Hitch explains why he believes OpTic will return to their former glory OpTic GamingOpTic Gaming\u2019s creative director Davis \u2018Hitch\u2019 Edwards has explained how he plans to help bring OpTic back to its former glory after years of fierce competition from the likes of FaZe Clan and 100 Thieves. In the early days of Call of Duty content stardom, OpTic set the blueprint for what was to come for many esports organizations, with their highly popular YouTube videos. Not long after came the likes of FaZe Clan, who in recent years have absolutely skyrocketed while OpTic went through somewhat of an identity crisis, as it passed between various owners. The buzz around the org has started to grow back, though, especially since their merger with Envy, another longstanding staple of the CoD scene. During a Dexerto Originals documentary, in which we spoke about all things OpTic and his life up until now, Hitch spoke about how he came to be in OpTic and the future of the company. Read More: Hastr0 names his GOAT COD pro – After discussing how they lost OpTic, then eventually managed to get it back, Hitch suggested there\u2019s a lot of promise in the org as it is now. \u201cNow we finally have it [the brand] again,\u201d he said. \u201cAlready, we\u2019re already making waves. I think it\u2019s only a matter of time before we get back either on top or, you know \u2026 all these red orgs keep doing their thing.\u201d By \u2018red orgs\u2019, Hitch is referring to FaZe and 100 Thieves. Timestamp 20:17 He goes on to say that they want to take this core group of people and grow that out, adding that he\u2019s \u201creally excited\u201d about the future. He even suggested that he would \u201clove to do\u201d a collab with 100 Thieves, similar to the one they did with FaZe Clan, but that that\u2019s \u201cbetween the two head honchos.\u201d Only a few years ago OpTic was arguably the biggest esports organization in the world. While their grip on that spot might have loosened, Hitch has no doubt that they\u2019ll return back to their former glory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hitch explains why he believes OpTic will return to their former glory OpTic GamingOpTic Gaming\u2019s creative director Davis \u2018Hitch\u2019 Edwards has explained how he plans to help bring OpTic back to its former glory after years of fierce competition from the likes of FaZe Clan and 100 Thieves. In the early days of Call of […]<\/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-66661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66661","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=66661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}