The ultimate run within the Name of Responsibility League for Scump, the face of OpTic and one of many all-time CoD greats, has not gotten off to a great begin. Consequently, the OpTic Texas workforce is reportedly already contemplating a possible roster transfer.
OpTic Texas is “within the course of” of contemplating a roster transfer following Main One, in line with Ben Nissim, a former supervisor/analyst for FaZe and present co-host of The Flank. Nissim says the workforce “is actively excited about it” and is assured that plenty of gamers have already been approached about probably becoming a member of.
However Nissim additionally stated a lot of the gamers the franchise is speaking to are at the moment on different CDL groups, so OpTic must purchase out a contract from one other workforce, and it will seemingly be for a participant who simply signed a brand new deal this previous offseason.
Whereas Nissim wouldn’t identify names, a CDL intel account in CDL Scrim Intel is reporting that OpTic Texas has “an curiosity in L.A. Guerrillas participant Arcitys.” Arcitys, a two-time world champion, performed alongside Scump within the first 12 months of the CDL in 2020 beneath the Chicago Huntsmen banner however left after the conclusion of the season only a week earlier than the workforce introduced on Brandon “Dashy” Otell and rebranded to OpTic Chicago.
OpTic is at the moment excited about making a change and maintain an curiosity in LA Guerrillas participant Arcitys. My understanding is that it’s simply an curiosity in the mean time, and contemplating Arcitys large buyout within the offseason and 3-year contract, it may not prolong additional. pic.twitter.com/xR4ZSH6QNT
— CDL Scrim Intel (@CdlScrimintel) December 20, 2022
CDL Scrim Intel did, nonetheless, acknowledge the identical buyout situation referenced by Nissim. Arcitys signed a brand new three-year take care of the L.A. Guerrillas this previous offseason, and CDL Scrim Intel talked about that his “large buyout” may cease the dialog from going any additional.
Nissim talked about in his video that OpTic Texas would undoubtedly be a workforce to observe throughout this closing week of December, saying that the franchise is “not ready to see what occurs till Main Two.” Their first match of the 12 months on the Main One qualifiers resulted in a controversial forfeit, and on the Main itself, they went 1-2 in teams and missed the bracket altogether, highlighted by a blowout loss to the Toronto Extremely.
OpTic Texas doesn’t have a lot time to fiddle, although, with Main Two qualifiers starting on Jan. 13, 2023.