❘ Published: 2023-05-03T19:43:23
❘ Updates: 2023-05-03T20:08:54
Warzone 2 characters in drop ship.
Activision allegedly postponed WSOW stage 1 EU and NA qualifying events due to crashes in the game. The announcement was used by community members to bring up a larger problem.
The 2023 World Series of Warzone suffered a major blow in what’s become a string of unfortunate mishaps. Activision delayed 2022 WSOW North American Qualifiers because of technical problems, while cheating allegations ruined other matches.
Activision began an investigation on April 20th, six days prior to the start of the 2023 WSOW. The company was investigating server problems that plagued Warzone 2. OpTicTeep of CoD asked Activision’s CoD legend how it could have run a $1,2 million tournament within a few short days with such unstable servers.
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Teep and other community members’ worst fears became a reality as server issues abruptly postponed Qualifiers matches.
Warzone 2 players want AI enemies removed
On May 3, Activision announced: “Unfortunatley, the WSOW Stage 1 EU and NA Qualifiers have been postponed. We are working on updates and will provide information to players shortly.”
Activision has not given a specific reason for the delay, but many players believe it is because AI enemies are crashing games. Warzone 2 streamer ModernWarzone claimed it was because “the servers kept crashing once AI and Strongholds spawned into the map.”
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The content creator added: “Embarrassing and makes myself and everyone else wonder if Warzone ranked is going to be dead on arrival.”
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Call of Duty just announced that the World Series of Warzone EU & NA qualifier matches have been postponed because servers crashed when AI and strongholds were spawned onto the map. It’s embarrassing and makes me and others wonder if Warzone rank is going to die on arrival.
— ModernWarzone (@ModernWarzone) May 3, 2023
Warzone Loadout The company provided additional context by claiming that the server was laggy and caused the first EU match to reset. When Strongholds launched, the second and subsequent games crashed.
Warzone Loadout has used this opportunity to address the issue. Warzone 2 players had long demanded the removal of the AI.
“Remove AI from the game, no one cares about them, and they seem to be the reason for terrible servers!”
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WZ2 YouTuberJGOD joked: “Guess Activision won the WSOW Stage 1 EU Qualifiers, killed all 150 Players”
We will provide an update when we learn more about what’s next for the WSOW.
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