OpTic\u2019s Scump and Karma highlight equipment issues at CWL Champs Unsplash\/OpTicOpTic Gaming stars Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner and Damon \u2018Karma\u2019 Barlow highlighted a huge equipment issue at CWL Championships \u2013 with their controllers not acting as they should \u2013 prompting Karma to consider retirement. The final event of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 season concluded on August 18, with eUnited cementing themselves in history with a first-ever CoD World Championship. As ever, plenty of focus was put on OpTic Gaming but the team could only manage a third-place finish. While the legendary team didn\u2019t have many excuses for their performance, Karma and Scump noted issues with the third-party Cronus\u2019 \u2013 a USB controller add-on that players use instead of the standard PS4 pad. It is such an issue that it could push the three-time three-time world champion into retirement. In his first post-Champs loss tweet, Karma admitted that he didn\u2019t quite step up with a top individual performance but his controller issues didn\u2019t help \u2013 while also hinting at possibly retiring if similar issues arise moving forward. \u201cI didn\u2019t play well this event but I\u2019m not going to lie, if next year is played with a fucking 3rd party POS Cronus, I\u2019m out,\u201d he posted. I didn’t play well this event but I’m not going to lie if next year is played with a fucking 3rd party POS Cronus I’m out. \u2014 Damon B (@OpTic_DKarma) August 19, 2019 The Canadian even doubled down on those retirement claims when former OpTic Gaming Halo star Tony \u2018Lethul\u2019 Campbell admitted that he \u2018felt bad\u2019 for CoD pros using \u201cjanky shit like that.\u201d Karma responded: \u201cSince Black ops 3. I\u2019m done with that shit man. If I\u2019m on a team I\u2019m not using it and if I can\u2019t I\u2019m quitting.\u201d Since Black ops 3. I’m done with that shit man. If I’m on a team I’m not using it and if I can’t I’m quitting. \u2014 Damon B (@OpTic_DKarma) August 19, 2019 Barlow\u2019s post prompted long-time teammate Scump to jump in, criticizing the third-party controller add-on for somehow changing between games \u2013 helping in one match-up, while failing in the next. The former Call of Duty World champion tweeted: \u201cLmao. Auto aim one series. None the next! Splendid!\u201d However, it wasn\u2019t just the OpTic boys who were out to make their voices heard on the unusual controller issues. UNITS\u2019 SMG player Joseph \u2018Joee\u2019 Pinnington chimed in, replying: \u201cTurn up for some games and have no chance before the series has started I\u2019m convinced.\u201d Turn up for some games and have no chance before the series has started I\u2019m convinced \u2014 Joee (@Joee_COD) August 19, 2019 Whether or not Karma should harbor concerns about third-party controllers being used in competitive Modern Warfare remains to be seen considering the game has cross-play with PC players. Nobody is quite sure what the future holds for competitive CoD with franchising just around the corner, so it\u2019s a case of wait and see for everybody involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OpTic\u2019s Scump and Karma highlight equipment issues at CWL Champs Unsplash\/OpTicOpTic Gaming stars Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner and Damon \u2018Karma\u2019 Barlow highlighted a huge equipment issue at CWL Championships \u2013 with their controllers not acting as they should \u2013 prompting Karma to consider retirement. The final event of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 season […]<\/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-30525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30525","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=30525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}