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The Story of Shotzzy: The Player Who BROKE Call of Duty

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he's so special that it's like like you

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can't you can't do what he does his

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gamebreaking like thought process the

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way he handles himself mechanically what

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he does he's he's a little he's a little

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damn freak I think he's one of the most

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stand up players ever and truly a a

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genuine Prodigy an actual Phenom it

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feels like he kidna this he heid what

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happens when a player is so good he

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breaks the game in the process that

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player is Shotsy a two-time Call of Duty

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world champion and one of the greatest

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players in history

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shsi is the most impactful player on the

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map what if I told you all this success

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nearly never happens because Shy's

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professional career started in Halo so

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how did he switch games and change the

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Call of Duty landscape forever to answer

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this we need to go back to April 2018

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when shy won the Halo World Championship

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at just 16 years of age this win was

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followed up with a second victory at HS

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New Orleans and the stage was set for

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shy to become a future alltime great in

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the Esports but this success would not

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last forever because it was soon

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announced that HCS would no longer be

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supporting tournaments for Halo events

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until the release of infinite after a

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disappointing fourth place finish at HS

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walls shoty has a tough decision to make

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continue playing Halo professionally and

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un less money or take his undeniable

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talent to a different esport in the end

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shoty would soon find the perfect game

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to get his career back on track shoty

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had now turned his Focus towards Pro

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Call of Duty but due to age restrictions

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he would have to wait almost a year

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before being eligible for the league but

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that did not stop him from proving

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himself in other ways alongside sndd

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grinder Illy shoty was able to win a

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decent amount of online tournaments this

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led to the 2019 amate finals where shoty

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was finally eligible to compete this was

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his opportunity to prove himself to

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everyone after getting gassed up to high

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heaven by large sways of the community

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however shot didn't have the land debut

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that he was hoping for as he placed top

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48 with a pickup team and the concerns

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didn't stop there for shoty because with

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the announcement of franchising heading

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into the new season his opportunities

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were very limited indeed yeah anyways I

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I basically signed a multi-year with

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with Hal spce back in Halo I was going

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to be on the Toronto bench he basically

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gave me the options he was like yo you

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to like you're going to be on the B team

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but you're going to work your way up

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essentially right and obviously any

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opportunity given to me at that point I

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was I was down for whatever of course

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shoty began to lose all hope of starting

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for a franchise but he would soon get an

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offer that changed everything I know

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it's a big Rous for a team to take a

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chance on an unproven player like me but

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I'm going to show everyone what I'm

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capable of so hook took a 100K plus

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salary cut to make this team happen

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shoty was officially on the Dallas

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Empire after teammate hook did

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everything in his power to make the move

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happen hook of course former Halo player

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himself knew exactly what talent shots

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he possessed as Ro later confirms that

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shot's buyout from splice was indeed

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Hefty stressing how much Faith H can in

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him to succeed others however were still

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skeptical of this move will it work and

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is it really a good decision for Dallas

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to make at this point is it worth the

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investment to go with somebody who has

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played at One Call of Duty Lan and

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finished top 48 there was only one way

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for shti to silence the doubters and

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that was by proving it on the big stage

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at the launch weekend in Minnesota fans

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were going to get their first glimpse of

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his abilities but his first impression

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wasn't exactly a good one across the two

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series he played shot he dropped a 0.7

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KD ratio his stat line on domination

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against Huntsman was one to forget as he

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could only manage 12 kills and 34 deaths

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alongside some of the greatest ever in

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Clan crimsix maybe the main stage of his

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first Call of Duty event got to him a

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little bit this led to some rather harsh

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opinions of him by the community and I

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think sh's a bust I don't think is ready

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for the CDL Spotlight yet and he

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probably won't be all the way until next

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year what we've seen out of this guy

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even in the matches versus the average

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teams he's not playing that well this

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guy is just getting destroyed on the

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main stage he had one of the worst maps

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I've ever seen a player have ever in my

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entire life in the last 10 years of Call

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of Duty going eight and 32 in Domination

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or something like that just getting

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destroyed unfortunately this slow start

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to his Cod career would continue at the

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following event in London Chelsea 15 and

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25 again not what you kind of wanted to

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see but you know a minute and 12 in the

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hill and it was here where shoty would

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experience one of the toughest moments

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of his young

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career he ain't going anywhere because

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he is through to the semifinals my

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friends what have you got to say to

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London I don't have anything to say uh

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I'm going to be bringing the same uh

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just the same individually skilled

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player or just the same thing or yeah I

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have no idea what I'm saying it's all

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right what Shotsy got nuked early in the

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title was catching on a flag we've seen

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him come into this one as the new guy

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he's taken a lot of heat I mean I'll

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never forget the crowd in London

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shouting at him saying go back to Halo

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like literally screaming go back to Halo

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to shy when he wasn't performing like

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this amount of backlash for any young

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player could be crushing but shoty was

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different from other rookies and had the

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right mentality to succeed you know

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obviously it was not a good start and

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then like I got a lot of CR criticism

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for it but I kind of just put my head

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down work towards that goal which is

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like being better individually and

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better as a teammate and eventually his

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persistence paid off at the LA home ser

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shoty was one of the best performers at

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the event helping empire reach the final

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that's it assault is

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down and with the defuse for illy and

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the smile from shoty shoty became a

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champion in Call of Duty just two

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tournaments into his career it felt

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amazing you know I had so much backlash

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you know like I said in the first two

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events and like going to La you know

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kind of like an underdog you know I kind

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of just proved everyone wrong and his

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1.18 KD in the final the highest on his

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team foreshadowed his role as the future

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Superstar and things continue to get

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better for shoty and the Empire with the

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switch to online due to the pandemic

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empire were able to win their second

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home series of the Season taking down

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feze in the final but this was no

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regular tournament for shoty because he

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had the number one KD ratio at the

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entire event a spectacular feat for an

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SMG player we

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go oh look at the time look at the time

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look at the time shot he's done it A 1

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V3 to keep Dallas in the game I know I

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know maybe he started a little bit slow

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this year but he's on his way to be one

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of the best players in the league the

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guy's been lights out lately from being

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one of the worst players in the league

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to now one of the best this drastic

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improvement caught many off guard he has

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now turned into one of the top players

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in the game once he swapped over to Dead

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Silence from trophy his impact on the

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map cannot be ignored the man is an

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absolute monster once he got rid of

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trophy smoke and he was thinking too

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much and having to make objective plays

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he is literally like run around and slay

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and he wasn't just done there this but

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shsi my how he has improved over the

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course of the year and he's going to

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start it off with three in a row going

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to take his time plays it patiently

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hello T says hello he's going to pop the

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smoke Ed the Dead Silence to finess

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challenge his back is's able to win it

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now it's a one versus one Shotsy going

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for the one V3 just has to play his life

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Shotsy makes the play the Trigger

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Discipline on the bomb at the second

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London Home Series shoty helped his team

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win again cementing Empire is arguably

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the best team in the world after

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dropping the best KD in the final yet

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again shoty was selected to the scuff

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team of the week for the second time but

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it wasn't just his in-game ability which

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saw major improvements over the Year

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shotti from the beginning of the year to

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now is a completely different

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Communicator he's like in Halo I didn't

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have to say anything it's like yeah in

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this you have to say everything you know

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shoty was the complete package and his

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hard work was rewarded so without

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further Ado ladies and gentlemen your

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2020 Call of Duty League Astro MVP is

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going to shoty you know I had such a

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rough you know launch weekend and you

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know my teammates after that launch

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weekend you know they they knew I could

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regain and just you know come back with

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fire and then you know that's kind of

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what I did throughout the season Shotsy

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for me just continues to get better and

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better and better his progression

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throughout the year has been Second To

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None he started off with a lot of people

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questioning him myself included and he's

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completely surpass everybody's

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expectations and he's been dominating

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from there on out has to make the

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contest happen it smokes it's going to

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be the mp5s and then A's ringing out and

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that could be another big win shoty he

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finds another he keeps getting these

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kills shoty with three almost with the

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knife but the job was not done there

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because there was still one tournament

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left which would decide who was the best

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team in Modern Warfare on the

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championship weekends the final event

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with five rings and $4.6 million up for

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grabs and if he does win the whole thing

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he'll be the only player in competitive

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I think in in Esports history to win two

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World Championships on two separate

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games unsurprisingly it was the two best

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teams matching up in the Winner's final

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Atlanta phze and Dallas Empire the

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series went all the way to a map number

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five Empire clutching up pra no dead sty

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will turn it into a one versus one

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priesta versus our MVP and Shi both

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players take damage the challenge comes

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in from Shi in the regular season an MVP

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gets it done shotties one versus one

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helped Empire book their spot in the

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Grand Final and he was just one series

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away from making history the phase

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roster on what a big break this could

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be and the spot in the corner as well

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it's a wild Killing Spree in for shsi

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the Finesse up top to the boxes as shsi

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is just lights out look how quickly

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Empire break in 12 seconds to go

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seemingly nothing that he can do and

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there's the final kill Dallas Empire get

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it done they are your

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2020 Call of Duty League champions just

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think about this moment for somebody

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like Shotsy your first year competing in

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Call of Duty Esports you're the regular

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season MVP you win the entire

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Championship shy had done it he became

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the first ever player to win a world

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championship in both Halo and Call of

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Duty shy was heralded there a bust you

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know nameless called him you know a

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disappointment you know we were all like

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oh sh is not as good as we were hoping

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him to be now shoty is arguably the best

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individual player in the world whether

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it was exploiting the map with nerd

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spots or jumping on top of doors Shotsy

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made it clear that he was not going to

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be any ordinary player and it seemed

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like the future was bright heading into

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C War but something happens that would

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change everything for those who don't

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know yet uh they an announcement was

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made by the Cod league today on Twitter

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that next year is going to be going back

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to 4 on four we we have a fiveman roster

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that we build we love very much and now

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uh someone theoretically has to go

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literally being told that you have to

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kick a member of your family out like

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Dallas Empire were now forced to drop

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one of their players spelling the end to

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their reign of dominance cler a

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three-time world champion at this point

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and Veteran of the scene was forced out

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leaving shoty with one less leader to

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guide him in his career nonetheless

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Empire was still expected to be one of

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the best teams in the game and still

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hand crimsix the winningest player ever

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in the esport and shoty was expected to

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pick up just where he left off from the

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previous season but things early on were

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rather different and it was teammates

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hook who instead stole the early

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headlines hook does it time and time

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again he's arguably one of the most

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consistent and clutch members of the

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franchise you know throughout major one

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we're looking at hook and we're like

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okay he is he the best player in the

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world right now like he's absolutely

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destroying going from 5v5 to four versus

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4 shopy again needed time to adjust to

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his new environment but nonetheless

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Empire made it to the Grand fin final of

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major 1 but standing in their way was

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FaZe hungry for Revenge 12 and

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three

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well and he will drop FaZe they FaZe did

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score their revenge on Empire with simpa

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a bey both making their presence known

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as the best SMG duo in the game the onus

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was then now on shoty to return to form

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and in stage two he seemed to be doing

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exactly that I think Shi is incredible I

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think watching like his PO is unlike

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nobody else he's just very smooth like

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he's very fluid London now struggling to

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get out of their base and shot's not

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playing it on slowing down goes over the

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side of the ramp and he has taken

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everybody down even from range only the

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hard point hello hello oh baby shots he

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G for the third son that was disgusting

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the stage was set for some Redemption

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against FaZe at the major fire sprinted

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across the canest this here cre comes

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out on top of the blood bath Inside It's

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s with two it's a phase when they move

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on however what happened instead was

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pure disappointment Empire failed to

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make the final and to make matters worse

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Hook was shockingly cut from the

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starting lineup shoty would now have to

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adapt again this time trying to build

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chemistry with a new SMG Duo but in

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stage three shoty seemed unfaced by this

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but now shotti he's the one who's really

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taking Point here and just going off

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consistently he's in a mantle on top but

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he is all alone he's able to take down

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two though he makes this interesting 25

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seconds left he's read this he it now

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it's a 1 V one shsi making the play for

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the ace he was a monster map one but he

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can't do it here shsi what around as he

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made it clear to everyone he was back to

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his best particularly showcasing his

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ludicrous movements Shi over the top the

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slide and that's the movement from shsi

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the little ledge boost over te's head

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but Empire as a team were just not

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clicking with their substitute fellow

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leading to a disappointing top eight

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finish at the stage three major Empire

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had no choice but to make yet another

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change this time Vivid was brought in

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for fellow giving shy a teammate who

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could potentially match his speed but in

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a big surprise Shy's performance dropped

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off with this new addition leading to

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one Caster calling him out they expected

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shti to be that Hall of Fame that mvp

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kind of player but so far he hasn't

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answered the call he's sitting on a88

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and him and Vivid that onew punch needs

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to be on today shy however wasted little

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time in getting back on track 10 and

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four make it 11 and four final player

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spotted and you can give him that one

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too this performance against Los Angeles

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gorillas paves the way for an

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unforgettable run at the stage four

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major scump in a difficult position

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again he's dealing with the his movement

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is just not fun it's not fun to deal

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with that and then shoty is an MVP form

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uh he been getting better and better SC

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Pro he slides to cloros his right and

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front and Shotsy able to close out the

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round but if shoty wanted a taste

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victory again he would have to get past

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the best team in the game 2v2 right now

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shoty looking to play forward but it's a

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bey there Illy last play Left Alive and

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it's a Twan hit and with that Atlanta

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FaZe have finally done it once again

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FaZe emerged Victorious taking their

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third major of the season and while

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shoty was back in MVP form simpa to beey

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were still Untouchable in the league at

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this time I mean if it wasn't for

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Atlanta phase and what they were doing I

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mean he he could have been the MVP of

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that event honestly as the world

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championship arrived reigning Champs

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empire were relying on shy more than

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ever to help them to overcome FM able to

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clean things on up and that 20 seconds

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is going to be big as shoty just not

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slowing down the MVP from last year was

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absolutely ludicrous shoty St alive

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finds number seven an MVP candidate find

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number eight shy trying to end the game

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right here B Empire survive

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Shi was dominating this is the winners

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finals rematch from last year simps on

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the flank this is it this is quite

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literally the dagger in the back of

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Dallas here that kill seals it Atlanta

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phze 3 0 but once again Empire was

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simply no match FaZe brushed them aside

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in the winners finals without dropping a

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map and things went from bad to worse in

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the losers final with ultra prevailing

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in map five Empire's opportunity to

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defend the throne was over it was it was

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clear that Empire just didn't have the

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Firepower to overcome FaZe and fans knew

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that shoty was the player to build

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around but little did they know this

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would be the last time that shoty would

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represent the Dallas Empire or any

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player for that matter so if you haven't

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figured out by now we are merging with

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optic gaming so our parent company here

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Envy gaming is merging with optic gaming

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this merger between the two Mega

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organizations meant the players on

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Empire and optic would have to be

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narrowed down to a single fourman roster

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and in the ends shoty wasn't going

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anywhere retaining his spot on the

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starting lineup as did IL they were

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joined by scump and dashy formerly of

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optic Chicago Two Fire SMGs obviously

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got scump and shy I don't think it gets

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much better than that when you're

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talking about you know the likes of simp

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and ay so fans were more excited than

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ever to see how the new SMG jro of scump

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and shoty would play together mid draa

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shy wins a big one shy you got to stay

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alive

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and after a tough start to the season

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optic were finding their groove and

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became one of the favorites to win major

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one she falls as well and it's all going

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to be on the shoty who goes big for the

17:39

first can he find the second he will I

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mean the guy is just cracked at all

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times and I love watching him play I

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just want to see more shoty consistently

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so yeah trying to clear the way right

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now for Texas a few players off spawn

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but shoty it feels like he cannot miss

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he canot miss he cannot miss in a roll

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look at for the final one he's night out

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and they just dominate optic found

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themselves down two to zero to none

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other than Atlanta FaZe themselves and

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it seemed like FaZe were going to wipe

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the floor with everyone for yet another

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season but optic clawed their way back

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into the series thanks to a dashy

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masterclass in map three and in map five

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it was now a Shy's turn to step up his

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game and show his resilience he's on a

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tree and there's the first blood and

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that's a big one going a easy out of it

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back toward his Squad we're working

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toward theide but it's shsi making play

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after play after play

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Shi the ace there's the ace for shotti

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it's done it's done o with the reverse

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optic booked their spot in the Grand

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Final after going an entire year without

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a win this was Shy's opportunity to

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taste victory yet again contend with the

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B might of phas but

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shoty what was get angled the bomb

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doesn't get planted scumpy flies in

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shoty on the outside ay the lock one up

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and it's dasy optic Texas were major one

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Champions it seemed shoty finally had

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the Superstar teammates around him to

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take down the elusive phase roster dashy

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claims the MVP trophy and it looked like

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shoty was no longer the best player on

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his team but what shoty did the

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following stage reminded everyone just

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how good he was

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Shi is is the most impactful player on

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the map period there is no weak points

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on optic right now yeah there's no weak

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points to have arguably the best AR and

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best SMG on one team optic were once

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again favorites to win the major is 10

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to kick things off with his 11 he

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doesn't need it the rest of his team do

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F and eventually these will find a break

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and for all that God shy he s in the

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shoulder and coming in takes that o as

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well turn bur and CH the again

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with the threepiece but in a massive

20:00

shock the team crashed out in sixth

20:03

place with many fans wondering what

20:04

caused the sudden decline they soon got

20:07

their answer Shy's long-standing

20:09

teammate Illy had been suffering from a

20:11

thumb injury preventing him and

20:13

therefore the team from playing at their

20:15

best Illy did attempt to play at the

20:17

following event and things seemed

20:19

promising but il's thumb injury returned

20:21

forcing substitute General to step in

20:24

for the rest of the tournament

20:25

ultimately optic failed to make the

20:27

final and all of them momentum had been

20:29

destroyed as IL remained on the

20:31

sidelines to heal optic picked up

20:33

another amateur player in prute for the

20:35

time being despite being relatively

20:37

unproven this didn't seem to hinder

20:39

Optics performances as they cruised to a

20:41

4 in1 record in the qualifiers shoty in

20:44

particular was a standout performer

20:46

leading many people to give him the

20:47

title of best in the game he's behind

20:50

the whole Squad oh my God still alive

20:53

just makes himself the hardest kill

20:55

imaginable again a little bit of help

20:57

from his teammates there been so many

20:59

arguments who's the best player in the

21:00

game at this moment in time a lot of

21:01

people will say shy however all this

21:04

momentum for optic was shortlived optic

21:07

crash out of major 3 in sixth place once

21:09

again with prute inexperience on landan

21:12

seemingly a major factor and while IL

21:14

finally returned to the starting roster

21:16

for stage 4 the damage had already been

21:19

done every other franchise had built

21:21

chemistry and an understanding of the

21:22

game that optic simply couldn't manage

21:24

due to the constant roster drama at the

21:27

world championship la thieves showed

21:29

optic levels demoralizing them in a

21:31

quick three fashion from placing first

21:33

at Major one to now crashing out of

21:35

Champs and fourth Optics Vanguard season

21:37

has gone down in history as one of the

21:39

biggest wiffs had it he been fully

21:42

healed for the entire season shoty may

21:44

very well have flourished into the best

21:45

player in the game I don't mean this

21:47

disrespectfully but he just fell off in

21:49

the later half of the year I mean it's

21:51

obvious but if he wasn't as good or if

21:53

he wasn't doing as good as he was

21:55

earlier in the year uh it would have

21:57

been hard for me to put in the top five

21:59

for being honest MW2 was a Redemption

22:02

season for not only shy but for the

22:04

entire optic team but things didn't

22:06

exactly get off to a great start because

22:08

in the offseason optic appeared to have

22:10

dropped dashy and Illy from the roster

22:13

before changing their minds and picking

22:15

them up again we didn't really give

22:17

ourselves a fair

22:18

chance run it back one more year and see

22:21

what we can do rumor has it that had

22:22

scump not changed his mind and decided

22:24

to run back the team scump may well have

22:26

retired then and there potentially

22:28

leading shy to leave optic for FaZe I

22:31

definitely wanted to join FaZe because I

22:33

mean I've already talked about this but

22:35

said thinking about like leave retiring

22:37

and then I had no other like we just

22:39

dropped in there and ran in so it was

22:41

almost like I kind of just had no one it

22:44

was clear though that shoty was Optics

22:46

franchise player and with King scump

22:48

announcing that he planned to retire at

22:49

the end of the season shoty was

22:51

undoubtedly the air to the throne 13

22:53

seconds is absolute Menace in towards

22:56

kitchen it's going to be a four this is

22:58

s from shy it's a monster C my goodness

23:01

me somebody get a trade but it wasn't

23:04

just what he did in game which gave

23:05

optic that confidence go look at

23:07

shotti's YouTube channel he is crushing

23:11

there's no amount of money that is ever

23:13

going to make me give away shotti right

23:16

period shoty was one of the best content

23:18

creators in Call of Duty but this

23:20

success also LED some people to use it

23:22

against him using the term tick toxy

23:24

whenever himself and optic were to

23:26

flounder unfortunately at Major 1 optic

23:28

did exactly that they suffered an

23:31

embarrassing top 12 finish leading dashy

23:33

to be controversially benched for hook

23:35

all signs pointed towards another

23:37

disastrous season full of roster

23:39

shuffles as scump decided to retire

23:42

early from competitive play and just a

23:44

month later Illy was benched for his

23:46

underperformance at Major 2 in the midst

23:48

of all this chaos shoty was forced into

23:50

the Limelight as the face the team and

23:52

the player who fans could always rely on

23:54

the new king of this optic roster I'm

23:56

looking at SHI to step it up though for

23:58

this team as well you know it's big

24:00

shoes to fill when you're looking at

24:01

scump and what he was able to do within

24:02

his career also to be somewhat of a

24:04

leader for these guys and things did get

24:06

better for optic with the arrival of GOI

24:09

I just don't know if there's like an

24:11

identifiable weakness in Chi's game so

24:14

MVP caliber performance and

24:17

player could it be the break oh my

24:22

God it is all onium ay though ends up

24:26

finding the third it's the sh it is now

24:30

all on dude he is in oh my God he's in

24:36

FL everything this guy is everything

24:40

bro as optic made the final at Major

24:43

three but optic were outclassed by

24:45

Toronto Ultra in the ends with the

24:47

entire team including shoty having a

24:49

rather rough series shoty however

24:51

redeemed himself at the following major

24:53

and had his chance to bring glory to the

24:55

green wall yet again it's up to shy

24:59

play ends up finding another Texas

25:02

begin shot with another one that could

25:05

be game that could be game and there it

25:07

is fly forward hoop try to be the hero

25:11

gets one trees damag not enough to get

25:13

the third player and that's it it's done

25:14

he doesn't get the kills it's

25:15

[Music]

25:17

over the thieves they stack it up B

25:21

thieves proed too hot to handle on the

25:23

day and Shotsy would have to wait a

25:24

little longer before lifting another

25:26

trophy with two finals out of to optic

25:29

were getting closer and closer to a

25:30

championship and fans could sense that

25:32

something special was about to arrive

25:35

now shy from upstairs the timing from

25:37

shoty oh jimy crickets but a major five

25:41

all this momentum vanished overnight in

25:44

a massive shock altic plays top 12 at

25:46

the final major of the Season raising

25:48

massive concerns prior to the world

25:50

championship to reduce this to two but s

25:53

finds one is Advantage s finds Another

25:55

one not like this it can't happen like

25:58

this

25:58

s it's a peak it's a gun fight and the

26:02

green w b attemps but in the end optic

26:06

just couldn't build any momentum and it

26:08

was a disappointing top six finish to

26:10

end the season with this loss shoty in

26:13

particular was catching a lot of flank

26:15

from the community especially from a

26:17

certain flank co-host I will say this I

26:20

think he needs Superstar stripped he's

26:22

not a superstar in my

26:24

opinion inconsistent his play style is

26:27

inconsistent and he does this in the

26:29

most important events no he's a star

26:31

he's not a superar the constant roster

26:34

shuffling over the past two seasons

26:36

undoubtedly affected shot's consistency

26:38

to be a superstar with new

26:40

reinforcements arriving in PR and Kenny

26:43

it was now or never for shoty to deliver

26:45

a world championship to the green War

26:47

this game's amazing man I have nothing

26:49

but good things to say about this game I

26:51

love the movement everything about is

26:52

got like but some had already written

26:54

the roster off before the season began

26:56

if optic gaming keeps dashy and shsi and

26:59

picks up PR I'll say it right now

27:01

they're never going to win anything I'll

27:02

bet my house on it if you want PR shsi

27:04

and dashy all on the same team they will

27:06

literally never win ever and early on

27:09

these individuals seem to be proven

27:11

right but I still think this optic team

27:13

is going to ride and die by the fact

27:16

that shoty needs to get back up to that

27:17

quote unquote Superstar level that he

27:19

had in basically like modern warfare

27:20

2019 optic could place only third at the

27:23

first major of the season and the

27:25

decision to place dashy in a more

27:26

objective role raised to few concerns

27:29

and I think dashu was the last person on

27:31

this squad who should be changing his

27:32

mentality to play for wins I think it's

27:34

clearcut at shazi he's the one who needs

27:35

to change his play style Shi over

27:38

positions himself in a play like he just

27:40

like tries to get into spots or he tries

27:42

to do things that are just like out of

27:45

the ordinary that are just unnecessary

27:47

regardless of the opinions of some

27:48

individuals optic trusted their game

27:51

plan and it was slowly paying off in

27:53

stage two mediacy optic need to get

27:55

these players off of a Shotsy still the

27:57

cut off man but no one else on his team

27:59

is repositioned shoty as the team went

28:02

undefeated online heading into the major

28:04

this time optic made it all the way to

28:06

the Grand finals and standing in their

28:08

way was a familiar opponent Atlanta FAS

28:11

a team they frankly dominated

28:13

head-to-head over the last two seasons

28:15

the problem here too for shis there's so

28:17

many players around him look at the mini

28:19

map he's got to try to find the second

28:21

now bomb is down he got eyes right on

28:23

bomb he's going to check the corner oh

28:25

he didn't check it does it clear the

28:27

corner

28:28

but this time with the recent upgrade of

28:30

draza who allegedly turned down playing

28:32

with optic to join pH instead optic were

28:35

dismantled and shoty did not have the

28:37

greatest St to the major with only a

28:39

0.93 KD Superstars came away with it Tom

28:43

yes uh after this event at least I'm

28:45

thinking shotti going down to Star and

28:47

Kenny

28:49

up Shy however bounced back immediately

28:52

in the following stage providing optic

28:54

with the slaying power to win six

28:55

matches in the qualifiers do a DNA test

28:58

there is definitely something going on

29:00

there there's also something going on

29:01

the a side of the map there

29:03

shy but a major three shoty would have

29:06

his most important match of the season

29:07

in the losers finals FaZe had defeated

29:10

them five times already throughout the

29:12

season so it was going to take a special

29:14

player on the team to finally take them

29:16

down yeah it feels like d been in these

29:18

scenarios over the years since the

29:19

Inception of the CDL that is for sure

29:21

but bursting on through it's the boys

29:23

from optic Texas Shi will get two shsi

29:26

will dial up a B here is the trade

29:30

attempt from ABY almost out of ammo with

29:33

the retail and shsi says no no no not

29:36

today efficient right now if you are

29:39

Texas and that's efficiency at his

29:43

goddamn fest shsi with the ret inside of

29:46

the base now down to one maybe going to

29:48

be tied now it is going to be a 5 V6

29:50

Shotsy five in a row Shotsy with the

29:52

cruise shsi doing it

29:55

all he shots through gets in damage son

29:58

will hit he will fall s ping s home it's

30:02

an up Texas win in one of the best

30:05

performances of the Season shoty helped

30:07

op to take down phas in a grueling map

30:10

Five series giving them immense

30:12

confidence heading into the Grand Final

30:14

we'll get to the shoty Superstar because

30:15

he is indeed a superstar Pat you can't

30:18

keep saying can't keep saying this P you

30:21

can't fans were left wondering whether

30:23

shy could top this performance against

30:24

FaZe and we soon got our answer that's

30:27

4200 damage for Shi and 31 kills cannot

30:31

be stopped bring Shi out of control four

30:35

in the feed in Domination on

30:38

Rio a just waiting to collect that

30:42

trophy chemistry and time now put what a

30:45

Sunday it

30:48

was shoty was a champion once again

30:51

going winless the last two seasons to

30:53

now claiming an MVP trophy shti I need

30:56

to let you know and everyone here and

30:59

around the world that you are MVP the

31:03

major three Shy's persistence with this

31:06

team had finally paid off y know players

31:08

can improve shazi improved um a lot over

31:11

the last couple of stages is shotti a

31:14

superstar Sam Chris yes Ben yes I agree

31:19

B I don't do you think that you're a

31:22

superstar and if if not or if so why I

31:27

personally think that I'm the most

31:29

impactful just based on like the the way

31:31

that I think about how the game goes but

31:33

in a shocking turn of events optic

31:35

failed to carry their momentum to the

31:37

next stage losing six games in the

31:39

qualifiers shoty in particular had some

31:42

rather rough Maps I personally never

31:44

seen a superstar Goga 27 things went

31:47

from bad to worse for the team as optic

31:49

finished dead last at Major 4 killing

31:52

any momentum they had before cob champs

31:54

this was Deja Vu from 2023 from finding

31:58

their momentum Midway into the season to

32:00

bombing out towards the end Optics

32:02

dreams of winning a second world

32:03

championship in card always seem to be

32:06

crushed once again it was going to take

32:08

a superstar caliber player to end the

32:10

seven-year drought what would it mean to

32:12

you to bring home the second ring for

32:16

optic yeah I just want to win it for the

32:17

green wall just because like they

32:19

obviously show so much support they

32:21

always they're just going crazy starting

32:24

to work on for going to challenge we'll

32:26

see you later lovely stat line leading

32:28

into the map but he's going to be the

32:29

first one to be picked Shi stap it back

32:31

give him another stabilize on left side

32:33

of the map looking for B2 oh and Shi

32:35

starting to get activated finds himself

32:37

on three in a row great prediction on to

32:39

S with that SX and he's also able to

32:41

find that kill here the death touch on

32:44

it shoty has to be an X Factor and right

32:46

now op sneak through the B side of the

32:48

map and maybe a chance to get a couple

32:49

extra kills and create space for the

32:51

rest of the op keep B and Shi finds

32:54

another double and this is what Shi does

32:56

man just playing for him but the timing

32:58

is even better Cru missile now earn

33:01

shots even better 28 and N we're getting

33:03

on a 1 B2 just down to six with the

33:05

green wolf can feel it and the green

33:08

wall are going to have a chance shy was

33:11

once again in the finals of the world

33:13

championship but this time he was not

33:15

participating from his bedroom the sakes

33:17

were much higher and the pressure from

33:19

the green wall had reached its limit

33:22

this is all about the time in quiet door

33:24

free first blood and bomb down oh and

33:26

he's F next we got the recovery but

33:29

there is absolute Madness pandemonium a

33:32

cross

33:33

Invasion and it's another

33:37

round it's starting to happen New York

33:42

are

33:44

down shoty was a two-time world champion

33:47

in Call of Duty and optic were world

33:50

champions for the second time your MVP

33:53

of the 2024 Championship is shti

33:59

but his legacy goes far beyond just

34:01

accolate and prize money because shoty

34:03

well and truly changed the way Call of

34:05

Duty has played today from the moment

34:07

that he stepped up into the league until

34:09

now shoty has blown our minds on

34:11

multiple occasions The Trusted air to

34:13

scums Throne delivered at last how do

34:16

you want shotti's Legacy to look when

34:19

it's all said and done at the end just

34:22

try to figure the the game outside the

34:24

you know and I'd say just a person just

34:28

trying to have fun playing video games

34:30

and you know it's not all about just

34:32

winning all done

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