The Call of Duty League’s Major III opened with chalk Thursday as all four top seeds won their opening-round games in Arlington, Texas.
The top-seeded Seattle Surge had the only close call, storming back for a 3-2 win over the No. 8 seed Los Angeles Guerrillas. The second-seeded Boston Breach swept the tournament host, OpTic Texas, while the fourth-seeded Atlanta FaZe swept the fifth-seeded Los Angeles Thieves and the No. 3 seed Toronto Ultra beat the No. 6 New York Subliners 3-1.
Major III includes all 12 Call of Duty League Teams and continues through Sunday. The losing sides in Thursday’s action dropped into the elimination bracket, where every round is do-or-die.
The Surge opened with a 250-194 win on Embassy Hardpoint before the Guerrillas answered with a 6-3 triumph on Embassy Search & Destroy and a 3-2 squeaker on Al Bagra Fortress Control. Seattle tied it by taking Al Bagra Fortress Hardpoint 250-89 and clinched the match with a 6-4 result on El Asilo Search & Destroy.
The Breach defeated OpTic in three close maps, winning 250-212 on Embassy Hardpoint, 6-5 on El Asilo Search & Destroy and 3-2 on Al Bagra Fortress Control.
The FaZe beat the Thieves 250-239 on Mercado Las Almas Hardpoint before blanking them the rest of the way — 6-0 on Embassy Search & Destroy and 3-0 on Breenbergh Hotel Control.
The Subliners squeaked out a 250-246 win over Toronto on Breenbergh Hotel Hardpoint before the Ultra took control, prevailing 6-3 on Al Bagra Fortress Search & Destroy, 3-1 on Breenbergh Hotel Control and 250-220 on Zarqwa Hydroelectric Hardpoint.
The tournament continues Friday with five matches in the elimination bracket:
–Los Angeles Guerrillas vs. Vegas Legion (Round 1)
–Los Angeles Thieves vs. Minnesota Rokkr (Round 1)
–OpTic Texas vs. London Royal Ravens (Round 1)
–New York Subliners vs. Florida Mutineers (Round 1)
–Guerrillas-Legion winner vs. Thieves-Rokkr winner (Round 2)
–Field Level Media