{"id":6696,"date":"2020-08-02T01:57:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T01:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/call-of-duty-lan-tournament-goes-ahead-despite-covid-19-outbreak"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:01:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:01:48","slug":"call-of-duty-lan-tournament-goes-ahead-despite-covid-19-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/call-of-duty\/call-of-duty-lan-tournament-goes-ahead-despite-covid-19-outbreak","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Cancelled&#8221; Call of Duty LAN tournament goes ahead despite COVID-19 fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In these trying times where the COVID-19 pandemic has stopped hundreds of esports related events around the world, an organiser in the United States decided to ignore all the precautions and throw a Call of Duty LAN tournament.<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_339828\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_935241\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_882327\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americangamingnetworkllc.com\/indianapolis-open.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">American Gaming Network&#8217;s Indianapolis Open<\/a> was set to be played 1st August with amateur CoD teams flying to the city from across the US to be a part of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Just a day before the tournament was set to begin, organisers revealed they were contacted by Activision concerning the risks of going ahead with such an event as the coronavirus is still heavily affecting North America, making them pivot to an online format.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGNEvents\/status\/1289372796733149186?s=20\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"width: 100%; 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