OpTic Texas got here collectively in the present day after quite a few roster adjustments to take down the Seattle Surge, who stay winless within the 2023 Name of Responsibility League on-line qualifiers for Main Two.
This was OpTic’s first match following Seth “Scump” Abner’s historic retirement from Name of Responsibility. In his place, the workforce introduced again Brandon “Dashy” Otell, who had lately been on and off the roster for the Fashionable Warfare 2 season. This match towards Seattle marked the primary time OpTic Texas would play with out Scump and followers had been unsure how the workforce would do with out his veteran management and slaying.
In the meantime, Seattle had been battling a gradual begin after the vacation break regardless of putting second on the first Main. That 0-2 begin was the hearth that Seattle wanted to get again collectively as they overcame a 100-point deficit to take the primary map, Al Bagra Fortress Hardpoint, in in the present day’s match. With a gradual begin to the collection, OpTic bounced again within the Embassy Search and Destroy and El Asilo Management to go up 2-1.
Seattle took one more Hardpoint within the collection confidently, which proved that the mode could also be a sore spot for the newly fashioned OpTic workforce. The duo of Amer “Pred” Zulbeari and Daunte “Sib” Grey was an unstoppable pressure within the respawn however struggled to do a lot else within the different modes. This led to a recreation 5 that put OpTic over the sting to safe their first victory with out Scump on the roster
OpTic will end out the weekend of matches by going up towards the Toronto Extremely, who’re undefeated within the Main Two qualifiers proper now. To upset the most effective groups presently within the recreation could also be all the arrogance the workforce wants earlier than the second Main in Boston subsequent month.