Minnesota R?KKR Academy star player initially signed to Minnesota ROKKR as a substitute last July. The team’s new lineup consists of Fame, Marcus “Afro” Reid, Cameron “Cammy” McKilligan, and Ben “Bance” Bance.
Minnesota ROKKR ended their run in CDL Major 2 in third place; however, they had a significantly tougher time in Major 3. The team went 0-6 in the Qualifiers and Finals of the event, failing to win a single map against LA Thieves in the first round.
While most of the team’s fans recognized that some changes needed to be made, Attach’s substitution surprised most. For the past three years, the Minnesota ROKKR have built a team around the impressive player who became their face after the Black Ops Cold War.
Attach ended 2022 with the third-best KD in the league at 1.20 and secured a CDL All-Star second-team acknowledgment. The player showed he was not just impressive on paper when in 2015, at just 18, he became the youngest gamer to win a CoD World Championship.
Attach has consistently given impressive performances over the years and maintained the joint-highest K/D on his squad during Major 3. He still held the lead on kills per 10 minutes despite changing his playstyle to be slower.
Attach’s replacement, Fame enters the CDL lineup with the cumbersome task of trying to fill in the big shoes the famous player left and attempting to help Minnesota ROKKR get back on track. He will take over the flex role on the team while Cameron “Cammy” McKilligan takes up Attach’s previous position as the main AR.
Fame joined the Minnesota ROKKR academy roster early this year and has recorded his share of success. The player notably placed first in the Challengers Elite Stage 1 playoffs and second in both Boston Open and Texas Open.
In the announcement video, Minnesota R?KKR coaches Brian “Saintt” Baroska and Daniel “Loony” Loza explained their reason for benching Attach in favor of Fame. Saintt referred to the Academy player as an “incredible” gamer with a great mind for the game, prompting the decision.
The coach also said Fame would be a perfect addition to help the team do dirty work like block spawns and pick uphill time.
“There were times where everyone was trying to do too much on the map and I think with Kev, we are going to have a lot more freedom for players like Cam and Marcus to run around and do what they want,” Saintt said.
The Minnesota R?KKR currently holds the eighth spot in the CDL Point standing and is 20 points ahead of Vegas Legion, who is placed ninth. Only the top eight teams will be able to earn places in the CoD Champs when the year concludes, so every single match from now will be a decisive game to Minnesota R?KKR.
Loony stated that the team would decide if further changes were necessary to secure their qualification after their performance in the Home Series and CDL Stage 4.
Fame will debut with the main team on April 1 in their first qualifier game for Major Four.
]]>Attach is a Call of Duty esports player, filling the role of SMG player for the Minnesota ROKKR. The 25-year-old was part of the Denial eSports team that won the World Championship in 2015 and has been playing professionally since the age of 16. He joined ROKKR in September 2020 and has since stayed loyal to the team.
The US-born player took to social media platform Twitter to share his thoughts about how tasking the game is. In his tweet, he put esports above every other sport on the planet.
“Esports is the most physically and mentally demanding sport in the world.”
Esports is the most physically and mentally demanding sport in the world
— MN Attach (@Attach) April 10, 2022
For those on the outside, it might be difficult to agree with Attach, especially when they see NFL players go at each other like raging bulls every other night. However, every athlete’s perspective has to be respected.
ROKKR was one of the teams outside of the top eight in Stage 1 of the 2022 Call of Duty League season, automatically playing in the losers bracket of the first Major of the year. Regardless of their slow start, they managed to advance to Round 2 before getting eliminated by Los Angeles Thieves.
They finished eighth in the tournament and got rewarded with $10,000 out of the $500,00 prize pool for their efforts. Added to that were 10 Call of Duty League Championship points. Esports betting sites had Atlanta Faze as the overall favorites. Unfortunately, they could not overcome OpTic Texas, who defended their turf and went home with $200,000 and 65 CDL points.
In Stage 2 Major, ROKKR was a lot more disappointing, finishing outside the top eight and missing out on getting a piece of the prize pool. ROKKR still has some time to accumulate as many CDL points ahead of the CDL championship. The team’s next challenge will come in the Pro-Am Classic, scheduled to commence on May 5.
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