H3CZ, Karma and more explain what the OpTic vs Envy rivalry means to Call of Duty OpTic Gaming and Team Envy\u2019s eClasico rivalry is one for the record books and will go down as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, esports rivalry ever. The eClasico, a spin-off name from the footballing rivalry of El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid, has become bigger than ever over the past few years with both organizations expanding into new games. The history of the eClasico is well documented with both organizations going back and forth in different titles but always returning to its home, Call of Duty. The current squads boot camped together for a few days ahead of the first event of the CoD season, CWL Las Vegas, which OpTic eventually went on to win in dominant fashion. EnVy, however, were eliminated by Lightning Pandas and finished 9-12th. During the boot camp, Team EnVyus documented the goings on and also spoke to OpTic\u2019s Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez and Damon \u2018Karma\u2019 Barlow for their takes on the rivalry. Karma, who has played for both organizations, reflected on his time with the blue side and stated: \u201cPlaying on EnVy was great. \u201cIt\u2019s always been like the big rivalry, OpTic EnVy, Hastro Hector, they always just want to be the best, they\u2019re like the Godfathers of Call of Duty. It\u2019s a big thing. They were the two brands coming up that were Call of Duty. It\u2019s always a battle, always the eClasico when we play and everyone wants to see it.\u201d The addition of Patrick \u2018ACHES\u2019 Price to any team will strike fear into the heart of every OpTic but now, by joining EnVy, it adds another layer to the ever-growing historic rivalry. \u201cAny team that ACHES is a part of, there\u2019s always going to be that rivalry. He\u2019s our nemesis, in a sense,\u201d stated H3CZ. \u201cNow, I respect Pat for everything that he\u2019s done for the scene, he\u2019s a fierce competitor and always looking for the player\u2019s best interests but anytime he\u2019s on any team it\u2019s an immediate rival but now that he\u2019s on our rival team, it just adds fuel to the fire.\u201d The full video from Team EnVyus documenting the pre-tournament boot camp and their performance in Vegas can be viewed below: Disclaimer: Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez is a minority shareholder in Dexerto Ltd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
H3CZ, Karma and more explain what the OpTic vs Envy rivalry means to Call of Duty OpTic Gaming and Team Envy\u2019s eClasico rivalry is one for the record books and will go down as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, esports rivalry ever. The eClasico, a spin-off name from the footballing rivalry 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-26781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26781","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=26781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}