H3CZ explains why he \u2018didn\u2019t watch\u2019 historic Huntsmen vs OpTic match hecz (Instagram)After the flagship matchup between Chicago Huntsmen and OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez has delved into why he didn\u2019t watch both teams lock horns live. The matchup between the \u2018old OpTic\u2019 (Chicago Huntsmen) and the \u2018new OpTic\u2019 (OGLA) was primed to be one for the ages, regardless of the outcome. After a long-winded takeover process with Infinite Esports, H3CZ was edged out of the captain\u2019s deck of his beloved OpTic Gaming. So the Call of Duty Esports aficionado took his talents to NRG, where he built his own franchise from scratch. And of course, as fate would have it, Infinite Esports\u2019 OpTic and H3CZ\u2019 Huntsmen met in a thrilling five-game elimination match, to determine who would lock in the final place for the $3 million Championship Weekend. H3CZ didn\u2019t watch Huntsmen vs OpTic? Speaking with CDL Commissioner, Johanna Faries, on Episode 69 of the Eavesdrop Podcast, H3CZ shed light on why he chose not to watch the two sides go head-to-head live. \u201cI wasn\u2019t watching \u2014 I\u2019ve got to be honest, I didn\u2019t watch live,\u201d Rodriguez opened. \u201cEverybody knows that we\u2019re taking precautions to make sure we\u2019re as competitive as we possibly can be from that standpoint\u2026 But I wasn\u2019t here, I knew the answer to the result tens of minutes ahead of the actual thing. \u201cNadeshot texted asking who won \u2014 I didn\u2019t reply. BigTymer texted me \u2014 I didn\u2019t reply. Everyone was texting me but I didn\u2019t reply\u2026 I wanted them to go through the same angst that I would have (I didn\u2019t) if that happened. And it was such a moment.\u201d Segment starts at 20:03 for mobile users. There\u2019s no doubt that both the former OpTic members will be thanking H3CZ for not spoiling the party, especially with just how down to the wire that final game was. Players are currently playing their matches ahead of the broadcast schedule, after some incidents of players being hit offline during their matchups. Naturally, this had a profound impact on competitive integrity during Call of Duty\u2019s biggest esports event to-date. Meaning that Activision shifted match times to ensure a level playing field was maintained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
H3CZ explains why he \u2018didn\u2019t watch\u2019 historic Huntsmen vs OpTic match hecz (Instagram)After the flagship matchup between Chicago Huntsmen and OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez has delved into why he didn\u2019t watch both teams lock horns live. The matchup between the \u2018old OpTic\u2019 (Chicago Huntsmen) and the \u2018new OpTic\u2019 (OGLA) was primed to […]<\/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-26774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26774","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=26774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}