Vast Esports Acquire Theory's New Roster for CWL Seattle

Last week, Dylan ‘Theory’ McGee was dropped from the Team Kaliber roster; a surprising move given that he’d represented the organisation since its inception way back in 2013. Many assumed he’d have to miss out on competing at CWL Seattle as a result, but a few days ago he announced via Twitter that he’d be teaming with Jared ‘Nagafen’ Harrell, Chance ‘Maux’ Moncivaez, and Nicholas ‘Proto’ Maldonado and that they’d secured the first seed in open bracket play. Many teams responded, asking Theory to open his DMs so they could offer support and funding, but Vast Esports were the ones who secured the roster to represent them at the upcoming event.

Everyone give a warm welcome to our new CoD roster for CWL Seattle @Theory_tK @Nagafen @ChanceMaux and @Proto626 #BeVast pic.twitter.com/xvBeRli4py

— Vast eSports™ (@Vast_eSports) April 18, 2018

Vast Esports are a relatively new organisation to the scene, having just one roster in the past; Swarley, NauX, Evasion and Cells who represented them during CWL Birmingham a few weeks ago, but only managed to secure a top 24 placement. They were subsequently dropped from the brand, and Vast Esports management will have higher hopes for this new squad, consisting of players coming from Team Kaliber, CompLexity Gaming, Lightning Pandas and Ghost Gaming respectively.

In the Reddit thread discussing the news, /u/For_The_Watch made the valid point that this could be the make or break event for most of these players during Call of Duty: WWII and that the year is on the line for them. /u/TinkleFairyOC on the other hand explains that it looks like an unconventional lineup due to their usual roles, and that Nagafen or Proto will probably assume the flex role. They’re undoubtedly a strong squad and will likely have little problem progressing through the open bracket, but when they get to pool play and compete against the top teams is when we’ll see if they can really hang with the best.

In other Call of Duty news, it’s been heavily rumoured that Black Ops IIII, the next instalment to the franchise, will incorporate a battle royale mode after the success of titles like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and they’re leaving the campaign by the wayside to focus on the multiplayer aspects.