The Saddest Day in Call of Duty History | The OpTic Podcast ep. 149

[@Aunny123]

Formal lost a lot of weight. Happy to see him doing well.

[@ShmurkyDurky]

Bro if he gets back to Skinny Mathias, he’s winning CoD Champs and Halo Worlds in the same year.

[@38pulse]

LMAOOO no bs@@ShmurkyDurky

[@theDrMerkk]

boze been mad open and vibey lately, i love it

[@Jrizz]

you can tell Hector was passionate about that GB and cdl talk man. I love to see it. OpTic til i die baby!!!

[@Hassan-yp1gv]

I’m guessing the pod is gonna be about the day Killa retired

[@zacbennett4296]

Best comment I've seen in a while

[@FPSBloodlust]

Gotta be

[@a6am6]

LMAOOO

[@scottthecarguy8147]

We need him back. Or at least on the podcast.

[@gazoooo6386]

Lmaoooooooo

[@thebiggesthater4720]

OMG FORMAL looking healthy!!! That’s what I like to see Formal the goat no one can dispute sorry for glazing so hard Scump cool too lol

[@Dexter212000]

Nah formal deserves the glaze. Bro is lookin right no pause 😂

[@killout18]

Get off the Addy bro, can see it in your post

[@thebiggesthater4720]

@@killout18 lol it’s just a profile pic and I’m more of a pinepark kinda guy

[@thebiggesthater4720]

@@Dexter212000 Forreal!! Lol

[@youngplinco462]

Literally came to the comments to immediately comment this, bro is looking good

[@jacobhutchinson4104]

I fuckin love formal. On the pod for two mins and hes already making me laugh knowing why scump loves that watch party 🤑😂

[@Jrizz]

hahaha I said the SAME THING!!!!

[@nicmiller248]

Broooo same 😂😂😂😂

[@scootieb6061]

He didn’t even say anything how did he make you laugh

[@doublejump6540]

@@scootieb6061The way he smirking at scump lol did you not pay attention

[@joeybadazz3]

Lmao boy formal a savage 😆😆

[@47frames]

formal looking healthy! love to see it. keep going yall. never fail to bring joy into my daily life with these podcasts. Thank you!

[@battlefrontclips2602]

I miss the race to prestige streams those make the new cods that much more memorable

[@Dameworth]

Yea I definitely wish there was a prestige grind alongside the camos

[@DylFromTheMist]

@@Dameworth merry Christmas bud

[@ek824]

This pod is just Hecz with his clear favorite sons 😂 W squad

[@LxttleSZN]

HECZ is very upset with this because he sees what is coming and COD and Activision dont care. 25 million entry per team which means they initially generated 300 Million Dollars and the league is gonna fail. Activision is pathetic...

[@AlohaBets]

They pay 25m per organization? Winning all majors+champ wouldn’t even earn close to 20m thats crazy

[@keiranbligh8284]

Get educated the buy in for the league was 25 mill none and I mean none of the teams have even come close to paying that amount yet they were all on payment plans however should the cdl collapse like overwatch league they will most likely get the money back and or not be needed to pay the full price

[@nukeahlik254]

i dont think you know how franchises work lmao and why these orgs need ownership groups lmao@@keiranbligh8284

[@thannydevitos2332]

Teams pay it over time, activision has not seen anywhere near that full price

[@Throwables]

Seems like it was all a money grab, these business guys probably saw “esports” as “always going to fail” and wanted to snag a few million off the top of those shit buy-in contracts while turning their heads when asked to make proper decisions.

[@jamesbendon6496]

I'm happy to see Formal smiling

[@Gnorde]

As a former World of Warcraft player who started playing wow before Activision took over. I think CoD is starting to see the same thing. It’s kinda sad. Activision is honestly a plague in the gaming community. They destroy everything they get their hands on.

[@Apollo4D]

APG has brought such joy and respect to OpTic and halo. Sad to see him leave, excited for his future ❤

[@Aquajoda]

I first played a GB with my friend in 2010 on mw2 when I was 12 years old. Some of my favorite times. Sad too see it go. Wish it could've been implemented more

[@jordanmarazzi]

Yeah fr bro , and those days I will never forget , life was so magical

[@Smokeyyyyyyy]

i can’t believe gamebattles is going to be gone forever….so many memories & so many friendships made playing it…..

[@PHXLGshow]

When not having money to go to events GB saved me so many times . Online tournaments or just Matches against pros, semi pros, and GB warriors gave you that dopamine you needed to keep the community growing to where it is today. Plus going to school the next day saying I matched against Proof & Mboze 1v1 vs Phizz( 🙏🏼) win or lose was so satisfying.

[@1jaedan]

RIP GB! I’ll remember my 2019 singles ladder gold for a long, long time

[@shoku1735]

don't mess with FormaL and his dooms-day knowledge man LMAOO - lovely content as always

[@youtubeburneraccount7483]

this pods so underrated, its not just a cod pod its boys vibing and the crazy uncle hecz its sick

[@henrylopez00hl]

Love hearing hecz talking about business and his thoughts on those topics. Wise old man

[@crich695]

I like how the “palette cleanser” topic that followed the GB talk was super volcanoes that could kill us all

[@sudo_garrett]

“Iceland’s gonna be pretty chalked, right?”Formal 30:18 lol

[@WidgetWagyu47292]

GB was such a good way for beginners/casuals to get into competitive call of duty. It was a good gateway into the scene. Now they’ll have to watch a match and have it catch their attention.

[@zaucy_]

I always love when we get a podcast with T2P sitting next to each other lmao they just randomly start geekin with each other having their own convo 😂😂

[@mattyfut]

In regards to the level cap, I'm sure there's data that suggests it keeps the community more active throughout the year rather than people rushing to get max prestige and then not touching the game for a while resulting in loss of store sales. They do a similar thing in FIFA where they cap the amount of XP you get on a weekly basis so you don't progress through the season pass too fast.

[@Envyplayz341]

FIFA is the most predatory game there is. Of course they would do some lame shit like capping xp on a weekly basis.

[@carterrrsan5614]

26:08 Why was the silence so loud LOOOOOOOOOL

[@ImActuallyJustJared]

perfect lineup right here. i could listen to hecz give these boys business insight all day long

[@MrPretends]

Whats insane is that if this shit is such a struggle for activision they could just license it to another org and do absolutely nothing except collect a check

[@Stateless7]

I had to hop on my GB account one last time. Started in 2008 with my friend from baseball playing duos on CoD4 and WaW. Met a bunch of people along the way on GB that I still talk to today. So sad to see it get shut down.

[@jasol5071]

Bro said a dragon , cool dragon with the formal smirk 😂😂😂😂😂

[@thebiggesthater4720]

So excited for the season to start optic finna do it up this year

[@Jrizz]

you know damn well Formal was thinkin Scump likes how much $$$ rollin in during them watch parties lmfao

[@xTheHairyPalmx]

RIP GameBattles :(

[@Rigbob]

One of my best cod memories is playing against optic in a game battles match. It was during the road to 100-0 series in black ops 2. Scump, nade, merk, and bigT

[@Anonymous25491]

I started with GB , Halo , COD , climbing the leaderboards. Hate what these devs are doing to these games, or stock holders. I quit because I didn’t want to be like a person who kept going back to an abuser. Great memories.

[@john8480]

GB’s shutdown by Activision. These people hate competitive cod I swear

[@ChadtheGamer2000]

Yoo is skinny formal making a return 🥶

[@Jinzle]

I could legit watch these for hours, boys are so calm and still entertaining lol

[@ClassicBarz]

I lost full when formal said 2v2 on one big monitor then scumpii says i'd be good at that ahahahaha 😂😂😂

[@drewking9117]

I miss old cod, smaller maps better maps for comp, every weekend was 2ks more lan events, umg mlg and gfinity hosting all these events. More competitive cod to watch 😢

[@drickbailio8803]

Formie like “I bet you do like making 100k a day doing watch parties” lmaooooooooooo savage

[@Austinoo]

Great Pod glad to see Formal mann he fits in at anytime and shout to Dashy in the cut! MLG and GBs were my upbringing sad to see it leave. GGs my friend.

[@tomslck_]

26:05 I’m crying 😂 at everyone trying to interpret his analogy

[@rickyrodriguez3259]

H4F!!!!! Thank you for being the loudest voice H3CZ on all this bs! Makes it a billion times easier to be an OpTic fan 🐐🐐🐐

[@DRIZ_Manticore809]

Not just an Optic fan but a fan of CoD in general

[@CineMaddox]

8 minutes of ads?? Still loved the pod boys. Much love!

[@hallon7934]

Gg the reason I stuck around this long in gaming since 2008.15 years of memories but learning that gb is done I'm done. Just learned today that I'm gonna be a dad 3 hours after I heard about gamebattles. Thats the weirdest way of the world saying its time to move on. It's been fun boys highest gb rank achieved 743 love y'all stay safe ya freaks

[@Odd1x]

I hope xDefiant comp scene goes well because CoD do not care and have shown that they don't for several years.

[@Floraized]

loved the content, and for Scump and Formal, Yes there is leaderboards and its been fun grinding them

[@Verified.hustle]

Where gb went wrong was when they got rid of Canada in the tournaments. And not implementing wagers. This site has so much potential.

[@vJustAnt]

add a 5th mic off cam for ppl who are just poppin by so we can hear them

[@slasherboy11695]

Am I the only one that has an issue with completing daily challenges to unlock some gear, equipment, weapons, a little bit of everything?

[@slpyMillahh]

21:21 absolutely sent me flying

[@NathanRhwmf]

formal looks fN great, been putting in work on and off the field

[@NathanRhwmf]

47:30 agree with Matt 100% having fun with cod because my buddies are on good game developers make good games (apex, even though i’m not into BR)

[@chriscarter4563]

I think the ash blocking out the sun is how Yellowstone would kill us. There would be so much ash in the atmosphere that the entire planet would go dark, causing another ice age and killing off all the plants, depleting our oxygen.

[@anarchy6417]

1:01:49 welp they already GA'D the knife that didn't last long...

[@charliecole8880]

Cod is so dead it’s unreal. Bring back 2016 vibes

[@DG-vx6fo]

As someone who wants to be a future competitor, I dont know how to proceed now, maybe thats what COD wants, maybe they dont want competitors or influencers, maybe they just want people to buy the game once a year and thats it, nothing more, nothing less

[@WorkinProgress91]

GOAT line up. ❤ these boys

[@anarchy6417]

imo the reason for them not adding prestige is because they know people will rush to max prestige and have no reason to play anymore, so they make it to where you get to level 1000 and it resets every season so you always have something to grind for. In short they want you playing for as long as possible and have a reason to come back every season.

[@The_DeeeJ46]

Some scientists have talked about this before and I believe it’s all over google now but, they said if Yellowstone’s super volcano erupts it would instantly kill like 100,000 people and spread molten ash as far as a 1,000 miles in every direction from the park! So to be fair Seth is slightly right when he said they’d be fine in Dallas since it’s probably like 1,500 from Dallas to Yellowstone, it’s possible Dallas would be fine but also possible it would be destroyed! Also on this topic the most likely one to erupt is the one in Italy because it’s crust is about 15% thinner than it was a decade ago and that if it erupts it could cause tsunami’s up to 100+ ft tall waves that could cause 10s of millions of deaths world wide

[@b3to653]

i saw a documentary can't remember where but the video said it would kill everyone in north america from hot ash and debris

[@tonyserrano1048]

Love seeing formal on the pod

[@ksiss8616]

First time I've wake n baked in 5 years, and now I'm trippen about these volcanos n shit 😮

[@jordanmarazzi]

😂😂i hella high now but i trying to quit weed :(

[@Greg2Million]

Yoooooo took a minute for the realization to hit me (listening, not watching), but we’ve got a formal episode !! Let’s gooo

[@BuffaloHHDD]

Dang man, been around since the beginning, played both in sniping and competitive teams, its sad to see that this side of COD might not be there in the near future. I feel there has to be somebody or some group out there that has the power and abilty to continue the competitive COD scene.

[@PHXLGshow]

I get why they took away open bracket. Imagine the owner of the Cavs seeing his team get ripped apart by an open bracket team 😅 him and investors would be furious, but it needs to come back. Watching Ambush beat pro teams like Str8 and TD in open bracket and watching them become pros was amazing. That's what grew this $#i+. Imagine keeping a young scump in challengers all because of a franchise/ friendship league. Sigh

[@Tor2Guh-]

CoD has to take notes from the Melee community man. Through any and ALL adversity, that game still stands. That game will never die. Because that community won’t die. They still have majors across the globe and it’s beautiful.

[@Cletus_Van_Damme]

Looks like earthquakes are common in Iceland. Probably not this damaging but they experience ~500 earthquakes a week or ~26000 every year.

[@ashername1244]

Hecz has that passion

[@kujothebear6969]

So good to see Formal back on the pod. #H4F

[@paulbouchet3364]

Through the whole podcast all I can do is look at that orange cord on the floor. Hecz looking FRESH.

[@t.earnhart4816]

RIP GBs I just found a group to start playing with after 8 years of cod that I felt confident betting on and now it is going to be ripped away

[@justincarroll351]

GB you will be missed ❤😢

[@kyrzn]

RIP GB

[@ByocheckCA]

Formal´s whole perspective on COD is so true 47:05 / 48:25 also a very good take

[@Bkob1471]

Hector needs to call Fwiz…between those two they can definitely make something happen if Activision decides to kill the CDL.

[@b3to653]

you do realize Activision can shut down any league they own 😂😂😂

[@keiranbligh8284]

And it means fuck all because Microsoft when they are full in control could go in the complete opposite direction

[@Bkob1471]

@@b3to653 and they would be in their rights to do so but I think those two would have a really good chance to start something new which wasn’t owned by Activision.

[@seannym95]

Bro I’m almost every Optic match when they were losing , 80% of the chat would always dog and trash aPG and demand he gets dropped and needs to get dropped. And now that he finally got dropped (needed to happen in my opinion), now all the sudden people wanna cry and act sad that he’s finally gone. I can’t stand the halo and CoD community fan base man.

[@adjust6744]

RS3/H2 GBs were peak ganing on original xbox. Was really the golden age. Before MLG.

[@DonTrades1031]

Formal and mboze should have a show man

[@jayhamilton1329]

IW gb integration was great. I wish they would get back to that system

[@DestinyYagami]

i swear only scump makes formal giggle endlessly

[@DiegoRomero-xz7xs]

Can we get Matt a Mic to also reply to their request?!?!

[@yaboyap3286]

Matt is looking good! Love to see it

[@RyanG235]

i cried i miss gb already

[@iishredarr4648]

Make… Your… own… game 👑

[@geo_104]

If the CDL was gone tomorrow it wouldn't affect Activision one bit. They don't care about but won't let anyone else run it? Devs don't need eSports to do well, they will make their money regardless.

[@iconicb232]

GameBattles is a victim of the neglected AM/Challenger scene many stopped playing cause CDL gives zero fucks about amateur players. Sadly franchising killed the AM scene

[@eseabram]

Woah yeah Matt looking awesome! Keep it up lads, love OpTic always.

[@HJMStone]

Big up Formal good to see him back on the podcast!

[@youthought.128]

If formal were to hop on cod, man that would do numbers i feel.

[@6ixey]

Hardpoint on these remastered maps seem to have similar spawns to the ones you would get playing hq back in the day. Should go watch some old comp sniping matches to learn the spawns again.

[@cryptoupdates1904]

Scump: I cant wait for the league to come back, So I can do watch parties. I love that shit Formal: 😂 I bet you do Scump: Why? 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@IMReddx]

As soon as they killed the open circuit was the day it died. Thousands of teams would show up to these events in hopes for a Cinderella story. Thats what made it special, anyone had a shot!

[@XBLJohnstOnse]

End goal is to weed out the tryhards. Tryhards prevent new casuals from coming in and spending money on their games. Every decision they’ve made about cod for years has been about getting as many casuals as possible playing. The vets will bitch and moan but will ultimately still play the game so they don’t give af

[@dtmpradacy1082]

We should protest the CDL, protest every Activision sanctioned event, we must use our collective power as a people.. Unfortunately Hecz I am asking the world from you and I respect your decision if you decide not to

[@xPremo_]

Can Confirm, Control Spawns are even worse than HP Spawns. KEKW!

[@dillyboyq]

OpTic Beanbag commercial 🔥 as always

[@Setbaxs]

So sad to look back at being a kid watching mlg and now knowing that we were gonna lose all of that

[@LDMscopes]

Damn a lot of good times on mlg for me, started on gb back on bo1 and played a ton on umg on ghost and aw

[@iangrabowski2298]

To me this game feels like a last ditch effort to grab on nostalgia, vanguard was split between two studios and felt more put together than mw2s dlc does and that all this was, a dlc not ready for launch. (edit: also the reason there is no prestige system is because of the live service battle pass standard to keep players playing longer)

[@charlestcrepps]

I don’t think people are paying attention enough to what HECZ is saying man. He has learned through this process and understands that corporate sharks are exactly that. The disrespect should not be tolerated.