The Rise and Fall of OpTic Gaming
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- OpTic Gaming was one of the most beloved teams in esports history.
They were a pillar in the Call of Duty community, led by one of the most respected figures in the industry, and had some of the most devoted fans in the world.
But one day, the org suddenly fell apart.
2018 was supposed to be the year OpTic reached its next level. Instead it marked the beginning of the end for one of esports' greatest teams.
Written by: Malcolm Abbas (@Smashhh)
Edited by: Connor Dunn (@ConnorDunn_)
Hosted by: Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)
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Remember when Optic and Faze was an actual rivalry...
You were either team red or team green
Those were the days...
best years man
yup vitor, those were the days.
For me faze had more memorable montages then optic so im red
MAKE SOME NOISE FOR OPTIC LA : *boos in the background*
Yes
Feel bad for the players hahaha
That hurt to watch
they were just there to compete and they were boo'd.
@@JTD1997 They knew what they were getting into by signing with that fake optic.
The two top COD teams just died so hard.
Faze literally turned into a reality TV show of insecure loud annoying people
The 2018 Boston Eleague Major is the only reason I remember they exist.
I remember faze because they are a pretty good team in siege, they and Dark Zero have pretty intersting games.
FaZe still has arguably the best team in competitive CoD, but okay.
True😢
@@bananabattlebean4858 they choke tho poor guardian lmao
Green Wall got me into esports and I would never love FPS games like I do without them creating the content they did especially for BO2
Much love for Hecz
Nadeshot was the big reason of their succes because of his huge channel back then.
you guys forgot about OPtic J Backstabing Hector
What happened?
OpTic :(. Got teary eyed when I watched this video. Wish I knew back then to not take those moments of watching OG for granted. From the dynasty cod team finally winning champs, the halo team winning championships left and right, having the best gears team ever, and winning ESL premier season 2 with the CSGO team. I will always remember how this org helped me through bad times and will be apart of who I am. It will always be Hector's OpTic :(
Amen.....amen o7
Pathetic
@@unbelievablescenes Yea they were only known for COD and maybe slightly halo. That's about it lol. The csgo team has been dogshit since its inception.
@@unbelievablescenes ok virgin
Jeff Hoz their csgo team overall may have been poor but they had decent moments.
Who’s here after Hecz bought OpTic back?
Im here bc of MLG opening.
Optic Gaming is one of the saddest stories in gaming history, especially for cod e-sports.
Wait what happened
And echo fox man
@@kylerk806 just watch the video LOL
the rise the fall and the rise again
I was one of the allegiance employees and I can confirm it was not fair what they did to us lol. It was a dream come true, getting to work alongside my absolute first favorite team and org, OpTic. They were my idols growing up. I couldn’t believe the opportunities they said we would have that eventually never came. They made it seem like everything would be good for years so they moved me out to Texas, then not even a year later, on Christmas week I was told I have no job and have 2 weeks to move out of the apartment. Infinite did not care about the employees at all, however it did kick start my drive and love for e-sports. I have allegiance to thank for that, but not infinite. Infinite blew
OpTic was my childhood and I’ll never forget the memories they gave me, thank you for everything Hector and everyone else
Optic/hecz vlogs helped me thru some of thedarkest times of my life, Will always respect that man & what he done for the Org
That is actually very sad...
They are one of the teams that inspired me to play, especially that moment, when audience shouted "Let's go Optic!"
"Predators" By Optic Predator is still the best mw2 montage ever
At least they have a great legacy: word.exe
Seems like a bad creepypasta
I hope they have like a reunion gaming or at least a comeback
@@animeguy6752 bruh you want forsaken to die at that moment?☠️
OMG YES FINALLY I've been asking for this for a while
We are back baby!!!!
Won’t forget the “OPTIC GAMING” chants at COD events. Nothing COD related will have that type of atmosphere again
True, CoD is such a huge esport and so many non american care about it KEKW
CDL London.
@@homerj9286 true
I still have an advanced warfare case signed by the whole team when nade, scump, crim and formal were on the roster. Miss those days for sure.
Forsaken wants to know your location
Maat maan mat Chod 🙏
He needs a new Word.exe
Forsaken already knows everyone's position; that's why he was banned
@@damnson9170 he needs a new version
Who? Theirs no pro players in India if their are they r word.exe
aged like milk
Like wine
The rivalry that Optic VS Complexity brought to E-sports during the BO2 days, THAT was COD! What a time to have been able to play and watch COD. For me, that era brought the most emotion to E-Sports and the COD scene. Loved it and to this day, I still tend to watch the old Cod champ matches from BO2 and I still get ampt!
Kinda sad to the players in Optic now, everyone hates them...
we stan Bruce
@@cla31022 he's off the roster rip
I used to come home from school and watch Optic montage videos and then try and recreate them, even tried my hand at editing one for a competition. Always admired H3cz and was always my favorite member along with nade. Thought it was strange for them to enter the LCS and now it makes me even happier to see immortals doing so terribly. H3cz is an OG man, much respect to him for sticking to his guns
Optic pred will always be the og for me I remember mw2 days it was such an awesome thing when he release predator
One of the greatest, paved the way for years of montages
@@mauimanuel7666 Facts my dude !
optic predator one of my favorite
They fell apart when COD esports fell apart.
+1
Well that's true investors don't know shit about the game.
When is that cuz it's doing better than ever
Let's goooo rainbow 6 esports and csgo esports are much more balanced and competitive than COD
@@catsers6296 yes
This man is a legend that I never knew about until it was all over. Gotta respect what he did and the passion behind it
Being a inner city Hispanic kid I spent my teenage years watching optic and looking at hector as role model. I'm glad hes still thriving in what he loves
Here after OpTic acquired Envy valorant roster and won Masters. The story is not over
love the score esports keep doing what you are doing :)
Echo Fox, Optic, I feel like the next one is 100T but I dont want it to happend :c
I mean there csgo and Fortnite rosters are goin good so I'm confident they'll be fine
They will be fine, Nade got the right investors...
As well as REC and Ghost(I think)
CoreanBlade I hope it happens they deserve to go to jail
@@KidTrigger Why does 100T deserve to go to jail?
2:16 Hey that's FPS Russia!
That’s Pyle
Yeah he’s a pka regular, he has some interesting stories
@ً
He didn't do drugs...
@@L3GioG57A he literally went to prison for shipping weed across the country. Go watch his prison stories on PKA
Gotta love the Etrian Odyssey collection in the backdrop. I see you!
Keep plugging away at this endeavor. theScore is a GO TO
H3CZ just reacquired OpTic😎
H3CZ will forever be The Codfather in my eyes.
I love how this talked about all there other games they stepped into but they didn’t even talk about their Gears of War team which was the most dominant team in the org for there respective game.
Thank you so much for the this video. I thoroughly enjoyed it, only telling the truth! Daniel Rosen, also hosts most if not all of the FGC stuff, which I also enjoy as well!
Thanks to him, the editor and the writer for making this blessed video!
My childhood watching the Old Optic Boys afterschool.
Those were the days man
Forsaken: Sometimes, your opponent is just having a really good day Kappa
Word.exe will forever be missed
i remember my friends telling me and talking a shit ton about the faze optic rivalry, shit was insane, and when I saw nadeshot dip out I was like damn
Nice episode
let’s go! an optic call of duty video, thank you for this the score!
We back
feels so good to be back wow
been waiting for this since last year :(
*FaZe and Optic started in the same way...and then lost relevance in the same way.*
Edit : Yeah, I know they are pretty big on Social Media...but I am talking eSports-wise. FaZe CSGO is not even considered a top tier team even though it has some of the game's legends.
FaZe is still one of the biggest orgs in esports though
@@n3onvalkyrie936 faze is a content creation house, honestly not known for esports anymore
attakaii that’s because their content creators are so big, in almost every game their still at the top
attakaii csgo?
FaZe's CSGO team is still relevant
Cant say the same for COD though
Besides, they still have people playing fortnite racking them money
Unlike optic where they basically disbanded nearly every roster in the games they competed in
I used to love seeing “FaZe vs Optic” private games and me and my friends all wanting to join one of them and the debates, 1v1s, etc...
Man the memories in this video I still miss the old days they were my favorite team.
For a company already invested in esports, I'm surprised Immortals left Optic the way it did. Obviously, the ultimate goal was the League spot, but they paid for more than just that. I feel like there is no way they were only buying the league spot, another team had to have been willing to sell their spot for less. It felt like Immortals just assumed the brand would continue you on. They somehow forgot they aren't buying a company like coca cola. People are supporting Optic for Optic, it's not about what they sell, It was about the people in the org like Scump and Hecz.
Immortals didn't want an esports team and icon done right, they didn't want these big personalities or they would have offered and persuaded Hecz and crew the same way NRG did. They wanted the franchise spots in League and OWL so they can advertise something safe to sponsors and investors. Immortals isn't and never has been a grassroots team built on a passionate foundation, they bought themselves into the scene, which is why everyone on old Optic refused to even hear them out about offers to stay.
NRG on the other did the opposite. They also bought themselves into the scene but as they weren't a household name, an "original" team in anything, they couldn't build themselves a big fanbase. They have the business side down, with money, leadership and connections, but no viewers. Suddenly Hecz, one of the most recognizable and experienced faces in esports with a great reputation amongst players and other teams, with a big and loyal fanbase in his backpack, appears in front of them. So they give him a shared leadership role to complete the puzzle.
NRG is now run by two guys, one with a business background and one with a pure esports one. They have business connections, teams and most importantly, personalities and content people want to watch.
Trivselteknikern yeah definitely a clutch save by hecz and nrg
Ive been waiting for this one
The ending was great! Nice turn of events
I'll forever miss the old days of the sniping community. Still the only game community I was ever truly passionate about. It's too bad we'll never get it back
Wow, a 4 second clip from SMITE's league. That's the first time I've seen that game on this channel.
Did a double take when that came up
Only this channel can make me watch 14 minutes of a game i dont care for and feel legit feels
I'm not a cod player and haven't been for many years, but, incredible video!
And now he's got it back and it's beautiful and I'm crying right now
Never forget that Optic was one of the OG's in the esports scene. Hex will be a legend in the scene. I think he deserves a lot of credit for not only building optic but the scene in general
OG was an og 😔
Grew up with Hecz and the Greenwall so glad he was apart of my teen years growing up
This shit was such a throwback, I first got into CoD esports when MLG Columbus happened in Advanced Warfare. After that i was a huge optic fan and went back and watched their old shit and I miss those dudes
this was such a great video.
i missed a lot lol, good vid to catch me up. Im now a huntsman supporter now lol
Hecz has that power to turn a team into a family. The players can feel like the boss is actually taking notice of them and doing everything in his power to keep them happy and comfy. Not many CEOs can do that, fair play to him.
Havent even watched it yet and I know I'm gonna lose it. :((((
why am i crying at the club rn I miss my optic
This hurts a lot :(
Whos here now OpTic is back?
great video!
optic cs go with stanislaw, mixwell, rush naf and tarik was my favourite team ever. rip😔
I love that you used the PKA clip with Kyle wearing his fake beard from Halloween hahahaha
As primarily on OW fan, the fall of Optic was the fall of the Houston Outlaws. They went from the best non-Korean team to the laughing stalk of the league, battling Boston for second worst or worst.
God damn suits
Why are all theScore videos such high quality
“Expanded into esports” *cuts to GHOSTS.*
thank you guys for the call of duty video! I have never clicked so fast in my life.
It feels good to know that sometimes the people matter more than the name... its probably because the esports industry is relatively young
Just like that we back
I was actually in a commercial for them... it’s insane because all this happened right after this
The OG LA boo's 😭
Dude, is someone from thescore esports an argentinian? had that doubt since the stream sniping vid and you guys liking all the comments that mentioned a clip inside that vid
Tomjo5 sabeeelo
@@perexxe q ondaa vagoooos
Well..... this didnt age well
glad you guys did a video on this, I remember following it when it was happening and being sad that this outsider came in and fucked up everything
I still remember those optic montages. I always watch optic hutch then. Good time.
Literally grew up as a kid watching Optic, FaZe, SoaR all those teams making ridiculous cod videos and montages. Sometimes I wish we could turn the clock back and back to to that simpler time.
this is the video we needed
Im 36 years old and love gaming since the first Nintendo. Had no idea of this. Pretty interesting. Kick as Hector.
He owns Optic again now too
00:30 that background music is vixen's intro music 😂😂🤣
Dang, that sucks for Hecz but hey, he's doing well now and continues to have a positive impact on the gaming/esports industry.
I was wondering what happened to Optic because they kinda disappeared from a lot of esports really fast.
I saw this happening when they cut the sniping team where optic originated crazy
And today hector bought optic back
1:38 It May have been for less than 3 seconds... but gears of war finally graces the screen of the score esports.
I remember it being Optic and Faze, like people used to argue who was better, really sad that things ended like they did
I was actually watching Optic Hex on CZcams the other day for some nostalgia.
As someone who hasn’t gotten into comp gaming scene, You guys that love it should support if you have the time, it up to us to keep it alive and tweet and interact , let the community know what you guys want to keep it alive. I know everything fades in and out of popularity, but gaming deserves it. Kids spend so much time doing it, teams like Optic make it feel like you can actually strive to achieve something even if it’s just a hobby for you
maaaaan I remember playing competitive sniping matches with OpTic during the CoD4 days
I️ was the biggest optic fan since BO2! They was the reason why I️ started COD gaming. I️ remember my friends and I️ arguing everyday over Optic vs Faze lol
Optic cod, csgo and gears. I miss em all :( (even though I dont watch these esports anymore, I loved watching optic play)
AND NOW THERE BACK!!
Watching a brand absolutely crumble from others who didn't build it has to be heartbreaking
RIP OpTic
That the same thing also happened to FaZe Clan (well, the FaZe that we used to know) makes it even worse!
They've actually picked back up, great Halo team, good valorant team, and i believe a good cod team now too
Insane story. Thx