Kuavo slams \u201cdisrespectful\u201d Dashy following OpTic Gaming release Call of Duty LeagueKenny \u2018Kuavo\u2019 Williams of OpTic Gaming Los Angeles had plenty to say about the \u201cdisrespectful\u201d Brandon \u2018Dashy\u2019 Otell following his removal from the Greenwall\u2019s Call of Duty League team. When the OGLA roster was first announced in October 2019, it was eyed as one of the most dangerous lineups heading into the inaugural CDL season. Dashy and Thomas \u2018TJHaLy\u2019 Haly were coming from a standout year together in Black Ops 4. They were joined by veterans and world champions in Jordan \u2018JKap\u2019 Kaplan and Austin \u2018SlasheR\u2019 Liddicoat, and Kuavo rounded out the starting five, coming off an exceptional year with 100 Thieves. Despite all the hype surrounding the stacked team, OGLA failed to find a single event win throughout 2020. Bowing out with a Top 6 finish in the post-season Championship event. So what exactly went wrong? Why couldn\u2019t such a formidable team on paper, put the pieces together to reach its full potential? With Dashy now gone from the org, Kuavo took to Twitch on Sep. 9 to lash out at his former teammate. He pinned much of the blame on Dashy\u2019s unprofessionalism and \u201cshoddy\u201d work ethic. \u201cI respect Bruce as a person,\u201d he said during an AMA stream. \u201cAs a player\u2026 I\u2019m iffy about him.\u201d It\u2019s no secret there were issues behind the scenes. While SlasheR and Kuavo \u201cdid not want to play with Brandon,\u201d they went with TJHaLy\u2019s judgment and worked to get him on the team. During this process, however, \u201cfugazi a* s**t happened, where he was trying to join Chicago before [the lineup] even got to sign.\u201d Dashy was obviously unable to join his former teammate Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner under the Huntsmen banners. This, combining with the state of Modern Warfare at the time, led to some halfhearted commitment, according to Kuavo. \u201cTJ and Brandon showed up late almost every single day,\u201d he explained. \u201cI personally did not like Modern Warfare, but I always showed up on time for scrims.\u201d Following lackluster performances at the first few events, the team tried to put early issues behind them. Focusing on role swaps, Dashy was moved to the main AR role. \u201cWe wanted Brandon to be our star player. We gave him what he wanted.\u201d Unfortunately, this transition didn\u2019t help the issues. \u201cWho said Brandon benched himself?\u201d Kuavo asked. \u201cWho made up this lie? I\u2019m mindblown people actually think that.\u201d While rumors suggested Dashy moved himself to the bench, Kuavo explained that it was a team decision. In fact, almost every player on the roster was willing to bench themselves if it led to a better performance overall. \u201cAll I\u2019m focused on is trying to get my team to win. Put me on the bench if that makes my team better,\u201d Williams said. Dashy was forced to sit out a majority of the 2020 season. He played his last full event at the Week 10 Home Series before Darien \u2018Hollow\u2019 Chverchko and Zack \u2018Drazah\u2019 Jordan joined the team. However, this wasn\u2019t the last we saw of him with OGLA. He made one final appearance during the CDL Playoffs to help save their post-season run. This last-minute performance in a single map of Search and Destroy made waves. Kuavo said this one map was in no way an indicator of his year\u2019s performance, however. \u201cWhy are people gassing one map at Champs? He played really well, Brandon hit some nice snipes, but people are gassing him up.\u201d Before the conversation came to an end, Kuavo focused on one final point of contention: how Dashy left OGLA. \u201cYou don\u2019t disrespect the team that gave you a chance, gave you a contract that was f***ing insane,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t do that, that\u2019s just wrong.\u201d While their first time teaming together certainly didn\u2019t go according to plan, Kuavo reminded everyone watching that there\u2019s no ill will outside of the competition. \u201cI have no hate towards Brandon, that\u2019s my homie out of the game.\u201d Kuavo is confirmed to be sticking with OGLA heading into Black Ops Cold War. He\u2019ll be joined by SlasheR and Drazah, though the org is yet to confirm its fourth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kuavo slams \u201cdisrespectful\u201d Dashy following OpTic Gaming release Call of Duty LeagueKenny \u2018Kuavo\u2019 Williams of OpTic Gaming Los Angeles had plenty to say about the \u201cdisrespectful\u201d Brandon \u2018Dashy\u2019 Otell following his removal from the Greenwall\u2019s Call of Duty League team. When the OGLA roster was first announced in October 2019, it was eyed as one […]<\/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-28312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28312","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=28312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}