Ego Chall: A Call of Duty Esports Podcast

On the 246th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers preview the final Major of the 2026 Call of Duty League (CDL) season, and the guys also discuss the final week of online CoD.

On the 245th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the final week of online matches in the 2026 Call of Duty League (CDL) season, and the guys also make adjustments to their power rankings.

On the 244th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 4, Week 2 matches, including OpTic Texas' 0-2 week, FaZe Vegas suffering another loss, and much more.

On the 243rd episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Call of Duty League (CDL) MVP, All-Star, and Rookie of the Year races, and the guys also preview the next week of CDL matches.

On the 242nd episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss Call of Duty League (CDL) Minor 2, including the Los Angeles Thieves' championship victory, another OpTic Texas finals loss, the debut of JoeDeceives for the Paris Gentle Mates, and much more.

On the 241st episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the one of the greatest nights of Call of Duty League (CDL) RosterMania and in CoD Twitter history, including the beef between Neptune and Envoy, as well as the rumored Toronto KOI, Paris Gentle Mates, and Miami Heretics changes involving JoeDeceives, Neptune, Sib, ReaaL, Traixx, and more.

On the 240th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the first week of the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 4 qualifiers, including a "disgraceful" performance from Toronto KOI, the Los Angeles Thieves beating FaZe Vegas, OpTic Texas sweeping through the week, and much more.

On the 239th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the reveal of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (MW4), Estreal signing with the Paris Gentle Mates, Wevy's controversial signing with Cloud9 New York, and much more.

On the 238th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the ongoing Call of Duty League (CDL) RosterMania, including reported, rumored, and confirmed roster changes by the Paris Gentle Mates, G2 Minnesota, Vancouver Surge, Carolina Royal Ravens, and Cloud9 New York.

On the 237th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers continue to discuss the fallout of Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 3, including the Riyadh Falcons making a decent run, G2 Minnesota and Miami Heretics continuing to disappoint, and the guys also discuss whether Nium or Kips is the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year.

On the 236th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 3, including the Los Angeles Thieves' championship win, another OpTic Texas grand finals loss, Atlanta FaZe and the Paris Gentle Mates bowing out earlier, Toronto KOI's run, and much more.

On the 235th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers break down the final week of the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 3 qualifier matches, including the Los Angeles Thieves and Paris Gentle Mates' awful performances, and the guys also preview CDL Major 3.

On the 234th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the final week of the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 3 qualifier matches, ZooMaa's attempts to buy a CDL franchise spot, Scump's thoughts on the state of CoD, and much more.

On the 233rd episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss Spacestation passing on a Call of Duty League (CDL) spot, and the guys break down the Major 3 qualifier matches, including OpTic Texas and LA Thieves improving to 3-0 and FaZe Vegas and Miami Heretics having an up-and-down week.

On the 231st episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers break down Daniel Tsay's conversation on The Flank about many topics in the Call of Duty League (CDL), and the guys give their predictions for CDL Major 3, Week 2 qualifiers.

On the 231st episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers break down the first Call of Duty League (CDL) Minor of the 2026 season, including the Los Angeles Thieves' finals victory vs. the Miami Heretics, OpTic Texas and FaZe Vegas' eliminations in the semifinals, and more.

On the 230th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the first Call of Duty League (CDL) Minor of the 2026 season, including the chances for OpTic Texas, Major 2 champion FaZe Vegas, Major 1 champion Paris Gentle Mates, the Los Angeles Thieves, and more.

On the 229th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 3, Week 1 qualifiers, including the Vancouver Surge's 2-0 performance, the Riyadh Falcons' struggles, the Carolina Royal Ravens reportedly not paying a buyout for Fire, and much more.

On the 228th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Call of Duty League (CDL) teams GA'ing Cliff Town after it was added to the map pool, ReeaL joining the Miami Heretics, Fire joining the Carolina Royal Ravens, and much more.

On the 227th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss Kenny reportedly drawing interest from multiple Call of Duty League (CDL) teams, ReeaL potentially replacing Traixx on the Miami Heretics, and much more.

On the 226th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Carolina Royal Ravens releasing Nero, the Vancouver Surge releasing Capsidal, the Call of Duty League (CDL) map pool reportedly increasing, a CDL team reportedly interested in selling its spot for millions, and much more.

On the 225th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the changes to Overload in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (BO7), OMiT reportedly taking over the day-to-day operations of the Boston Breach, and more.

On the 224th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss FaZe Vegas winning Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 2, OpTic Texas's run, and much more.

**SORRY FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES**On the 223rd episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 2, including their predictions.

On the 222nd episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the final week of Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 2 qualifier matches, including OpTic Texas's first loss, the Paris Gentle Mates' 0-2 showing, and much more.

On the 221st episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the last week of Call of Duty League (CDL) matches, including OpTic Texas clinching the first seed for Major 2, the Miami Heretics' winning streak, Sib hitting back at critics after the Paris Gentle Mates' recent losses, and much more.

On the 220th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the upcoming week of Call of Duty League (CDL) matches, including Paris Gentle Mates' critical pair of matches, and the guys also discuss OpTic Texas testing maps, a Yemen remake being added to Black Ops 7 (BO7), and much more.

On the 219th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the latest week of Call of Duty League (CDL) matches, including OpTic Texas continuing to win, the Paris Gentle Mates continuing to lose, and much more.

On the 218th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Capsidal signing with the Vancouver Surge, Activision shutting down leaker GhostOfHope, OpTic's 'Biggest News' declaration, and the upcoming week of Call of Duty League (CDL) matches.

On the 217th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the horrible weeks for the Paris Gentle Mates and FaZe Vegas, OpTic Texas's win vs. the LA Thieves, and much more.

On the 216th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Boston Breach making a roster change after a poor start to the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 2 qualifiers, OpTic Texas's Shotzzy saying he doesn't want to scrim Cloud9 New York anymore, the upcoming CDL matches, and much more.

*Sorry for any technical difficulties*On the 215th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Boston Breach and Carolina Royal Ravens' 0-2 week, the Los Angeles Thieves and OpTic Texas' 4-0 starts, Daniel Tsay commenting on a Call of Duty League (CDL) Major winners bracket advantage, and more.

On the 214th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Toronto KOI benching ReeaL amid their losing streak, and the guys also update their power rankings before the second week of the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 2 qualifiers.

On the 213th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Toronto KOI losing streak, which grew as the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 2 qualifiers began, the Los Angeles Thieves going 2-0, and much more.

On the 212th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Los Angeles Thieves releasing Kenny, Cloud9 New York dropping its entire team for Challengers players, Call of Duty League (CDL) players reversing their decision about GAing sniper rifles, and much more.

On the 211th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 1, including the Paris Gentle Mates defeating OpTic Texas in the grand finals, FaZe Vegas and Los Angeles Thieves falling short, and the Carolina Royal Ravens flaming out early.

On the 210th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss and give their predictions for the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 1.

On the 209th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the final week of the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 1 qualifiers, including the Carolina Royal Ravens' 2-0 week vs. OpTic Texas and LA Thieves, as well as a critical Paris Gentle Mates win over Toronto KOI, and the Riyadh Falcons closing the qualifiers with a victory.

On the 208th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers give their predictions for the final week of the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 1 qualifiers, and the guys also discuss the release date of Ranked Play in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, as well as the dates of the 2026 Esports World Cup (EWC).

On the 207th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the penultimate week of Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 1 qualifiers, including multiple upsets involving OpTic Texas, FaZe Vegas, Toronto KOI, Paris Gentle Mates, and Los Angeles Thieves.

On the 206th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 nerfs to the Dravec 45 and M15 and how this may affect the Call of Duty League (CDL). The guys also give their predictions for this week's CDL matches, including OpTic Texas vs. LA Thieves.

On the 205th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the return of the Call of Duty League (CDL), including FaZe Vegas's win over undefeated OpTic Texas, another Los Angeles Thieves loss, and a surprising 2-0 week from Exceed and the Carolina Royal Ravens.

On the 204th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the sudden retirement of SlasheR, the Los Angeles Thieves reportedly signing Nium as a substitute, the Call of Duty League (CDL) returning after its holiday break, and more.

On the 203rd episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers detail what's on their 2026 Call of Duty League (CDL) wishlist and New Year's resolutions, and the guys discuss Alluka officially joining FaZe Vegas, as well as Stallions and Lqgend's bizarre situation in Challengers.

On the 202nd episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the benching of Lqgend by the Vancouver Surge, FaZe Vegas's reported signing of rookie Alluka, Call of Duty League (CDL) alleged player salaries being leaked, and much more.

On the 201st episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the second week of the Call of Duty League (CDL) 2026 season, the latest news coming out about the next Call of Duty (CoD) game, the rise of a European rookie named Alluka, and much more.

On the 200th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers give their predictions for the second week of the Call of Duty League (CDL) 2026 season, and the guys also discuss the state of CoD and the CDL.

On the 199th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the first week of the 2026 Call of Duty League (CDL) matches, including OpTic Texas and LA Thieves' 2-0 starts. The guys also discuss the change to the CDL's map pool, some Challengers news, and much more.

On the 198th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers give their picks for the first week of the Call of Duty League (CDL) 2026 season's matches, and the guys also discuss the recent GA involving the sniper rifle.

On the 197th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers give their 2026 Call of Duty League (CDL) preseason predictions and power rankings, and the guys also give their thoughts on the CDL Monster Launch Invitational.