FormaL explains Nadeshot\u2019s OpTic Gaming departure \u2013 and that HBR moment Twitter: Nadeshot\/MLGSpeaking on Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez\u2019 Eavesdrop Podcast, Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper has shared more details regarding Matthew \u2018Nadeshot\u2019 Haag\u2019s infamous departure from the OpTic Gaming Call of Duty roster. Ahead of the 2019 CWL Championship on August 14, FormaL took some time out of his busy practice schedule to chat with his old employer Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez, as the two sat down for the latest instalment of the Eavesdrop Podcast. As well as discussing the collapse of the old OpTic roster, Piper revealed significantly more on the departure of Matthew \u2018Nadeshot\u2019 Haag, which took place back in Advanced Warfare. \u201cWhen I first joined OpTic with Seth, Nade and Crim,\u201d started the 2017 CWL Champs MVP. \u201cMatt for sure hated Crim. It was obvious, they didn\u2019t like each other, they didn\u2019t get along \u2013 they were screaming at each other. It was hilarious.\u201d Despite the friction between Nade and Ian \u2018Crimsix\u2019 Porter, FormaL describes the four\u2019s time as \u201cpretty good\u201d. He stated that \u201cwe probably could have kept going\u201d, had it not been for Advanced Warfare\u2019s CWL Championship. OpTic entered the 2015 tournament as strong favorites, but crashed out in 7-8th place. Many fans blamed Nadeshot, arguing he was a weak link and lamenting his decision to pull out the HBRa3 assault rifle, in a game that was dominated by BALs and ASM1s. (Timestamp: 37:40) \u201cI don\u2019t know what the fuck happened there,\u201d FormaL said. \u201cI think we did (tell him not to use the HBR), it was just mid-game. I remember hearing something along the lines of \u2018Yo Matt, take out a sub\u2019\u2026 And I was like \u2018what the fuck are you talking about?\u2019\u201d FormaL recalled the event comically, but made clear that the team couldn\u2019t fathom Nade\u2019s decision. He even states that he \u201cdidn\u2019t know what the HBR was.\u201d FormaL recalls that the team let Nadeshot stick with the HBR, in order to avoid losing composure. \u201cIt didn\u2019t hit me until after the series, what the fuck did Matt just try?\u201d joked Piper. He believes the \u201creality check\u201d of their failure contributed to Nade\u2019s departure. Piper also pinpoints another reason for Nade\u2019s departure: fan negativity. \u201cWhen we first started getting championships with that roster,\u201d explained FormaL. \u201cMatt wasn\u2019t getting any recognition, everyone was still talking shit to him. That went along for like 3 events.\u201d FormaL empathised with Nadeshot, stating that he\u2019d have become frustrated if he\u2019d have received the same comments, and that the negativity \u201cconsumed\u201d Nadeshot\u2019s attitude to gaming. He summed it up with: \u201cWe probably could have kept winning on that game with him, us 3 were really good and he was not bad. People think he was bad, he wasn\u2019t bad at all.\u201d It seems like Nade\u2019s departure ultimately boiled down to four things: friction with Crimsix, the HBR moment, fan negativity and Nadeshot\u2019s own desire for retirement. Regardless of the reasons behind the departure, Nadeshot\u2019s career in esports has gone from strength to strength, now the owner of 100 Thieves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FormaL explains Nadeshot\u2019s OpTic Gaming departure \u2013 and that HBR moment Twitter: Nadeshot\/MLGSpeaking on Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez\u2019 Eavesdrop Podcast, Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper has shared more details regarding Matthew \u2018Nadeshot\u2019 Haag\u2019s infamous departure from the OpTic Gaming Call of Duty roster. Ahead of the 2019 CWL Championship on August 14, FormaL took some time out of […]<\/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-26525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26525","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=26525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}