ZooMaa To Fill In For Dashy On OpTic Gaming At CWL Pro League

The first MVP of the competitive scene for Black Ops 4 will not be making an appearance in the opening matches of the CWL Pro League. OpTic Gaming’s Brandon “Dashy” Otell will not be able to play in the opening matches for his team, with coach Tyler “TeePee” Polchow confirming that substitute player Tommy “ZooMaa” Paparatto will be taking his place instead.

“ZooMaa is playing while we figure out some issues with Dashy,” TeePee revealed on stream. Rumors have been circulating online that Dashy, who resides in Canada, is having difficulties with his travel arrangements that are causing him to miss the start of the 2019 CWL season. Now fans of the team must face the prospect of going into this tournament without the CLW Las Vegas MVP.

TeePee was not able to specify how long Dashy would be out of the tournament for, with the CWL Handbook stating “teams are only permitted to make a substitute request for an entire week of regular season play. Unless otherwise explicitly permitted by the Administration, teams will not be permitted to field a substitute from match to match.” It’s likely that ZooMaa will play out the first four matches of the season.

OpTic Gaming’s full roster for the CWL Pro League now consists of ZooMaa, Seth “Scump” Abner, Ian “Crimsix” Porter, Damon “Karma” Barlow, and Tommy “TJHaLy” Haly.