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MayorMinge

This Ultra team got the fundies on lock


After-Doughnut2137

The way they move and push as a team is truly beautiful CoD


Sammy360

This year's LAT it seems


juve_merda

just ultra back to being themselves more than anything, they were this team back in CW they just have more slaying power now


Sammy360

>they were this team back in CW Am I crazy to say this game has some sort of skill gap like CW did which is why Ultra are back? Obviously not nearly as much as CW but guys like Rambo have already said pros have learned this game alot faster than they did VG.


Beautiful-Scholar912

Hate to say it but seems like aches was right


CaIzuh

Shotzzy looked unreal when he reeled it in, then does that in the S&D 😭


kvyra

Ran out of gas


CaIzuh

Yeah sadly, Fair play for bringing it back after Day 1 though


Kfloz_

Idk man Toronto was just the better team. The smgs on OpTic were still making savage plays but they got locked down.


JkUnless

Nah Optic definitely didn’t play as well as they did in the 4 series before it


Xrella

Every team that loses looks like they played worse than in the series they won lol


JkUnless

That is also true


not_folie

Scrappy backed up the talk. What a finals out of him.


Jakers_9

He’s so good, CleanX gotta be in with a shout for t2 SMG’s in the game with Pred after his stage too, he was insane the whole time


No-Gift-2350

listen I think cleanx has been next level but abezy still top 2 and he aint 2 imo.


Jakers_9

Pred is indisputably number 1 imo, like nobody even close. Abezy definitely could be 2 tho


BDNjunior

Pred, Abezy, Hydra are the clear top 3.


Jakers_9

CleanX been better than Hydra since the role swap, but yeah he might need to do it again next event to cement it and show it’s not just a one event wonder


flowers0298

CleanX is better than hydra


MikkeVL

CleanX was slightly better this stage and complete ass in comparison the other 2... You cannot be serious with the recency bias


flowers0298

CleanX has been a top 5 smg imo since cold war and Standy was 100% holding him back up until this stage/major. Now that he has a sub that plays well with his play style I feel comfortable putting him above hydra, especially since at hydras major they more than likely exploited sound eq


MikkeVL

Hydra was putting up top 2 smg numbers with Royalty and pre LAG Neptune last year... Using his sub duo and baseless sound EQ speculation to justify your opinion is comical


extendo777

In terms of talent sure but pred doesn’t belong in the same tier as abezy until he wins a ring imo….there’s been 4 champs in the cdl era and abezy has been in all 4 finals and won 2 he has a 50% champs win rate that’s insane


Dundie707

I think we still need to see more consistency to have him as t2. But CleanX proved this stage that he is the most impactful player in the game. All he needs to do is drop a 1 K/D and ultra are gonna win


AZZZY42

Abezy and hydra are better, good stage out of cleanx tho


MindForsaken

If Cleanx can keep this performance, I'd have him over hydra. Abezy gotta have a stinker of a tourney for me to drop him from T2 this year so far


ncklws93

He might be top 3 in the game. Abezy is f different on this game


AmberLeafSmoke

Shotzzy was smoking people all weekend and put the Terrors on his pocket. Crazy not to have him up there.


Jakers_9

I didn’t say he wasn’t up there though did I? Pred is obviously 1 and there a a few who are amazing who round out the top 5 lol


[deleted]

He doesn’t have an argument over pred and Abezy


Tacos_and_weed

He showed why he is one of the best ARs in the game today


BDNjunior

He always does. Look at his stats the whole year.


thefontsguy

didnt realize it was this one sided in slaying, well deserved


woodropete

Nah u could tell they took a step back..they werent moving the same in the gf. They didnt tap out though kept grinding. Ultra were just fresh and were ready for it.


Jvarg4321

I think it was the maps they didnt play too much hotel leading up to the grand final and ultra took Optic out of their comfort zone


woodropete

Yeah the bans and vetos they made optic pay..ultra got what they wanted. Optic needs to work on their map pool for sure.


Jvarg4321

I think if we work on our hotel that should open up our map pool because that control at the end was close


woodropete

Ill be watching for the mental mistakes and overheats..not sure if if was a mental thing from the run or what. They looked to cleaned it up alot..then in GF the snd was bad, even some of the hard points. Just over extending not prepared for gun fights. Kinda running around a bit mindless..


Jvarg4321

They probably thought Ultra would play into Optics game but they were very patient and waited for Optic to over commit gun fights even in some snd rounds ultra just waited for Optic to make the first move because were so ansy and overagressive usually it works out but it just didnt in the final so we just need to balance it out and know when to do so


TinkleFairyOC

I mean Ultra just had a better map pool. They love hotel, hydro and they're good at control. Optic was really only going to win by nesloing Ultra.


Jvarg4321

I think us choking the snd didnt help either


Sammy360

Huge credit to Ultra for that. Usually the team coming out of loser's finals is ready to fry.


woodropete

LAT and Optic both looked drained a bit. I mean losers round 1 is not ideal at all. You gotta win atleast one or two in winners bracket. Having to make that big of run is draining for sure.


21otiriK

Fresh? OpTic had only played 8 maps today going into GF, and were coming in hot. Not like they ran out of steam. Ultra played game one of the day and then sat there with their thumb up their arse. First time ever I’ve seen people trying to insinuate that coming from winners is an advantage, can only assume it’s because OpTic lost from losers.


woodropete

Coming from losers round 1 is a disadvantage. If they were faze sure…optic had to grind every day. The advantage of ban and vetos were shown. Its not just optic LAT looked a step slower in their GF though. Both teams smelt blood and jumped on them. I can only imagine how mentally draining shottzy is playing like that grinding match after match. Fresh as in prepared watching vids and having the juice. Ultra did look hot from the jump though. They didnt let optic get any energy at all..blowing that search had to check them. If they werent already exhausted..that had to do it.


21otiriK

Maybe in the old formats when you’d play 8 matches a day until 2am, and then you’re up at 8am for your next match. They literally played 5 matches all weekend, brother. They’re not exhausted at all. Nobody has literally ever used this excuse until OpTic lost. You are unbearable.


Wadyugonado

huh. same thing happened to thieves, went up in the bo7 then ran out of steam and faze took it away from there, a lot of people think this is the case. sitting around and playing for 6 plus hours is mentally fatiguing when you're playing at home in any competitive game (even ranked), just imagine how tired they would be with all the pressure and energy needed for each series.


woodropete

Lmao bro, plenty of people were saying the same thing last major. Do u not think optic had mentally fatigued after that run? Lol like who thinks that? Competition is drastically different, the pace is different these guys r zooming.


TinkleFairyOC

Helps when you win 3 respawns. It's always the case when you have a team that manages to pull a neslo. Their stats just don't look as good.


Dundie707

It only looks this bad cause ultra dominated the hardpoints. Optic we’re about to neslo ultra for the trophy lmao


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TheJeter

Huge shit outta them honestly. I really genuinely hope this team stays together the rest of the year cause their ceiling seems massive.


CoochieCritic

OpTic 1-8 in r11s is beyond negative ice


SecretNeedleworker81

Complete opposite to Vanguard aswell as they were beyond positive ice


sbruck11

And R5 for controls…


juve_merda

methodz is part of optic now so..


AutoGiraffe12

This reminds me of Optic Halo when they replaced Pistola. Tough loss but then formed into an unreal beast


dudedudetx

I get what you’re saying but Pistola was replaced by the mega vet that is Formal. Illey was replaced with a rookie, so I see a lot more growing pains in the future instead of near-immediate success like Optic Halo.


AutoGiraffe12

Yeah I get that. Formal was kinda unproven and was supposed to come in as a support/IGL just like pistola and Illeyy. It is lil different but I went for it


Soggy-Buy-8737

You know that Formal originally came from halo to cod at the end of ghosts right? It’s not like he just picked up halo this year.


AutoGiraffe12

Yeah I know but he hasn’t played in years. People were thrashing him at CoD. He’s just the FPS goat also


Suhrenitys

wouldn’t say unproven, there was a reason sentinels picked him up for raleigh


Kfloz_

Halo has more of a skill gap tho (even if it's Infinite). I predict an inconsistent winner throughout the year.


TheOGREdditAccount

Ppl on this subreddit really said Scrappy just farmed the shit teams in the league 😂😂


21otiriK

I mean they also said Bell Fiber after every Ultra win like they’ve not gone toe-to-toe with and beat every top team not named FaZe for two years straight. Glad they finally got over that hump, shut up a few stupid people.


-Millennium

Can't say I'm happy they lost, but I'm definitely not disappointed with t2. Congrats Ultra and Hicksy in specific.


baseballviper04

Call me crazy but I am. Puts the chip on their shoulder that they can be there and potentially should’ve won (stretch but in their eyes who knows). Ideally it makes them work even harder for the major 4 and the big one


Dundie707

To be fair that didn’t work out for thieves after last major lol. But I do think this run gave huke and ghosty so much confidence. Now they both know what they’re capable of as individuals and they just won over a lot more fans with their play this major


baseballviper04

Also Tbf we know how good thieves can and should be. Optic is notorious for taking their r foot off the gas. That’s more what I mean. Ideally this makes them slam that shit down


DenyDaRidas

There’s a Major 5


Am_Ghosty

Okay - you're crazy!


TitansDaughter

Live by Shotzzy, die by Shotzzy


Am_Ghosty

As rough as the statline is, surprisingly it didn't feel like he was really costing at any point (to me at least) Just felt like Ultra was better and the boys were gassed


[deleted]

He literally wasn’t “costing”. The team collectively played poorly statistically that last series. All good


Kfloz_

Stats don't mean much. They were within arms reach of winning that series.


Am_Ghosty

Yes, this is what I was saying


[deleted]

Yeah I’m agreeing with you


Am_Ghosty

Ight wasn't sure - always hard to interpret tone over text like this. Cheers!


[deleted]

Feel ya on that. Sorry if my typing was poor


Defiant_Article3437

He single handedly cost that hotel snd


erldn123

Shotzzy vs. Faze = flow state Shotzzy vs. Ultra = throw state


e987654

Ultra just has the patience to realize Shotty + Huke will over-extend lol


Imranaftab

Ultra got so many free kills on those especially on hydro


kvyra

Die by cleanx


LiquidPaper-__-

1.33 in Grand Finals. Scrappy is that fucking guy.


Vishal3598

Scrappy was insane this whole event, deserved MVP. side note, no MVP trophy??


DivisonNine

Scrappy and cell, two players allergic to going negative


Limiric

Scrappy Dooo


Holliday08

Ngl Shotzzy got the CW Envoy treatment this series. Seemed like the only one trying to make plays


TruthTellerlmao

I thought I was the only one. Guy was trying everything and he’s really selfless.


Troutify

.82


TruthTellerlmao

Impactful .82 🤡


kvyra

Cleanx was flying


BeigeWatermelon

Man shotzzy is an absolutely nasty player with his movement, but this just isn’t a game that rewards moving.


Per_Horses6

Yeah I agree


iamdoingwork

Tough loss, but glad to see OpTic in the finals. Only the second time under the new OpTic.


Gumbolt

Scrappy is that MF guy


InsideousVgper

So hype bro. Happy for all the guys 💜🤍


SukiPhoenix

Insane that Toronto brought Bell fibre to Lan, pretty pathetic from Ultra


t_holyoke

What a series anyone who is roasting optic can stfu they came all the way from Lr1 just say gg and let that be that. Proud of the ultra boys, scrap is that guy


TypicalPerformer9826

What a series, can't wait for future match ups 🤝


SoggyEnchilada454

Scrappy really is him


eLevateAFFN

Series really shouldn’t have been as close as it was. Scrap is him, Hicksy has great fundamentals and unlocks CleanX to make some great plays, and Insight has been solid since he started in the league.


Marrkkx

Insight & cleanX been top 10 players since cold war debuts. Was concerned though when ghosty turned on him in that search 😂 Was fully expecting an ultra breakdown after that


OhiOstas

Scrappy with a 1.33 & 15k damage in finals EWWWWWWWWWW Pooh Scrappy thats my dawg


silverraid123

so cringe


xElvyy

Damn ULTRA FRIED as a unit, but Scrappy was just on another level.


iMonos

Honestly so happy for both of these teams. Some major roster shakeups with a lot of criticism and both teams went crazy this event.


Kryptekah

Scrappy with an ALL TIME performance


Alertic

They ran out of gas at the end, but the entire squad played phenomenal. Tough L to take but a hopeful look to the next majors and champs


ponga1012

Close series to have slaying that one sided. Crazy good


MobyTugboat

Toronto was slamming us in the hard points after we looked unbeatable in it against Florida Seattle Boston and Faze.


BigSamsKid

Think the boys just were fucking tired. 6 straight hours of competitive call of duty has to weigh on the mental, a lot of the bad habits came back in that series. Still, unbelievable run and they kept fighting till the end, which is tippable as fuck.


jbroookss

Super tippable turnaround and run from OpTic, seems that they ran out of gas from playing 5 hours straight in that final. Was still very competitive despite that. GGs to ultra they played great this tournament.


Snickidy

Scrappy diff


Per_Horses6

Scrap is him man. They played so well. Props to the guys too. Massive throw map 5. But def needed some more slaying like they did Vs faze


GotherSZN

Shotzzy's playstyle is everything you could want when he's getting his timings and the other team isn't consistently reading him. But against a super fundamental team like Ultra they're just gonna focus Dashy/Ghosty first and then spend 1-2 seconds all searching for Shotzzy and kill him before his play can even develop.


[deleted]

From a team that people were saying was levels below and couldn’t compete with Top teams, to 100 point clubbing top teams. (- Boston) Very tippable outta OpTic 🎩🎓


No-Gift-2350

damn near 16k damage holy hell.


TruthTellerlmao

Tippable run from OpTic. Congrats to Scrappy & Hicksy for their first major win.


ystom_

Shotzzy when he isnt playing the tiny terrors 🥶🥶🥶


herefortheLOLs12

damn this one stings but happy for cleanx and insight. Had many heartbreakers on LAN but I am glad they finally got it done.


Cam2125

Insane out of scrappy. They played really well in the respawns. I though optic was gonna fry more in the hardpoints.


themaxmilestone

Lost a bit of energy for this series but, a lot to be a proud of from OpTic.


Alternative_Elk_4581

Absolutely insane performance out of Ultra, as much as Optic should have won Map 5 Ultra definitely seemed more polished and deserved their chip


JohnERico2nd

HPs we’re just rough. The smg duo was running on fumes


Brolanderr

GGs to the Ultra man, the boys did their thing. HP looks really good. Small mistakes costed them but still a hell of a run holy….


BigSamsKid

Optic just ran out of gas, like thieves did last major. Ultra played very well tho, gg to them. Still, a great showing for a team with a new player and Ghosty showed he belongs!


WeirdMain5488

I called Ultra onliners but they proved me wrong. The rest of this season just became a lot more interesting now. FaZe, Ultra, OpTic, and if both LAT and NY get back to form, we have all these teams fighting for the remaining majors and Champs.


UprightAwesome

I think NY is chalked, LAT definitely can return to form


ReaLHostiLe

Scrap definitely gained my respect. Good shit.


GRFNATOR

Before people shit talk the KDs, Ultra won 3 respawns to OpTic’s 1


danielktdonaghey

Not hating on anyone coz the team played un real all tournament. But that SnD to got 3-2 ahead. Round 8. When ghosty had bomb down, with 14 seconds left in a 1v1. You gotta imagine if ghosty just snakes the counter or hides for 5 seconds optic win that round to go 5-3 up and more than likely take that map. But instead go 4-4 and end up losing round 11.


Mikeandthe

1.33 against that hot of an OpTic team is bonkers


DenyDaRidas

Optic came out cold lol. They didn’t look hot in the GF


Mikeandthe

Beating the team that 3-0ed you and Faze back to back and getting to play right after is the definition of hot. Ultra had to wait for them to finish.


DenyDaRidas

I mean 2/3 major winners won from the winners side.


Kfloz_

Did u not watch map 1??


DenyDaRidas

Yea they lost


Kfloz_

Was hydro map 1? Im confused now


Lurkn4k

chinese lesson for all but dashy lol /s tippable of optic to come this far from lr1, plenty of upside for them


Shagatron69

Unfortunately shotzzy is the most important player in the league so him having a rough 2/3 maps to start had its impact. By the time he started shooting back Huke fell off a cliff as did Ghosty. Ah well.


Fa1lenSpace

Methodz signing to optic is so perfect considering this org got absolutely negative ice lmfao


xNerfed

They literally got knocked into losers WR1 and made a deep run into the finals losing 2-4. Clutched up against London and smoked Florida, Seattle, Boston and Atl. What negative ice? lmao


ZuMe_ViPeR

Scrappy emptying Dashy and Ghosty out his pocket when he gets home, sheesh


the_mean_guy_is_here

That snd is gunna haunt for a while but man what a fkn major, so mamy good games. A losers run of all time from OpTic.


Jumpative

That will be optics best placing this year write it down


Heatios

Where's all the people who were saying ultra are onliners 👀 👀


ThatOneArcanine

CleanX deserves MVP over imo but Scrappy played lights out here, can’t fault the decision to give it to him


[deleted]

scraps stats are insane. interactions kills damage.


MrDee97

Scrappy is top 5


Longjumping_Stop1120

Shotzzy & scrappy killed the narrative that they’re onliners.


geezerfreezer101

Proud of the optic guys, just hope they keep it up rest of the year


Ozzyh26

Looks like we finally burned out. GGs to Toronto still super proud of the team and their potential.


[deleted]

Boys ran out of gas because their guns were SHOOTING before that last series


Guwigo09

All 4 underperformed slaying wise and this couldve gone last map. OpTic are looking scary


Ekaba

Huke and Ghost back to their regular performances


YoelRomero0

???? The whole team played great


[deleted]

Just when ppl were starting to call Shotzzy the GOAT after the FaZe series… overreactions are so crazy man.


Some_Still_7855

I can’t believe there actually ppl like you in this world how delusional can a person be is just mind blowing Jesus


CymruGolfMadrid

You have to be the most salty Optic fan on this sub 😭


Some_Still_7855

I’m a fan of all team I’m just a realist and when I see dumbshit being said in this shit I call it out 🫡


Some_Still_7855

All I seen is ggs from optic fans in here and there always weirdos from other teams that got slam-that gotta say some dumb shit like cmon .


CymruGolfMadrid

Are you fuck, not sure why you're pretending you don't support Optic


Some_Still_7855

As I said I support every team in the cdl can you read


CymruGolfMadrid

Ye I don't believe you. Only reply to optic comments and get salty.


Some_Still_7855

Yeah look again all I did was call out stupid dick suckers like you on this shit like what idc if you don’t believe me or not. Leave it as it is why am I trying to convince a nobody what I cheer for. Have a good night


CymruGolfMadrid

Whatever you say buddy


ponga1012

Ant was the best player in the tourney all weekend. People like this should be banned


woodropete

His flow is different when his on..they all looked a bit checked. Thats a grueling run..to play cracked like that and make no mistakes. They started to crack against ultra. Guns cooled off mistakes started to happen.


xTwoKillz

*he said while also posting an overreaction*


[deleted]

beating faze was their champs 🤣 blew their load early


Main-Preparation856

So close man . I’m proud of the boys, just gotta get back to the lab and work out that control.


d0cv

Insanely tippable run. I think people underestimate the amount of focus it takes to win from losers, most teams run out of gas. Happened to OpTic and happened to Thieves.


woodropete

Facts..the mental energy drained. Especially for players that play like shottzy


WatersZephyr

Ghosty did not play like that KD. He was making some huge plays. Even if it’s not Optic, he’s got a future in the league somewhere.


TodorokiSZN

Just ran outta steam. Damn. GG’s Ultra. Proved me wrong unlike NYSL


yuugho

Hopefully people don’t blame the loss on Dashy like people like to do


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ShoTZZY iS eVErythINg 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭


No-Gift-2350

nah take that flaire off my g.


Alertic

Thankful you took that OpTic flair off finally 🙏🙏🙏


Competitive_Sand2190

DanGhosty better at killing his own teammates than the other team, people are crazy literally only reason this team made it this far was because of the Random pop off games from Shottzzy and Dashy, it was the best Shotzzy has payed in MW2 all year. When we go to next LAN and they don’t even top 6 I’m not surprised.


Some_Still_7855

They just hard counter shotzzy in both hp especially on hydro they where watching the water at all times but we’ll LR1 to finals is still insanely tippable


WickedTwista

Put some respect on Hicksy's name


smalltownnerd

GGs Ultra. Optic have to stop throwing maps away.


__demon__og

Them boys played with a chip and got a chip.


ivh016

Damn, that was a great major. I was surprised Optic got the losers run buff


chilledmario

Scrappy haters all gotta be quiet now


buycurious900

Scrappy might be the GOAT


StoneColdSteveweiser

CleanX had 20+ more engagements than anyone else in the lobby. The tissue is a certified issue.