Scump will retire from professional Call of Duty in 2023

Legendary Call of Duty player Seth “Scump” Abner announced that he will retire from the game following the 2023 season. 

One of the most popular CoD players and OpTic Gaming’s backbone, Scump declared that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II would mark his last professional season. Despite not entirely leaving the Call of Duty scene, the 27-year-old admitted that he only has a decent year left to compete professionally with full potential. As he retires from professional play, Scump plans to have more time to stream and upload YouTube videos. He admitted that it has been challenging to balance participating in the CDL and producing content.

“I’m not going to be completely leaving this space, obviously. I’m still going to be heavily involved in Call of Duty. It’s not like I’m just going to evaporate into thin air or anything.”

In a second video posted to Twitter, the 27-year-old provided further information about his choice to stop playing Call of Duty. Scump claimed that playing competitive Vanguard was mentally taxing for him and other competitive players. Abner undoubtedly suffered from the competitive aspect of the game, and Scump’s choice to resign was undoubtedly influenced by its mental strain. Moreover, he stressed that regardless of OpTic’s results in the upcoming season—whether they triumph or fail—he will be hanging up his skates.

However, Scump has great potential to put up one more valiant battle and leave the Call of Duty League on a brighter note as there is still one more season left. This will be Scump’s last year playing for OpTic Texas, so it will be interesting to see how he is treated by his teammates and organizations knowing that each game is closer to his end.

Scump will look for a perfect ending to its decorated career 

Currently playing for OpTic Texas, Scump is perhaps one of the most popular names in professional Call of Duty. Scump has amassed prize money of more than $1.1 million by winning 30 significant events including the CWL Championship 2017 and CWL Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs 2017. He even took home Call of Duty League 2022: Stage 1 Major in March, demonstrating that he still had the skills necessary to compete in the top-tier play.

More evidence that Scump is still a top-tier player came in 2021 when he took first place in the World Series of Warzone’s inaugural “SOLO YOLO” competition. In addition to being one of the most decorated players in CDL, Scump is also without a doubt one of the most popular esports competitors in the world with 2.64 million YouTube subscribers and 1.3 million Twitch followers.

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