{"id":259,"date":"2025-06-29T22:13:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/?p=259"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:19:40","slug":"optic-texas-crowned-2025-call-of-duty-league-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/optic-texas-crowned-2025-call-of-duty-league-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"OpTic Texas crowned 2025 Call of Duty League champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/optic-texas-wins-cdl-champs-2025-large.jpg\" alt=\"Image of OpTic Texas posing on stage after winning CDL Championship 2025\" class=\"wp-image-192120\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: OpTic Texas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b05d8\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>After three days full of shocks and surprises, the Grand Final of the <strong>Call of Duty League (CDL) Championship 2025<\/strong> event continued to deliver.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b0bf9\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><strong>OpTic Texas<\/strong> faced off against the <strong>Vancouver Surge <\/strong>in the concluding match of the <strong>Call of Duty: Black Ops 6<\/strong> season, with the Texas team coming out on top after an intense back-and-forth. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-6880a838b1a03\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-192102\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/cdl-championship-2025-day-3-recap\">CDL Championship 2025 Day Three: FaZe elimnated, Vancouver Surge reaches Grand Final<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-187666\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/optic-gaming-monster-energy-partnership\">OpTic Gaming joins forces with Monster Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-189548\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/black-ops-7-everything-we-know\">Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release: Everything we know about the sequel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6880a838b2753\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"a_historic_victory_for_optic_texas-2\">A Historic Victory For OpTic Texas<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b2d70\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>After dominating the winner&#8217;s bracket, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OpTicTexas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OpTic Texas<\/a><\/strong> emerged victorious in a thrilling final against a Vancouver Surge side looking to knock down the Green Wall.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b3395\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The Green Wall kicked off proceedings on Haceinda Hardpoint, with the submachine gun pairing of <strong>Anthony \u2018Shotzzy\u2019 Cuevas-Castro <\/strong>and <strong>Culyer \u2018Huke\u2019 Garland<\/strong> spearheading the slaying department to secure the opening map of the best-of-nine series 250-151.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b398c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-league-championship-vancouver-surge-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vancouver Surge<\/a><\/strong> responded in emphatic fashion, knocking the Green Wall down with a defiant 6-0 win on Dealership Search and Destroy to level the series at one map apiece thanks to a flawless performance from <strong>Jordan &#8220;Abuzah&#8221; Fran\u00e7ois<\/strong>. A five-round Protocol Control eventually went in favour of OpTic Texas with a 3-2 win for a 2-1 lead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b3fc1\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Vault Hardpoint was another hotly contested battle between the two sides, with OpTic Texas continuing its impressive Hardpoint record with a 250-230 victory to establish a two-map lead for the first time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b45d3\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Vancouver Surge wouldn\u2019t go down without a fight, winning a deciding round eleven on Protocol Search and Destroy to reduce the deficit to one map over an OpTic Texas side that had excelled in respawn game modes. A turn of the tide for Vancouver Surge resulted in the team scoring a 3-2 victory to level the series once more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b4bd7\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>OpTic Texas immediately issued a swift reply in Haceinda Search and Destroy with a 6-2 win led by Shotzzy and some crafty underwater flanking to outwit the opposition on Call of Duty\u2019s biggest stage to move one map away from becoming the first team of the CDL era to win back-back-champs titles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b51d8\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Rewind Hardpoint would determine if OpTic Texas could close out the series or if the Vancouver Surge could turn the tide and send the series to the ninth and final map. Clinical communication combined with excellent map control gave Vancouver Surge an early advantage, but the defending champions had an answer, closing down the early lead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b57e0\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The momentum continued to build for OpTic Texas, overhauling the lead on Rewind Hardpoint to win 250-215 and to close out the series 5-3 to win the CDL Championship 2025 event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6880a838b5e0c\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"historic_victory_for_optic_texas-2\">Historic Victory For OpTic Texas<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/optic-texas-mercules-cdl-champs-2025-large.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Mercules shouting while on stage at CDL Championship 2025\" class=\"wp-image-192121\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Call of Duty League<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b64be\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>This victory cements OpTic Texas\u2019s place in the Call of Duty esports history books as the only team to win back-to-back season-ending championships. For coach <strong>Damon \u2018Karma\u2019 Barlow<\/strong>, the win gives him his fifth championship ring, after winning three as a player and the first as a coach in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b6aca\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/05\/optic-texas-mercules-signing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mason \u2018Mercules\u2019 Ramsey<\/a><\/strong>, the most recent addition to the lineup and a Champs winner on debut, secured the MVP award after a stellar performance in Kitchener, Canada.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b70e3\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Shotzzy also becomes the youngest three-time Call of Duty world champion in history, with three to his name at 23 years old. In addition to his Halo World Championship win.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b76fc\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>For <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cod-esports.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dashy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brandon \u2018Dashy\u2019 Otell<\/a><\/strong> and Huke, both players earn their second championship ring after Huke won in 2020 and Dashy took home the title in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6880a838b7d42\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"whats_next_for_call_of_duty_esports-2\">What\u2019s Next For Call of Duty Esports?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b8398\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>With the CDL season concluded, attention turns to the <strong>Esports World Cup,<\/strong> where OpTic Texas and other CDL teams are in action for the final tournament of the Black Ops 6 cycle. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a838b89be\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Once complete, all eyes will point towards the launch of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-reveal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Call of Duty: Black Ops 7<\/a><\/strong> and the likely roster moves that will take place in the months ahead of its release.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/optic-texas-cdl-championship-2025-winner\">OpTic Texas crowned 2025 Call of Duty League champions<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: OpTic Texas After three days full of shocks and surprises, the Grand Final of the Call of Duty League (CDL) Championship 2025 event continued to deliver.&nbsp; OpTic Texas faced off against the Vancouver Surge in the concluding match of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 season, with the Texas team coming out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}