Scump of OpTic Gaming Addresses Retirement Speculation: I Want to Win Again
By Nicholas Barth ·
Seth "Scump" Abner of OpTic Gaming has taken to Twitter to address the speculation of his retirement with a declaration that he is not leaving the world of professional Call of Duty.
Seth "Scump" Abner of OpTic Gaming is widely regarded as one of the most talented players in the history of professional Call of Duty, as the OpTic Gaming player has helped his team capture multiple championships including the 2017 Call of Duty World League (CWL) Championship for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.
However, Scump and the OpTic Gaming organization failed to see the same level of success in the 2018 CWL season for Call of Duty: WWII.
Failing to win a single major LAN tournament championship for WWII, OpTic Gaming had a less than stellar year especially with disappointing finishes at the CWL Global Pro League Stage 2 Playoffs and the 2018 CWL Championship. The latter saw Scump and the rest of the OpTic Gaming roster of Ian "Crimsix" Porter, Sam "Octane" Larew and Anthony "Methodz" Zinni fail to make it out of pool play and set in motion a great deal of speculation regarding whether or not Scump would retire.
Looking to put the rumors and speculation regarding his possible retirement to rest, Scump took to Twitter on Monday, August 20th and stated that he is not retiring.
"Not retiring. I want to win again (just to clear the rumors and speculation)," said Scump.
Not retiring. I want to win again (just to clear the rumors and speculation)
— Seth Abner (@OpTic_Scumper) August 21, 2018
Fellow veteran Call of Duty player James "Clayster" Eubanks of eUnited responded to the statement from Scump and confirmed his own decision to not retire.
Same
— eU Clayster (@Clayster) August 21, 2018
Ian "Enable" Wyatt of Team Kaliber also responded to Scump's post and stated that he will not be retiring from the esports scene for the popular Call of Duty franchise either.
Same
— Ian Wyatt (@Enable) August 21, 2018
With the confirmation of Scump not retiring coming from the talented player himself, OpTic Gaming fans can breath a sign of relief that they will have the talented player back for the upcoming CWL season for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
(cover photo courtesy of Dexerto)