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09-01-2016, 05:50 PM
OpTic Gaming's bumpy road to the 'Call of Duty' World Championship
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At OpTic Gaming's first professional Call of Duty tournament in 2010, a scant 400 people were tuned into the action in Dallas. Then team owner Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez used his phone to post a video to OpTic's YouTube page, boosting the viewership to 3,500 in minutes — **t a bad number for a time before Twitch helped esports explode.
The viewer count topped Halo's during the tournament, a major achievement at the time.
SEE ALSO: 7 amazing gaming kill streaks to make you question your skill (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/amazing-fps-kil-streaks/)
"I'm thinking, 'Holy crap, we can move the needle,'" Rodriguez told Mashable. "Let's go 1,000% at it... And from 2010 to today, it's been an incredible ride filled with trials and tribulations." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/call-of-duty-optic-gaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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At OpTic Gaming's first professional Call of Duty tournament in 2010, a scant 400 people were tuned into the action in Dallas. Then team owner Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez used his phone to post a video to OpTic's YouTube page, boosting the viewership to 3,500 in minutes — **t a bad number for a time before Twitch helped esports explode.
The viewer count topped Halo's during the tournament, a major achievement at the time.
SEE ALSO: 7 amazing gaming kill streaks to make you question your skill (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/amazing-fps-kil-streaks/)
"I'm thinking, 'Holy crap, we can move the needle,'" Rodriguez told Mashable. "Let's go 1,000% at it... And from 2010 to today, it's been an incredible ride filled with trials and tribulations." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/call-of-duty-optic-gaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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