Call of Duty: H3CZ shows behind-the-scenes look at OpTic Gaming\u2019s CWL Vegas boot camp vs eUnited With the $250,000 CWL Vegas tournament fast approaching, the Call of Duty pro teams of OpTic Gaming and eUnited are hard at work in preparation. The teams, who are two of the favorites to go deep and do well at the upcoming event, are boot-camping out of a warehouse space in Texas that is known as the HECZQUARTERS, named after CEO Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez. In a video he posted to his Twitter account, H3CZ gives fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the atmosphere at the boot camp, which features the two teams facing off against each other in a LAN setup. Also present are the two teams\u2019 coaches \u2013 OpTic\u2019s Tyler \u2018TeeP\u2019 Polchow and eU\u2019s Brian \u2018Saint\u2019 Baroska \u2013 who have their own monitors and get to spectate their team\u2019s respective in-game performances. \u201cIf they build it they will come, said the magic magic man,\u201d H3CZ said in his video. Although the setup is far from the majestic scenes expected at CWL Vegas, the competitive spirit and atmosphere is very much on par, best exemplified by the frantic call-outs and communication heard from both sides. Behind the Scenes at the #HECZQUARTERS. Crazy, @Nadeshot didn\u2019t want to come with his team\u2026 Sad pic.twitter.com\/8q94n5ZUy2 \u2014 Hector Rodriguez (@OpTicH3CZ) December 3, 2018 Boot camping is important in the days leading up to a major tournament, especially if it\u2019s the first one of a new season, which is what CWL Vegas will be. Almost every professional competitor will admit that there is a huge difference between playing online vs LAN, thus preparing at a LAN-style setup rather than over the internet is almost necessary for success. Both teams will head to Vegas feeling confident that they\u2019ll do well, especially OpTic, who are favorites to win the event after placing first in all three major online tournaments they\u2019ve played so far. The Green Wall is in Pool D with Splyce and G2 Esports, while the boys in red and blue are in Pool A with 100 Thieves and Team Reciprocity. Speaking of 100 Thieves, H3CZ couldn\u2019t resist but throw some friendly shade at the fact that the org and CEO Matt \u2018Nadeshot\u2019 Haag, who is a close friend of HECZ, were absent from the boot camp, despite having received an invitation. \u201cCrazy, Nadehsot didn\u2019t want to come with his team,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cSad.\u201d CWL Vegas will take place December 7-9 and will feature teams from all over the world facing off for a larger share of the $250,000 prize pool and a crucial chunk of Pro Points. Disclaimer: Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez is a minority shareholder in Dexerto Ltd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Call of Duty: H3CZ shows behind-the-scenes look at OpTic Gaming\u2019s CWL Vegas boot camp vs eUnited With the $250,000 CWL Vegas tournament fast approaching, the Call of Duty pro teams of OpTic Gaming and eUnited are hard at work in preparation. The teams, who are two of the favorites to go deep and do well […]<\/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-23999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23999","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=23999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}