FormaL explains the reasons behind the demise of OpTic Gaming\u2019s CoD dynasty MLG\/YouTubeCall of Duty pro Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper has revealed the reasons behind his split from OpTic Gaming, and the eventual demise of the team labeled as a \u201cdynasty.\u201d Following years of dominance, the OpTic roster consisting of FormaL, Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner, Ian \u2018Crimsix\u2019 Porter and Damon \u2018Karma\u2019 Barlow failed to meet the high standards set by themselves and the Greenwall alike in WWII, eventually leading to a massive split. So where did it all go wrong? In an appearance on The Eavesdrop Podcast, FormaL divulged the reasons as to why he left OpTic for Luminosity Gaming in May 2018, explaining that the team became complacent off the back of their World Championship win during Infinite Warfare. Piper suggests that there were cracks appearing in the squad, even during their more dominant times. However, the infamous reintroduction of a boots-on-the-ground style of action back into the franchise brought distinct changes to the in-game meta, leading to those cracks opening and a further collapse in the team\u2019s chemistry. Read more: How to watch CWL Championship 2019 – \u201cWWII came around and you couldn\u2019t just gunfight your way out of shit\u2026 It was so slow and so teamwork based that it just didn\u2019t flow with us, and once we got the reality check that we\u2019re not that good, we didn\u2019t put in the time\u2026\u201d FormaL continued by pointing out how the squad would blame extraneous factors instead of reflecting on their own performances: \u201cWe didn\u2019t understand the game and we just thought that everyone else was bad and that we just had an off day.\u201d (Timestamp at 49:30 for mobile viewers). Scump suffered with internet issues for the entirety of the 2017-2018 season, which led to a lack of practice for the squad as a whole. This, of course, had a knock-on effect leading into big tournaments during that season, which ultimately led to FormaL\u2019s departure from the team. During the podcast, FormaL claims that members of the squad blamed him for never being available to practice. Fast-forward to the 2018 Call of Duty World Championships and a revised OpTic squad suffered a disappointing group stage exit; the first in the history of the organisation. FormaL recognized that the team were reliant on success and went on to add: \u201cIf we were to have beaten FaZe at that final [CWL Stage 1 Playoffs], we probably would have stuck together for a lot longer\u2026 We\u2019d probably still be a team right now \u2014 no bullshit.\u201d Disclaimer: Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez is a minority shareholder in Dexerto Ltd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FormaL explains the reasons behind the demise of OpTic Gaming\u2019s CoD dynasty MLG\/YouTubeCall of Duty pro Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper has revealed the reasons behind his split from OpTic Gaming, and the eventual demise of the team labeled as a \u201cdynasty.\u201d Following years of dominance, the OpTic roster consisting of FormaL, Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner, Ian \u2018Crimsix\u2019 […]<\/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-26526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26526","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=26526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}