NAMELESS Retires from Call of Duty WWII, Sets Sights on Content Creation
By Ford James ·
One of Call of Duty's longest serving players has retired from the game to focus on content creation, but says he may be back for Black Ops IIII.
Last week, we reported that Anthony ‘NAMELESS’ Wheeler had been released from his Evil Geniuses contract, and was a free agent, able to be picked up by any Call of Duty roster. He said himself at the time that he knew it was unlikely he’d be picked up by a team in the league and would likely have to resort to playing in the open bracket at MLG Anaheim, but yesterday he confirmed that he’d be hanging the controller up professionally, for at least the rest of WWII.
Announcement
— Anthony Wheeler (@NAMELESS) May 1, 2018
Read: https://t.co/9UmMibSRmE
In a TwitLonger that you can see above, he announced that he’s not going to be competing for the remainder of this game. He went on to say that he realises when most people retire from one game until the next, they struggle to to find their footing again and it means the end of their professional career as a whole, but he wants to return for Black Ops IIII if possible. He ends the announcement by saying that his sights are set on content creation for at least the rest of WWII.
Nameless made his debut behind the analyst desk at CWL Seattle and was well received, injecting his knowledge and experience after he was unable to compete. On the Reddit thread discussing this announcement, /u/godofshinobi8 makes an important point to remember: “True legend of the scene. Not quite the oldest pro but he's been around the longest, I hope we see even more of him now. No way this was an easy decision to make but I think it was the right one.” /u/UopuV7 echoed most people’s sentiments with his comment: “GIVE HIM A PERMANENT SEAT ON THE ANALYST DESK.”
That is going to sting for a while. I saw @MattMrX say something about enjoying video games again and he was spitting facts. I am actually enjoying games now that I don't have to scrim so there's a little bit of a silver lining.
— Anthony Wheeler (@NAMELESS) May 1, 2018
Nameless went on to say in a Twitter conversation with Joe ‘MerK’ DeLuca that one positive outcome he’s noticed is that he’s enjoying games a lot more now, after MerK said that he gets the urge to compete again after seeing and hearing crowd cheers during championship Sunday games.
Elsewhere in Call of Duty news, check out our post discussing how young is too young to compete in esports, and keep your eyes peeled over the next week or two for the outcome of the infamous RosterMania period.