Adam Apicella

Founder @Esportseng; Founding Employee @MLG; VP, @Activision @Blizzard_Ent; ‘22 Production Exec of the Year ‘21 Esports HOF Inductee

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@CiaranAim 64 teams isn’t large scale. We do 96 today. I’m talking 256+

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

There is a reason CS hasn’t done large scale opens since CPL days in the early 2000s

[Giovanni @GioDude30]

@MrAdamAp @Methodz I am simply curious how Counter-Strike manage this? They appear to maintain many accessible PCs and large tournaments , so why does CoD fail to do the same?

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@PenneSeth Ofc it’s doable. We can do it tomorrow. But it’s exponentially more expensive and there are deeper logistics than you are even scraping

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

I’m talking about 500 simultaneous PCs across 32 plus stations of competition with 256-512+ teams

This is a different beast.

[Pasta Boy @PenneSeth]

@MrAdamAp Or you should take a note from apex’s page book,
Should be on pc, even let mnk compete (idk if you do now, cod is dead lol)

I’m sorry but if your IT tech team can’t standardize 8-12 pcs and keep them from causing issues, prolly should hire new IT

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@MarkyB I’m mainly focused on LAM with my points for now

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

I personally disagree. As long as the field of play within each competition is standardized then competitive integrity is fine

If you compete in challengers: console

If you make it to Pro: PC

Just my opinion

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@H3CZ ❤️👊

Console would make things so easy

Less money for gear…and PC components are so hard to get

Less space to ship on trucks

Less electricity at events

Cheaper admins as they don’t need to know IT

And online being on console would eliminate cheating

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@PowerhouseJ7 @Permish_ @Methodz Not what I said

I said we are hard capped due to the scalability of PCs. Not that there are more console players (which there are…). This is about to logistically scale the open inventory

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

Out of curiosity for the COD audience, how non negotiable are PCs for open bracket?

If we could go back to days of 256+ teams in open, is console acceptable for challengers LANs? It would dramatically increase opportunity and attendance, just simply more scalable than PC

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@BenJNissim I would hope so

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@Methodz But wasn’t what made cod special having a massive LAN path to pro? What if that isn’t achievable on LAN on PC?

Maybe we don’t want that anymore.

Honestly curious to get feedback

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@Methodz It’s a $500 console vs a $4000 PC that is TOUGH to get at scale

And they require triple the electric at scale

You also need tech admins to deal with issues vs just refs

Just across the board harder to scale a large event

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

We sell out 96 easily

[DilPickle @DilPickIe]

@MrAdamAp As amazing as that sounds, what makes you think people will attend events just because they are playing on a console? Challengers provides PCs now and can't fill all team spots at most events. I do think console can help though.

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

I want to build the biggest COD events we can so exploring all options and wanted to see what thoughts were

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@RoscoColtrane7 That venue is too big

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

Wait for our next 2027 DH announcement :)

Banger.

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@AmericanAir @JonCurran5 Yes it was known at the time. You just collected his $290 knowing it was delayed already. Ridiculous.

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@lhfaria 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@lhfaria @gustavosacy @tck10_ @sofiaespanha Get their a** ,Leo !

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@xNkiri @DreamHack @CoDdiscussion Wrong guy! I’m not bald :)

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

Also, we are putting @DreamHack Birmingham CDL tickets up for sale #soon. We have substantially increased ticket quantity over our first CDL Birmingham, but based on the previous sales pace, these tickets will go FAST

Details oon.

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

@dtsay56 👊👊👊👊

[Adam Apicella @MrAdamAp]

Sad day to see @dtsay56 depart from CDL

It is easy to judge decisions from afar with a fraction of the info. As someone that has been on the inside & works closely today with the CDL team: That job is HARD. There is way more going on than you realize and Daniel will be missed.