Call of Duty Community Not Impressed by Leaked Esports Team Skins
By Nicholas Barth ·
The competitive Call of Duty community is not impressed by the design of the leaked esports team weapon skins that were discovered with the implementation of the latest patch for Call of Duty: WWII.
The latest major update to hit Call of Duty: WWII went live on Monday, June 26th, and players were able to begin discovering in-game weapon skins for various Call of Duty esports teams with many of them being teams currently competing in the Call of Duty World League or CWL.
With Call of Duty esports fans having been wanting Sledgehammer Games and Activision to add some form of in-game cosmetic items to represent the esports scene of Call of Duty: WWII since the title's release, it looks as though the developer and publisher have finally decided to create Call of Duty esports cosmetic items for WWII, albeit the addition of the skins with no official announcement pointing to the team skins being added into WWII accidentally with the latest update.
However, the community is not very pleased with the design of the WWII esports skins, as many individuals have taken to social media and reddit to voice how they believe that the designs of the WWII esports team weapon skins are of a lazy nature.
One of these individuals was Evil Geniuses player Patrick "Aches" Price. His strong opinion of the leaked skins made its way onto the official esports subreddit for the first person shooter franchise, and it was met with much agreement from other members of the community.
"It's crazy to think about, but even with all of the high tech illustrator software available, Microsoft Paint is at the forefront for weapon skin design. Truly a program ahead of its time," said Aches.
It’s crazy to think about but even with all the high tech illustrator software available, Microsoft Paint is at the forefront for weapon skin design. Truly a program ahead of its time.
— Patrick Price (@ACHES) June 26, 2018
While the introduction of weapon based cosmetic items for various teams of the professional Call of Duty scene is a welcomed site, many players believe that the decision to hold onto the overly labeled skins with team logos to the point of the current season of WWII when there is only two major events left was a very poor choice by Sledgehammer Games and Activision.
Only time will tell what the official plans by Sledgehammer Games and Activision for the leaked esports team skins for Call of Duty: WWII will be.
(cover photo courtesy of Nimble)