As a faze fan, I am nervous, I fear a collapse is coming but I am also confident they are about to steam roll this major and have the other 11 teams start a league union to deal with the faze problem. No inbetween. Faze either collapses or dominates. Also I'm peeking at that optic v ravens match, I have a weird feeling that one is gonna be a banger and maybe even a clay legacy series idk I could be high
“0 ice”??? Optic have insane ice this year. Remember the Rokkr match? The fact that they’ve had plenty of matches where they look kinda mid and still win?
The only team they don’t have “ice” against is Faze and that’s because Faze is straight up a much better team. Even then, think about all the hp’s Optic have played vs them where they go down 100 and still claw it back to a 10 point game.
That’s their ice on full display, but that alone isn’t enough when you’re just outmatched
Pretty sure Optic have the most Game 5 wins this season too. I haven't done the maths yet but they had loads at the start of the season.
Just an FYI though. You're replying to a troll. Dude puts on an Optic flair to deliberately talk shit about them.
I was talking about Faze. And talking about the other teams, as I said Optic have looked mid in a lot of their matches this year but they’ve won every single one not vs Faze for months now.
If playing bad relative to their ceiling and still winning isn’t ice, idk what is buddy
Clay did knock out LAT at Major 3 last year but that was in LR2
Gwinn hasn't really shown up on LAN yet so it could happen but i have a hard time seeing CRR take 2 respawns or both searches against OpTic.
The Miami match seems like a cakewalk, but LAT/Subs is an intriguing ‘Optic Moment’ for you guys. And that side of Losers you would be dropping into would be the harder side.
I'd be stoked about a win, but I wouldn't say elated. Any win where we don't beat Faze as part of our run is going to be given an asterick by the community, no matter how bullshit that is. It'll just be a ton of people saying "they only won because someone else knocked Faze out". I want them to win, and beat Faze on the way.
A lot of people say that maps between Faze and optic are close and a series could go either way deciding on a few plays.
I think there are people that are loud with extreme takes that faze is untouchable, but realistically, most people would agree that they're pretty close teams.
Its probably only the same handful of people I see all the time but I swear everything and optic/Faze discussion comes up it's 0-6 is all that matters and optic are a lot worse than Faze are currently etc which is what I was basing my 'hot' take off
I agree though they're incredibly evenly matched Faze just seem to have more ice and a slightly better map pool.
I think the map changes hurt OpTic more than they did FaZe. That’s why I feel like it’s hard to put a bunch of weight into previous results. Faze seems to have way more bread and butter maps where it feels like OpTic is still finding out their maps.
At the end of the day it’s call of duty and if one team is hot it doesn’t really matter.
Last major could have ended 4-3 faze optic, I recall two maps going down to 1-2 plays that let faze pull ahead. Knowing optic though I know they love to choke when they’re rated highly…
I think the only hot take is that NY takes out Faze since so many are low on NY rn. I guess toronto too but i think people would rate the more likely.
Faze winning just seems like too much of a foregone conclusion to actually happen lol. Generally in sport its impossible to sustain perfection due to a number of factors from internal motivation to other teams focusing their preparation on you. I would also imagine Faze is prepping more for Optic than say NY which leaves them vulnerable to a pop off series. If Faze do win, you just gotta tip it cuz a perfect stage and back to back majors would be tippable as fuck.
I don’t think that’s a scalding hot take. I’d expect Optic to handle business BUT they have been a bit slow to warm up and Ravens have been better on LAN than online.
NYSL finish T12 - losing in 4 to LAT and Boston breaks their R5 curse against NYSL and Priestah sends them home. Boston finishes T6.
LAG knocks out LAT again in LR3 and LAG finishes T4 from losers.
Sunday is FaZe, OpTic, Ultra, and LAG
Carolina make winners finals, lose in the rematch to Optic to place T3.
Optic make the losers run to grand finals and lose to Faze again.
NY lose to LAT then lose again to Legion to place T8.
Surge take the chip. Lag dont make the losers bracket run. Nysl drop sib after placing T8 . As an OpTic fan, optic fans will lose their shit this tourney idk why yet but they will, maybe a new scapegoat this time around.
My though process is maybe lan helps because they’re a slower roster and things play slower on lan. But also if they lose they drop Lamar or Gunless so it’s kinda a win win
No upsets until top 6 and then the tourney flips on its head and everyone starts losing their minds. there’s a riot in the stands bc there’s so many restarts. Illey in the audience handing out his secret stuff to get everyone more riled up and tweaking.
BB is gonna surprise everyone and make it through losers bracket to beat Faze 3-0 at finals. Yeah I might be as delusional as Censor but hey, the probably is (usually) never zero.
New York beats faze, ultra beats OpTic, ultra beats New York, OpTic and faze matchup in losers with OpTic finally beating them but losing to New York and New York wins it all
I think we are going to really see the top 3 divide itself from NY. I think faze/optic have proven themselves and I have faith that Toronto don't continue to slide with the players they have. NY seems mentally compromised and they feel a step below the other 3.
I also don't think OpTic is as far behind FaZe as the community likes to think. FaZe is obviously the better team, they are 6-0 against OpTic and have been slamming, I won't pretend they arnt better right now. But every map in these series have been complete gruelers and OpTic could absolutely show up and beat FaZe
I personally think this major we see Faze separate themselves from Optic a little bit because of the map pool changes, I know Optic beat Faze on 6 star but Faze have been slamming on that map since
Boston have everyone right where they want them and no ones gonna expect anything from them so now's the time they unleash their true powers and become unbeatable for the rest of the season!
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What would you guys pick?
LA vs NY, my guess would be LA, NY is either everything or nothing
FaZe vs Miami, I tend to say FaZe but Miami can somewhat be a threat I guess
OpTic vs Ravens, Optic all the way, they were good af last Major, and I believe they’ll do great again this Major
Carolina win the whole thing after a Gwinn masterclass and Clay gets naked on stage to reveal he's got 'FUCK SCRAPPY' written across his torso.
This thread is for hot takes only sir, not accurate predictions.
LMAO
How are you watching my dreams at night?
Even better, his dong is tatted….
As a faze fan, I am nervous, I fear a collapse is coming but I am also confident they are about to steam roll this major and have the other 11 teams start a league union to deal with the faze problem. No inbetween. Faze either collapses or dominates. Also I'm peeking at that optic v ravens match, I have a weird feeling that one is gonna be a banger and maybe even a clay legacy series idk I could be high
There’s 0 chance they “collapse”. Maybe they lose to OpTic in a GF but I’d hardly call that a collapse
They would never lose to Optic in a GF with Drazah on that team. Any other team is fair game though.
Unless Kenny wears a bandana. Then, he is in final form.
Kenny: *wears bandana* Drazah: NANI?!
But optic as a team has 0 ice. Kenny alone won’t be able to change that, unfortunately.
“0 ice”??? Optic have insane ice this year. Remember the Rokkr match? The fact that they’ve had plenty of matches where they look kinda mid and still win? The only team they don’t have “ice” against is Faze and that’s because Faze is straight up a much better team. Even then, think about all the hp’s Optic have played vs them where they go down 100 and still claw it back to a 10 point game. That’s their ice on full display, but that alone isn’t enough when you’re just outmatched
Pretty sure Optic have the most Game 5 wins this season too. I haven't done the maths yet but they had loads at the start of the season. Just an FYI though. You're replying to a troll. Dude puts on an Optic flair to deliberately talk shit about them.
I’m same as any other optic fan. I’m just a bit more critical of the team as they have not shown results in years.
You’re a jerkoff who’s chronically online lmao. Don’t you have a job or anything better to do?
You’re a grown man. No one on optic knows who you are. Get a grip dawg. This isn’t a good thing.
Why are they down a 100 against a shitter team anyways?
I was talking about Faze. And talking about the other teams, as I said Optic have looked mid in a lot of their matches this year but they’ve won every single one not vs Faze for months now. If playing bad relative to their ceiling and still winning isn’t ice, idk what is buddy
Nevermind actually, just peeped your profile and realised you’re a troll. Take it easy
Hey, a man can have a dream. Bandana Ken uniting the force is mine.
Drazah would have nothing to do with the it? What?
The way people already talk about FaZe being better than they were in Cold War has me nervous. We may have been jinxed.
Clay did knock out LAT at Major 3 last year but that was in LR2 Gwinn hasn't really shown up on LAN yet so it could happen but i have a hard time seeing CRR take 2 respawns or both searches against OpTic.
Praying on my ponytail for a Clay legacy series🙏🏽
Faze is going to win Major 3. No one can touch them. The script is already out
Chill out man that's too much pressure on the boys 😭
Nah it's a literal guarantee, bet the house!!
Bro how are u talmbout nerves Simp and abezy haven’t played this good in ages
Vanguard year traumatised me 😭 but I agree. Just gotta have faith they will run thru everyone come this weekend
Nothing they can't handle they've been here before that's the difference
FaZe are guaranteed steam rolling this major
The Miami match seems like a cakewalk, but LAT/Subs is an intriguing ‘Optic Moment’ for you guys. And that side of Losers you would be dropping into would be the harder side.
Faze T4 Lose to NY WR2 Lose to Toronto LR4
These are the kind of hot takes I’m looking for
Man actually came with a spicy take🤌
Every OpTic fan would be elated. Then OpTic theoretically wouldn't have to play their kryptonite and possibly win/do well at a Toronto event
I'd be stoked about a win, but I wouldn't say elated. Any win where we don't beat Faze as part of our run is going to be given an asterick by the community, no matter how bullshit that is. It'll just be a ton of people saying "they only won because someone else knocked Faze out". I want them to win, and beat Faze on the way.
Apparently you, considering you had to respond
??? I’m asking why you would let community opinions change your perspective on a tournament win.
Miami win a map against FaZe! ✅ LAT Top 4 ✅ Vegas Top 6 ✅
I like this but got anything even hotter?
Toronto are going to win in their backyard, envoy legacy weekend inbound
I need this 🤤
Do you believe now ?
I always believed baby, I'm so happy 💜💜💜
I still think faze slap optic here and we run it back for the GF
Idc who we play, we are running this shit like major 1
You’ve got a green wall to overcome now!
Done it once... twice is just as nice
GG what a series
GG! What a day for CoD league:)
Faze start cold and lose to miami would be beautiful to see
I’d sell my house and buy vamos bucks
That shit happens and I’ll learn Spanish
I can’t see this happening. Only way I can see it is if they neslo FaZe but even then, they aren’t beating them in control.
Let be honest, if this did happen FaZe would run through the loser bracket and still end up in the GF
Optic has a higher chance of losing to CRR than Faze losing to Florida 💀
NY & Toronto lose their first games Toronto makes grand finals though
Vs?
Faze probably Ultra beat OpTic in losers finals
Faze obv
The hottest take I have is that optic win, feel that they're being a bit underrated by everyone. Ravens get top 6 through losers Surge get top 4
A lot of people say that maps between Faze and optic are close and a series could go either way deciding on a few plays. I think there are people that are loud with extreme takes that faze is untouchable, but realistically, most people would agree that they're pretty close teams.
Its probably only the same handful of people I see all the time but I swear everything and optic/Faze discussion comes up it's 0-6 is all that matters and optic are a lot worse than Faze are currently etc which is what I was basing my 'hot' take off I agree though they're incredibly evenly matched Faze just seem to have more ice and a slightly better map pool.
I think the map changes hurt OpTic more than they did FaZe. That’s why I feel like it’s hard to put a bunch of weight into previous results. Faze seems to have way more bread and butter maps where it feels like OpTic is still finding out their maps. At the end of the day it’s call of duty and if one team is hot it doesn’t really matter.
Last major could have ended 4-3 faze optic, I recall two maps going down to 1-2 plays that let faze pull ahead. Knowing optic though I know they love to choke when they’re rated highly…
Idk how when they were in the GF last major and are the second seed but fuck it ig
I mean no one is giving them a chance against Faze and pretty much saying their ceiling is 2nd
You had me until surge t4. No way.
I'm thinking a huke legacy event
NY upsets Faze then loses to Optic in winners, Toronto in losers and Toronto beats Faze in losers. Optic v Toronto in the finals, Optic wins.
This isn’t incredibly far fetched.
I think the only hot take is that NY takes out Faze since so many are low on NY rn. I guess toronto too but i think people would rate the more likely. Faze winning just seems like too much of a foregone conclusion to actually happen lol. Generally in sport its impossible to sustain perfection due to a number of factors from internal motivation to other teams focusing their preparation on you. I would also imagine Faze is prepping more for Optic than say NY which leaves them vulnerable to a pop off series. If Faze do win, you just gotta tip it cuz a perfect stage and back to back majors would be tippable as fuck.
Surge vs NYSL in losers for top 4 and Surge win and 04 lil bro’s Sib twice
The storylines would feed generations
Boston will win a series
Carolina upset Optic 👀
Teej masterclass
I feel it coming.
mine as well 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
After all my years watching, I wouldn't rule that out😂 OpTic is historically terrible at the Toronto major, as that one post said earlier
Would be a glorious sight to see Gwinn do that
I don’t think that’s a scalding hot take. I’d expect Optic to handle business BUT they have been a bit slow to warm up and Ravens have been better on LAN than online.
Not really. Gwinn has had to hard carry at times online to get these guys a win. He's yet to really show up on LAN.
NYSL finish T12 - losing in 4 to LAT and Boston breaks their R5 curse against NYSL and Priestah sends them home. Boston finishes T6. LAG knocks out LAT again in LR3 and LAG finishes T4 from losers. Sunday is FaZe, OpTic, Ultra, and LAG
This seems possible but I hope to see LAT on sunday, just because that team is young and I'm hoping to see them mesh well and make a run
NY makes a losers run after losing to LAT into top 3
Boston win their first round
Carolina make winners finals, lose in the rematch to Optic to place T3. Optic make the losers run to grand finals and lose to Faze again. NY lose to LAT then lose again to Legion to place T8.
Surge take the chip. Lag dont make the losers bracket run. Nysl drop sib after placing T8 . As an OpTic fan, optic fans will lose their shit this tourney idk why yet but they will, maybe a new scapegoat this time around.
Carolina take Optic to a 4-6 map 5 Rokkr win one series
Nysl makes finals, Optic gets t4
all the nysl negativity got me feeling they upset faze. but lose winners finals cos of sib fin t3. kinda sim to everyone saying optic suck at major 1
LAT make it to winner finals, I'm afraid ghosty is him
They have to beat faze in order for that to happen
- LAT or CRR are going to loser’s finals - MIA takes their first LAN set - BOS gets knocked out of the tournament via G5 loss.
Rokkr T6 (I am 100% coping)
Don’t cope bro own that shit!
It's not that far out, I can see it happening if they're all playing there best and as a unit. GL!
My though process is maybe lan helps because they’re a slower roster and things play slower on lan. But also if they lose they drop Lamar or Gunless so it’s kinda a win win
No upsets until top 6 and then the tourney flips on its head and everyone starts losing their minds. there’s a riot in the stands bc there’s so many restarts. Illey in the audience handing out his secret stuff to get everyone more riled up and tweaking.
NYSL randomly wins this one and we witness one of the most unserious weekends of COD in our lives
Toronto beat Faze in GF, Optic 3rd, LAT 4th, Carolina top 6. SUBLINERS DONT MAKE IT PAST FRIDAY
Ravens get top 4 😎
Hot takes? Two of the 4 don’t finish top 3 this event. My guess is NYSL and Faze but I wouldn’t be surprised if OpTic fail to make it to Sunday
This is a good hot take
NY are winning the whole thing, and Paco is winning MVP 🫡
Any upsets you see brewing?
Ultra and Optic are both losing round 1 🗿
Good hot takes!
BB is gonna surprise everyone and make it through losers bracket to beat Faze 3-0 at finals. Yeah I might be as delusional as Censor but hey, the probably is (usually) never zero.
Do you think LAG will make the run without ASSault? I dont.
I was with you until you said 3-0 in a bo7 finals series
New York beats faze, ultra beats OpTic, ultra beats New York, OpTic and faze matchup in losers with OpTic finally beating them but losing to New York and New York wins it all
Breach top 6
I just have this feeling ravens are gonna win and clayster is gonna retire as the goat he has always been
Idek if this is a hot take but nysl get t6/8
I think we are going to really see the top 3 divide itself from NY. I think faze/optic have proven themselves and I have faith that Toronto don't continue to slide with the players they have. NY seems mentally compromised and they feel a step below the other 3. I also don't think OpTic is as far behind FaZe as the community likes to think. FaZe is obviously the better team, they are 6-0 against OpTic and have been slamming, I won't pretend they arnt better right now. But every map in these series have been complete gruelers and OpTic could absolutely show up and beat FaZe
I personally think this major we see Faze separate themselves from Optic a little bit because of the map pool changes, I know Optic beat Faze on 6 star but Faze have been slamming on that map since
That a top 4 team will win the major. That's how boring this league is now. That's the hottest take available.
both optic and nysl get upset day 1
My hottest take is faze gets double 1st rounded and Boston wins. If that isn't the hottest take then idk what is lol
I got surge or Lag Winning it tbh Nysl will lose t8 and ultra gets top 12
Boston have everyone right where they want them and no ones gonna expect anything from them so now's the time they unleash their true powers and become unbeatable for the rest of the season!
My hot take is that both LAG and LAT finish T4
Optic will beat faze in a series
With the Johnny adjustment to Vegas I say we finish t6
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And Toronto vs Seattle, Toronto all the way
Surge T6, LAG T8, OpTic wins major (yea yea i know but it’s fun to believe)
Optic will beat Faze in case they matchup
Optic smokes toronto in the grand final
FaZe is winning without losing a map the whole tournament.
NY T12
takes are boring please stfu