The rise of Dashy: The walking montage of Call of Duty It seemed fitting that one of the greatest snipers the Call of Duty world has ever seen would eventually join OpTic \u2013 the first ever sniper team created back in 2006. But even before he became OpTic Dashy, Brandon Otell was destined for stardom. Born in 1999 to Lebanese parents in Canada, Dashy discovered video games at the age of seven on the original Xbox, favoring Halo and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic before he found his way to Call of Duty: World at War. But it wasn\u2019t until Modern Warfare 2 was released when he started to display a rare talent for sniping. Geared with intervention, his favourite rifle of all time, Dashy made a name for himself in the small and niche community of competitive sniping where he grinded for four years. Despite getting no exposure, he believes that it was worthwhile. He said: \u201cDo you know what\u2019s crazy? I did that for so long and I don\u2019t regret doing it. It was so much fun. I was making no money, I was not getting any exposure but the joy of doing it and sniping all day and all night was just so fun to me.\u201d Following the release of Black Ops 2, Dashy did join a team called Obey and played in his first competitive sniping tournament, but he took a break from the game after they let him go. He recalled: \u201cI ended up getting dropped for that team, I was like whatever and I kind of stopped playing CoD for a little bit.\u201d However, the release of Black Ops 3 changed his life forever. In 2015, Dashy was on the verge of quitting Call of Duty in order to focus on school and sports but he reignited his passion for the game after getting his hands on Black Ops 3 and it only got better and better from there. Two years after he made the decision to pursue a pro career in Call of Duty, the 17-year-old prodigy signed for Str8 Rippin and qualified for his first ever Champs with StuDyy, Ricky and a fresh-faced Temp. Alongside a young and talented Temp, the duo carried their team all the way through the NA Last Chance Qualifiers where Dashy proved himself to be a dangerous and versatile slayer. The pair continued to shine at champs that year \u2013 making it out of a group that consisted of Fnatic, Tainted Minds and Evil Geniuses. But their luck ran out as they were decimated in the first round of knockouts by FaZe Clan. Some might have looked at this as a failure but it was far from it for Dashy \u2013 his performances got him noticed and getting spotted gave him an opportunity to pull off what was about to become one of the most memorable moments of the Call of Duty professional scene at that time. The game was WW2 and Dashy had just been picked up by Enigma6 for CWL Dallas 2018. They were in the Losers Bracket and they needed to beat Rise Nation for a chance to progress to Round 4. Here, Dashy etched his name into the history books by dropping 20 kills in a Game 5 Search and Destroy \u2013 a feat only matched by the legend Crimsix back in 2014 against FaZe. It was the first time the two players were being talked about on the same level \u2013 but it certainly wasn\u2019t the last. Dashy\u2019s rise to stardom also came with a price \u2013 while he was well loved by many fans, the charismatic and opinionated teenager also got into a lot of drama. Whilst playing for Enigma6 and later Complexity, Dashy became teammates on multiple occasions with Censor and Blazt. The trio didn\u2019t enjoy much success together, though, and after the team disbanded, Dashy and Blazt recalled stories of Censor missing practice. On a stream, the pair claimed that Censor told his team that he was too sick to scrim but then posted a photo of himself on a jet ski two hours later. And Censor, who was an outspoken YouTube personality, hit back at the pair, accusing them of slandering his name and called them \u201cpathological liars.\u201d But the back and forth spat didn\u2019t stop there. While Blazt was the more vocal one in the situation, Dashy also expressed his own criticisms. Responding to a 26-minute video Censor posted to clear his name, Dashy said: \u201cHe\u2019s always complaining. Oh, I\u2019m always the victim. I don\u2019t give a f*ck if you\u2019re getting fried, at least show me you give a f*ck, instead of f*cking making videos saying you do. Literally, that\u2019s all he does, he talks about how he wants it, but doesn\u2019t actually put in the work \u2013 that\u2019s literally fucking psychotic.\u201d Although the drama was left fairly open ended, it was clear that Dashy and Blazt had burnt some bridges with their former teammate but this was nothing compared to what transpired between Dashy and one of the biggest legends of the game after he joined OpTic. Despite making it to his first Champs at just 17 and slowly shaping himself into a top prospect, Dashy didn\u2019t quite become the walking montage that he is today until he was picked up by OpTic. It was Black Ops 4, released in 2018, that truly propelled him into a superstar. OpTic were in for a revamp \u2013 they had just survived one of their worst years in the organization\u2019s history. Octane and Methodz were out, while Dashy and TJHaly were in. It was going to take a special player to fill the gap left by Octane \u2013 who was considered one of the best in the world \u2013 and Dashy did just that. He went onto top the leaderboard in both Search and Destroy KD as well as overall KD but most notably, he helped OpTic to their first victory in over a year at CWL Vegas. Under the lights of the Hard Rock Hotel, with fans chanting his nickname \u201cBruce, Bruce, Bruce\u201d, Dashy pulled out the performance of his life in the grand finals against eUnited. Dashy didn\u2019t just lift the trophy with OpTic that night but was also awarded MVP of the tournament and had the highest KD from a winning team. Ever. Of course, Dashy\u2019s success was also down to the superstar team he now had around him. He was no longer just sniping in his bedroom but playing on stage alongside Scump, Karma and Crimsix \u2013 some of the greatest players of all time in professional Call of Duty. But all good things come to an end and it was no different for this OpTic roster. Competitive Call of Duty underwent the most dramatic shift since the inception of the league when the new franchising system was unveiled. But no one can prepare for how the changes turned teammates into bitter rivals. Crimsix, who had spent five years at OpTic, dropped a bombshell that he was forced out of the organization. He revealed: \u201cThree people colluded against me towards two of my best friends that I\u2019ve known for over a third of my life. They were given a 3v1 ultimatum to replace me on a team that they wanted to leave\/have left in the past. I was essentially forced out by other people other than Seth and Hector.\u201d Crimsix went on to reveal that his former teammates had conflicts from the inception of the new roster and that they are no longer friends: \u201cThe team was split into two sides, with him Karm and Tyler against Dashy, Scump and TJ,\u201d he said. \u201cWe hated each other, the two sides couldn\u2019t have been more apart. They thought they were gods and Damon, Tyler and I were garbage. They wouldn\u2019t listen. Even if you were right, they would ignore you. Teammates are supposed to build you up, not to try and tear you down. We had a lot of disagreements that almost always turned into personal shots at each other.\u201d Dashy, who had become a fan-favourite during Black Ops 4, was also now being accused by Crimsix for being lazy and difficult to work with \u2013 to a point where Crimsix described working with this roster as \u201cbabysitting.\u201d It was the first time in Dashy\u2019s career where someone of Crimsix\u2019s stature had come out and publicly criticized his attitude and his worth ethic, and Dashy didn\u2019t stay silent for long. He responded on stream: \u201cListen, I\u2019m good with all my teammates. It\u2019s just some of them aren\u2019t good with me because I didn\u2019t want to play with them. If you don\u2019t want to play with someone you get crucified for it \u2013 just don\u2019t get sh*t on.\u201d The roster drama didn\u2019t just end there \u2013 although he retained a spot on OpTic\u2019s new line up, Dashy allegedly threatened to bench himself because his request to transfer to the Chicago Huntsmen was denied. Of course, things were resolved before the start of the new Call of Duty 2020 season but when the two sides met during the launch weekend, it was Chicago that came out on top. The Huntsmen signed two of OpTic\u2019s most legendary players, Scump and FormaL as they destroyed OGLA in a match where Chicago looked more like the old OpTic than OGLA themselves did. Dashy was one of the best players to ever touch Black Ops 4 last year \u2013 can we expect him to replicate his success in Modern Warfare and dominate the franchise? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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