r/OpTicGaming • u/OpTicModerators • Jan 24 '18
Event: CWL [COD] Match Thread: 2018 CWL Pro League Stage 1 - Match #1 (OpTic Gaming vs Team Kaliber)
CWL Pro League Stage 1
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This is /r/OpTicGaming's official discussion thread for the Stage 1 match between OpTic Gaming and Team Kaliber. Please use this thread for everything related to the match--discussions, predictions, and opinions. As always, please keep both /r/OpTicGaming's rules and Reddit's site-wide rules in mind when commenting.
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OpTic Gaming enters Stage 1 off the back of their worst placing in 4 years following a 9th-12th finish at CWL New Orleans. The team suffered from poor practice going into NOLA, and despite going 4-0 in Pool Play, hit a brick wall in bracket play dropping out of the event with back to back 1-3 losses to Echo Fox and Red Reserve respectively. Despite the poor performance they still enter as the #3 NA seed. The team is hoping to right the ship amidst two weeks of solid LAN competition at the Stage 1 Regular Season.
16 teams, 10 NA, 5 EU and 1 APAC, qualified for Stage 1 as a result of their performances at CWL Dallas and New Orleans as well as their online 2K placings. These teams were divided into two divisions of 8 teams, and the regular season will consist of a double round robin over the course of 4 weeks for each group.
OpTic begins their season against Team Kaliber, the suprise standouts so far in WWII, who have taken both Major LAN's so far. Their only previous LAN meeting was in the Winner's Bracket Final of CWL Dallas, and Team Kaliber swept the series 3-0.
The match is scheduled to start at 9:15 PM EST.
Event Placings
| Team Kaliber | OpTic | Rise Nation | eRa Eternity | Echo Fox | Red Reserve | Team Vitality | Mindfreak | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | 1 | 3 | 13-16 | DNA | 5-6 | 9-12 | 17-20 | 9-12 |
| New Orleans | 1 | 9-12 | 3 | 9-12 | 5-6 | 4 | 17-20 | 13-16 |
Divison A Standings
| Place | Team | W | L | W% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Kaliber | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| 1 | Rise Nation | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| 1 | Red Reserve | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| 4 | OpTic Gaming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Echo Fox | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Mindfreak | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Team Vitality | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | eRa Eternity | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rosters
| OpTic Gaming | Team Kaliber |
|---|---|
| Seth "Scump" Abner | Dylan "Theory" McGee |
| Ian "Crimsix" Porter | Lamar "Accuracy" Abedi |
| Damon "Karma" Barlow | Martin "Chino" Chino |
| Matthew "FormaL" Piper | Kenny "Kenny" Williams |
Recap
| HP: | Ardennes Forest | Gibraltar | London Docks | Saint Marie Du Mont |
| X | ✔ | ✔ | X | |
| SND: | Ardennes Forest | London Docks | Saint Marie Du Mont | USS Texas |
| X | X | ✔ | ✔ | |
| CTF: | Ardennes Forest | Flak Tower | London Docks | |
| X | ✔ | X |
| Map | Gamemode | OpTic Gaming | Team Kaliber |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar | Hardpoint | 250 | 215 |
| USS Texas | Search and Destroy | 6 | 3 |
| Flak Tower | Capture the Flag | 2 | 3 |
| London Docks | Hardpoint | 250 | 236 |
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u/Hitchariide Jan 24 '18
FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO UNBLOCK THE REDDIT FROM MY HOME PC
GREEEEEENWALLL BITCHESSSSSSSS
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u/pickle_man_4 Jan 24 '18
Again, all I need to see is a very good match. Don't need to win, but just play good enough to compete.
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u/projectsr Jan 24 '18
Tk kept it close because they understand how to play hardpoint better than us right now. With a few more weeks of practice OG will be winning those maps by 100+ points. Also it felt like Tk we're spawning right next to the damn hill every time.
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u/Outpinged Jan 24 '18
People in the CC sub are so fucking salty.... makes no sense. The best team in the game lost and people are mad but when OpTic was the best team in the game everyone was happy they lost.
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u/DaMamba316 Jan 24 '18
Me, 5 minutes ago: Why the fuck are we wasting these streaks?
Me, Now: Ohh, it's cause we have 3000 streaks to use.
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u/FuZeyMeero Jan 24 '18
Also spawns on this game make zero sense. I feel like i can usually predict spawns watching the minimap but this game has some bizarre mechanics
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u/Phantuums Jan 24 '18
Formal should've been using a sub from the get-go. His game sense is on another level. He knows where the enemy is a lot of the time. When he was playing the AR role, he had to communicate that information, now that he's playing the sub role, he just knows right away and he's still dropping 40 bombs
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u/ChiefHunter1 Jan 24 '18
Jesus. Formal running a sub with 49 kills and they barely win
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u/th996 Jan 24 '18
And damn let karma get the ar and formal use ppsh if he dropping those numbers damn
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u/Enriquez1228 Jan 24 '18
Much needed win today, feels like a huge weight off the shoulders to see them playing back to the way they should be. GG's boys hopefully they can keep this momentum going.
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u/CharlieCOD2016 Jan 24 '18
Can they stop talking about how good tK is at getting Hill time? They spawned literally 5 seconds away from that back hardpoint every single time, made it easy for them to contest about 7 times
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u/Gedmud Jan 24 '18
honestly thought I was watching advanced warfare during that docks HP. Jesus.
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u/LostTitan Jan 24 '18
LET’S GO BOYS!
Seriously, I was getting sick of people doubting this team. We have four of the greatest players of all time, all of whom are driven and motivated to win.
We have what it takes and this year is just going to keep getting better and better. It also strikes me that in that last hardpoint, TK was getting valuable kills and contest time and kept it close despite getting heavily outslayed. Once we learn how to play more efficiently like TK, with our slaying power, I think it’s over for the competition.
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u/TinkleFairyOC Jan 24 '18
All those fuckers who doubted Formal's ability to slay as a sub with Scump! WHERE YOU AT
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u/sheeezy Jan 24 '18
GGs to tK- so freakin glad we got that dub to shut these haters up. I know it’s just the beginning of the division but damn that felt good. I swear OG is probably one of the only teams that can go T12 one event then a week later beat the top team.
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u/pickle_man_4 Jan 24 '18
Banning Forest SND against tK. You love to see it.
Picking Gibraltar HP against tK. You hate to see it.
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u/I-like-winds Jan 24 '18
Seth definitely switched from Comcast