March 28–30, 2014. It was the second annual iteration of the event. Qualifying took place through online tournaments and live regional finals that ran from late February and early March in Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. compLexity Gaming won the tournament with a roster of Patrick "ACHES" Price, TeePee, Crimsix, Damon "Karma" Barlow after beating Team EnVyUs, MerK, Rambo, NameLeSs, StuDyy, 3–0 in the finals. Those two teams and also third place OpTic Gaming received invitations to the ''Call of Duty'' tournament at the X Games Austin 2015. The tournament was livestreamed online on MLG.tv Major League Gaming Corp. (MLG) is a professional esports organization. MLG is headquartered in New York City, New York and was founded in 2002 by Sundance DiGiovanni and Mike Sepso. MLG has held official video game tournaments throughout th .... Placings Top 8 References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACHES
Patrick Price (born July 18, 1994) known by his video game moniker ACHES, is an American professional esports player. Price is best known for playing '' Call of Duty''. Career Price won the Call of Duty Championship 2014 with compLexity Gaming and the Call of Duty Championship 2018 with Evil Geniuses, making him one of only nine players to have won two or more Call of Duty Championships. Price was suspended from MLG events for "repeated harassment" and prohibited from attending four games of the Call of Duty Pro League starting on August 6, and from participating in the July 27 ''MLG 2K Tournament''. Price officially retired from competitive Call of Duty on January 27, 2022. Along with his retirement, he announced that he was consulting with a studio for a new AAA video game, in addition to joining two Call of Duty League-based series, The Flank and Dexerto's Reverse Sweep. On March 2, 2022, Price announced that he had joined the Ubisoft San Francisco Studio to work on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CompLexity Gaming
Complexity Gaming, formerly stylized as compLexity, is an American esports franchise headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The franchise was founded in 2003 by Jason Lake and is co-owned by Lake, real estate investor John Goff, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Complexity operates out of the Legion by Lenovo Esports Center, an esports training facility in The Star. The franchise competes in ''Apex Legends'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''FIFA'', ''Fortnite'', '' Hearthstone'', '' Madden'', '' Magic: The Gathering Arena'', ''Rocket League'', and ''Valorant''. Complexity formerly competed in several other games, including ''Call of Duty'', ''Dota 2'', ''Heroes of the Storm'', and ''League of Legends''. In addition to competitive teams, Complexity also streams gaming sessions over Twitch. Complexity formerly maintained Limit (stylized as Complexity Limit), a ''World of Warcraft'' guild, until the end of their sponsorship deal with the guild in early 2022. Founding and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NaDeSHoT
Matthew Haag (born August 3, 1992), better known as Nadeshot (formerly stylized as NaDeSHoT), is an American former professional ''Call of Duty'' player, and current founder, co-owner and CEO of 100 Thieves. As a professional Call of Duty player, Haag was a former captain of OpTic Gaming in the 2014 '' Call of Duty: Ghosts'' season and the 2014–2015 '' Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare'' season, playing the objective support role. Haag is a Major League Gaming (MLG) X Games 2014 gold medalist and 2011 '' Call of Duty XP'' World Champion, winning Best eSports player at The Game Awards 2014. He is a former Red Bull esports athlete and participates in the Twitch streaming program. Haag was previously sponsored by several gaming hardware companies, including Astro Gaming and Scuf Gaming. He also runs a YouTube channel with over 3.2 million subscribers and over 270 hours of content. Early life Haag was born on August 3, 1992, to Jeff and Chris Haag. He has a brother and sister. Haa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scump
Seth Abner (born June 30, 1995), also known as scump or scumperjumper, is a former American professional ''Call of Duty'' player who last played for the Call of Duty League team OpTic Texas. Abner is a two time Major League Gaming (MLG) X Games gold medalist. During the first ever Esports Awards in 2016, Scump won the Esports Console Player of the Year award. In August 2017, Scump achieved his first ever Call of Duty World Championship. Abner is sponsored by several gaming hardware companies, including Turtle Beach and Scuf Gaming. As of December 15, 2018, Scump has more than $600,000 from tournament winnings, of which $261,250 was won in '' Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare''. He also runs a YouTube channel that currently has obtained over 2.6 million subscribers and over 590 million channel views as of January 24, 2021. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest Call of Duty players of all time. In March 2021, Scump became the first Esport athlete to be sponsored by Oak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
