{"id":8542,"date":"2019-10-29T23:42:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T23:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=8542"},"modified":"2020-10-05T22:04:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T02:04:17","slug":"minnesota-rokkr-all-set-for-call-of-duty-league-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/minnesota-rokkr-all-set-for-call-of-duty-league-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota R\u00f8KKR all set for Call of Duty League 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota R\u00f8KKR are the ninth franchise team confirmed to participate in <a href=\"\/new-details-confirmed-for-2020-call-of-duty-league-season\/\" title=\"Call of Duty League details confirmed\">the inaugural Call of Duty League campaign in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement surfaced on Tuesday, October 29, only a day after <a href=\"\/florida-mutineers-unveiled-ahead-of-call-of-duty-league-2020\/\" title=\"More Call of Duty League news\">the Florida Mutineers were revealed as the eighth team to compete in the first year of the CDL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Having already announced their full starting roster, substitutes, coach and analysts last week, all that was left for Minnesota to do was officially confirm their name and reveal the team&#8217;s logo and colors.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ahh, what a day!<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 Starting roster fully announced<br \/>\u2705 Substitute players announced <br \/>\u2705 Podcast w\/ coach &amp; revealed analyst<\/p>\n<p>Want to grind <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ModernWarfare?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ModernWarfare<\/a> like us?<br \/>Follow and RT for a chance to win a PS4 digital copy! Picking winners in 3 hours ??<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Minnesota R\u00d8KKR (@ROKKR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ROKKR\/status\/1187489968282886147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>While the hype around the name died out long ago, seeing how there was a leak that revealed all 12 team names ahead of time, the R\u00f8KKR amazed <a href=\"\/call-of-duty\/\" title=\"Call of Duty esports betting\">Call of Duty esports<\/a> fans with a thrilling promotional video.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Introducing Minnesota\u2019s own Call of Duty League Team: Minnesota R\u00d8KKR.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ROKKR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ROKKR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/esports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#esports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZhBekZEzMJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZhBekZEzMJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Minnesota R\u00d8KKR (@ROKKR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ROKKR\/status\/1189190178184646657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The team&#8217;s name is derived from the Old Norse word &#8216;r\u00f8kkr&#8217;, which roughly translates as the moment between day and night, or twilight.<\/p>\n<p>R\u00f8kkr is commonly associated with Ragnar\u00f6k (ragna r\u00f8kkr), the end of the world or &#8216;Twilight of the Gods&#8217; in Norse mythology, which describes a series of major events foretold to result in the death of a number of gods.<\/p>\n<p>The logo of the team is a shadowy viking helmet with a blue, purple and black color scheme. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted something that was unique, but we also wanted something that stayed true to those goals that we started out with at the beginning of having something that made sense for this region,&#8221; 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