“When Greatness Disappears” is a ten part series I’m doing on the competitive Call of Duty scene. The premise of the series is to highlight extremely talented players who aren’t on top teams, but should be, and I explain why.

Mathew “Royalty” Faithfull is a professional Call of Duty player, who’s known for his high sensitivity and aggressive style in game. Royalty is currently playing under the Lightning Pandas organization; alongside Jevon “Goonjar” Gooljar, Doug “Censor” Martin and John “Xotic” Bruno.

Royalty is a very talented player, his aggressive nature and ability to make plays in game types like hardpoint and search and destroy. Royalty is a player that can put up amazing numbers on the leader board. But every player has a flaw, teams now like to counter Royalty’s aggressive style as he doesn’t know when to slow down. This is why I think putting a player like Royalty with a player that can help him adjust his game-play would work, a player like Aches, or Crimsix or even Parasite. Players like these will always highlight your mistakes and try to help you perfect your gameplay. Speaking of Parasite…

Royalty and Parasite were actually on the same team for Advanced Warfare. Under the organization Epsilon, they played alongside Jared “Nagafen” Harrell and Remington “Remy” Ihringer. This team was a joy to watch, as Parasite lead Royalty to his highest placing; coming third at MLG Pro League Season 3 Playoffs. They unfortunately lost to a dominant FaZe Clan roster in the lower bracket finals.

Thanks to Parasite’s leadership, Royalty almost made it the finals of an actual tournament. If Royalty has a player that essentially micro-manages him, then he will be fine. He’ll put up the numbers you need him to, because his slaying power is incredible.

I’m surprised that Royalty isn’t in a top team already, for example, Luminosity with Jkap’s leadership I’m certain that a player like Royalty could shine. Royalty has so much unleashed potential.

Maybe one day a player can unleash him, just like Parasite did.

By Liam “Pepswi” Dee

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