OpTic Gaming
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| Nickname | The Green Wall |
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| Short name | Optic |
| Divisions |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Call of Duty Gears of War Halo |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Location | Schaumburg, Illinois, United States |
| Owner(s) | Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez Jr. |
| Partners |
Brisk Mate Turtle Beach Scuf Gaming DXRacer Turtle Wax |
| Website | http://optic.tv/ |
OpTic Gaming, LLC., also referred to as the The Green Wall, is a professional American eSports team and competitive gaming company specializing in the FPS genre. OpTic currently has teams playing Call of Duty, Halo, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Gears of War. It was founded in 2006 by Ryan "OpTic J" Musselman and "OpTic KR3W". The company is owned by Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez. The OpTic Halo team is coached by Chris "Royal1" Fiorante. OpTic Gaming are two time X Games champions, winning in 2014 and 2015 respectively. On 3 December 2015, OpTic Gaming won the Best eSports Team of the Year at The Game Awards 2015.
In 2006 Ryan "OpTic J" Musselman and "OpTicKR3W" developed OpTic Gaming. The team played Call of Duty 2 for the Xbox 360. In 2007, OpTic Gaming being owned by Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez.
OpTic took 8th in the Online Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 National Championships before placing 4th at the MLG National Championships 2010 and picking up $500 before the start of the next Call of Duty: Black Ops season.
Matthew Haag was dropped from the team for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2011 season which was the first season of Call of Duty on the Major League Gaming since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. He briefly returned to the OpTic Competitive team, replacing a player who felt ill, at MLG Dallas where OpTic Gaming finished 3rd with virtually no practice as a squad. Subsequently, after mentioning the possibility of replacing the teammate that had fallen sick he did not get picked up. Haag played on several different teams in the professional scene and created his own OpTic Nation competitive team and started making videos and streaming footage. For the next two events he played for Team EnVyUs finishing 8th at MLG Anaheim and then 3rd at MLG Raleigh before playing on Surreal Legacy for the final two events of the year placing 7th at MLG Orlando and then finishing in 15th at the MLG Providence national championships to finish off the Call of Duty: Black Ops Major League Gaming season.
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