Scump and JKap Discuss OpTic Gaming and Luminosity Roster Swap at CWL Anaheim

The action up at Anaheim is heating up for the Call of Duty World League Major International offline tournament, with the teams battling tooth and nail for a spot in the playoffs. During a break in the action, we were able to take some time to speak with OpTic Gaming’s Seth “Scump” Abner, and Luminosity’s Jordan “JKap” Kaplan, and talk about the recent roster swap that took place between these two teams, which ultimately saw Matthew “FormaL” Piper leave OpTic to join Luminosity, while Sam “Octane” Larew left Luminosity to join OpTic.

OpTic Gaming’s Seth “Scump” Abner: There’s definitely pressure, I’d say it’s business as usual though. People over the past 4 years have looked at OpTic Gaming and expected us to win every tournament that we go to, so… I mean it’s business as usual, there’s definitely a little bit of pressure but the new guys are handling it well and Me and Ian (Ian “Crimsix” Porter) are pretty used to it so we’re just going to keep trying to carry the momentum we have now and just keep each other hyped up and just keep each other motivated, hopefully take it series by series, map by map.

Luminosity’s Jordan “JKap” Kaplan: You know we definitely started kind of slow as a team with this FormaL (Matthew “FormaL” Piper) for Octane (Sam “Octane” Larew) trade, but we’re getting a lot better I think, you know at first our teamwork was definitely off, you know we played with Sam the whole game, it was definitely different playing with Matt at first but now we’re getting to a point where I think everyone’s starting to be really comfortable and confident in what they have to do and the plays they have to make on the map.

For more on how the teams are faring at this event, check out the official website, here, and for more coverage on the event itself, check out our interview with Gunless from Rise Nation, here.

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