Chadsmoor Wanderers Esports Team

Chadsmoor Wanderers Esports Team2 is the official Call of Duty League franchise team of London, England. It is owned and operated by ReKTGlobal.

History[edit]

Modern Warfare[edit]

The franchise was officially announced on September 13, 2019. Over the next few days, the team announced their initial coaching staff of Dominate, ShAnE, and Joee. On September 17, they announced not only their first player signing but also the first player signing in the history of the franchise league, wuskin. wuskin's brother, Skrapz, and Dylan joined the team on September 20. Irish SMG Jurd joined as the first non-Britsh player on September 28. A day later, the organization became the second franchise team to complete it's starting roster, with Rated joining as their 5th. On October 15, the team became the first Call of Duty League team to reveal their official name and branding, the London Royal Ravens. Seany joined as substitute on November 3 followed by MadCat on November 7. On January 23, 2020, the Royal Ravens announced their academy team, Royal Ravens Academy, with MadCat and Seany joined by Weeman, Nolson, and Defrag.

At Launch Weekend, the Royal Ravens dominated New York Subliners only to get dominated in return by Paris Legion. Going into their homestand, the team had questions marks but were expected to perform in front of their legendary English crowd. The crowd delivered, but the Royal Ravens did not as they were eliminated by Dallas Empire in the semifinals after winning their group. In Week 3, London beat Florida but then lost Atlanta and then again in their Mutineers rematch to finish Top 6. Nastie had joined to replace Rated but moved to the bench due to not being able to stay in the United States. Seany then joined the starting lineup. After an extended break due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, London returned in Week 6 for their first matches in just over two months. Atlanta FaZe and Chicago Huntsmen were the Ravens two matches and both ended with loses and a last place finish in the Chicago home series.

In Week 7, the Royal Ravens defeated OpTic Gaming Los Angeles in round 1, then essentially forfeited map one of their Qualifier series against Atlanta FaZe when the London players stopped playing map 1 before it began because Skrapz was not at his setup when the map began. The Ravens went down over 100 points before beginning to actually play. They lost the series 3-1 and then fell 3-0 in their rematch against OGLA. Leading up to Week 8, Jurd was moved to the bench and replaced by former New York Subliners substitute Zer0. They reached the grand finals of the event, beating the Subliners and both LA teams before falling to Chicago 3-1. The Royal Ravens fell twice to Dallas Empire in Week 10 and failed to advance out of the group stage and repeated a similar result in Week 11 with another group stage exit. The Royal Ravens ended their season in Week 12. They beat Seattle Surge and Florida Mutineers to make it to the bracket stage again before falling to Paris Legion 3-2 in the semifinals. London finished the season with the 6th seed with 120 CDL Points.

London started the Call of Duty League Championship 2020 in Winners Round 1 where they lost to Toronto Ultra 1-3. They then went on a three match winning streak by eliminating Paris Legion, New York Subliners, and Toronto Ultra before losing to Chicago Huntsmen in Losers Round 5. They finished the event in fourth place.

Black Ops Cold War[edit]

Jurd was the first player to leave the team on September 1 with wuskin also leaving days later. Skrapz, Dylan, Zer0, Rated, MadCat, and Nastie were all released in the following week, with Seany the only remaining player. On October 29, the 2021 roster was announced with Dylan and Zer0 rejoining alongside Alexx. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Zer0 was forced to play the Kickoff Classic from the United Kingdom. Parasite joined as a temporary substitute for him on February 9.