{"id":1335,"date":"2019-09-20T14:11:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/h3cz-speaks-out-on-why-he-left-optic-and-joined-nrg"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:43:38","slug":"h3cz-speaks-out-on-why-he-left-optic-and-joined-nrg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/h3cz-speaks-out-on-why-he-left-optic-and-joined-nrg","title":{"rendered":"H3CZ speaks out on why he left OpTic and joined NRG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><p>Earlier this week, on September 15, Hector &#8220;H3CZ&#8221; Rodriguez announced that he was going to be leaving OpTic Gaming and would be joining NRG as co-CEO. NRG also announced that they will be occupying the Chicago spot in the <a aria-label=\"Call of Duty franchise league (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/cod\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Call of Duty franchise league<\/a>, a big move for long-term Chicago resident H3CZ.<\/p><p><\/p><p>In an exclusive interview with ESPN Esports, H3CZ stated that whilst there were a number of reasons for his putting OpTic behind him, it almost all boiled down to what went down in the first OpTic acquisition, at the hands of Infinite Esports &amp; Entertainment.<\/p><p><\/p><figure>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"H3CZ reveals why he left OpTic for NRG | Call of Duty\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ADmESq0gvpk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<\/figure><p><\/p><p>&#8220;It was a combination of a whole bunch of things,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was all on the Infinite side, it was more with my Infinite experience that made me realise that it just wasn&#8217;t the place for me, and I needed to turn the page and go onto a brand new chapter, and I&#8217;m excited for it.&#8221;<\/p><p><\/p><p>Later in the conversation, he was asked what made him choose to join NRG; especially considering he would&#8217;ve been a high-priority acquisition for almost any corporation within the esports space.<\/p><p><\/p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always known that Andy was a force of nature, running NRG and doing the Sacramento Kings stuff. We have a lot of similar thoughts around the industry, that really made it make sense. I like that they&#8217;re so well diversified in esports. And they had a lot of my old family members. So for me, it was super easy to say &#8216;oh man, that&#8217;s Tarik right there! Chet, that&#8217;s my mans,&#8217; And they just picked up the Gears of War team.&#8221;<\/p><p><\/p><p>He was also asked when he decided that he wanted to leave &ndash; to which he revealed he never really thought he would stay.<\/p><p><\/p><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I ever really thought about staying,&#8221; H3CZ said. &#8220;I knew that if I was not going to be able to get OpTic back, then I was going to probably go off and do something else. 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