New OpTic Gaming Call of Duty Roster Officially Announced
By Nicholas Barth ·
OpTic Gaming has officially announced the departure of Karma and FormaL from its Call of Duty roster, and has revealed the additions of to the team.
Today, OpTic Gaming announced major changes to its Call of Duty team in the latest episode of its documentary series Vision. The North American esports organization revealed that Matthew "FormaL" Piper and Damon "Karma" Barlow are no longer apart of its Call of Duty team team, while former Luminosity Gaming player Sam "Octane" Larew and former Rise Nation player Anthony "Methodz" Zinni will be joining the organization.
Earlier today, Luminosity Gaming had announced the acquisition of FormaL to its Call of Duty roster confriming that the former OpTic Gaming player would not be apart of the new Call of Duty team that OpTic Gaming was going to officially reveal to fans in today's episode of Vision.
Octane and Methodz both bring championship experience in WWII to OpTic Gaming, as Methodz was awarded the honor of MVP during Rise Nation's Call of Duty World League (CWL) Atlanta Championship and Octane was a key player in Luminosity Gaming's championship run at CWL Birmingham.
The breakup of what many consider to be the most talented team in the history of professional Call of Duty was expected by the majority of the community, as the OpTic Gaming roster of Scump, Crimsix, FormaL and Karma failed to find the same level of success in Call of Duty: WWII that they experienced in the three previous Call of Duty titles, where the four players secured 13 Major Championships for OpTic Gaming. Failing to secure a championship so far in the current CWL season, the legendary roster's top 16 placement at CWL Seattle looked to be what finally set the major roster shakeup of OpTic Gaming's team in motion.
During the episode of Vision, Scump and Crimsix stated that the team was experiencing many internal issues and the only thing that was holding the roster together was the consistent winning, which the team has failed to accomplish in WWII season.
Octane and Methodz being the two players to replace Karma and FormaL on OpTic Gaming was rumored and speculated on earlier this week after a recent leak of information by compLexity Gaming's Doug "Censor" Martin regarding the new Call of Duty team for OpTic.
The organization will now be looking upon Octane and Methodz to help Scump and Crimsix lead the team to multiple championship runs to end the current CWL season, while the rest of the community will be remembering the end of one of the greatest teams in professional Call of Duty history.
(Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article stated that the former OpTic Gaming roster of Karma, Scump, Crimsix and FormaL won 18 Major Championships together. This was incorrect, as this roster won 13 Major Championships. Our changes reflect this correction.)
(cover photo courtesy of OpTic Gaming)