Hitch leaves OpTic Gaming and explains why \u201cOpTic as you know it\u201d is over FreePik\/YouTube: H3CZEx-OpTic Gaming content creator and videographer Davis \u2018Hitch\u2019 Edwards has explained why OpTic as we all know it is over, in an emotional video, amid uncertainty surrounding the organization. The future of fan-favorite organization OpTic Gaming has been up in the air since the news broke that Infinite Esports was selling to Immortals back in June. In the months since, a number of prominent names have left the OpTic brand, including Marcus \u2018MBoZe\u2019 Blanks and James \u2018Spratt\u2019 Spratt. Now, Hitch has confirmed his departure, and explained why OpTic as we all know it, is over. In a YouTube video uploaded on August 30 entitled \u2018Leaving OpTic Gaming\u2019, Hitch does his best to articulate the situation surrounding OpTic and why he \u2013 and a number of others \u2013 have recently left the Greenwall. Hitch explained that he has been joking about the situation to make it more manageable, before simply stating that \u201cOpTic is no more.\u201d \u201cThe Infinite thing happened, didn\u2019t work out,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Immortals thing started, it reminded me a lot of the Infinite thing. A lot of us just didn\u2019t want to play ball, so it\u2019s time to leave.\u201d (Timestamp: 3:55) Many OpTic members stated that Infinite\u2019s takeover back in 2017 led to a number of false promises and negative changes within the brand. Then, in mid-2019, Infinite was purchased by Immortals, despite founder H3CZ also tabling a bid to buy OpTic back. \u201cOpTic as we know it, as you guys know it, has \u2013 I think that\u2019s it,\u201d he continued. \u201cI think the plan for the name in the future is to become a Call of Duty team in LA.\u201d While much surrounding the Call of Duty franchise league is unclear, it sounds like the Los Angeles spot purchased for OpTic Gaming will in some way feature the \u201cOpTic\u201d name, but this is the only part of the Greenwall that will remain. While previously a brand for content creation and other esports, Hitch confirms that\u2019s all but over. However, he retains some optimism, explaining that OpTic isn\u2019t really dead. \u201cIt\u2019s more than just a logo, it\u2019s more than just the green and black. It\u2019s like a mindset, a mentality, and a family.\u201d He explained that he wants people to emerge from the mist and start new things, using MiDNiTE as an example. Among other topics, Hitch explained that he was frustrated by the \u201cshitty stuff\u201d that happened during 2018, but that OpTic has propelled people to do great things, even if not officially under the OpTic banner. While OpTic Gaming may no longer be operating as the organization we have all grown to love, the content creators and people remain the same. As Hitch perfectly summarizes: \u201cWe were part of something wonderful. And just because that logo doesn\u2019t exist anymore, in the way that we want it too, doesn\u2019t mean that anything changes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hitch leaves OpTic Gaming and explains why \u201cOpTic as you know it\u201d is over FreePik\/YouTube: H3CZEx-OpTic Gaming content creator and videographer Davis \u2018Hitch\u2019 Edwards has explained why OpTic as we all know it is over, in an emotional video, amid uncertainty surrounding the organization. The future of fan-favorite organization OpTic Gaming has been up in […]<\/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-26852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26852","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=26852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}