OpTic Podcast - Leaking CDL Rostermania Trades | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 219

Episode Date: April 3, 2025

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Let's run this shit, man. Oh. Oh. Yeah, let's run this shit, man. This guy gets here later than everyone and then says, let's run this shit. Mark said he's going to be here at 1007, so I got here at 1007. No, he was here at 1003. He said 10.09.

And he said, you said 10.03, right? So now we're minute watching? Yeah, we're minute watching. Every minute counts. We're minute watching? He said 1007. I literally said, I'm going to show up fashionably late. I showed up 109.

Okay, whatever, but... In high school, I used to be fashion, and be absent. Yeah, I was always on time. Yeah, except for this? Actually, no, high school I wasn't. I was... Partying, hung over all the time? No, no, no.

I was actually pretty buttoned up. Were you? Three days. You used to do your homework? Yeah. Well, no. You never do your homework, right? No, never.

Bows, you never do your homework. No, what I would do, I would... In the morning, I tried. I'd go home, take a nap for like an hour. wake up, scrim, play till like 2 a.m., not do shit, do my homework the next morning, sleep in study halls. I was on like a crazy schedule in high school. I'd sleep through my study halls.

Were you one of those dudes that kept his gaming life a secret? Or did you tell it? Everybody knew. I'd show up to like parties and shit. They'd be like, oh, you're at a gamer. I'm like, yep. I kept mine a secret. They're like, I'd smoke you.

I'm like, yeah, right. Little did they know. I cut my shit a secret. What about you? Did people knew you that you gamed in high school? Yeah, yeah, no, they actually didn't. Because one of my teachers pulled out, like, some newspaper. I was in, like, my city or whatever, and then, yeah, everyone knew from there.

Okay. And Fortnite was popping at the time, so they're asking, like, if I know about Fortnite and shit. What did you say to that? I say, yeah, I play Halo, right? I played the romance game. Dang, Halo. So you used to hide it from your people? Hell yeah.

Why? You thought that you were going to lose street cred? It was just, I don't know. It was probably some just nerd weird shit Like I didn't want to get me in front of or something Like people made fun of it In reality it was probably cool Yeah I probably overthought it

But yeah I just kept it a secret Like my boys knew But like random people at school, hell no The girls didn't know? No Dude I played The first video game that I played back then In high school was Zelda The Okerino of Time

And you know obviously fucking Double 7 and all that but Gaming was always cool Like in that era, it was like, it was so intertwined with hip hop They would even call gaming the fifth element of hip hop Yeah, back in the day Yeah, yeah, breaking graffiti, DJ, MCing Well, it was breaking, breakdancing?

Breakdancing, yeah. You breakdance? That's actually pretty cool. A little bit. A little bit. Yeah, we gotta see that. You still got the scales? No, no, no, again, a little bit.

I figured out that I had two left feet plus motion sickness. Oh, bad combo for breakdance. Yeah. You look like that girl at the Olympics. Yep. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I tried it, but it was not my thing. Yeah, did anyone see the pistons and the, what did you call the fight?

Yeah. What happened? That shit was so good. What happened? The wolves? Yeah, that shit was great. And brawling? Yeah, you know, like normal NBA shit, they have a little shove before the shit actually happens.

So, like, they had a little shoving match or argument. And then the play went on. Someone went to the floor. and then you know who Isaiah What's his name? Isaiah Thomas, I think his name is Bro, this guy This guy is always trying to fight people

He treats the NBA No, what's not Isaiah Is it, what's his name? Maxwell Thomas is fighting? Maxwell What's the big dude's name? Isaiah, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on the Timberwolves?

What's his name? Maxwell, says. No, him right here. Isaiah, what's his name? The dude walking away with the bandana. I have no idea. I forgot his name. I don't know why Maxwell's ringing a bell.

Probably not Maxwell. Isaiah Smyth, or what's it there? Isaiah Stewart. That's his name. I don't know, but, but, yeah, you'll see it. This shit is hilarious. What the fuck?

Yo, DiVincenzo reminds me. Devenchanso. Stewart's hilarious. He's always trying to fight somebody. He treats his shit like the UFC. What's his name? Dante, Dante DeVincenza? I'm not trolling.

Like, he treats this shit like the UFC. That ass? Who does? Why? Stewart, he can't wait. Yeah, yeah, he's looking for it. Watch, he'll just come out the blue. Where is he right there?

Oh, he can't wait. Hey, hey. Look at him. Dude, I swear to, I'm telling you right now, and I'm calling it. Oh. Yo, Neax's getting jumped. He couldn't wait to get in that shit, bro. They said it was building for the last 10 possessions.

What do you even happen that? Crayter that. What caused all that? Just fucking shoving, pushing, fouling. Yeah. Just probably talking. shit and all that. Because that last play that just happened, that caused it?

Doesn't even look like crazy. Exactly. See, in this day and age, in night, in, in, in this day in age, everyone's soft. You know what I'm saying? You get a brawster back day, dude, back in the, back in my day in the 90s, bro, files were part of the game. No blood, no foul. Man, we're done.

No matter what, though, they, they know to never really throw a punch though. Why? Pro what? Suspensia. Hell yeah. Dude, malice at the palace. Suspension, no pay. Yeah, I was actually just watching that not too long ago.

I'll tell you what. What I was going to say is that in the future, in the future, and somebody is going to clip this part in the future. If any of my players ever get into a fight, I'm going to be out there holding onto one of their legs, like, what's his name? Yo Tarva in Balance of the Palace? Who was it? What the hell was that coach's name?

Wait, that guy's on the pistons, bro? Are we serious? What guy? What that guy's name, bro? That's Timmer Wolves. This guy? Go back. Go back.

Yeah, he was on the Warriors. Yeah. Yeah. Who's his name again? Divencenzio. No, no, that guy, number 17. Oh, um, I think that guy was on the Laker. Rondo.

No, that's, uh... No, that's not Rondo. That's fucking, what's his name? Bro, he finds a team every year. Like, every year he's moving around teams. I forgot he's going to. That's not Rondo? No, that's, um...

Go to the comments real quick, Matt. It'll say it. It'll say what? Uh, scroll down. Go through all 13, 13,000 comments. No, no, no. Dennis Schroeder. Oh, Stroder.

Stroder. I watched this already. I know it commented, man. I got memory. Wait, that she got 4 million views? Yeah, dude. It's my favorite NBA channel. Seven ejected?

Seven ejected? The whole game was different at that point. They're bringing in the bench players, everybody. Oh, and it's the second. Second? Second quarter. Yeah, that game got a lot. Holy shit.

They got it in early. Yeah, right? They got it in early. They said they wanted a day off. They ain't playing today. You know, they leave, like, audio, and they were talking, like, right here, they're like, we'll meet him after the game. They didn't meet them. They went to a nice-ass steakhouse and fucking ate.

They saw him and shit, like, when we ran into phase at Haywire and shit. Oh, yeah. I was about to start food fire against those moments. No, I'm kidding. Bose, did you ever wear 95s? Yeah. Were they tired of you? My uncle.

My uncle Um Used to wear As his favorite shoe Back in the day And I used to want To be like him So I copied them

Those are 95s Did you ever try them on? Yeah I tried them on back in the day And I never I never bought them Because they're too tight And as I'm wearing them here

Close to 20 years After not ever wearing them They are so tight Wait is that in the top You think those are in the top 10 Shoes of all time These? Yeah

Yeah I mean Not for me But like unanimously Yeah Yeah Well I bought these Because the Neo 90

the neon 95s are coming out I think later this month I'm pretty sure I had those I want to wear before I buy the team because look at them hit the 95 the neon's right there Matt Matt that chair is so fucking squeaky

You heard of it? Yeah wee whewy-WD-40 You know Matt Craig's working I wanted to get these for the for the team but I don't know why be too tight Those would be fire with the jerseys

Like the color way Those would look fire with the jerseys Yeah yeah so I got to I got a I got a Do you not have to lace them or what is that?

Yeah I mean yeah these are the Stash 95s Stashes These are the Old School graffiti writer But look

What I like about these Is it look Bose A zipper? What are you putting there You know you put in them That's hard A little dime bag Put your cart in there

Uh huh That's hard Put your cart in there No you put You put your You put your Apple air tag So that you don't get lost

Oh Is that a actually thing? What? You put your apple airtight? No. We air tag our dogs. Yeah. Damn. We do too. Yeah. We don't air tag R.SRSR.S are well educated. Just in case Buzz ever gets out. Goes to

the neighbor's flower bed again. Crazy motherfucker. Anyway, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to episode 219 of the Optic podcast. This episode is brought to you by Hymns, BetterHelp, and Shopify. Cook back on Optic, Texas. Welcome back, Kiler.

Kyler. I need you to know. I need you to know that I the second, that none knew with me. I didn't want you to go nowhere, kid. You know what I'm saying? But we had to, we had to give it, we have to give the championship team a go. And we're past that. I said goodbye to my man, Pred. We'll always, obviously, have his legacy cemented here at Optic. We'll always have a home here. optic post his deal. And of course, Kenny, man. Like that one, this is, this is, Kenny and that, Kenney and that, Kindred spirits, man, fashionistas both of us. Yeah, he was coming in.

He was the only one rivaling your drip. Ah, exceeding it. Now you're undefeated again. Exceeding my drip, for show. No, that guy, no, he left. Now you look like a dad, bro. What happened? I look like a dad?

Why, what do I mean? He stopped trying to impress. He didn't have any, he has no comp anymore. Are you kidding me? What do you know about do you? 2022 jeans from Amelian Door. What about you mean? What you know about

this RNL Hacks collab? You know, the shit was comedy? The other night, I rated Kyler after scrums and shit. Or maybe not after scrums. I can't remember. But I didn't know he doesn't read his chat at all. So I'm like, yo, who should I host? And they're like,

Kyler, Kyler, Kyle, Kyle. I'm like, I'll throw a host to my boy, Kyler. Literally, I go into his chat. The first thing I read is I don't read my Yeah, if you want to watch me play. Welcome. No, if you want to watch me play, I'm thankful. Or something like that.

It's great, though. And he did, I don't even think. But he texted me after he was like, thanks for the raid, bro. And I was just crying because everyone was like, he really doesn't reject. He just sits there and locked in, no webcam. I dropped some gift of the, like, I don't know, a while back a month, month and a half ago when he was on the team. And I was way, I waited, waited. I'm like, I'm out of here, man.

Then I got a text the following morning or when I was. woke up, I had the text on and said, thank you. Yo, Kyler's been tucking though. Yeah, bro, he's him, bro. Kyler against, like, phase, thieves, like, all, like, the top talent teams. Kyler's always, like, is he going dumb hard in those? Bro, he's always going hard. I don't think I've ever caught him, like, lacking.

He's never lacking. He's never lacking. I love that. I love that in a teammate. Oh, 100%. No, I'm saying. He's always going hard no matter what you do. It feeds off everyone.

Because, like, as soon as, like, one guy starts lacking, then it, like, spreads into everyone. Yeah. But, like, Kyler, he just brings, like, that fucking, I don't know, he just goes hard every day and it just spreads to us, I swear. Yeah, Kyler's the man. It's good to have him back, man. It's good to have him back.

They've been fried until you guys seven one phase yesterday? Yeah, that was actually the first time we were in. That had to have felt good. No, yeah. We actually, we lost the first up and literally won every other than that. Yeah, you guys were tucking. How does it feel out there? Good.

I think we're on the HALA line that scrim. We're like yesterday. So I don't know how to, I don't know how to explain it to you guys. There's only one line. No, there's three. Okay, but they all go into the same node. Yeah, but. It bottlenecks into the same nude.

Now, that line in that room had to have been fucked. Okay. That's not true. That's not true. We were going into major one, what were we ranked? That's a good point. What were we rank going into major one? We were fucking number one seed.

Number one fucking seed. Number one fucking seed. Same fucking room I don't know I don't know I say it's all in your mind Honestly I think it's just

The servers in the game Bro Because even these guys right here They ping fucking They can't even play On Dallas servers I was looking at the ping Shee

Because J.P sent me like JP sent me like your scrim sheet And it shows like all the pings For every team And I was like Why does LAT ping like 20 to Dallas Or they ping like 20 or some shit

And you guys ping like two It makes no sense Our best server It says two On our best server that we love playing on is Atlanta Atlanta feels like fucking land It's better than the Texas server

Yeah That's why like I don't know All this internet show What's their Cox Cox? No they have a They have a

Dark fiber Yeah dark fiber Yeah dark fiber No they've dark fiber You know that shit's good Dark fiber Oh Dark fiber sounds like a camo

Who has that? Dark fiber Dave Whoa He said whoa You know they have like 10K 10K Or some crazy shit Man

That shit's all a server I don't know Who gives a fuck the honestly And then you got Bell Fiber I heard that We know the stories about Bell Fiber Bell Fiber goes hard AT&T obviously

So yeah Matt Matt got second again Dude what's happening Dude what I didn't want to count Like I saw 18 Was that last last week We had the podcast right

And I'm like Matt gets 18th for the Second for the 18th time in a row I'm kidding I don't know But yeah, dude, I mean, what do you, okay, first of all, what do you think about that? And I want to talk about your scrimms and them being streamed. But what do you think about the winner's final stuff?

And again, shout out to Ksan for throwing the land. I don't know why it's not called Klan. Whatever. Huge shouts out Kason. He was getting a lot of flack for the, because there was no winner's advantage going into the finals. but like I get it because it's not like a sanctioned HCS event where they have this whole staff that comes in, takes everything down, puts, you know, it puts everything up like an event staff. He like facilitated this whole thing and he was basically like if we ran a bracket reset, then those people wouldn't have left until like 3, 4 a.m. Because that was at complexity's offices.

So I'm assuming. I could actually vouch to that because believe it or not, like we went to, actually you guys weren't there, but we all went to dinner afterwards. Me, Ksan, Paco, Paige, Raj, such a random crew. Yeah, no, he invited me out, but I was like, yeah, we went to dinner like the night before and I was like, bro, I can't do another dinner. Yeah, so then me. I'm tired for like a week. Yeah.

No, the dinner hit. We went to Mika Senna. But, yeah. What you get? I heard that. I was like, bro, get the burrito. It's fucking insane. That's actually the best burrito.

Is it? What is it? It's called the Mi-Coco burrito or something. You know what I get every time? The Poblano sauce tacos, it's like a thick cream sauce with Pablano peppers in it. And you get ground beef in it instead of the chicken. Oh, man. I heard they were going to Miko Sina.

I was like, fuck, I love those enchiladas. My Mikocina order is always the same. It never deviates and it never goes anywhere. It is a side of grilled serrano peppers or serranos poriados. Got to. And then I get the. I get the steak al-carbon. It's like this, it's like this, this, oh, man,

just make tacos quick. Oh, man. What was that, uh, Swao Issa go to do? And, uh, Miserro. What was it called Miserra? No, the Mokohete in, uh, in Chicago.

Oh, Mago? Mago. Mago, yeah. What, Mogo, yeah. What, Mokoha hette? You like how I said that shit? My God, bro. How do you say?

Yo. Who speaks more Spanish? You or Cesar? Oh, Caesar for sure. Yeah? Well, that guy's Mexican, bro, for sure.

Dude, I ran in... I'm like fake Mexican. I started to get that. No, you're just a nosabo kid. You're still Mexican. Some, but you're a no Sabo kid. Nah, I'm like 25%. Wait, yo, what jeans do you get more?

Your dad or your mom? Or is it the same shit? I don't know, but don't do a 23 in me or none. They sell... They're selling that data. There might be a heck. a Hector Jr. out there being molded right now. Yeah.

They sell. 23 and me is the, is essentially the people that you spit into a while, you send to them, they get your DNA, they track all your data, and they connect you to people. Like, I have a Filipino relative that nobody would have, nobody would have known. You got their info though? Connected to, what? You got their info, though? Like, it gives you their info?

No, you could reach out if you wanted to. Like Gaylord Falkery found out he has a son? Yes. You remember that shit? No, I don't. I don't remember. I don't remember. He gives him a truth serum and he goes on stage at the wedding and he's like, that's my son.

Oh. You don't remember that shit? Yes, I do now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That'd be crazy. Imagine she had like a fucking, I don't know, like a brother or uncle or some crazy shit. I mean, they are. There's something to me.

They're like long distance cousins, whatever. Anyway, that company's going to have to do that. So somebody's going to buy all of that out. So somebody's going to own all of your DNA, going to own all of my DNA. You guys haven't done it. I don't care, though. What can they do with it? They can.

They can clone you. They can clone me. No, they can. Yeah, they can. They could clone. You could clone it? Like a twin? No.

They're cloning sheep and shit. Yeah, they could put you. Like an exact thing. Like, if you guys got together in the same room and you knew everything that you knew, how would you know who's who? They put your head on a sheet. Like, the sheep would be you, but your head was at the sheep. What? That's the thing, actually.

It's possible He's definitely possible No, dead ass Obviously you'd have to He'd have to grow up So you'll never catch up Oh, we'll be the same to see Bro, I'll be fucking dead

Yeah, you'll be you'll be retired You know, if you are worried about the shots he's cloned But listen What if what if it's like Is like hey We gotta notify everybody That has DNA here That we clone them

So do you want a son I'd be like fuck no You would take you Hell no You'd take a mini you Immediately Well yeah Me and Is

We're gonna start trying to have a kid here soon Oh my God That's so... Yeah, we've been talking about it You guys have been celibate this entire time? No. But I can't... I've been saying

no more weed at all. I've been like, that's mainly why I've been trying to get in like... You don't smoke no damn weed. Don't try me. Don't try me. No, but yeah, that's why that's like...

Do edibles count? That's why I've been trying to get in like good shape because we're going to start trying like next month. Oh. Like try and trying. Oh my god, dude. What does that happen?

Okay, never mind. That's probably two. I tried once. Yeah. You didn't miss? Oh, yeah. But yeah, weed slows down your swimmers, so. It does?

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Like, if you smoke a lot, it slows down your swimmers and shit. It's like the worst thing for, like, your sperm. Really? Not to get like anatomical on motherfuckers right now. But, yeah, yes. No more weed, no more nothing.

We get it. You listen to Aesop Rock, man. I listen to action Bronson. That's my dog. Neck tattoos of praying hands couldn't help me. Yeah, we've been talking about it for a while, so. So, I'm excited. I'm excited for you, dude.

What do you, actually, you obviously don't mind, but do you prefer, like, a girl boy? I want a boy first. You want a boy? Boy first. I want one of each, though, like, for sure. Same. So you're going to have more than one kid. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, you've never talked about your kids I was like, you're tweaking What about you? How many kids you want? Three. Three? Yeah, I said two. Nah, only because like growing up Growing up with my two other brothers Were like that bond that we had

Like I would want my people Or my kids experience that Yeah, I had a lot of cousins I always wanted like Well, I do have two sisters But like Oh dude I sort of got that you were going to say I do have two kids

What are we going to say? but like I always wanted a sibling that live with me yeah like as a kid I was used to like think about that yeah dude not I had playing halo talking shit me and my brother played mad and shit we played football I mean it was yeah yeah it was probably great I have a sister

who's like a year younger than me but like we never did like nothing together I was always outside like if we were out there like if the whole if the whole neighborhood was playing hide and seek then obviously she'd be involved in shit but you were doing hood rat shit That was straight up doing hood rat shit Yes sir

Graffiti That's dope Nah graffiti wasn't until like 1993 When I was 13 And already in the United States of America But Shouts out

Big shouts out Kason bro For real I mean There hasn't been any Halo stuff That land was so much fun to watch It was only the top four teams

That shit was absolute Gas Yeah shout out to Kaisau What do you think You asked me about Formal getting second What do you think You're the Halo player

I just think SR's nuts Bro they're looking insane I don't even think it's like our team. I just think they're fucking nuts. No, I think, uh, I mean, that's the thing. I don't really watch, but if I had to guess, like, bro, the players that are on our team are fucking insane. Like, they're literally, no bullshit. I think they're actually, like, probably the best players in the game right now.

Um, if I had a guess, they probably just, like, need to sacrifice some things, like, um, I feel like a legend probably does all the dirty work. If I, this is me assuming. I don't really know, but I feel like once they like find out each other's play style then they'll mesh way better When they like finally hit flow and shit Yeah once they started realized like all right You like playing like this let me just do

You know what I'm saying Their teamwork looks really good Like when I was watching Yeah their teamwork look really good But then SR bro like dude Every time Frosty picked up a sniper A Royal 2 It was just Gigi

Dude they just weren't fucking missing It's like every time Royal 2 got a snipe He would hit some crazy shit Frosty was hitting flicks It looked like he was on mouse We were like, what the fuck is that? He would like, you know how hard it is. He would just like flick?

Yeah, like, he would like be centered and like half flick and just rip someone with a sniper. Frosty's literally the best. And we were like, what the fuck? He's insane. He's really good of flicking. He's always been that good. Always, always has been that good. One of my favorites that ever played with this award.

At least it's not going to be boring though. Because I thought going to this year it was literally going to be fucking only optic. It's kind of two-team league right now. Yeah, it's S. Yeah. And it's, but you know, talk a little bit about stream. streaming scrimms, how's it been? I mean, bro.

Before we move on to that, I want to tell you a legend, because you brought him up, what he said. First he said, hey, thanks for dinner last night. We went to... Last night? No, no, well, this is Friday. Before the tournament, I took him out to catch. They fucking loved it.

I mean, we over-ordered. Naturally. Yes. And then on Saturday, like at 11.39 p.m., he says, he's like, I'm so fucking sorry, man. Such a disappointment. I feel ashamed. we'll get the next one hopefully I don't want to promise

not trying to jinx it they got nothing to be ashamed of it and then I said do not apologize once you guys get going nobody's going to stop you y'all got this no doubt about it yeah no they got nothing to be ashamed of SR's just nuts bro yeah yeah gotta

give credit with credits too and it's gonna be fun watching those two battle out like they're gonna be in pretty much every finals I feel like it's gonna be fun to watch them all year long yeah huge shout out to Frosty though and Royal, obviously.

They did their thing. Yeah. But streaming scrimms, how's it been, bro? It has literally, like, reignited the community. Like, I'm not even bullshiting. It is, like, completely

180ed the cod community. Yeah, I've always wanted to stream scrims. I feel like, there's really no downfall. I feel like at first, the codcaster, like I was probably being, like, blindsided,

but not, like, it probably is better without codcaster. Because then obviously, like, the teams can literally see exactly what both teams are doing, but. But they can see that anyway. And that's what I always try to tell people. It's like their coaches are literally sitting there watching minimap.

That is true. They can just screen cap your mini map. It's like... Yeah, yeah, yeah. Both, yeah, exactly. Like, both teams have like the Codcast or Pov. It's just more of like, I guess, other teams like going into the Vod. Like JPM's perspective and like actually seeing...

Like being able to sit there. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Like if you're not scriming us, you're not getting the VAT. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. So like, that's why I understand what people say that now. Like, at first I didn't really understand, but like, now, now, understand it. So,

yeah, I mean, I like streaming scrimms, to be honest. I don't think there's any downfall. I mean, bro,

I wouldn't even mind sharing comms, to be honest, but I don't, I want my teammates to be comfortable. That's the only issue. Yeah,

the thing with sharing comms, it's like, if you're sharing comms, you don't get to, like, sit there and say whatever you want, which is like a big thing. I feel like it's a big thing.

Like, if you want to talk shit, like you muzzle yourself a little bit, but I feel like being able to talk shit and scrims is like half the fun. What the fuck is this kid doing? And then that gets clipped all over the place, but it would be great content.

It's so much more different now, I swear, because any little thing you say, like, is so, they, like, take it so serious. Yeah. Like, if I already should talk, fucking, who do we play yesterday? Fucking, who was her first set? Like, if I already should talk, let's just say Ernie. Like, holy fuck, the community would eat it up. Yeah. But, like, I'm just, it's just like a normal thing.

Yeah. But, no, I like trim and shrims. And obviously the community seems like they end up to. keep doing it? Yeah. What if you guys, I mean, but what if you guys have like a bad start to the stage or? Just hypothetically, of course. I don't think you're going to, but.

I don't think, I don't think it'll matter. Because I don't know, at least like, because everyone always keeps comparing our old team to like this team. Because I was saying like the reason our team? No, no, no. The A.G and the Kahn team. The reason I didn't stream, like, this is how it went down. We picked up A.G. Right.

AG was like, all right, let's not stream scrimms the first week, because obviously, like, he wanted to be, like, unknown how good we were, this and that. And I was like, all right, like, I'm done. And then... And if he got shit on, it's like, it's his first week back. Yeah, exactly. Like, he might get shit on a little bit. But he didn't.

Yeah, no, I'm pretty sure the scrimms went, like, decent that week or whatever. And then, yeah, we lost back-to-back matches. And then I think we lost, like, that... I think we had shit practice going into our third match. Lost that match. And then it was just, like, such a... At least my perspective on it was, was like, yo, I just want to focus on our team

and not really give a fuck about streaming screens, this and that. Yeah. That's why, like, we didn't stream that stage. But going into this stage, I mean, my plan is to continue it, unless obviously something happens. So, yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's been, I mean, bro, it is literally, like, again,

there's only been pretty much for Call of Duty rank play. Like, and nobody at this point, like, rank play, I can only play it for a couple hours and it's like. I can't even play that. Yeah, I can play it for a couple hours and then I start to be like, I'm playing hossie for the third time in a row. Holy shit.

And then it starts to like wear off. But no, you guys streaming scrims. I mean, bro, there was like, what, 50,000 total, 60,000 just watching scrims yesterday. It's like a fucking CDL match. That's so cool. And what is this, Matt? The thing about it, yeah, look at that.

Yeah. But I feel like you guys streaming scrimms as well, A, it makes you guys go harder because you don't want to obviously get shit on. like on stream and then B the other team doesn't want to get shit on on stream so it literally like makes everyone go I swear it's actually going fucking hard

and yeah which like I mean that should that should be the normal but at least whenever we stream it's definitely out of people care like that's just the thing about me like I give two fucks but I know for a fact like other people care so much about like players or the community

the players like they bro like whether they want to say or not and say like they care or not, I promise you, like, there's so many people that... They definitely give a fuck. That actually, like, care about all that shit. But, like... I mean, that's the reason why I want to stream it.

Because, like, bro, even if we go zero and eight, like, I don't care about what other people say. At the end of day, like... Yeah, you're really good about that, which is something I tip. Like, whenever you guys were going through your rut, you'd still turn on your stream. Even through, like, roster changes,

you'd still turn on your stream. Yeah, that shit. That shit was actually... You don't give a fuck. It's typical. I love that. Because it's hard. Like, whenever all that social pressure's on

and everybody wants answers, and it's hard to, like, sit there and... Give them answers. Well, yeah, I mean, obviously, you're not going to give them all the answers, but it's hard to, like, sit there. It's like you're at a press conference. Yeah, just the same question over and over and over. Yeah, it's... Different ways. And you're getting roasted.

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that I was saying mid podcast never ended up being... Shit was changing so fast. Oh my God, yeah. It was, uh... Damn. I remember at one point saying, I just got something else.

Grab my phone and say, I just got something else. So right now, we don't know who. And it was already fucking like... Our roster? Yeah. It was already what, fucking Thursday? Or, I'm sorry, Tuesday?

Like, literally it was so... That had to have been one of the most... Not unorganized, because you can't organize something like that because you can't plan for stuff like that. But man, it was, it was tough. It was tough because, like, every decision that you make is obviously made public. And no matter what decision you make, you have to deal with it for a certain period of time. So, I don't know, I'm a very hopeful.

I like the fact that we're streaming the scrims. Obviously, like Seth said, it reignited the entire community and everybody's all about it. And, you know, new storylines. But, you know, there is some pressure that's going to be added to everyone on top of that, right? Because, yeah, we're performing good on scrims, but, you know, once we start getting into matches and then once we start getting into fucking, what, Fort Lauderdale, where is it? Miami. Miami. Miami. We're in Fort Lauderdale, but the events in, wait, is it in Miami?

I don't think it's in Miami. I hope it's in Miami. I think it's in Boca Raton. No, Boca Raton is north. Matt, bring up the... Yeah, I mean, that's where everybody goes to retire, but it's way, it's way up there, though. It's not, it's like, I'll put it to you like this. It's Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boka. Yeah. So it takes an hour from Boka to Miami, and it takes 25 from Miami to Fort Lauderdale and only 25 minutes from, there you go.

So we're in Bucca Raton. Where were, we were at Fort Lauderdale last time? Yeah. Yeah, we're literally right in the middle, Seth. Yeah, I got to ask. How do you feel like going into this? stage? No, just like this next, bro, there's eight weeks straight. Like, this is it. This is like, this is the final

stretch of the year. Starting this weekend, it's eight weekends straight. It's three weekends of qualls, and then the major. And then there's no break from major three. Like, you fly back Monday, there's matches that Friday. Dead ass. Yeah, there's eight weekends straight. So it's three major, and then three again, major, and then there's like a month off till champs. A month off? And then a month off till EWC. That's how it was last year. Yeah. Actually, I think last year we only had like two weeks.

probably like three weeks. Yeah. It's like three and three. I mean, I mean, so we're in like the, you shouldn't stream those scrimmed. Oh yeah,

no, to make people really. Yeah, how long? The chance one, no, I'm not doing that. Like,

how long will you cut them off before champs? Like, I'm assuming you'll probably do like maybe a week and then like the two weeks leading in the champs,

just radio silence. Or are you not going to stream them at all? Uh, so we get back. So you're saying we have three weeks. So yeah, I mean, I'll probably stream like. It's like,

yeah, I don't know the exact. Yeah, I mean, that sounds easy, a week and then not streamed that. And then EWC, you'll probably stream. Oh, yeah, UWC. Br, last year, I actually remember that, dude. Last year, bro, that show was so weird because, like, we won champs and then, like, yeah, UWC happened.

Can anyone even make changes going to the EWC or no? I'm sure, right? Because that's not even like, it's not even like a CDL event. It's out of the CDL season. Yeah. Oh, I guess everyone just stuck until, like, after EWC, but that was a weird. weird period because I swear like no one was fucking trying then but

when's the roster change when's the roster lock before champs like when is the final roster lock I don't I mean because we've seen this this roster mania has been like nuts this spot how is no one announced other shit I'm leaking it yo when is this being announced Thursday

this is or this is being in three days Thursday I mean we know all the teams it's like everybody everybody knows all the teams because at this point it's like everything's already leaked what the fuck else would they do if the leaks aren't right? Wait, so is Ken actually on Rocker?

That's the one that I actually don't know. He has to be. Where else would he go? There's rumors that he was going to Ravens, and then those fell through. They'll be decent, though. And now it's like, now he's going to Rocker, and you guys play Rocker on Friday. That's actually a good team from No Bullshit. I think that team could be, he might help them a lot.

He could actually, like, use some damage with that team. Because their core three is nice. I'm telling you, they are. If Nero, like, if Nero picks it back up, they're nice. That's going to be a fun one to watch. But yeah, this split is going to be, I think this is going to be the best split competitively that we've seen in a long time. Yeah, everyone's going on. This is it.

I can't wait. It's going to be lit. Because I feel like everyone, making or break it. I feel like every team was like still kind of competitive. Like, even the middle pack teams could upset. But now I feel like everybody's making like actual good roster changes. No, yeah, they are. Like it's not like.

It's going to be lit and everyone's doing hard with their new teams. There's no freebies. Everyone wants to win. Especially Falcons, Falcons, Rumer team. Now their rumor picking up Pred. they're picking up who else, Pred, Arcities, Fellow,

and then Exnid or something like that? Falcons? Damn. Oh, Priesta, Priesta, sorry. So Falcons are doing a... Arsidesis is going to... Wait, Exonits, stay not? He's not Falcons.

Arseid's? Oh, so it's not fellow. No, it's not fellow. Okay. Who are they keeping? Exit, surely. Yeah, Exit. And that's it?

Yeah, and I'm excited to see how Exnid plays with, like, a North American... What? Ant's sitting here like... He said that's it. Ants sitting here like, I don't know if I could speak right now. Oh, no, no, no. You know a leak?

No, yeah. No, yeah. It's exonid. Arsities, priesta, and... Who's the other guy? Pratt. And Brett. We're fucking tweaking, bro.

We're fucking tweaking. There's so much roster shit. And then, yeah, Ken's going to rockery. Yeah, we play him his first day, Matt. Bro, that's so funny. That's fucking crazy how that works, isn't it? What are the odds of that, dude? The odds are insane.

Hey, that's a binger, man. match, Toronto and phase. I actually have a... This is so random, but I have Toronto on that. Now, this weekend's matches are like lit. No, they look lit. They are lit. They actually look really entertaining

because not only that, like, you have the fucking race of champs and these matches actually like, even though they're, what, they're 10 points? 10 points each. Even though they're 10, like, bro, getting to the winners is, like, actually matters so fucking mess this tournament.

You guys only have 10 more league matches and then the rest are majors. Do we do it one more minor? No. Oh, we don't? Just league, 10 league matches and then two majors. and that's it. So, like, these matches start to really matter.

Those 10 points are huge. Those will be fun, man. You guys look great, which is great to see. And we haven't even seen you guys play search either, which is like, I feel like your search is going to be nuts. Dude, Caesar said it the other day, even though it's fucking hilarious. He said, we're going to be dirty Neslo player. Like, do you know what Neslo is?

Or no. Dude, I've been around this call. He's on a watch party, man. Yeah, he said, we're going to be dirty Neslo fucking, like, team. And, bro, we didn't even play a search as a team together. How the search is go against phase? 3-2, if ever us. Don't say maps.

It was just slow. It was good. Like, it was just natural. I mean, I feel like search is kind of easy. It's like, you just plug in. We have Bueno, bro. The guy literally, I'm not it. Right now is the perfect time.

Bose. What's up with S&D? I mean, I trust. We got a new team. I haven't seen the pre-nades. Caesar's good. Yeah, trust. All we need it, actually, the Kyler too.

Kyle are. I mean, bro, we have Caesar and Bueno, bro. Or, we know and fucking Garland. Y'all was watching you last night play the S&D8s, those dealership nades. Oh, you like that inter-A? Yeah. You guys threw them shits.

And the Tidge was like, Two-piece. I'm right now. He's not even going to write. He ain't even going to. Oh, yeah. I already know. Trust me, Tich.

He's not throwing nades. Yeah, they got like a two-piece pre-nade on dealership off spawn. Because you can nade, like, everything on that shit map. We should have activated you during the dry run. Yeah, honestly, any info or any, fucking tips. What do you think about? We should have got fucking fatty

fucking shreds at that point. What do you think about dealership church? I actually like it. People keep complaining about it though. I mean, it's just so fast. Yeah, it's like. It's like it.

It's like, yeah, it's like. My preferred method of play. Yeah, we'll keep waiting, I guess, to see. Bang outs. I think rewind thugs shit, but we'll see. But yeah, this weekend's match.

You hate rewind? Yeah, I don't really like, I'm not going to or just because I have no I don't really know anything on it. Really? Yeah, I got. I got a wedding to go to. You're not going to be here for Kenny versus the boys?

I'm going to be on a plane. Who's getting married? Castro. Castro. Oh, shit. Yeah, Castro. Castro? Oh, hell yeah.

Where's he getting married? Oh, can you? Somewhere in Mexico. Cancun. Really? I still. You can't drink tap water in Mexico? I mean, I was, I lived there.

I didn't risk it. When we went there for my bachelor party, we walked into like this huge Airbnb, like, mansion and it smelled like just poop poop dude you remember that we're upstairs dude the whole house most house didn't smell like poop did it

just the upstairs it had it because it had a twang to it it smelled like sewage right yeah it had a twang to it for sure it had a twang and I was in the master and that's where like it was coming from dude there's always something going on though and when you're no okay well you should see the Airbnb for

Miami the smell of the house can I see it We got it locked in. Wait, you haven't seen it yet? It's in the chat. Shut up. I haven't seen it. Yo, yo, yo, yo, listen.

The water has nothing to do with that Airbnb, okay? Oh, yeah. That was just an anecdote. Yeah, no, I'm not saying it was. The water does fuck you up. I mean, it's like you're not growing up with those, what are they called? The biome in your gut. It's different.

Your gut bacteria is not used to that bacteria that you drink over there. It happens all the time. My man, Tabe from Sweden, to the face to the face. Used to come to L.A. and only drink bottled water because he's like, I'm not drinking this dirty-ass American water. It's turning the frogs. No, I'm kidding. Yeah, like, you like that one, man. Holy shit.

Really? Yeah, like. Yeah, don't drink tap water here. No. No. I do. Now, Texas. Jersey, though.

We have a coconut water filter. In Jersey. Oh, damn. filter coconut it's like an actual coconut yeah yeah it's a coconut it's under the sink it's just because because of the fibers in the the fibers that connect the part that you eat how does it not run out huh you got to change it it's got a hole in it's got a joke okay all right tell us about these matches on friday so no i just think this weekend's matches are fire again i think this is going to be the most competitive split uh and we just have bangers we have lat vancouver on sunday um i mean we

have phased Toronto. We obviously get to watch the boys play two matches this weekend. They play Minnesota with Kenny. And then who else do they play? Cloud 9, that's going to be a good one. I mean, it's just fire matches and they do so much. And we only have five matches, I think. They mean so much to everybody.

It's like, this is crunch time. So it's going to be fun to watch, man. Verdance comes out Thursday. I don't even think I'm going to play it anymore. Did us? What? Well, not on Thursday, because I'm going to watch skrims. Because honestly... Oh, yeah, that's a good idea. That's a good idea. Well, honestly,

Thursday is when Verdantz comes out, but I guarantee you it's supposed to drop it noon central, I think. I guarantee you the servers are going to be fucked. Like, it might not even like be out until three. Is this hyped up as like as much as it should be or not? I don't know, man. Well, rivals is like finally like on a downtrend. Like all the streamers like want to play. Like Tim's going to, Tim's going to play it.

Matt's Nade said that he wasn't going to play. He's coming back to play it. So I feel like people are finally starting to like. get a little sick of rivals. Did I see somewhere that Nick Merck's skin was back in the... I think Nick said that he's going to come play it. Yeah, I did see that. Either way.

Like, everybody's coming back to play. That's what someone said. Nick Merck's shit is back? Yeah. Oh, that means scum-kidded. That means Seth Nises. Yeah, right. That's true.

Yeah, right. But yo, this trailer goes hard. We don't have to watch the whole thing because it's three minutes, but the song they pick, Bohemian Rhapsody. I mean, that's just dope. Imagine when you first drop into Super. Everyone's landing Super. Are you going to play with us?

I'm actually down, dude. Yo, Thursday after Scribs, you want to play? I'm actually down. Really? That's pretty good. I'll watch Scribes and we can play. This is the only map that I... I'm just a part by!

The stadium is they're going to have us? Oh my God. Bro, if they have us, I'll fucking bust. No, I don't think... Yeah, they're not. You definitely wouldn't know. Yeah, they're not. Wait, are you actually down?

Because I'll book it. No, I'm actually down. I'm actually done 100%. Blano, you think Blano will play? Oh, fucking crazy. You know Blano will play 100%. All right, I bet. I'm booking it.

They'll be fire. Yeah, they got a three out in the stadium, you know. Do you think Warzone will like fuck with you at all? No, I don't think so. I hope not. I mean, it's all like, it's all black up six guns and stuff, so. Yeah, it's all the same movement. Yo, you know what trailer I liked?

The, the, I was, I don't know how he came across this, but remember that guy that pulled this crazy-ass move, where he like got out he he he used his jet to hit another jet jumps out of that jet lancin another jet or some shit no battalion that sounds like battlefield battlefield battlefield yeah i saw that too and him seeing the reaction to them using it in the trailer was one of uh bra it was so good made made me uh miss being a gamer yeah this shit's gonna be fire yeah i can't wait i'm gonna hop on that shit yeah no i think uh i think it'd be good uh no loutable Perks, moving changes, but buy station prices.

Lots of changes trying to make it as much as the original wars on as possible. I don't know. What's up with this? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, new Roonscape game. Dragon Wilds. I've never played Roonscape. Me either, but I've heard nothing but good things. I'm a wow kid.

You play Maple Story? I'm a Minecraft kid. Yo, I actually did play Maple Story because TP was like hella into it when he was coaching us and we played it for not a lot, but I did play it. that's like super like super cartoony like anime art style yeah not my thing just not my thing you watch anime it no no i've tried it's too hard to get which one yeah uh i think it's called death note death no i've seen that i think so that's the only one i've seen i can't get into it either no that's because you haven't picked the right one i've tried have you watched akira the it's a movie

watch Akira and then watch Ghost in the Shell and then Ninja Scroll and Ninja Scroll Like they get it in What do you mean they get it in They get it in? They get it in They see it Really?

The milkers The manamee milkers No way The Wifu Knockers I don't know about all that What do you mean You just said they get into it

Yeah but I don't know anything beyond that I was like what's the wifu mean Like a wifu you got a wifu pillow It's a fucking anime like girl you don't know that shit? No, you're what? Like your anime wifu. I don't know.

It's like a thing. Matt, people have like pillows and shit of like anime girls and they're snuggle it. Yeah. I just don't show the public. Oh, wafoo.

Yeah, like a wife. Like an animal. Is that wafoo? All right, I get it. Yeah, actor, we should get one. We should get a pillow? Yeah, in the car room. Okay.

Oh, yeah, wait, why did you send me that picture yesterday? was it because of my like my setup like you set the aquarium in the background i was like wait why they just set me yeah because i always have like an aquarium yeah you always have like dogs and cats and shit so i was like hey rate the setup no i should divide do you fuck with the new room i feel like that's like the best room to play in yeah yeah not is it is it is actually your backs like turned to everybody yeah let the record show i like the window i like window bro okay but let the record show we wouldn't have moved you guys in there if the backdrop wasn't necessary like we would have left halo in there we're only putting you there no that was fine honestly i i

I didn't mind the other room. I swear, because... Oh, ketchup on the fucking floor and shit? That was Caesar. Yeah, they sent me this yesterday, and I was like, these guys are trolling, bro. And I, hey, this room has got like, bro, straight up.

A fuck with this room. A lot of good meetings happened to that room. A lot of good meetings, dude. A lot of good deals happened in that room. A lot of great deals happening in that room. Talk to me about... Seizers looking skinny, bro. What the fuck happened?

Talk to me about team with Bleno. How's it been so far? Yeah, Boehner's a good teammate, bro. He just shows up early, you know, grinding, and just does his part, bro. He's been grinding, which is what I like to see. He's been grinding. Even after scrims, he's, like, hopping on playing A-S and shit.

Yeah. You guys are really all like an A-S. I've seen Brandon playing A-Ats. He's like the first. How don't I want to say first? I guess he's like the first teammate that, like, actually likes going over the extra shit. Like when it comes down to, like, the private match and, like,

actually for during out. Like, timing and shit like that. Yeah. Because I'm not saying that, like, other teammates don't do it. It's just more like he's more down to do it. that makes sense. Yeah, like, we would do it, but like, he's like, he's pushing you to do it. Yeah, exactly.

You know he's pushed me to do it. You're like, yo, let's go over this timing. Exactly. Exactly. Let's throw nades and shit. But he's like... He's pushing me and like, I'm pushing him. So like, we're naturally just like always going over nurture, which is obviously like a good,

uh, good habitat. And you're playing the ones against him. I saw you guys play the one V1 on dealership. Yeah, yeah. Now we have one v1s going. Oh, yes. He's really good team, man. Thank, Kyler.

They're both fucking amazing two minutes. Yeah, it's good to see, like, after the split that you guys had, that you're, like, in a... It feels like you guys are in a, like, just good spot as a team right now. Like, everybody's grind in. The last stage was a fucking moving in. It seems like scrims are going well. It's like, I feel like we're in a good spot right now. Bro, literally, like, we lost to get to all these.

And I think our map count at that point was, like, 0 and 18. Maybe 0.21. I actually forgot. Now, you guys were like 0.9 at that point? 0-12. Oh, really? It wasn't that bad? Well, I think it wasn't LAT? That was your third match. It was the third match? No, no, no. I think it was our fifth. Oh, was it fifth? Because I think we played, it might have been our 6th.

I'm not even trolling. Oh. Yeah, we were like, I think we're 0-18. Or no, we were 0-18 after that, I think. Because I'm pretty sure. Anyways, usually made A. Like, basically, you know, play pickleball to like, no matter what, if we want or lose. And, like, yeah, like, afterwards, like, AG was. That was the nail. A.G.

was like, yo, what do you want to do? I was like, I mean, fucking let's play pickle. Because, like, it's either that, or you just,

like, do absolutely nothing and just fucking just sit there and just like... Just dread life. Yeah. Like, like, fucking... Dread getting on any social media just down horrendous.

See, it's surprising, though, that you say that was, like, the match because that should be the match that, like, you guys do lose. And then you play,

like, the lesser teams. No, I don't, I don't really know how to explain it, but I swear after that match, dude, like, something happened, dude. That was it. Yeah. I mean, in my mindset was obviously to, like, keep going hard.

Yeah. I'm not saying that, like, that was another people's mindset. But something just clicked after that. But anyways, there's just, like, a funny thing to the story. So we're playing picabond shit, and, like, I'm beating him, dude. And then, like, A.G's just so, like, defeated, bro. He's like, I have no flow in this fucking shit. Dude, in this game.

I got no flow anywhere. He's like, I got no flow everywhere. It's hilarious, bro. It was just fucking hilarious, dude. I was like the same thing, I was like, we only got flow anywhere, dude. But,

but yeah, I mean, I'm going to miss that team, bro. We actually had, like, uh, it was a good team, man,

fuck me. But you always will. Even if your team's, like, bad, you're always going to miss your ex-teamates, unless they're just assholes.

Yeah, unless, those are your boys. Yeah, not for sure. But, I mean, friendship leagues don't have

teammates that don't get along with each other, though. Uh-huh. Let's talk about the optic major. The Optic Major. you're coming up end of this month.

Actually, I wanted to do a watch party for Halo, but you guys play Faze on Sunday. You play Faze that Sunday. No, that Sunday. So what we'll probably do, we'll probably watch the first two matches, and then hopefully HALO is still going and we're still in.

I don't know who plays last, but go watch HALO. Yeah. That's what I kind of want to. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. April 18th and April 20th is the first HES major of the year.

You can buy tickets now. The link will be in the day. description down below at ESA at ESA stadium yes we're going back to ESA stadium really good stadium for us what about that bottom the bottom one case on trying to host MLG Anaheim next year you think she does that like you think like how possible is that is it unrealistic or no it's realistic as fuck all right yeah I mean timing of scheduling it's like the number one thing but well first of all how old is Kaysan do do we know he's 29 he's He's 29

So How long was MLG Anaheim 2016? I don't even know when the last one was Probably be 0620 04 1914 No no I'm saying Black of 4

He was 20 right 20 back then Yeah Yeah Dude if he throws this event Oh my God It would just be Nestae

I don't know I don't know if it works anymore. I've never been to the end I. Dude, imagine this bar today. It would work. Imagine this bar today. My man boozer right in the middle. If you build it, they will come.

Oh, no, listen. I'm more, I just don't think that people can fit. You think the pros like won't come down? No, at all. Not only that, but like it was almost like an industry party back in the day. Yeah. Right? So it's not going to, you're not going to have the same vibes, right?

You're not going to have fucking Pucket and Fuis and Shibby all wearing white t-shirts after they were fucking done casting and shit. I disagree. I think that place will be fucking packed. Well, click on the first picture. It will one thousand. Exactly. It will 1,000 percent. You're saying it'll be overpacked.

It'll be. There's something about that picture that just like remind you of like. Oh my God. The times that we've had in that bar. That us? Oh, yeah. Yeah. What did you guys talk about?

Just like, I mean, just everyone was there. Just think like a Sunday at an MLG event. Everybody's there. There's different games there. Everyone from Cod, every pro's there drinking, talking shit. Roster moves are happening. Literally, roster moves are happening right there. Business is getting done.

In that cornerback there. People are drunk. Bro, I can point to this area right here. This area right here, it was me. It was me, Duncan, Mike Sepsow, and one Tim the Tapman when he had long hair came by. And then I told Duncan, I'm like, yo, you got to sponsor this guy. This guy's going to be, you know, it's going to be a big streamer and shit. The man with the golden voice, as he was known back in the day.

This is what it looks like now. Oh. Yeah, obviously, we were there when there was no fountain. Yeah, I don't know. It's not the same vibe, though. No, no, it's not. But I'm telling you right now, it, I like the nostalgic vibe. So, in fact, I think Peterman had a really, really good thought.

It was kind of a sad thing to read in a sense. But fuck, I don't know where he put it. But he made it, but he made it, he put things into perspective as to think about 400, 4,000 people or how many people are going to go? Let's say 400 people go. How many people go to HALO events nowadays? That's a good question. I actually don't even know. I feel like it depends where it is.

Like if it's like our major, there'll be a good amount. Think about that many people in that stadium seating. It's like literally just rows of that, right? So I don't know. I'm going to go if he throws it. I'm going. I mean, it's going to be a cod event. Like, the cod teams are going to be there.

Wait, what do you mean? It's going to be a cod event. No, it's going to be a lot. No, he wants to do cod, Halo. You want to do cod and halo. Yeah, he wants to do like an MLG event. She's going to be bossing. Yeah.

That's definitely doable. I don't know. I mean, I don't know how far along the business. This would happen like next. year probably yeah yeah but still like the business unit between halo and and call of duty like yeah we're doing it here at at at dream hack but we're also seeing all other games on there but to have both both those two like we did back in the day like MLG did like I don't know that shit was so far what did should be so far what's like I named the MLG guy back in the day Adam Epicella yeah he said he like

commented on this I like read it I'm not a lot I don't know what the fuck he was talking about though Adam AP. So Adam AP is is old Halo dude named Clap. Right there. Lots of chatter about. It's like employee number one at MLG.

Lots of chat about MLG. MLG in Hamble is dope in 2006. Notice, dope in 2006. It also started our best attended event blah blah blah, blah, blah. The Anaham Convention Center, blah, blah. I think in general,

venue location aside, e-sports needs more robust roadmaps leading into major events. online leagues, weekly tournaments. Whatever he says, I agree. This dude is like the utmost expert when it comes to throwing events. He is literally the go-to guy.

He knows his shit. He knows his shit. Yeah. Period. Yeah, hopefully they can make it work. I mean, that would be awesome. Yeah. Yeah, our major, 18th through the 20th,

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