The COD Casuals

Welcome to episode #205 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we are coming off of the first CDL minor, and we have some thoughts and discussion about this event and its bigger meaning. With COD in a tough state, is this where effort should be focused towards with the CDL? We bring up the issues of the league’s infrastructure, and h...

Welcome to episode #204 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we address the serious issues that Call of Duty is currently going through. We believe this to be one of the worst times COD has ever gone through in its history, and we break down why this has continued to happen, what led to it happening, and what Activision can do abou...

Welcome to episode #203 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In the first episode 2025, we start off with our recap of one of our biggest grind times during Black Ops 6, with a full week of double XP. We have put in plenty of hours, and with COD being in a tough state at the moment, we share our experience with the game, and compare it to those who...

Welcome to episode #202 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In our final episode 0f 2024, we share our current feelings with Black Ops 6, and recent experiences as we draw to the end of the year, and lots of complaints have been surfacing. With this news, we cover our experiences with the game in its current state, as well as some personal “gaming...

Welcome to episode #201 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we have week 2 of the CDL in the books, and we won’t see anymore matches until their return in 2025. So far, we have been able to see what each team is looking like, and generally what the strong and weak teams currently are. Thankfully for us, the Boston Breach are off t...

Welcome to episode #200 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! Firstly, we want to thank you for your continued support, and helping us get all the way to 200 episodes! We start this episode off with our first week of the CDL in the books, and we are beyond excited, as the Boston Breach are off to a great start! We break down their games, and what ha...

Welcome to episode #199 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we continue our coverage of ranked play, and with new maps being added in with season 1 reloaded coming up, we are going to have some potential changes coming to ranked in the near future, and for the better. Our main topic today is surrounding the topic of if COD needs t...

Welcome to episode #198 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we cover our initial thoughts on ranked play in Black Ops 6, as it has been released earlier than it ever has in previous titles, and we have lots to say. Overall, the experience for us has been fantastic. We share our opinions on the state of ranked from our perspective,...

Welcome to episode #197 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we have season 1 of Black Ops 6 here! We have a few new maps at launch, as well as the anticipation of ranked play coming out. We share our thoughts on the content so far in season 1, as well as some of what is to come mid season with some remastered maps. In this season,...

Welcome to episode #196 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we give our comprehensive review on the Black Ops 6 campaign. We finished it, and now we’ve got lots to unpack regarding story, characters, and mission types. We have some new ideas that have come to this game, as well as some returning ideas from last year’s CODs, howeve...

Welcome to episode #195 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we have gotten our first week of double xp, as well as the return of the much anticipated Nuketown! We have been on the grind during the weekend, and give our take on how we feel Nuketown fits into this title, and if it lives up to the hype or not. Along with this new map...

Welcome to episode #194 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we give our thoughts on the return to round based zombies in Black Ops 6. We have two new maps to unpack and share what our first impressions are of having played these maps after a long time away from classic zombies. With this return, there are some familiar concepts th...

Welcome to episode #193 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! The wait is finally over, as Black Ops 6 has officially launched! We have been playing nonstop since its release, and are beyond excited to share our experience with the game so far. We cover our first impressions on all aspects of the game. From the maps, to the guns and prestige, we giv...

Welcome to episode #192 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! Our final review of MWIII is here! After months of putting in countless hours in all parts of the game, we give our comprehensive breakdown and review of this year's Call Of Duty. From the campaign, to zombies, and of course multiplayer and ranked, we cover each part of the game and discu...

Welcome to episode #191 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we come to our final talks on our hustle to the end of MWIII, as we prepare for our final review of MWIII for next week's episode! We also jump into some more developing CDL news as time goes on, and more teams options are now running low with big players locked down. We...

Welcome to episode #190 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we share our woes and struggles with closing out season 6 and MWIII altogether. We are in the final stretch of hitting the max level, and giving ourselves some much needed time to relax before starting up Black Ops 6. We are preparing for our end of year review with MWIII...

Welcome to episode #189 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we are in the midst of the final season of MWIII, and we have our updates regarding levels and what we have been given in season 6 regarding maps. We share our thoughts on hitting fatigue with the game as we draw to a close, as well as shifting towards some CDL news that...

Welcome to episode #188 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we have concluded our time with the Black Ops 6 beta, and are back on MWIII, as season 5 draws to a close and we are in the final season of the game. We haven’t given up on the game, and intend to hit the 1250 max level to put a stamp of finality on MWIII before our end g...

Welcome to episode #187 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we discuss our experience with the open beta, a full week after our first impressions from the early access beta. We get to see some new additions with a new level cap with more to unlock, new maps, modes, and some tweaks made along the way. We compare from what we played...

Welcome to episode #186 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we unpack everything from the early access beta food Black Ops 6. It is finally here, and we have lots to unpack on every aspect of the game. From the maps to the modes, guns and omnimovement, we share our thoughts on each of these, and give the pros and cons to both that...

Welcome to episode #185 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we are getting ready for the Black Ops 6 early access beta! The anticipation for this game has been at an all time high, and in recent years, this may be the most hyped COD we have seen. We have Call of Duty Next doing a showcase as well, so we hope to see more on what is...

Welcome to episode #184 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, the EWC has come to an end, and we have our first World Cup Champion in Call of Duty! We break down each day of the event, the matches, and ultimately how the event came to a conclusion. There were some big upsets amongst the top 4 teams from CDL Champs, as well as some t...

Welcome to episode #183 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we have lots of news to unpack regarding Black Ops 6 zombies, with major details as to what we will see at launch, including two maps, weapons, abilities, and more. We have some big changes coming to zombies for this year, and we are very excited to see how these changes...

Welcome to episode #182 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, we have some major leaks from Black Ops 6, and these honestly came out of nowhere. We have leaks every year from Call of Duty, however this one was extensive, as we got multiple maps confirmed, a first hand look at omni-movement, as well as a variety of weapons confirmed....

Welcome to episode #181 of The COD Casuals, where we discuss all things Call of Duty, casual and professional! In this episode, there is a lot to cover. Firstly, we share our initial thoughts on season 5 of MWIII, focusing on the maps and overall direction with the seasons, as we only have one more until we get Black Ops 6. With this new season, there were some issues regarding the Ricochet anti-c...