OpTic Gaming: The Making of eSports Champions – An Insider Memoir and Guide from Call of Duty MLG Champions

by H3CZ, NaDeSHot, Scump

OpTic Gaming, the four-time Call of Duty Major League Gaming Champions and one of the top eSports teams in the world, now takes fans behind the controller—into the game and the minds of the greatest gamers in the world—in this fascinating and unique memoir and insider guide.

Emerging on the scene in 2006, OpTic Gaming has dominated the Call of Duty e-sports arena, thanks to the talents of legendary players such as Matt “NaDeSHoT” Haag, the biggest eSports personality on earth; Seth “Scump” Abnerl, the best Call of Duty player in the world; Midnite, one of the first girl gamers to rise to stardom on YouTube; and Hector “H3CZ” Rodriguez, the team founder and CEO. With over one million subscribers and seventy-one million YouTube views, no other team of players in Major League Gaming (MLG) can match OpTic's popularity or ability to bring fans into the game.

Now, these remarkable players have collaborated to produce this one-of-a-kind book. In OpTic Gaming, they candidly share their story of becoming Call of Duty royalty—consistently ranking in the top eight nationally—laying bare their lives, exploring what it takes to make it in professional gaming, and speaking honestly about the consequences of their newfound fame. These best-of-the-best take you behind the controller, offering insights, knowledge, and strategies to help you improve your shot, master the most complex maps, and conquer the game with the ultimate weapons. Going beyond their number-one game, the team also discusses the rest of their lineups and how to become a champion in any arena. Revealing their go-to strategies, best missions, and favorite challenges, OpTic Gaming brings fans closer to these wildly popular gamers than ever before.

Genres: Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published March 29, 2016

Reviews

[Steven Rosales · Rating 5 out of 5]

If the author was here hecz would first to congratulate him on making such a successful team. Then I would ask him how did they become so famous. How they got sponsored by so many good compines and that they shoud work hard.

#homelessbound
#jacksintalkingabout5'9highjumps
#firstletmetakeachefie
#first
#dab

[Kaitlyn Beaulieu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Obviously skipped J's parts because he's a traitor, but had to fit this book in before OpTic's last event this week

[Braydon Austin Propri · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 star but biased

Green Wall OG here!! A bit biased with the 5 star because I grew up watching everyone that had inserts in this book. Specifically Nadeshot. I don’t think you can even comprehend how many people you’ve touched in a positive light. You’ve inspired me to step out of my comfort zone so many times knowing I might be the best talent in whatever I’m attempting but through hard work and straight GRIT I’m gonna find reach finish line line first. I support all your 100T Drops and lastly scump…. Turn up for mw2 for me. I’ll be watching!

[Jake · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a huge insight to the already global brand of OpTic Gaming and its rise to fame. It has detailed stories of past members to current (at the time) and the behind the scenes of some of their most pivotal moves. I highly recommend for any fan of esports, gaming, or OpTic.

[Emily Labosky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve taken a recent interest in video games. Optic Gaming are the most inspiring team to watch. I’m continually amazed by their work ethic. That’s what’s attracted me to esports: “Grinding the game” as they say. I enjoyed reading their origin story.

[Det · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very in-depth look at the rise of OpTic from the view of H3CZ and the main players. Really interesting if you're into esports.

[Cameron · Rating 5 out of 5]

#GreenWall Day One.

[Jon Rogers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a very good book, but you know, it’s OpTic.

[Brian Martinez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rodriguez ,Hector Hagg, Matt Abner, Seth Johnson, Will Glassell, Ashley Musselman, Ryan
and Wyatt, Ryan
Optic Gaming: The Making Of Esports Champion
HarperCollins (New York)
Copyright 2016


This information book gives us a first-hand account of all the hard work that all done to be the try to be the best in the COD eSports scene and the grind of being on a team that they need to do stay on the team .




Seth Abner is a professional Call of duty player and does youtube full time. Hector Rodriguez is the CEO of the team does youtube full time. Matt Hagg is a retired professional Call of duty player, now does youtuber full time . Will Johnson is a professional Call of duty player, now does streams on Twitch full time. Ashley streams and does youtube full time. Ryan is the former owner of the team. Ryan is a former member of the team and currently as member of the Machinima Network. This is the first book they have all written or been apart of.




Optic gaming is one of the biggest teams in Call Of Duty eSports next to many teams. It's a team that most of the member are all professional players at Call of duty. They all open about how they all stated play video games and into eSports.How they met the other players in the team.


This book centers all of the authors stories on their lives in the team and before the join. All of the stories that are told are all true. This book is well-written and well-paced. The book took who though all the games they paid in a pro level. Its went Modern Warfare 2- Black ops - Modern Warfare 3- Black ops 2- Ghost- Advanced Warfare and barely start talking about the next game in the series. This book help the reader understand how eSports works. How people join teams, make new roster and play a new a new game every year.




They are a few book similar to this one but it's really rare. If reader want to read more books like this, their titles are Good Luck Have Fun: The Rise of eSports and The Invisible Game: Mindset of a Winning Team (eSports & Competitive Gaming, Dota 2, League of Legends, CS:GO. The two books are really similar because they all talk about the same topic, the growth of eSports and their respected teams that they are apart of. The book’s target audience is mostly teens or anyone is like or enjoy or eSports.




As a person who really enjoys eSports and the team, i found this book to be really informative and motivating. Some of the players in the team had really good stories to how they started gaming and got into eSports. Its gives the reader a lot of information about how everything started for them.

[Andrei Omana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being a huge fan of COD eSports & of Optic Gaming in general, I found this book extremely good. Not only do you get to read about the everyday lives of your favorite you tubers and Call Of Duty pros, but you get to read about personal and in most cases of hilarious stories from those who make up this great organization. Seeing how these influencers got to where they are today is very inspirational & gives other gamers young or old hope to someday become as great as them.

[Jaidan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book is really inspiring many people to dream big and anything is accomplished. Young people that had talent for a video game has changed their lives by taking advantage of that and are now making millions. Also they had a goal to be the best team and they achieved it with hard work and a lot of practice.

[Nakita · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually really enjoyed reading this some of it was already known information but definitely worth the read.i really liked how they said their story and you got a glimpse into how the esports community has evolved as a whole

[Shane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been a fan of Optic for almost a decade now, and so this book was really enjoyable to read. It was fun reliving the steps that helped to make OpTic the organization it is today.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a big fan of OpTic & managed to get a copy of the book last Christmas, although it needed to be internationally shipped over to the UK.

The book is an easy read & it's cool to gain insight into the different routes each member of OpTic took to become a part of the green wall.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book, although maybe I'm biased since I actively support OpTic.