OpTic Gaming announce roster changes for Florida Home Series OpTic GamingOpTic Gaming Los Angeles has benched two-time world champion Jordan \u2018JKap\u2019 Kaplan ahead of the Florida Home Series, as the historic organization scrambles to stop their run of \u201cunacceptable\u201d Call of Duty League results. The LA franchise announced Martin \u2018Chino\u2019 Chino would be taking JKap\u2019s spot in the starting lineup in Florida. The move will see him reunited with former Team Kaliber squadmate Kenny \u2018Kuavo\u2019 Williams for the first time since WWII. Chino\u2019s switch into the top-five isn\u2019t the only mix-up LA is pulling the trigger on as they look to escape the CDL cellar either. General manager Muddawg confirmed the team would also be \u201clooking at a variety of role changes.\u201d \u201cObviously our team\u2019s performance has been unacceptable, and we need to get a lot better,\u201d Eric \u2018Muddawg\u2019 Sanders said during OpTic\u2019s roster-swap announcement. \u201cGoing into Florida we\u2019re going to try playing Chino for JKap.\u201d The OpTic GM also added it \u201cwasn\u2019t lost on [LA\u2019s backroom staff]\u201d that the roster boasts two of the game\u2019s top-tier main ARs in Austin \u201cSlasheR\u201d Liddicoat and Brandon \u201cDashy\u201d Otell in a meta that calls for just one on the roster. \u201cThe team is looking at a variety of role changes\u201d he confirmed. \u201cWe\u2019re in a meta that allows for one assault rifle, so we\u2019re trying out a variety of scenarios to see what is best. Hopefully, we can give you a better showing in Florida.\u201d Update heading into the Florida Home Series.#OGLA \/\/ #CDL2020 pic.twitter.com\/41WiElEetY \u2014 OpTic Gaming\u2122 (@OpTic) May 4, 2020 OpTic will be hoping their sweeping changes pay dividends sooner rather than later too. Ahead of the 2020 CDL season launch weekend, the Los Angeles roster was tipped as one of the best chances to take the title. Now they languish in tied-last-place. Bringing Chino into the main roster also adds another puzzle piece for Los Angeles too. The 22-year-old has been an assault rifle player most of his career. He\u2019ll likely make his CDL debut on the MP5 submachine gun, however. OGLA\u2019s refreshed roster will get its first major test this weekend against the London Royal Ravens. They face the seventh-placed team on Friday at 4.30pm CT. If the Greenwall can bag a win, they could then face Paris or Atlanta. Related: CDL Power Rankings\u2014FaZe, Huntsmen drop after Chicago: The newest OpTic switch-up isn\u2019t the only roster move being made ahead of Florida\u2019s event either. The league\u2019s early pacesetters Chicago have also dumped Gunless from their lineup after falling behind rivals Dallas last round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OpTic Gaming announce roster changes for Florida Home Series OpTic GamingOpTic Gaming Los Angeles has benched two-time world champion Jordan \u2018JKap\u2019 Kaplan ahead of the Florida Home Series, as the historic organization scrambles to stop their run of \u201cunacceptable\u201d Call of Duty League results. The LA franchise announced Martin \u2018Chino\u2019 Chino would be taking JKap\u2019s […]<\/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-30436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30436","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=30436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}