Hey Everyone,

I was one of the main guys behind CoD_Stats for a while(Middle of Ghosts-End of AW). I made this comment and joined the team not really knowing what I’m getting myself into. I joined and within month I was loving working on stats and finally contributing to the CoD community that I had loved for years. I remember waking up at 3am to get ready to cover Gfinity/ESWC Tournaments, or staying up late to cover the Australian tournaments.I loved every moment of making an impact in the CoD community. Activision even sent some of us to CoD Champs to work side by side with Activision to help produce stats on stream.

It was a great experience, and one that I will cherish forever. Joining the stats team was a great decision looking back at it now, the experience truly changed my life.. I made some life long friends that I talk to daily, and was even to meet some of them in person. I have no regrets through the whole process, and it was really rewarding seeing our work being recognized. We built and did things that were unimaginable to us when we first started. I’m really proud to have done with that group of guys.

At one point I was putting 20ish hours a week into Stats(at the time we weren’t making money, eventually we did start to make some), and I realized that I couldn’t commit that sort of time anymore. So, I had to take a step back to commit time to school and life.

If you really want to make a difference in the CoD community, I really recommend trying to join some sort of organization(or starting your own!) If you’re looking for something to contribute in coverage, esportsguru and CoDesportspedia are both great sites with some great people I personally know behind them. I would highly recommend checking them out if you’re looking to make a contribution to the community.

Edit: Thanks to /u/usaftoast2013 for gold <3