Never forget the OG 4: Merk, Scump, BigTymer, & Nadeshot

man good days when i was in 8th grade.. i’m 22 now.

I grew up watching Optic, it breaks my heart to see them just slowly fall apart like this 🥺

I remember when I watched every scump and nade video back in 2011 in bo2. Wow things have changed

FORMAL was always the wisest on the team. When he can’t play with you then you’re definitely a problem.

You guys need to appreciate how mature Formal is. The way he talks in general is very professional and mature. *No ego* in a way that whether he talks about the good or the bad, he always say *We* . Not "I" or "They"

I love how open the members of OpTic have been lately even since the 6050 podcast. Great content HECZ

I was huge into optic back in the xbox 360 mlg days, sad to see them falling apart

Formal was a god on Bo3. It sucks they ain’t the same dynasty anymore

Never forget Formal’s Bal-27. If you know you know.

This podcast was easily one of my favorites, good job Hector❤️

Formal is starting to look like a young chubby jack black lol

I love Seth (fave all time player) but i get the vibe he may have been a major reason they fell apart. Shitty internet, Bad excuses for bad placings & spent alot of time with his then GF. Plus inner rivalry with Formal.

this video was fantastic, Formal was always my favorite player on that dynasty and to here his side of the story was something I've been wanting for awhile. Thanks for sharing it

This explains everything in so much depth now. Thanks Hecz for getting the opportunity to pick Matt's brain on that. Really interesting stuff. I do miss him being in OpTic, would love for him to return someday

Professional teams ought to practice like professionals and always take their opponent seriously. Fear none, respect all. Basic.

coming back to this after champs, so upsetting seeing this team fall apart after all these years 😢💔

“we just need to hangout more” 🤣🤣🤣

Breaks my heart to see my OpTic family & friends go through everything that they have recently, I wish the best of luck to everyone at OpTic and hope they can find a way to stick together. I grew up and matured into the adult that I am today because of OpTic. Thank for everything you all have done for the community and the fans. Love you

“When attach 1v3’d like 6 times” 😂😂😂

Felt like Formal was slowly pouring his heart out in this interview

This is why I love FORMAL, because he always speaks whats on his mind.

Hecz is a really good interviewer, dude directs the conversation but makes sure to let guests answer fully and asks all of the right questions

Damn. Crim just showed that his approach really works.

Scump, Crim, Karma, Formal: Best squad ever

Hecz hearing “we went into events, not practicing in 3 weeks” 😂😂😂😂 definitely didn’t know about that

Miss you matt 😕

Man it feels like forever ago with formal being on optic but I hope after this year and change apart, the old team was able to rekindle those great relationships. Because at its peak, those guys were perfect for each other

I feel like the mentality that FormaL is talking about is still there in the current squad. They lose an event and it just seems that they still don't want to practice.

Thanks for the insight of the whole saga.. good guy.

Yon the camera shack at about 4:11 made me have to go back 3 times and rewatch to make sure it wasnt my eyes! I was actually concerned for about 10 seconds lmao!

Formal is pure class. Rare.

I used to be the biggest Optic fan back in middle school. I'll be graduating from college soon and I see they're breaking up...kind of sad to see.

I’d love to hear what dtreats is up to now in a podcast.

Anyone else been playing cod since they were 12 and grew up through all the cods. Played every single one since cod 4. I’m 23 now. Memories over the years. Man cod has changed.

Man I remember trick shotting and getting into a game with OpTic Jambi, eXxStacY, Di3sel.... that’s what got me into making videos and what still gives me inspiration to this day to be the best I can be at editing. I hope watching OpTic grow into what it was taught other people to go for whatever dreams they love and to never lose sight of that

Damn miss ya Matt this podcast is awesome

Everyone need a teammate like foramal.. Someone whos gonna tell the truth and not sugar coat anything, he keeps it real this whole interview

Watching this in 2021 and happy to see how the cards came back into place formal is back with his brotha sethy seth , and Damon is home again on optic

“We just didn’t eat enough bro” LMFAO

shit is soo sad... remember being in jr high when the MLG Orlando recap video came out in 2011 with the Blackmill music in the background, video is sooo nostalgic to me

12:50 to 13:10 you could hear how passionate he was about the team.. as a life long og fan I even said a few times I hope formal leaves he deserves better. So grateful for his hard carry through jet packs

formal is just rare bro. his thinking is just something else. one of the best ARs for SURE

Watching this after “the fall of OpTic” video (other KZfaqr), really is like formal is speaking his side of it. So great so see a different view of the story

Dam this makes me feel old i have been an OpTic fan since CoD 4 the OpTic Preadtor days 10 sensativity spinning with ACOG M40A3, i was almost that kid who was going to put OpTic in my gamertag, but i never wanted to be a fake & that kind of fan boy. Crazy how shit has changed i remember baby face McDonalds working nadeshot & now to see him running an insanely successful ESports ORG, it's awesome to see most of the OpTic member have found success. #GREENWALL

Finally someone says wwII was trash. It’s so trash, gameplay wise.

“We went into that gas and we thought everyone was ass” @9:26 😂😂😂

So is optic as a team done or what’s going on cause I missed it

Miss bigtymer and Merk wit scump n nade sheesh I remember when bigt was out

I used to watch Optic Nadeshot and Sumpii. :(

snipers going ham will all ways be in my heart i learnt allot of them guys which has helped me through my cod years.

Formal was the only reason I've watched a single cod video. He was so good at Halo, I had to check him out in CoD.

So formal wasn’t joking about not wanting to team with crimsix

Someone once told me that optic never liked to practice. I guess that was true.

Love my this dude Formal.

Ahh man the early 2010s was the golden years

10:56 Formals thoughts on COD WW2 lol

Formal is very well spoken, Seems like a great man !

Love formal man. So much respect for this guy

Formal talking the truth on this one💯optic need to step it up and not get cocky #greenwall

Confidence and ego are totally different things. Ego doesn't let you be the real you. Confidence do.

The best optic line up ever, scump, crimsix, formal and karma

Does anyone know the game that Formal and Hecz is talking about around the 4 minute mark where Formal lost the 1v1.

Lets see what Optic doing this COD Champs this weekend! Bring it home!

Bro just come back and hang out more :D

It's crazy hearing all this talk about how their team was on thin ice because I remember watching a lot of IW and always thinking that if Optic turned up they would win. I was a fan of eUnited at the time and I always used to fear Optic because I felt that they were the best team, and I was not surprised they won champs.

I remember the bo2 days watching optic I was in 7th grade now I’m 20 jeez how times have changed :/

I wanna see hecz sell his portion of Optic and start his own organization and start from a new clean slate.

I never thought that Jack Black is a beast on COD too... what are the odds...

This is crazy. You can tell he has reflected on this a lot.

Blops 1 days i met Hecz in Orlando at the MLG event. Cool dude

can someone drop the tl;dr please?

Formal will always be the GOAT in my books.

Never forget Optic Predator R.I.P. 🙏🏽

I remember COD champs for IW in orlando and me and my friends came from around the back to get to the front. Matt and Seth are out there talking, smoking a cigarette, and you could almost see just how shit was falling apart. I see em, go OMG, and say to them "I'm a huge fan and been one since blah blah blah". You know how it is when you meet people youve been watching since middle school. And idk if it was an every occasion thing but we just got the biggest scowl back and not a word and I wasn't trying to have a convo or anything. I just wanted to say hi and dip but they were not having it. We walked away but I could just feel the tension as a fan. I looked to my friends and my one friends says "wow these guys are dicks" and i say "Im just wondering if they even want to win this shit".

The best podcasts come from HECZ🤙🤙🤙🤙

14:21 LMAOOO replays.

Me - faze up Hectz - nahhhh Damn I miss that day at Anaheim where I meet hectz 🥺🙇🏻‍♂️

This is such an interesting podcast dude

Remember how you got there from the beginning. Hard work, now they super talented, they abuse it by not doing shit. Kids grinding every day to get that spot. It'll show this coming weekend.

Formal was great back in the bo3 days

Love you Formal

Could you explain to me what's happened please? I'm an OG and remember watching them from the beginning but haven't followed them for a couple years.. What's happened to everyone? And are optic still a major player at tournaments?

They almost won s1 playoffs because Damon carried tf out of them. Then they drop him after the next event.

I wonder if Formal will go back to halo when infinite comes out?

Next time can we get a Hecz cam so we can see his expression hearing this, i think that would have been a great idea. Sat back and let crim demoralize his teammates and never stepped in only to let his golden child split up a dynasty. Almost sad to see formal explain this and have to almost relive it.

Been watching Optic Gaming since middle school. So sad to watch them split up

Why Does This Guy Look Like A Young Version Of Jack Black ? 😂

As an Envy fan , I love the way formal talks about the team back in BO3 , now it's all a disaster . I hope we can make a good event , good podcast Hector! 👏

Bro that camera shakes just messed me up so bad lol thought it was a wrap for me

Need another formal podcast

Imagine Formal not being your fav player. Could never be me.

Man if optic branched out to more games like fortnite, rainbow, rocket league, etc. they probably could’ve still been a big team

I love and like formal a great player

Listening to this tells me how many problems call of duty has as a franchise. Being a pro and staying good at every new game is so hard.

I love how much he remembers even tho bo3 was YEARS ago

the greatest AR to aver play cod.

Formal love ya

FormaL man💯what a guy 🙏🏽

Who here remember OpTic Corrosive, Dtreats, Psychosis, Xgen, Theory, and all the other OG clans?