H3CZ is done answering questions about OpTic Dexerto During the Call of Duty Launch Weekend, Chicago Huntsmen CEO H3CZ spoke to Dexerto about the new league format, why Gary Vaynerchuk is important to CDL, and his thoughts on the OpTic vs Huntsmen rivalry. The debut weekend of the CDL couldn\u2019t have gone much better for the NRG-owned Call of Duty team, who finished the weekend with a perfect 2-0 record. The star-studded roster got to play in the league\u2019s opening match, and they dealt a blow to their rivals in the Dallas Empire while simultaneously responding to critics who said they weren\u2019t a top-two team. https:\/\/twitter.com\/CODLeague\/status\/1220865301031587841 They followed that up with a dominant 3-0 showing over OpTic LA, but the Huntsmen\u2019s boss insists that there\u2019s no rivalry between the two. In fact, it looks like he\u2019s done talking about his former brand altogether. H3CZ flatly said \u201cno\u201d when asked if there was a rivalry with OpTic, and pushed to move on to the \u201cnext question\u201d when asked to explain. The NRG co-CEO has maintained this position before and during Launch Weekend, and so have his star players in Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner and Matthew \u2018FormaL\u2019 Piper. While both members of T2P have said it\u2019s \u201call love\u201d towards OGLA, the same can\u2019t be said for Dallas Empire. After their 3-1 victory, both players fired off the trash talk on stage, and Scump even took it to the desk. \ud83e\udd23 @scump to @Crimsix: “”RENT FREE!””#CDL2020 pic.twitter.com\/BEIojHsSuh \u2014 Dexerto Esports (@DexertoEsports) January 25, 2020 H3CZ acknowledged there\u2019s a need for smack talk from a \u201cshowmanship\u201d perspective, but doesn\u2019t see much point to it being inserted artificially. \u201cThe drama is going to unveil the way it\u2019s going to unveil.\u201d The drama between the Huntsmen and the Empire was unveiled before the season began, with the focus on the clash between former OpTic teammates Scump, FormaL, and Empire\u2019s Ian \u2018Crimsix\u2019 Porter. The fiery buildup resulted in the opener between the two teams being one of the most-watched matches of the weekend, beaten only by Chicago\u2019s bout with OpTic. Empire\u2019s owner Mike \u2018hastr0\u2019 Rufail even indicated that perhaps the rivalry is more showmanship than actual beef. Standing outside with @Crimsix and @scump comes up to chat about the match in detail. Listening to these guys dissect the match they just played is legendary. \u2014 Mike Rufail (@hastr0) January 25, 2020 Rivalries are one thing, but for the league to succeed, H3CZ says that it\u2019s important for every brand to \u201cbuild their own storyline,\u201d and \u201cletting people know who their players are.\u201d \u201cWhen you get to know somebody, you\u2019re more bound to want them to win if you relate to them in some way, somehow. And that\u2019s what we\u2019ve always done from the beginning.\u201d The beginning of the Hunstmen campaign for the first season of CDL is off to a hot start, as they sit at 2-0 record with Atlanta FaZe, Paris Legion, and Minnesota R\u00d8KKR. Huntsmen and Legion will both look to remain undefeated when they head to CDL London in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
H3CZ is done answering questions about OpTic Dexerto During the Call of Duty Launch Weekend, Chicago Huntsmen CEO H3CZ spoke to Dexerto about the new league format, why Gary Vaynerchuk is important to CDL, and his thoughts on the OpTic vs Huntsmen rivalry. The debut weekend of the CDL couldn\u2019t have gone much better for […]<\/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-26780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26780","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=26780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}