Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The way that they talk, like, I don't think I'll ever get used to. Like, it cracks me up. So, like, just, like, Byron just says, like, he'll just fully use it. Yeah, when we were coming here yesterday, like, we get to the, we're waiting for the elevator, but we didn't have the key fob. So we were like, oh, let's take the stairs. And we get to the top of the stairs, and there's a key fob.
And Byron's like, he's like, doors locked, GGs. He was like, we should have camped the elevator.
Yeah, yeah.
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to welcome you to episode 261 of the Optic Podcast. This episode is brought to you by the Optic Major Collection, available Friday, January 30th at noon Central. Shop.OpticGaming.com. Take a look at what we have in drop, and I want to welcome Jersey Jerry Mook. And I'm blanking, and I don't know why.
Oh, that's fucked up.
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Chapter 2: How did Barstool get involved in the Call of Duty scene?
Oh, no.
Fuck. This is the worst. Go back.
The founder of the podcast, man. Oh, that's so fucked.
You know what's crazy?
The founder of the podcast. The founder.
I am so sorry, Sass. Oh, I'll get it.
Totally fine.
Because we met twice, but was that... Oh, you know what it was? Because we met for a second time today, but you said nice to meet you.
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Chapter 3: What challenges do teams face in the current competitive landscape?
That was me.
Oh, God damn. I'm just blaming you for everything. Just fucking rerun it. No, we're not rerunning anything.
I apologize, Seth. Yeah, all good.
I'll tell you what. I'll never forget it again. Maybe. Here's a major collection. We have hats. We have crew necks. We have rings. I'm wearing mine.
Chapter 4: How do players handle losses and team dynamics?
And we have a banner that is a limited edition drop. Are you guys, any of you into collectibles? And what kind of collectibles? Sports cards.
Sports cards, yeah.
Yeah, the hobby? That's your shit? Yeah, I like it. Yeah, so am I. I'm a big collectibles guy. I have everything that, I have every Call of Duty thing that I ever drop. I have every MLG thing that I ever drop. I have obviously every optic thing that we ever drop. So we make it a point to create these special moments.
And since this is our 20th year anniversary, the boys in production came up with this very cool banner. It's actually right behind this fucking big as fuck.
Chapter 5: What is the significance of the Challengers Cup for players?
But it commemorates all five of our World Championship wins. We were only able to accumulate five in 20 years, so it's not easy, I'll tell you that. Pretty solid. Yeah, we have a bunch of tournament wins. It's just, you know, rings, we only have five. And I say only, I'm thankful, but I only say five. We got to get that for like two Challengers Cups. That's what we're... Get a banner. Yeah.
I was actually talking about that on the vlog, how your content is sort of showing people how... And I don't know how easy it is to actually, if you care about something, everything else that you do just becomes a passion project. And because that is the case, it allows for you to sort of, like, open up and give it your all, which is what I feel coming out of your sheets.
Yeah, definitely.
I feel like it's pretty easy, you know, just because, like, you know, Sass came up with the idea, talked to Mook, brought me in as well. I just feel like I've been following Clodity for a little while now.
Chapter 6: How do the hosts navigate content creation and audience engagement?
Not as hardcore as, like, you know, Sass. But since I met Zinn, I've been into it. I always thought it was cool, and then to be involved in it, it just happened so natural. It's like, dude, we love this shit. This is amazing. It's so easy to, like, talk about and, like, have fun with each other. We're gaming late night, you know? Yeah. So it's always a blast.
It's brought me back to, like, the high school days of just playing pubs with your boys, and you're just shooting shit.
You're in the honeymoon phase.
I am in the honeymoon phase.
The good thing about the honeymoon phase is that it lasts around 15 years. Like, you have this... It's the longest honeymoon phase you're going to be in because it's a game that you play, that you love, and then when you see it played at a competitive level, the way that you guys have experienced it is different.
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Chapter 7: What are the future goals for the Barstool Call of Duty team?
That's been the most surprising to me is watching it at a competitive level gives me the same adrenaline that watching the last two minutes of an Eagles game gives me. Oh, yeah. Big time. You've done more. I think more, honestly. Around 11 search.
Yeah. I'm ready to shit my pants. I'm sweating. There's nothing like it in esports. No. I've always believed the world between sports. If you're an avid NFL fan and you play Call of Duty or you enjoy it and you're introduced to the CDL, I think I saw Austin in one of your shows saying, dude, I'm loving this shit.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Chapter 8: How has the Call of Duty community evolved over time?
Because once you're actually learning what's going on and you're buying into it, it's very similar. It's competitive. The round 11 search is one of the best things you can ever watch. Those worlds are a lot closer than people think is what I've always thought. Yeah, it was interesting.
I think it was Cup 2, right, that we got eliminated pretty early? Yeah. Yeah, I was talking to our coach, Tampa, afterwards, and I was like, dude, I'm crushed. I'm crushed. He's like, you're crushed. Imagine how the players feel. I'm like, nah, I ain't feeling it. What?
This is about me. That's how I like to run my business. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. So you and I have had a couple of conversations. Obviously, I've heard all of your videos, and I do watch everything. If it's to do with Call of Duty, I'm just watching it in the background and stuff.
And what you guys have been doing, as I've said before, I give you guys lots of props because there are current CDL teams that aren't even putting a third of the effort that you guys are putting in and you're seeing the fruits of that labor because look at what's happened, right? For us, it was a little bit of a timing issue, and we're going through that right now.
One of the reasons why I didn't want to step into Challengers right away is because the support is so underserved by the league that it sort of made it too much for us to be like, yeah, we'll take care of this also, right? And we sort of experience it right now with the team passes. The fact that this isn't already addressed and the fact that this isn't already fixed on how –
Challengers should run and what team passes should be like is just like another systemic issue from the main issue, which is it's not supported. But to give you guys an update, Zinni, the GM would like to give you guys a couple of words on it.
Yeah, I'll take this one over. So for the Challengers team passes, I was getting some tweets last night and then this morning we figured it out. Your Challengers team pass will grant you access to Thursday GA. So general admission tickets sit in GA. Friday through Sunday, we created a new seating area for the Challengers players. So every Challenger player can now enter the venue.
There will be a dedicated section for those Challengers players. Those please. And now if you guys want to upgrade seats, you could buy GA or whatever. But the team pass now will get you into the venue and get you a guaranteed seat.
And look, the – I found out this morning what the whole thing is going on. So I'm even being caught off guard a little bit on the solutions for this thing and opening up a different section. It is nosebleeds, but it's a small enough stadium to where you'll still be able to see the big screens and all that.
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