CDL Major III Map Pool Drops — And the Pros Are Already Boycotting It

The CDL Intel account dropped the Major III map pool breakdown earlier today, and the competitive Call of Duty world did not receive it quietly. For Hardpoint, Sake, Cliff Town, and Gridlock are being added while Exposure and Blackheart are removed. On the Search & Destroy side, Plaza, Gridlock, and Fringe are coming in, while Exposure and Colossus are out.

On paper, it reads like a reasonable refresh headed into the third Major of the Black Ops 7 season. In practice? It's a five-alarm fire.

High-profile pros like Simp, 04, Envoy, and Ghosty all took to the replies with emojis and gifs making their displeasure crystal clear. The sharpest point of pain has been Cliff Town — the Black Ops 7 remake of Yemen from the Black Ops 2 era. According to Carolina Royal Ravens coach Saintt, pro teams have reportedly been flat-out refusing to scrim the map entirely, staging a de facto boycott of it in practice sessions.