iLLeY dropped from OpTic Texas starting lineup once again amid Major 3 roster shuffle OpTic GamingOpTic Texas looks set to shake things up once again just weeks after Scump\u2019s retirement and Dashy\u2019s shortlived free agency, as AR superstar iLLeY has announced he\u2019s now a restricted free agent. Offseason Rostermania has thrown us a curveball once again. Following on from one of the most chaotic stretches in OpTic history, one that saw the King step down from professional play after failed contract negotiations with Seattle Surge in an attempt to acquire Pred, Huke most recently joined the starting squad. Together alongside Dashy, Shotzzy, and iLLeY, the team finished fourth in its first LAN event at Major 2 just days ago. Despite this performance for just their first proper event as a unit, OpTic appears set to change things around once more ahead of the Major 3 qualifiers. This time, rather than Dashy being temporarily removed from the lineup again, iLLeY is in focus instead. The Canadian AR announced his restricted free agency on February 8, much to the shock of the CoD community. \u201cRestricted F\/A, bang my line if you want to win,\u201d he said bluntly, revealing the news before OpTic had a chance to make things official on their own social channels. iLLeY also no longer has any mention of OpTic Gaming or OpTic Texas in his Twitter bio. Currently, it\u2019s unclear who else might step into his shoes and round out the squad moving into the next period of competition. Given most ARs are locked down into long-term contracts at this stage, options are limited if OpTic isn\u2019t looking to buy someone out from an existing agreement. As for where iLLeY will land, that also remains a mystery. While he\u2019s an obvious upgrade for some teams in the lower half of the standings, there\u2019s no telling where he may end up. That is to assume he doesn\u2019t end up right back with OpTic. Earlier this year we saw the Green Wall drop both Dashy and iLLeY before rapidly changing course and bringing them right back in under 24 hours. Perhaps we\u2019re seeing a similar situation now but of course, that\u2019s only speculation. If this truly is the end of iLLeY\u2019s run with OpTic, it\u2019ll mark the end of a 14-month stretch playing in green and black, and a further two-years under Hastr0\u2019s leadership with Dallas Empire prior to the OpTic merger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
iLLeY dropped from OpTic Texas starting lineup once again amid Major 3 roster shuffle OpTic GamingOpTic Texas looks set to shake things up once again just weeks after Scump\u2019s retirement and Dashy\u2019s shortlived free agency, as AR superstar iLLeY has announced he\u2019s now a restricted free agent. Offseason Rostermania has thrown us a curveball once […]<\/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-27783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27783","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=27783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}