Scump says OpTic have \u2018solved\u2019 Major shortcomings: \u201cWe know what we did wrong\u201d Twitter: Scump \/ Call of Duty LeagueFollowing their Top Four finish in the first Call of Duty League Major of 2021, OpTic Chicago\u2019s Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner reflected on what went wrong for the superstar lineup, as well as what they\u2019re doing to rebound in Stage 2. Kicking off the Stage 1 Major against the New York Subliners, OpTic started with a bang. The Green Wall came out in full force as the popular roster blitzed through NYSL 3-0 to start their run. However, it was ultimately NYSL who would knock them out of the event, also with a 3-0 map count just days later. Coming straight out of Super Week and right into the Major, \u201cit was a pretty exhausting two weeks for [OpTic],\u201d Scump admitted in a lengthy March 11 vlog. Though there were a few key mistakes that contributed to their fourth-place finish, he revealed. Reflecting on every map, along with issues from outside the game itself, it wasn\u2019t an ideal run by any stretch, according to Scump\u2019s recount. Reactions from Scump, FormaL, and Envoy after OpTic’s elimination at the #CDL2021 Major.#BrickByBrick pic.twitter.com\/RUxzZHvMjd \u2014 Dexerto Esports (@DexertoEsports) March 7, 2021 With momentum on their side after a sweep over New York, the following series against Dallas \u201cstung\u201d for the team. While it was a narrow five-map affair, Scump firmly believes they \u201ccould have won 3-1\u201d with some slight adjustments. \u201cWe f***ed up a lot of things,\u201d he said. Despite soon rebounding against the LA Thieves in the lower bracket, the immediate rematch against NYSL brought a swift end to their run. It was the brief interval between these matchups that had Scump \u201cpissed off.\u201d \u201cWe f***ed up our vetoes, which ended up shooting us in the foot,\u201d he explained. While the specific picks and bans weren\u2019t revealed for obvious reasons, the map set was against OpTic from the jump, according to Scump. For the first Search and Destroy of the series, the teams loaded into Garrison. Given it was OpTic\u2019s \u201cfirst rep,\u201d and NYSL\u2019s \u201cfirst rep,\u201d they \u201cdidn\u2019t have any VOD to watch\u201d in order to prepare. There were no specific strategies ready to go for New York and their general approach appeared to go out the window as well. \u201cIt felt like we weren\u2019t doing what we practiced on the map,\u201d Scump said. Down 0-2 in the blink of an eye and their backs were against the wall. Just one map away from elimination, however, and they were still holding out for a potential reverse sweep. \u201cWe were very confident on [Checkmate Control] going into it and then the match comes and we kind of just don\u2019t do what we\u2019ve practiced. We just played the map scared it felt like. They ended up taking advantage of that and just absolutely blowing us out of the water.\u201d It was a \u201chard\u201d loss, as Scump described it. \u201c[NYSL] played good, they had a great series but I don\u2019t feel like we played up to par. Can\u2019t take anything away from New York though, they played great.\u201d Looking ahead to Stage 2, it\u2019s all a matter of \u201ckeeping [their] heads down\u201d in pursuit of winning the next Major. \u201cWe know what we did wrong.\u201d With a current break in the action, OpTic will be looking to refine their game and rebound in a big way. Stage 2 is all set to kick off on March 18 with the next Major starting on April 5. Keep on top of the action with our full schedule for 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scump says OpTic have \u2018solved\u2019 Major shortcomings: \u201cWe know what we did wrong\u201d Twitter: Scump \/ Call of Duty LeagueFollowing their Top Four finish in the first Call of Duty League Major of 2021, OpTic Chicago\u2019s Seth \u2018Scump\u2019 Abner reflected on what went wrong for the superstar lineup, as well as what they\u2019re doing to […]<\/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-31026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31026","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=31026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}