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OpTic Gaming is an American esports organization. Founded in the summer of 2006, OpTic Gaming also used to field teams in Counter Strike, Halo, Gears of War, Overwatch, and Dota 2. It currently only fields an OpTic branded roster in Call of Duty after its acquisition by Infinite Esports & Entertainment.
History
2018 Season
Spring Split
OpTic was one of four new franchises awarded a slot in the newly franchised LCS. For their inaugural split, they constructed a roster made up of former Phoenix1 top laner zig, former Echo Fox jungler Akaadian, European all-star mid laner PowerOfEvil, 2017 NA LCS Spring MVP Arrow, and veteran support LemonNation, with former French language shoutcaster Zaboutine as coach. Despite PowerOfEvil and Arrow's achievements, not much was expected of the OpTic team, as Arrow had a weak Summer Split following his MVP campaign and both LemonNation and zig were considered bottom of the table at their respective positions. These predictions came to fruition once the Spring Split began, as the team never seriously contended for a playoff spot or finished a week above a tie for seventh, though many of their early loses were close games and could have gone either way. Beginning in Week 6, zig was swapped out for OpTic Gaming Academy top laner Dhokla, but this failed to create any lasting change, and the team finished 5-13, in 9th place.
Summer Split
Immediately after the season ended, OpTic announced that zig and LemonNation would be leaving the team. To replace them, Dhokla was made the full-time starter in the top lane, and former Dignitas support Big also joined.
The summer season began disappointingly for OpTic. With Dhokla and academy top laner Allorim splitting time, the team only managed a 2-6 record over the first four weeks, which left them tied for last place. However, they completely reversed that total by going on a four-game winning streak to reach an even win/loss record and maintained that pace over the final three weeks of the season, ending up with a 9-9 record. Unfortunately, four other teams posted 10-8 records, so OpTic was left in seventh place, missing out on playoffs once again.
2019 Season
Spring Split
Entering 2019, OpTic retained Dhokla, Arrow, and Big, filling out the roster with veteran jungler Meteos and 2017 World Champion mid laner Crown. The team was plagued by personnel issues for the first two weeks of the spring season. Arrow was unable to play due to visa problems, and Meteos as well as Big were benched until Week 3 for unspecified disciplinary reasons. With academy players Dardoch, Asta, and Gate playing in their place, OpTic managed to push through a 2-2 record through the first two weeks. All of the intended starters began to play in Week 3, but the team immediately nosedived with four straight losses. Although they did recover and remained in the playoff picture until the final day of Week 9, OpTic never seriously challenged the top of the league and ended up in eighth with a 7-11 record.
Summer Split
OpTic made no roster changes during the midseason break and came out of the gate hot in the summer split, posting a 4-0 record over the first two weeks, albeit against weak opponents. Losses against frontrunners Team Liquid and Cloud9 in Week 3 brought OpTic back to earth, and they slowly drifted lower and lower in the standings, only managing four additional wins over the rest of the split. However, unlike the previous summer, OpTic's 8-10 record was good enough to force a three-way tiebreaker for the final playoff spot with Golden Guardians and 100 Thieves. OpTic rose to the challenge, beating both teams, and securing their first playoff spot as a franchise. OpTic's best season came to an end quickly after that as they were dispatched 3-0 by CLG in the playoff quarterfinals, ending up without enough championship points to play in the Regional Finals.
On June 12, it was announced that OpTic Gaming's parent company Infinite Esports & Entertainment had been acquired by Immortals Gaming Club, the parent company of former LCS team Immortals. In 2020, the LCS team overhauled their roster and rebranded to Immortals.[1][2]
Timeline
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- November 20,
OpTic Gaming acquires an NA LCS 2018 Spring slot.[3] Shark (Social Media Manager) joins.[4] - November 21, Zaboutine (Head Coach) joins.[5] Romain (LoL General Manager) joins.[6]
- November 23, Keaton (Team Coordinator) joins.[7]
- December 18,
zig,
Akaadian,
PowerOfEvil,
Arrow, and
LemonNation join.[8]
- January 2, Alicus (Scouting Director) joins.[9]
- February 24,
Dhokla joins from academy roster. - March 23,
zig and
LemonNation leave.[10] - May 30,
Dhokla's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2018.[11] - June 1, Shark (Social Media Manager) leaves.[12]
- June 5,
Big is added to the GCD.[13]
Big's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[14] - June 11, Cop (Assistant Coach), Croissant (Strategic Coach), and Ryuke (Player Support Coordinator) join.[15]
- June 23,
Allorim joins from academy roster. - June 30,
Gate joins from academy roster. - August 27,
Dhokla's contract is extended through 2019.[16]
Dhokla's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[17] - September 22, Alicus (Scouting Director) leaves.[18]
- October 8, Romain (LoL General Manager) leaves.[19]
- November 18,
Arrow's contract expires but departure is not confirmed.
Akaadian and
PowerOfEvil's contracts expire.[20] - November 19, Zaboutine (Head Coach)'s contract expires but departure is not confirmed.[21]
- November 24,
PowerOfEvil's departure is confirmed.[22] - November 25,
Crown joins.[23]
Crown's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[24] - November 26,
Akaadian's departure is confirmed.[25] - November 27,
Meteos joins.[26]
Meteos' contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[27] - December 4,
Dardoch joins.[28][29] Cop (Assistant Coach) leaves.[30] - December 5, Keaton (Team Coordinator to General Manager) changes position.[31]
- December 10,
Arrow's contract is extended.[32] - December 11,
Arrow's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[33]
- January 5,
Dhokla,
Meteos, and
Big's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019. Zaboutine (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[34] - January 24,
Asta joins from academy roster.[35] - February 2,
Allorim leaves for academy roster. - February 4,
Asta leaves for academy roster. - February 9,
Gate leaves for academy roster. - June 12, OpTic Gaming's parent company, Infinite Esports & Entertainment, is acquired by Immortals' parent company, Immortals Gaming Club. OpTic Gaming is set to rebrand to Immortals in 2020.[36][37]
- June 22,
Scarlet joins from academy roster.[38] - June 28, Blackbeard (Social Media Manager) leaves.[39]
- September 15, H3CZ (CEO) leaves.[40][41][42]
- October 9, OpTic Gaming rebrands as Immortals.
Dhokla,
Dardoch,
Meteos,
Crown,
Scarlet,
Arrow, and
Big are removed from the GCD.[43] Croissant (Strategic Coach) and Keaton (General Manager) leave. Zaboutine (Head Coach) is removed from the GCD.[44]
Player Roster
Former
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhokla | Niship Doshi | Top Laner | Feb 20182018-02-24 | Oct 20192019-10-09 |  IMT | ||
| Dardoch | Joshua Hartnett | Jungler | Dec 20182018-12-04 | Oct 20192019-10-09 | IMT | ||
| Meteos | William Hartman | Jungler | Nov 20182018-11-27 | Oct 20192019-10-09 | IMT | ||
| Crown | Lee Min-ho (이민호) | Mid Laner | Nov 20182018-11-25 | Oct 20192019-10-09 | IMT | ||
| Scarlet | Marcel Wiederhofer | Mid Laner | Jun 20192019-06-22 | Oct 20192019-10-09 | IMT | ||
| Arrow | Noh Dong-hyeon (노동현) | Bot Laner | Dec 20172017-12-18 | Oct 20192019-10-09 | IMT | ||
| Big | Terry Chuong | Support | Jun 20182018-06-05 | Oct 20192019-10-09 | IMT | ||
| Gate | Jiajun "Austin" Yu | Support | Jun 20182018-06-30 | Feb 20192019-02-09 | IMT.A | ||
| Asta | Trần Sư Toàn | Bot Laner | Jan 20192019-01-24 | Feb 20192019-02-04 | IMT.A | ||
| Allorim | Kieran Logue | Top Laner | Jun 20182018-06-23 | Feb 20192019-02-02 | IMT.A | ||
| Akaadian | Matthew Higginbotham | Jungler | Dec 20172017-12-18 | Nov 20182018-11-18 |  TSM.A | ||
| PowerOfEvil | Tristan Schrage | Mid Laner | Dec 20172017-12-18 | Nov 20182018-11-18 |  CLG | ||
| zig | Derek Shao | Top Laner | Dec 20172017-12-18 | Mar 20182018-03-23 |  GG.A | ||
| LemonNation | Daerek Hart | Support | Dec 20172017-12-18 | Mar 20182018-03-23 |  RAD |
Player League Participation
LCS
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Games | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
| PowerOfEvil |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | | 281 | ||||||||||||||
| LemonNation |  | | | | | | | | 267 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dhokla | | | | | | |  | | | 201 | |||||||||||||||
| Akaadian |  | | | | | |  | | | 196 | |||||||||||||||
| Arrow |  | | | | | | 181 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dshao | | | | | 148 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gate |  | | | | | | | | 175 | ||||||||||||||||
| Big | |  | | | | | | | 149 | ||||||||||||||||
| Allorim | | | | | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Meteos | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | 322 | ||||||||||
| Dardoch |  | | | | | | | | | | | 290 | |||||||||||||
| Neo | | | | | | | 111 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Crown | | | | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet | | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization
Current
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Leibman | Major Investor | ||
| Chris Chaney | Investor | ||
| William Anthony | General Counsel | ||
| Kodiak Shroyer | VP of Operations |
Former
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croissant | Chris Sun | Strategic Coach | Team Liquid
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| Zaboutine | Thomas Si-Hassen | Head Coach | Immortals
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| Keaton | Keaton Cryer | General Manager | Immortals
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| Ryuke | Jake Pedro | Operations Manager | Immortals
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| H3CZ | Hector Rodriguez | Owner & CEO |  NRG Esports
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| J | Ryan Musselman | Founder & COO |  PLAYR.gg
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| Blackbeard | Jonathan Schmid | Social Media Manager | 100 Thieves
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| Maelk | Jacob Toft-Andersen | Senior VP of Operations | 100 Thieves
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| Cop | David Roberson | Assistant Coach | FlyQuest
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| Romain | Romain Bigeard | LoL General Manager |  Riot Games Inc.
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| Alicus | Ali Saba | Scouting Director | Waves Gaming
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| Shark | Charlene Hamm | Social Media Manager | PlayVS
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Tournaments
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| OpTic Gaming Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2019-08-11 | 5 - 6 | LCS 2019 Summer Playoffs | Dhokla, Meteos, Crown, Arrow, Big, Zaboutine, Croissant | ||
| 2019-08-04 | 6 | LCS 2019 Summer | 8 - 10  RR | Dhokla, Meteos, Crown, Scarlet, Arrow, Big, Zaboutine, Croissant | |
| 2019-03-24 | 7 | LCS 2019 Spring | 7 - 11 RR | Allorim, Dhokla, Dardoch, Meteos, Crown, Asta, Arrow, Gate, Big, Zaboutine, Croissant | |
| 2018-08-20 | 7 | NA LCS 2018 Summer | 9 - 9 RR | Dhokla, Allorim, Akaadian, Gate, PowerOfEvil, Arrow, BIG, Zaboutine, Croissant | |
| 2018-03-18 | 9 | NA LCS 2018 Spring | 5 - 13 RR | zig, Dhokla, Akaadian, PowerOfEvil, Arrow, LemonNation, Zaboutine | |
| Total Prize: USD 0 | |||||
Media
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- November 30, LoL Team Update & Scouting Grounds - Aventures with Romain by , and on OpTic Gaming
- December 4, Optic GM Romain Bigeard on coming to NA, building Optic LoL, crazy player salaries, and more with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- December 21, OpTic League of Legends! - The OpTic Podcast Ep. 37 by , and on OpTic Gaming
- January 12, NA LCS Spring Split Preview: OpTic Gaming by Miles Yim on chhopsky
- January 18, H3CZ Elaborates on OpTic Gaming's Entrance Into League of Legends with Vince Nairm on DBLTAP
- January 26, Recall: Chapter 1 by , and on OpTic Gaming
- February 2, Recall: Chapter 2 by , and on OpTic Gaming
- February 6, OpTic GM Romain Bigeard on challenging Riot, his Yoda dad, and streaking across France with Sharon Coone on Blitz Esports
- February 9, Recall: Chapter 3 by , and on OpTic Gaming
- February 16, Recall: Chapter 4 by , and on OpTic Gaming
- February 16, OpTic GM Romain Bigeard on players leaving EU for NA: “Why would you decline a really big offer just to make a couple of people on Reddit happy?” by Aaron Mickunas on Dot Esports
- February 20, OpTic GM talks the value of low market price players and the team's no blame game rule with Sharon Coone on Blitz Esports
- February 23, Recall Chapter 5 by , and on OpTic Gaming
- February 25, OpTic Gaming topple Golden Guardians for the second time this split by Preston Byers on Dot Esports
- February 26, OpTic Gaming’s Dhokla: “I didn’t really feel nervous at all.” with Miles Yim on Proving Grounds
- March 1, OpTic GM on TSM's long-term power, Liquid's brand success, and how to brand a losing team with Sharon Coone on Blitz Esports
- March 2, Recall: Chapter 6 by , and on OpTic Gaming
- March 9, Recall: Chapter 7 by , and on OpTic Gaming
- March 16, Recall: Chapter 8 by , and on OpTic Gaming
- March 23, Recall: Chapter 9 by , and on OpTic Gaming
- July 3, OpTic GM Romain: "If all NA/EU players had the same working ethic and love for the game as PowerOfEvil, China and Korea would be destroyed." with Sharon Coone on Blitz Esports
- August 4, Optic GM Romain: Solo queue is an excuse, motivation is the problem with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- August 10, Coach Zaboutine on culture of OpTic, scrims, player development, bowties, and EU vs NA humour! with Parkes Ousley on The Shotcaller
- August 17, Romain speaks about coaching mentality and why Reapered was right all along with Parkes Ousley on The Shotcaller
- August 24, The Imposter by Matthew "Akaadian" Higginbotham on The Player's Lobby
- January 28, Optic head responds to rumors about Optic's future and LCS commitment with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- February 21, Heavy is the Head That Wears the Crown: Crown and Optic Gaming by Declan Mclaughin on The Game Haus
- April 26, League of Legends: Teams to Watch in the LCS Summer Split by Brayden Nazarian on The Game Haus
- July 6, Three Teams to watch in Week 5 of the 2019 LCS Summer Split by Nick Geracie on Inven Global
- August 10, How far can CLG extend their LCS playoff run? by Elena Endres on Dot Esports
- August 11, LCS truth or dare: Liquid, C9, CLG, TSM, Clutch, OpTic by Xing Li on Dot Esports
Images
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OpTic Gaming
2018 LCS Spring Roster
External Links
- OpTic Gaming on Liquipedia's Dota 2 Wiki
References
- ↑ IMMORTALS GAMING CLUB ACQUIRES INFINITE ESPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, PARENT OF OPTIC GAMING igc.gg
- ↑ IMMORTALS GAMING CLUB ACQUIRES INFINITE ESPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, PARENT OF OPTIC GAMING immortals.gg
- ↑ OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Shark's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Zaboutine's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Romain's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Keaton's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Alicus' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 RECALL : DROPPED (S1C9) | OpTic LoL youtube.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-05-30
- ↑ Shark's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Archive Pages: before change - [- lol.gamepedia.com]; after change - [- lol.gamepedia.com]
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-06-05
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - [- lol.gamepedia.com]; after change - [- lol.gamepedia.com]
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-08-27
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Alicus' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Romain's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2018-11-18; after change - NA - 2018-11-19
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2018-11-18; after change - NA - 2018-11-19
- ↑ OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-11-25
- ↑ Akaadian's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-11-27
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Echo Fox's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Keaton's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-12-11
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-01-05
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 OpTic: "We will be playing with Asta week 1, as we are finalizing Arrow's visa." reddit.com
- ↑ IMMORTALS GAMING CLUB ACQUIRES INFINITE ESPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, PARENT OF OPTIC GAMING igc.gg
- ↑ IMMORTALS GAMING CLUB ACQUIRES INFINITE ESPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, PARENT OF OPTIC GAMING immortals.gg
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Keaton's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Blackbeard's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ From the bottom of my Heart youtube.com
- ↑ H3CZ's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ NRG Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.5 43.6 43.7 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-10-08; after change - NA - 2019-10-09
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-10-08; after change - NA - 2019-10-09