Irish esports organisation Cyclone have quit competitive Call of Duty, after saying their roster fell short at performing as a team.
The news comes after they took part in the Gfinity Call of Duty World League London invitational on the weekend.
Cyclone went 0-9 against Millenium, Orbit and Team 3G.
In a Twitlonger post, the org said: “This was not the performance we were expecting, LAN environment is completely different and unfortunately we didn’t show up.
“The team were always arguing with each other, which of course is not a good environment to be playing in.”
“We are no longer within the CoD scene. This team was formed with four French players, Staan, Muscova, Sayko & SlyZh. [They all had] amazing individual talent but when it came to performing well as a ‘team’ that’s what we lacked.
“There were arguments daily, the team were always arguing with each other, which of course is not a good environment to be playing in. The only reason they were still together for Gfinity was because they had no other choice.
“They all respect and appreciate each other but they’re not comfortable playing together any more and believe parting separate ways is the right choice.”
Cyclone said they have nothing but respect for the players and wish them all the best in future events.
Further reading: Player profile: Cyclone LoL jungler Liam “Demo” Milburn
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
