OpTic Podcast - HECZ Gets Honest About Esports Events | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 242

Episode Date: September 18, 2025

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Like this is like I love this shit I can't wait for the season to start Especially next year They're gonna see once that process drops They're gonna see your passion Me and Hex just watched a clip Walked in of course Rogers Just working oh whoa whoa oh it's too much over

I'm not gonna spoil it But it's just there's clips in there of During the bad times of the year And you know You're gonna see Hex's passion behind it It took a lot Shit's gonna be a bang Dangar, though.

Shit is going to be a langer. Big podcast episode 2 for 2. We got the co-host is Tammy, Bose, Maniac, and Me Too. It's been a minute. Dang. I haven't been on an optic pod in so long. Ever since I went full-time doing other...

Hosting the other... Hosting the other pods. I haven't been on this in a minute. What y'all be doing over here? Is it fell off since I've been gone? Yeah, actually, yeah. viewership for sure. I mean, they got me here.

Do the math. Do the math. So chat or listeners, I'm just I think it's universal now that you just call that chat, right? I like that. Yeah, no, we're talking about you, right, chat? All right, chat? All right, so

we've been discussing this this trip, this fishing trip to Mexico. And then Pammy just got in here today. And Beau said that he would go. And this is one of my typical we go, we fly into Monterey, we go to Preza de'Cuccio, and then we

catch nineers, teners, 11ers, 12ers, dang. But I'm telling them that. So, you know, it's a trip. It's a trip to the Motherland. We're going to go. We're going to land. We're going to eat good every single day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So I just don't know if they're being like honest. 100%.

You're 100%. It's so far. way though. Life happens fast. So once that, it could come up. No, I'm 100% down to go, man. That's probably going to be my only like the little like trip I guess you could say this year. Yeah, but you do understand like I'm

gonna paint a picture for both for it because I don't want to hear no bullshit. What? What? What's your goal of this? I need to catch alcohol and big fish. A good time. Yeah, that happens. That happens organically. That happens organically. That happens organically. That happens organically. I am talking about you literally

your goal is to catch a double digit bass. That's your goal. But then we got to get it, scale. No, no, no, no, no. It's fucking disrespectful to the fish. Nah, what, taking their lives? Piercing their fucking... Yeah, it's piercing their piercing their little whipping, you know?

You got to eat it. I get it. I get it. I get it. I get it. I am a hypocrite. I, the same way that I don't go hunting, but I still go fishing. You ever watch that? I'm just going to assume he might be Asian. He's like an Asian fisherman, dude. Which? I don't know.

One Rod, one real? Chat would know. I might be able to like Google it, but he, um, he's like a big fisher, YouTuber. I already know you're talking about. One rod, one real. But he, I don't know. He's like the OGs. What is it?

One. He's the, this guy, one ride one real back, back before I even started Bashers, which was before Gugan, like, I was watching his, his shit. He was like a daily vlog. blogger in Maryland fucking legend Mike is this is a legend one rod one real I don't know if this is him

he's so good bro he's mad athletic too but there's there's some fisher dude who like goes out he'll just be in some random shit creek and he'll just like catch some fish and then take it back his like family and friends are there family and friends are like catching as well they all just take their fish back like right outside of the lake they set up a grill they peeve it all

they make fucking sushi no like it's It looks like Sushi I mean we'd probably fuck it up And get sick Yeah no That doesn't make a lot of sense Sushi with that type of fish

Yeah Yeah no Salmon I guess I'm seeing I mean I saw what I saw Then I need a little something I mean they know what they're doing

But yeah They'll cook it as well They'll make certain dishes But they're just on the side of the The fucking swamp is what it looked like

A little fish fly though With some tartar Sitting on stones Just cooking it up On the grill We're not doing that We're going to a resort.

We go to a resort. All inclusive. It's like amenities. Keep the fish. You go to jail. But you got to, nah, nah.

Hold it. God bless you. God bless you. Get bless you. One more? One for the road. Get blessed you. Okay, so I'm going to paint the picture for you.

Paint the picture. We're not going to this place, but last time I went to this place, it's in Baccarac. We took a, a plane from here, two and a half hours to Mexico City. We stayed the night. We stayed the whole day, the following day,

and then we flew out at 7 a.m. Took a two hour flight to Los Mocches in Sinaloa. Once we landed in Los Mocches, we got picked up night. First of all, don't mention, don't say, we don't talk about that stuff. I ain't going because no one got rank. That's the issue.

Trying to make it back. Can't bring pipe. I can't bring glizzy to Sinaloa So, so we get picked up in the van And then we take three to four hour journey Into the mountains The last hour, there is no internet Okay, there's no internet

Okay, no hinge Yeah But look, it is literally Bro, you're there right now? Is that where that? It is, yeah, I'm right there. I'm right there. He always covered up. Uh-huh. I had them shades in it. Wait, why? You have to cover yourself in the ones. Was it cold?

Well, no. At night, yeah, it gets some cold. It had them binoculars in the mouth. You just did that for swag. No, you cover as much of yourself as possible for protection. In case a fish pops up. No, from the sun, dude, from the sun. Sunburns slash binoculars in the mountains and shit.

Oh, listen, y'all are going too far into something we didn't need to go far into. But look, this is heaven on earth, bro. It is lit, like, it is the most beautiful place that you're ever going to go. I'll tell you what. Early on that fish, man. Whatever feeling you feel from doing this, I've never experienced that. So I hope to get that feeling. Okay.

Well, listen, there is something to be said about you capturing a wild animal and then willingly put your hand into its mouth so that you can bring it up eye to eye. Little kiss. You're smooching them? Do the lake fork guy. Pour a shot down. No, no, no. Does that when it starts? Catch up.

Tartar sauce He gave him and Thrope A sushi roll A sushi roll Just the hot chip challenge Hester's hot fried It's a Mexican

It's a Mexican fish So it doesn't have any effect in it Pine Park THC gummy So So ultimately, like, you do the... What's that, right? He's on fire.

But anyway, but it is, it is a journey to get there, and it's a journey to get back. You know what I'm saying? Like, we are going into the mountains. We're landing, we're dropping off our stuff, we're going to eat really quickly, and then we're going to get on the water and we'll fish that happily.

Absolute pig out, Sesh. Yeah. Talk ourselves. Yeah. And go sleep. But like, you get there, right? And this is like, I've been to three different, lodges and in every single one it's like the same it's almost identical and I don't know how like

how they even communicate like this stuff obviously by phone but no I'm saying like it's it's like you get there and then they have like these margaritas that are just like perfectly iced and slushy and they taste so good and you just knock a couple of them out you get in the right mood you then you out in the sun from from 2 p.m. till the The sun goes down. Okay, that is four hours of being in the sun casting a hundred plus times before you catch something unless you're good like me. Okay.

Next morning, okay, you pull in around 6 o'clock, sun's down, it's night, you get into your room, you take your shower, you get ready, you go to dinner. You eat your dinner, you hang out with your friends, you do what you do, you either drink it and you bullshit and whatever it is, boom. And then you go to bed knowing full well that a five of a couple of a couple of, you. o'clock in the morning. You know? God damn right.

That's right. Shotsie. So they come in and wake you up and say, coffee's ready. You got to get up. Go down to eat your breakfast. And then before the song comes up at around like 6. 605, 615, you're on the boat and you don't come off that boat until 1230. that you can eat for half an hour to an hour tops

because you want to get out there because you're looking for a 10. Then you're back out there? Yeah. No bathroom break. Do you be sweating hellas? Like is it hot under all that? No, because it's not like there's a breeze out there.

It's not that air. You're up in the mountains. I would get fried if I didn't wear like the proper shit. Where's this? Yeah, now look look at Cucillo. I need like a fire. Space, C, U.C. Hold on for this.

Air forces. IG. Air forces. are no socks Nike short and a white skinny jeans all you need no skinny jeans is only for a little bit of a city this is in Monterey this is like a quick

a quick flight too and it's it's it's so good it's got so many trees it's it's good good fishing right there that's what so what are these um how big is the boat how big is the boat you can see right there was it just like that one right there we're going to have like two of them no so that's the other thing it's like it's paired up so you would go with me

the first time while Maniac goes with Lowe's, Pam goes with my boy Eric or one of who however it splits up. Randino? Huh? That one's miserable. We can't get a random? Is it like someone you know? Or is it like a... You've met them. You've played ball with them.

Okay. Yeah, you've met them. Oh, like your homie's from your boys. Oh, alright. So every boat's just a duo. You've all met them. Yeah, but you have to go in two because there's the guide, which is the guide, obviously. He's like a fishing guide? And then two per boat, two fishers. Okay. Two fishermen, right? So we will split it up so that you guys learn how to fish and then we'll get to fish together.

Are you drinking this trip? You can drink. I'm retired. That's bullshit. You can do whatever you want. I think you got to drink. Retired drinking. It drinks every day.

I don't. Yeah. I feel like it with you, man. Yeah. I feel like he might. He does. I bet every stream your hammer. He nightcapped.

This is not true. That's true because I know the lady that works at the gas station where you live. Get the fuck out of here, man. You nightcap every night. Night with night cause. I know you don't ever see me. You know why? Uber eats.

No, you don't. Big guy. Always, always drunk. Always drinking. Who said that? This gas station guy? I don't show face at the gas station. The Uber Eats guy does.

You Uber eats, your alcoholism? Fuck yeah. Oh, man. You drink your cows, dude? No, I'm playing. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, of course I'll be drinking, but I need to slow down. Are we going out?

Are we going out in Mexico? City? I mean and then what, 5 a.m. wake up? I don't know. No, no, that's if we were going to the other lake. Morning fishing survive though, man. We stay for two or three days extra explore. Morning fishing survive. Yeah, might have

to do that. Morning fishing. What a breeze? Yeah, morning fishing. Low profile snap back on. Listen, a little more. A fog over the water. Morning fishing's good, but you know what's better than morning fishing? All day fishing. So it's morning fishing, take break at lunch, eat, and then you're back out again.

The only reason you're going there is to fish. The only form of, there's no, I mean, they have TVs, but you're not going to watch them. Like, the only form of entertainment is eating your grub, drinking your drink, going to sleep, waking up and fishing all day. It is literally a fishing trip. It isn't like, yo, let's go to the bar or let's go to, like, it's not that. Okay, so don't bring your silk shirt.

I can bring some with me. Don't bring your half buttoned up fucking silk shirts and your snake jeans out. You're on your shit. No skinny jeans? I can't get on the boat with my skinny jeans. Also, we are going to be out there. You have to have like some loose pants. You know what I'm saying?

You can't be bringing sweatpants out there on the boat. I'm going to wear shirts. Okay, perfect. Now I'll clutch up. Yeah, perfect. I'll have a whole fit. But yeah, it is, what's up, Pam? Are you interested in such an adventure?

You can wear crocs. Yeah, you can all day. Yeah, why not? You can wear crocs all day. The squads in. All right. So, all right, so right now, am I committing you three? Do you have your passports?

I got my passport. I do got to redo mine. Hurry up. Dude, I don't know if you. Takes like a week. I don't know. All right, listen, it's probably going to be like early, early December. Wait, hold on.

It's caught out. Is caught going to be out when we go? Oh. Dude, it's fucking three days. You're going to make more memories here than whatever montage of your fucking clips you get. Damn, he's, he just bailed. He just bailed. No, I'm down, though.

What the fuck? I'll be there. Yeah? Bro, I'm telling you. I'll probably be sick at the game by then. I need to get out. What I am hoping happens is that you guys say, you know what, man?

I'll do this shit again. So that now the party keeps getting bigger. I'm down. This isn't during race to prestige, right? Like, this is. When's the race to prestige, Riley? That's whenever car comes out. Damn, you only get two weeks or, yeah.

Like two weeks to play? I don't know. I don't know. We'll see. You got to figure that out. Yeah, we'll figure it out. But anyway, I want to talk about this YouTube controversy. Views are

down for big creators. I know I felt it. Have you? I felt it. I want to see what the problem is. YouTube has response to the drop in many views and creators are seeing desktop viewership saying it's likely not restricted mode instead. Suggested a variety of other things including ad blockers impacted

view count accuracy. Take a fucking ad block, man. Hey patch is shit? Yeah, where's the patch at? In years. Same thing with the hotel key in the pocket next to the credit card. Can they fucking pat. Oh yeah, for real. I'm going to be honest, I've never, like, I've never demagnized. The hotel key next to the static card and it just doesn't work anymore. Let's hear

this because I am curious. My analytics show a four-day drop, starting on August 10th, where the daily desktop views from a consistent 12,000 per day drop to 6,000 per day, over four days, and then remain at that. The other channels I've asked to check their analytics, also corroborated this same drop. August 10th shows a substantial and sustained reduction in views from desktop source only, while not showing a correlation reduction from other device types. Quick side note, this correlation only happens to long form videos and not to shorts. Channels which post a lot of shorts will not show this same correlation and the data will be skewed,

but in a second, I'll show you how to isolate your long form videos and see that even if you have have... All right, Riley, I'm going to say something. Most of the people that are watching this are not fucking YouTubers and don't give a shit about what the fuck we're watching I don't give a fuck about this shit I don't give a fuck I stopped looking at the analytics a long time ago like it said top viewers I haven't uploaded in a minute my lazy ass um you just ain't nothing to see mine in my in there man but with the new cod drops we're back we're bad we're so bad we're so bad I'm about a fucking grind I mean that has to happen with like every sort of all

off season forever like what about like barstool sports when there's not football going on like their shit's got to be dropping right no they got uh they got i mean they have everything over riley what are they watch it in off season they got everything oh yeah there's always some there's always baseball golf it was some kind of sport soccer i've been playing tennis a little bit have you i fuck with tennis what about what about uh pickleball pickle ball yeah i like tennis better than pickleball same come pickle balls for like it's a bigger court yeah but it did that tenets a It's always like the non-athletes go to pickleball. Now you're, now you're getting now.

And then I played. And it's like that. Non-athletes play pickleball. I've been playing tennis a little bit. It is fun. Getting out of sun. Why are we playing half court? Yeah, yeah.

Half court, two people, a little's tiny square. Balls just getting bean right in front of me. Like I'm playing ping pong in the scuff basement. Like, I can't hit that shit back. I've been trying to find some activities to do this summer besides fucking. alcohol. It didn't really work out too well. I need to start hiking. Summer's over, man.

I'm thinking of joining the fucking, you. Hey, wait, time on, time out, time out, time out, time out, time out, time out. Riley, we need to somebody needs to, we need to go camping and we need to set that, I'm going camping this weekend. I already got the spot for us. All right, let's go. Listen, you tell me where it and I'll book it. I got the perfect cabin. I'm leaving, I'm leaving

this Thursday at 3 a.m. Driving 10 hours to somewhere in fucking Missouri. And I'm camping until, until Sunday. I'll be here Sunday by like, Five, bro. It's so fun. Our shit was only like an hour and a half away.

Skycabins, it's fire. Duh. No, no, we're outside in tents. Bro, not in Texas. It does kind of make it like more official. Because we did that for that. We were in like, let's just tell it how it was. When we did that video,

I don't know how it did. Probably not that great. But whenever me, you and me, you did good. You don't even know so you went negative. If you don't know, say, oh, it did probably did really good. What was the difference? Whenever we went camping, it probably, well, I, I watched, I think I watched a little bit of it,

and my favorite parts were not in the video and it pissed me off. Well, it was because... When it was like midnight... Look, I got one million views. This video, or this... This video doesn't do justice of how much fun I had that night.

Yeah. I don't even, like... Like, this was so fun to me. Like, if I can't close my eyes knowing I can't get eaten by a bear, it's not fun of me. I mean... Should we just say where we actually were in this?

Yeah, we were in like someone's backyard. No, it wasn't like that. I mean, we were, we were deep. We were deep, but it was a Texas backyard. Someone's home, they could, they could peep out and see our little tents there. Maybe. But they, like, rent out that area. It's like deep.

But it was still just like. Pam loves pepper. Oh my God. I thought you were rolling something up. Was this 2024, 2023? 23. 2023. This was one of my top moments of 2023.

Yeah, so good. Like, the video and stuff was cool and, like, we were trying to make it good. But when it just came down to sitting down at the end and we're cooking food and we're chilling and we're drinking, maybe a little shriemy or something. You little Shrewski. Spiders surrounding us. Like, it was just so. So many.

Just like good conversation. And the flashlight on your forehead, watching them all stare at you. It was just so fun. It was great. And then I remember we talked about, like, should we just bail right now and then leave And they're like, nah, we got to do like the whole experience. We fell asleep at like 3 a.m. woke up at 6 a.m.

Get an outro and left. To be fair. To be fair. We were not prepared. Like, uh, like there was no mats for the floor. So we were sleeping on like rocks. That's that real shit though. Yeah, no, no.

You need to have like your air matress. We had a tent with a sleeping bag. Yeah. Like there was no. You have to have padding. Otherwise like it's, it's, it's, we didn't have any padding. Nah. But I mean, that's, uh, Pam fucking left his door open and shit.

Spires. Oh, yeah. You built your tent. but never closed it. He hung up his backpack on a tree. Fucking mad spiders on trees. Like wolf spiders. Oh,

man. It was so fun, man. It was so good. I love stuff like that. That was one of my favorite videos I think we've ever done. Yeah. And it was just us three. I was kind of just us three.

But like, it was fine with us three. Yeah. Was it just us three? Yeah, man. It was us and Matt Craig. No, who's recording? Matt Craig. Because Matt Craig.

Because Matt Craig left. James was James was there as well? Nah. Was it James? James, or was it? JP? James, James, James, James.

I think JP. Wait, who was it? Maybe it was JP. I know that Matt Craig was that three of them? You guys are destroyed. Your fucking brain is fried. Dude, brother Jack Daniels. Dude, it was like a year and a half of it.

Yeah, bro. Jack Daniel. It was like a year and a half of it. I don't remember. Magic mushrooms. At one point, we had Sasquatch there too. So the dude from the dude that played Sasquatch. That dude was tall as hell.

Yeah, the editor didn't do that good of a job of capturing my vision. It was. Probably JP. shout out jb shout out jv jv shout out jv it smells like

like a c right like an AC unit just started burning yeah something y'all talk about any controversial stuff on here yet no we're not talking about that shit

yeah okay unless you want to I don't really want to but I mean it is the biggest talk about something well did you guys see that dude get his head chopped off in Dallas

yeah that's what I'm saying man what the fuck's going on holy shit Like, first, I was, I was talking to the E. It's, bro, that shit is crazy, bro. It's just like, bro, seeing that in real time, and then he throws the head out of it, like, oh, my God.

Wait, was there like real? A head would have scared you? Brother, he rolled the head, walked up to it, picked it up, and when he started walking towards people, they were like out and did the same way. Wait, there's video of it? Yes. Yeah. Like, you see him holding the head.

He rolled the head down the driveway. Is he arrested? Yes. Yeah, he's, yeah, he's by, bye, I don't like at least do that and get away bro yeah not just like do they not comprehend like I'm gonna be in a cell for the rest of my life but like he didn't give a fuck

he literally cut the head off rolled it down picked it up and was walking away he was an employee he he killed the the owner of the hotel he got sick of his ass and machete him and then how dude what what could go so bad that like I don't know of any detachment of a drug I can think of something that would make that would make me want to do that to someone would I actually do it I don't know but like

how could your boss make you that mad to where you're willing to do that your balls your boss cop his head off I don't know like even like hurting him maybe well not everybody has killing him maybe they probably chopped a head off and walk

around with it bro when they pulled up and saw that they're probably like what the fuck dude Holy shit And there's Is there actually like good video of it? Like can you actually like see him He's how rolls it down

Yes he walks up to the head And picks it up and starts walking towards the dumpster Did you watch the vid? Yes You have the vid? I don't know if I want to Some of these videos going on lately I'm good man like it's it's just like the

We're such We're just we're being tested Bro I'm scrolling I'm scrolling Twitter and then the Charlie Kirk video pops up First video. It's just the most up close. Come on, man.

And it's just like, oh, my God. It's just sad, sadness. Sadness of the world, man. It's happening everywhere. I don't know. Is there some more positive news going on? Yeah, I know. We started talking about.

Yeah. Look, LAT officially parts ways with Dan Gostian. I mean, that's not good news. Is there more positive news going on? Yeah, look. I don't want to make levity like that in such a transition from such a sad thing. No, we were just trying to get off topic. Wait, wait, heck, dreams come true.

Champs rumor to be heading to Vegas. Other rumor CDL event. Click on that. Exclusive. Cot Champs, 2026 will be hosted by phase in Vegas. Wow. Listen, first of all. You can't miss with Vegas.

Homebuff? No, 100%. First of all, you cannot miss with Vegas. I think, again, and this is my, my, my my my peeve right my my the thing that traps my ass the most about this whole city-based experiment that that clearly did not work and clearly wasn't going to work is the fact that we sort of put ourselves in a box and not allowing ourselves to get creative with where we go next you know what I'm saying it is it is it is beyond me why if somebody name where you would want to be name five events a year

where you want to go Anahe Dallas Remember it's the watch party It's the watch party for us Dallas Florida Yeah I enjoyed Boston

But as far as like Everyone coming They probably wouldn't be Boston So I'm gonna go like An L.A. or something Okay A London would be fire

London team I feel like that's long overdue Yeah I mean bro a Mexico then Toronto will be cool Chicago there's a lot of Exactly

There's a lot of Exactly And all those Could be Better dude Like I'm I'm just I'm just Like would a cot have been in Mexico

Not be fire The car The Gears of War event In Mexico was fucking fire What's like This guy's gonna puke I just I just

I like where they're going But like Las Vegas has to be A day I'm gonna say it And I know that people want us to go to the UK and I know that people want us to like UK we go crazy for the players

for the players sake we should never have a champs anywhere that isn't somewhere like Texas or like Las Vegas taxes in Los Angeles California in California are going to kill

you Toronto Texas are going to fucking murder you London taxes are going to murder you and if we're talking about the biggest money grab of the season, like it should be in a place in which these guys can take advantage from the Florida, Vegas, Texas, Arizona. I just, okay, that aside, Las Vegas is definitely a must stop every single year. The same way that Toronto is a must stop every single year.

I'm like, you know, it is, it is what it is, but, you know, Toronto, Toronto's a good fucking spot to go to. Dallas is dope just because it's a central location, but I think that if we do Houston or Austin, they're going to bang just as much. If we do a Mexico City event, like we're going to turn up no matter where we host our event. But this whole like stay in your city bullshit, like it just doesn't make sense.

I'll be honest, it doesn't make financial sense, which is the only sense that should be applicable on their side. Right? So it's like talking out of both sides of, what is this, Riley? opposed to none of the original 12 teams Oh yeah

Damn that's crazy Well ultra right Oh coy Gorillas Are they been gone huh Oh gentlemen mates Wait it is random I don't think I ever asked you this heck to

How um like you In order to use Texas In Optic Texas You had to like Work with who Like Or can anyone just Yeah anyone can do

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But there's something entertain. If they want to feel something, they need to go to London. They want to feel something or see the vision clear for the near future. Yeah. They need to go to London. To where? get a London and get a clear vision of this shit. Dude, okay, first of all, I agree with you.

The London crowds have always fucking been insane, but don't act like the Allen of Texas. Oh, yeah, yeah, no, I know. No, I know that, but I'm saying, like, you know how to shit. Yeah, yeah. There's rumors of it being in Paris also. Oh, that'd be sick. That is sick.

I'm down for that, but see, that doesn't like... Doesn't peak you in. Yeah, I'd rather go to London. London over Paris. Hey, but remember that pizza that we had, though, in Paris. I didn't, I've never been to Paris. I went to Paris and that Chinese food got sick. Was this for EWC?

No, yeah, EWC. That's where Seth, uh, where Seth, like, was in the bathroom, like, fucking, like, sleeping and shit. That's where it came from. Me and A's were in Paris, got Chinese food. We both took a bite and we're like, whoa, what the fuck is this? It was disgusting. Oh. It could not have been real.

I don't know what it could have been. We both got sick from it. It was so bad. Wait, so after the first place, you're like, I'm going to give it another shot. Yeah, so I kept eating it a little bit because I was hungry and already, you know, I was going to hate for. Oh, my God, the chicken sandwiches by the hippodrome. Musted me. Mayo only?

With the what? The chicken sandwiches next to the hippodrome in London. I like, I just went to shake a seat. Like, you know some shit. You need to be somewhere in South Dallas or so. Oh, Cliff is tucking these junk. No, Friscoll text. Real one.

But yeah, look, again, I'm excited about the next season. I hope that they accept our bid for one of the events that we bid and we get to throw an event. Yeah, well, I'm tired of hearing y'all complain. Because Halo, I don't know what the fuck's going to go on. Shit might be dead. What do you play? Rumor has it, huh? Tell us, tell us.

Rumor has it. There's going to be, there will be, I don't think. I don't think there's going to be an official like HCS Pro League, but the rumor has it that the HCS and like LVT and 3-4-3 or whatever, they're going to work together to have something, but it's just not going to be what it is right now. I don't think it's going to be like the official HCS. Yeah, yeah, but it's still going to be like MLG-type events

where they're still going to be broadcasted. Yeah, all that stuff. Remember after Halo 5, they still ran some like Halo 3 event or after Halo? Exactly. And like that's probably what it's going to be. After Halo 5 shut down until where there was no more worlds There was no more like events leading up to the worlds There was just like some random events that people were hosting

It might be like that But I don't even know if I don't know if HCS was supporting it Apparently HCS will still be supporting in some capacity But I don't think it's gonna be what it is this season Who came in last Riley bring it up? This is gonna be This might be it for Halo Infantic it. Yeah, for last season. Yes, point placings. Yeah, I don't

look, I'm, I'm, I'm, listen, me, my optics relationship with Halo is, it's always going to be a storied one for obvious fucking reasons. But man, like, they, there's, there's, there's something, something's got to give there too because like it is, it is a fucking internet, it's got so much history in e-sports that it deserves to be there at the table in the end.

And it is, it is fun to watch. So for example, right, like Los Angeles, gorillas, okay, so Vegas, Falcons. Three and twenty. See, their situation is different, though. Yeah. Sure. But imagine if there was like relegation. Next year, everybody's starting fresh.

It's relegation at the very least. And then here comes fucking Ahmed, right? Ahmed was the one that won EWC? Oh, yeah. They'd be, oh, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right. They'd be phase, et cetera, et cetera. You know what I mean? Like that, that's what I'm.

I'm trying to see. I'm trying to see. That's what I'm trying to see. People need to fucking care about this. Dude. Like, it's not, it's, it's, it's not fun. It's not fun. Like, there's, it's, it's, I don't know.

Why don't you care? Like, why, why do you even have a fucking team if you, you don't give a fuck? Like, this is like, I love this shit. I fucking, like, I can't wait for the season to start. Especially next year. They're going to see. Once that process drops, they're going to see your passion. Uh, me and Hex just watched a clip.

walked in of course rogers working oh wow wow oh it's too much I'm not gonna spoil it but it's just there's clips in there of during the bad times of the year and you know you're gonna see hex's passion behind it took a lot

shit's gonna be a bangor shit is gonna be a bangor I don't know man something's gotta give like the controller esports is in in danger you know what I'm saying we're already playing on PC that's one spot.

What happened? Yes, it's... The end is near. No, hell no. No, hell no. We're still here, baby. We can keep any ship afloat. I guess I got to get shredded finally.

Fucking TikTok, side G. Reels. Good lighting. All of that, man. Wait, Tom Brady and retires? Hate me, hit me, Riley.

What does that mean? Flag football, Turkey. I don't want to talk about the Hado team. Turkey Alushiki. You know how he gets down. Very excited. to unretire and come back and play in another incredible flag football game. Okay.

In Riyadh, March 21st, 2026 for Riyadh season. I'm going to shake him for QB. I'm going to go right now. That's where my mind goes. Turkey Alishiki. Hey, Turkey! He's just 500 million. My boy.

That's Turkey Alishiki. What's Turkey Alishiki? Y'alli. You all know each other? Turkey. He's one of your subs. How you know? My boy right there.

How does Bose have 50,000 subs? Turkey. My guy right there. Tap in. I see you soon, Turkey. Turkey, all right. Let me get a raid, man. No, he don't do raids.

He got a bag for that. He don't do what? He don't do raids. He does wire transfers. Not gifted subs. Riyadh is bringing the heat with the first ever event. Fanatics Flag Football Classic. Part of Riat season featuring NFL legend, Tom Brady and star-studded lineup.

Get ready for an unforgettable showdown. Read Kingdom Arena, March 21st, 2026. I swear, people will be cooking Meek Mill, but he owns some part of fanatics, so I know he's making song. No. Meek Mill has a ownership of fanatics? These are some of the players that are going to be involved. Max Crosby, Tyreek, O'Dell, Grohlk.

So basically what I see up there is, why are people doing this for Rob got paid, O'Dell got paid, and Tom Brady got paid. What about Tyreek Hill? No, they're going on. They're going on the leg. You know how that shit go. They're saying in the NFL. They're like, yeah, we partnered with Turkey. So you guys got to fly out actually on a, they send them a content sheet.

Yes. That's why it. You can pay to do that. Yeah, exactly. No bullshit. There they go. That's the thing told them. That's the thing you get paid to do this.

He says, see me, I pay you for content. See? Even there. They do it in the NFL? You think I play you pay football? Yeah. I'll put you to go shake some hands and wait with the fans, dude.

Ah, that's dope, though. What's the next thing we're doing, man? What's the next baseball game against another award? Like, I'll be QB. Who's going to be QB? Me. No, listen. I got the best arm.

No, you don't. All right, let's do a quarterback challenge. We can. I know I'm going to win it. You don't think Bose can't throw the farthest at least? Say it again? You don't think Bose can't throw the farthest. No, hell on.

I literally. think that maybe one, maybe scump can throw far than me, maybe. I have a fucked up shoulder, so I'm not even gonna put myself in that combo, but fastest, best hands, I mean, what else do you need?

Fastest? 100%? Who's faster than me in this fucking order? Bam! What the fuck? I don't know about that. Boom. I got the best hand.

I got the best hand to end. I don't want to hurt my hands, you said. I don't want to hurt my hands. This is crazy. I'm gonna be running. routes. Dang. If you can't do this right here,

Nick, right here, then please stop. I could do this, but my shoulder is fucked up. No, I'm not that. I meant this right here. What, a solid little spiral? Like, keep backing up?

No, this right here. If you can't do this. Scumps a little athletic. I ain't gonna lie. Like that. No, if you can't do this right here. Uh, and don't talk to them. No, I can't do that.

No, hard that is on a spiral 30 yards. Accurate. Nailing the path. You know how his arm strength is? That was just mint. That was like 15%. Yo, what if Seth tackled them right there? Just fucking push him to the fucking ground.

Yeah, we need to do something. Pretty cool. Search engine popularity over time. No, no, no, no, no. Chidejibating declimbing fast. Dude, just remember at some point or another, at one point, Google was a search engine that gave you the best results and there was no sponsored.

Still haven't used this shit. You still haven't used to it, man. You still haven't used to it. J. GBT. For nothing? I mean, what am I looking up, though? Bro. Maybe some chess, maybe some chess, though.

You need to get the intricate details of things, bro. No, chess. Like, playing the board game. I use it to, like, if I run out of the ideas working out, and then I'll just, like, give me some of my different ideas to work out. What I'm saying? Kind of dope. I use it to, like, just get more information about things.

Oh, I tell you going to say, I use it to prove people wrong. Oh, no, hell no. I block people like that. Oh, man. All right. Craziest Halo trick shot of all time. Oh, let's see this. Let me see it.

Let me see this. Bonus. What maps is called? This is Halo 1. No, what map is it? Oh, no way. How does the sniper fly? Oh, hell no.

We run that back. I mean, that was nerdy. Wait, how did he do that? He nated the sniper from here. Oh, and then he gets it. And he catches it. Oh, my gosh. This guy's always pulling something out.

of his ass. Who is this is this is mint blitz. Yeah he's always doing something. Shout out of Midblitz man. Keeping Halo alive.

Dude, why? Why can't I have this much fun anymore? Same. Dude, why don't I just

love staying on the game like eight hours a day? I miss it. You know, I'm gonna tell you what it is. Game battles. Game battles, when game battles went away

like I feel like my seasons are different. My years became different. Can we do like, can we create some shit squad when the new cod comes out? Yeah. Because I don't want to play with fucking...

I mean, they're not going to play with me anyways, but I need someone to play with. Yeah, I'm in. Some sort of competitiveness, but to where it's about fun, not stress. Listen, let me know. Let me know, because Old Men of Optic are down too. Open up in. I'm in.

Olden of Optic is bullshit? They've been bullshit. Y'all been on the grind? Dude, no, it's done. It's done. What, you closed it? It's only those when, when, when they, Once you lost your leader.

Who? Hutch? Nah, now, Fuzz was the leader, right? Wizz is, no, actually,

actually, actually, we are, there's, the four, uh, me, Hutch, Diesel and,

and Fiz are going to be playing the game when it first comes out. Play me in TST. Get fucking ready. Play me and TST. Come, come through.

Because you know I'm going to be playing every day eight hours a day plus. So you know, you know my movement's going to be ready. I'm trying to do some like morning sessions. So do I. I don't fucking, play at night.

I go to sleep bed. We got to start like 4 a.m. I am at. Scumps on at 9, 10. Those are my hours. Then we start shut. I'm up at 6. Dude, dude.

I don't care who's live. By the time he's on. I don't care who's live. I'm going live. But love of the game. Yeah. Bring it back. Yeah, that look good.

I'm in. I'm in. I'm in. Ladies and gentlemen, that is going to do it for this episode of the podcast. I do appreciate everybody stopping by and saying hello. We will see you next week at the usual time and in the same bad channel. Goodbye.

Peace.