Competitive CoD reaches new heights with record-breaking CWL Las Vegas
MLGCall of Duty World League have revealed that the CWL Vegas Open Black Ops 4 event broke a number of different records.
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The event, which ran from December 7-9, marked the beginning of the competitive Black Ops 4 season and kicked off the year with a bang. 272 teams competed across three rooms at Vegas for a chance to taste glory. The shining light of the gruelling open bracket, Team Sween, finished second in a stacked Pool A on their way to claiming a 5-6th finish overall.
After a dreadful WW2 season and a great online start to Black Ops 4, OpTic Gaming claimed victory in Vegas without dropping a series and defeating eUnited in the Grand Finals by a 3-0 scoreline with over 200k viewers watching on.
OpTic Scump kicked off the year in dominant fashion.The tournament became the highest viewed CWL open event ever whilst having the most teams and largest field of competitors at a CWL event and double the social engagement for any CWL open event.
Issuing a thanks to fans on Twitter, the CWL tweeted: “Thank you for making CWL Las Vegas the biggest season-opening event in our history, and one of the biggest competitions ever in the Call of Duty World League. Congratulations to OpTic Gaming, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and all CWL Fans!”
Thank you. :yellow_heart:
Congrats to the #Greenwall, #BlackOps4, and all CWL fans. pic.twitter.com/ZBo08sI4eh
— Call of Duty World League (@CODWorldLeague) December 14, 2018
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However, with only six events outside the Pro League, chances to break further records going forward will be slim.
The roadmap for the Black Ops 4 season was laid out just prior to the start of the Vegas event, with MLG announcing a further three open tournaments – Fort Worth, the UK and the traditional Anaheim event – outside of the World League finals and Call of Duty Championships.
