10 years of OpTic Gaming: H3CZ pays tribute to fans and players on \u2018OpTic Day\u2019 RedbullHector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez has posted a tribute to OpTic Gaming\u2019s and recounted the organizations history; from nostalgic throwbacks to squad successes, on what is being dubbed the final \u2018OpTic Day\u2019. August 14, 2019, not only sees the start of OpTic\u2019s campaign to secure a second Call of Duty world championship, but it also brings an emotional \u2018OpTic Day\u2019 in celebration of H3CZ\u2019 decade-long devotion to the organization. Ten years ago to the day, H3CZ left his office job to pursue his dream of owning and developing an esports organization. He left the pressures of a 9-to-5 life and embarked upon the biggest career challenge of his life. In 2010, H3CZ led the organization to compete in the MLG National Championships, where they placed 4th after knocking out long-term rivals Envy (or as they were formerly known, Team EnVyUs) in the first round. In a Twitter thread, Rodriguez began by paying homage to this event as the inception of the \u2018GreenWall\u2019: The GreenWall was born Dec 2010, at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. pic.twitter.com\/SUi7XO05Mw \u2014 Hector Rodriguez (@OpTicH3CZ) August 14, 2019 The thread goes on to highlight show some of the struggles before the organization\u2019s success, where he shows his team competing \u201cbefore the fame\u201d, \u201cbefore the crowds\u201d and before the subsequent successes. Before the stress, the ring, the crown of the King and everything in between and always being late\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ifKgzjVQkM \u2014 Hector Rodriguez (@OpTicH3CZ) August 14, 2019 Eventually ending the thread with a tweet captioned: \u201cSomeone somewhere took a leap of faith\u2026 Happy OpTic Day GreenWall\u201d. Hector also posted a lengthy tribute on OpTic subreddit, giving a more personal account of what it meant to pursue the vision that he had all those years ago: \u201c10 years ago today I was scared for me and my family\u2019s future, my soon to be born daughter (3 months away) Olivia was on the verge of being born to an unemployed father, there is nothing scarier than not knowing how you\u2019re going to provide for your child.\u201d Amid the current situation regarding the Immortals takeover (and his role within OpTic being unclear moving forward), he goes on to recognize those who aided this journey to make OpTic one of the most iconic esports brands and a \u201cdream come true\u201d \u201cToday I don\u2019t celebrate my freedom, today I don\u2019t celebrate my successes, today I celebrate those who have made OpTic a dream come true.\u201d He ends his Reddit post with: \u201cTogether we stand, together we fall, together we are THE GreenWall\u201d \u2014 a somewhat emotive sentiment, given the nature of the anniversary throughout previous years and that this may well be the final OpTic Day. Disclaimer: Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez is a minority shareholder in Dexerto Ltd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
10 years of OpTic Gaming: H3CZ pays tribute to fans and players on \u2018OpTic Day\u2019 RedbullHector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez has posted a tribute to OpTic Gaming\u2019s and recounted the organizations history; from nostalgic throwbacks to squad successes, on what is being dubbed the final \u2018OpTic Day\u2019. August 14, 2019, not only sees the start of OpTic\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}