Nah, he got famous because in mw3 he was one of the top players in the game. He was so famous he was the first eSports player to get a big name sponsor (red bull)
Bro didn’t build a brand. He had nickmercs build his brand and then did him dirty in the end. The time nickmercs was setting off with the viewership with like 80k daily on fortnite he promised nickmercs ownership with 100t and nickmercs was blasting his stream with the brand all over it. Then nadeshot swept the rug and dipped once Drake and other co-signed the brand. At the time nadeshot was getting maybe 3-5k viewers per stream so let’s stop with the cap.
So sad this is how he felt at the time. Nade was the reason I loved optic competitively. I met him at MLG Columbus during AW and he was such an absolute gentleman to us and a small crowd that all bothered him while he was getting lunch. Nade is simply one of the best CoD players of all time. We all gotta respect what he did in game and for the scene as a whole.
Nade* was a different beast back then, some players just age out playing competitive. He was the foundation of Optic gaming then and almost of why Cod esports was so popular.
True but at the moment you could see that Nade gad become the scapegoat to all of optics problems when they weren’t winning. It’s sad because Nade’s winning came from tactics and knowledge so his voice/opinion should weigh a lot version any other person regardless of their stature in the league
Dude the vibes when they did the first optic house.. the videos were so funny, they were winning literally everything, felt like it was never gonna end. A big part of my childhood
Don’t get it twisted.. Nade has 6050 tattooed on his knuckles, the man bleeds green, red & black, and cod. He’s the best example of what a kid playing in their bedroom can accomplish thru determination and passion. Man is a legend
@@iTzSh4rK GB’s in the early years of COD definitely mattered, there was no ranking system in mw2 and mw, so competitive players were in 3rd parties all day long
@@BrownBear636 agreed. Who gives a fuck about manipulating spawns? That shit basically only exists to practice and to level up guns for Warzone and SnD.
Except for the "I won a major every year I competed". Black ops 2 he didn't win a major, he won umg and a MLG pax I think but those weren't majors..... I would have loved to see that roster win a black ops 2 MLG but oh well that's how it goes sometimes.
Nadeshot was the face of Optic for so long. He was the one that helped bring the first huge sponsers to COD and OPTIC with Red Bull. At the time there was no future in streaming/competing in COD. He was one of the pioneers that made it incredibly popular at the time, and he doesn't get enough credit for what he did for COD, COD streaming, and competitive COD. Before him and people like him, it was mostly just game battles and a couple major tournaments a year. Now it's an entire corporation.
Hell yes Nade, that was so perfect. So much passion we missed out with you on the sticks. Glad you have been able to put that passion into other esports for us. ❤
@@lesss4067 yea and that’s been hecz’s problem from the jump and if you add that with Scump’s ego at the time and you have an optic org that should’ve won pretty much every single champs form IW and back to Bo2
@@sakarilawrence6342 True, but I’m pretty sure most of them are happy it happened as it did because now they’re all set for life, but I’d rather they won everything instead of building the brand
Good for You Nade. I remember those OG optic days. You were the first vlog I ever watched and one of the only, back in that first Chicago house. That was back in beginning of high school for me and now I’m graduated college. So happy to see who and what You’ve become, thank you for all the times man
@@TheJessemanutd He was basically the only one, him and crim, I agree that nade wasnt an insane respawn player, but he was making good plays, and yes if you go back and watch most series from AW, nade was always on hill, if it had a timer, mf would average 2 min lmao, its just the role he was pushed to fill cause of the disgusting talent on that team. Crims, Scumps and Formal were basically all top 5 top 10 in AW, some of their best games.
@@federalknight1949 I watched all of aw, and what you’re saying just simply isn’t true. Hardpoint in any cod doesn’t have a sole obj player. Scump for a lot of his career was breaking into hills with ballistic vests and popping two pieces, stop rewriting history
@@louispilliard a hill break is literally more important than sitting there and getting time 😂 how are you honestly acting like scump just broke hills and then ran off instantly. You clearly never watched comp back then
Damn bro I'm so glad he finally expressed himself about this situation..I never knew it was like this...I can relate to this so much I have felt like that in almost every team group/team oriented setting I've ever been involved in
Hardpoint anchors need more credit. They're the ones getting all the utility thrown on them where opponents know where they're gonna be on the point, and then they have the least opportunity for kills cause they're stuck there and physically can't be in an unexpected, advantageous position. The true selfless role like diving in first to break up a site on entry on Jett/Neon in Valorant.
One of THE most underrated players in CoD history. The community will likely never recognize him for the incredible player he was. Which is understandable when your teammates include Scump, Crimsix, and Formal.
This is why I hate when people talk about Nadeshot, he did all the dirty work that slayers didn't want to do. He won a major almost every year he competed, while some of these people will be on the scene and never win 1.
He’s so right tho, and dude was the OG SND god, man was a one point the best search player in the world. Now he’s a organization owner, sure scump is the face of COD, but nade walked so scump could run, on the low…
@@jamaicanmailman3464if it wasn’t for NaDeShoT, call of duty wouldn’t even be a household name. CDL wouldn’t even exist. You obviously are new to the scene if you don’t understand that. NaDeShoT was call of duty back in the day. Scump created his own success from winning events, but nobody would have even watched the events in the first place if not for Nade. Sit down lil bro.
It sucks cause Nade gave some of the best call outs in situations that helped get wins. The dynamic he had with Scump was always refreshing to see. Will always be a fan of this guy 💜
That’s what I’m saying…he was much like an in game coach during times in game coaches weren’t allowed. He had more respect than he remembers, wish he knew.
and when nade left karma was the scape goat, every team will have one. but bc nadeshot had a lot and i mean a lot of haters, he got the most hate and he didnt deserve it.
@@ThanosTheTitan93 The crazy thing is when Nade wanted to slay, he could out slay the best. I remember countless times Nade was running around just destroying everybody. He shined in Ghosts. If anybody wants to know how good NaDeShoT used to be, just go back and watch the majors for Ghosts
You can tell this really bothered him and has for a long time , I feel bad cause he was so vital to so many wins he did all the dirty work, he was like a lineman on a football team , all the guts none of the glory
"If I got scump and formal dropping 40's, how many kills are left on the map for me" Honestly so true and no one takes that into account. The team players always get roasted by the community even tho they structure all of the success.
That's basically the role I take on my team. We have a couple of guys who are great slayers, but I take the "support" role. Every team needs someone who is willing to do that
Out of all the pro players from back in the day Nade was by far my favorite to watch. I never understood the hate around him. He's the guy that got me into competitive SnD. I lived and breathed GBs for 3 years straight because of this guy. Huge inspiration. I'm glad he's continued to evolve. It's been great watching him grow over the years. Even if I'm not into Call of Duty anymore.
Nade was the one that got me into cod competitive and support optic . I watched him since 2012 and nadeshot was a great obj player he may not be the most skillful but he was great leader.
See it really pisses me off for the fact that I only got into competitive FPS games because of Nadeshot. He was the first competitive TH-camr I watched and I looked up to him. His videos made me a better player. And the community did him so dirty.
ill never forget in ghosts to qualify for worlds with the optic team that couldnt win a damn league game, nadeshot came out of that search n destroy and was like 7-0 against curse on freight it was such an amazing feeling he was truly so underrated and he was a DEMON in search and other than the dynasty team at the end i dont think there was a team where you can say nade was even the worst player. coming through at xgames, the tournament after xgames where they were so close to beating EG again i remember nade through that smoke and aced them on octane map i think the name was
He definitely brought something to the table, considering his brand helped that even before 100T. He was "Nadeshot", and he was a realistic/opinionated person to follow and watch along the way. E-sport players come up from time to time and a lot of them stream now because they saw that success, but he was smart for leaving and for starting 100T. It's amazing that he can have a say for HIS team now and has a lot of their respect I'm sure.
The 4 through red call in round 11 against coL/EG at qualifiers in Ghosts was one of the coolest SND plays in COD history imo - Ghosts Nade was one of the best SND seasons I can remember
Nade was the guy I looked to for assault rifle plays. Scump and crim always had the smg and hard rush but nade took great angles and used range to help the team mesh
Man, these when GBs were the days man, competitive was barley just getting its taste on mw3 then when bo2 came the entire cod competitive scene woke up seemed like there teams poppin out left and right, bo2 will forever be my favorite season with the old optic crew, brings me back to the days I was in like 8th grade and high school things were so different compared to now
I would love nothing more than to have a round table with Scump, Nade, Formal, Crim, Big T, Karma, ETC to just talk about the team dynamic during those times. Everything Nade said that is true, but it would be awesome to see them further discuss this.
Aww man it’s horrible to hear Thats how he felt the consensus was towards him…to me, all throughout BO2, Ghosts and AW, not only was he the constant in the team (Scump leaving for NV) but he was also a coach/IQ at that point rather than a slayer. He was and always will be regarded higher than what he thinks he was.
What a lot of people, even other pro players seem to have forgot is that he was the entry point for A LOT of people into the pro cod scene. A huge part of the rise of pro cod was all the work nadeshot put in. Hell, back in the day I didnt even know pro cod was a thing until I found nadeshot.
This is such a throwback for me cuz I started watching comp cod back when it was bigtymer, scump, nade & boze. I watched the evolution of that team & the hate that nade got throughout it first hand so to hear him explain it a little is interesting to look back it.
Im late on this clip forsure, but I think from his point of view the hate he was receiving was alot more louder than what I saw and felt during his time competing. Out of anyone of that roster Nadeshot was the number one person that drew me in and what led me to love competitive cod. I vividly remember telling my parents on multiple occasions that him and hecz were my role models and my mother being confused as hell why im telling them i look up to these guys in the 6th grade.
100% everyone acted like other teams were dog water, but looking back at it you played some of the best slayers in call of duty history, some of them even went on to win titles in other shooters and thinking everyone will drop 35-40+ kills going double positive against THAT type of talent is just insane.
There's always the guy on a team being an anchor and supporting the players out there getting most of the kills. It's rare anyone understands that or appreciates it.
I think a key thing to take a way is that even though he stopped talking when everyone on the team would tell him to shut up when crimsix was talking, proves that he was the goat cause he understood that going on and just trying to speak up would take away from the team. You don’t have to drop 40 kills to be a team player, you have to understand what’s right for the team at the time and that is one thing I learned from watching Nade over the years. It’s not about being on top of your team, it’s about making sure your team is on top over other teams. All love for Nade, he’s the Cod Father
I’m glad he admitted that wow didn’t expect him to he used to have such an ego. But that’s fuckin yearsss ago bro. He’s a grown ass man now and act like it. Solid.
I like how even formal gives him credit on his podcast with Hecz. There is people who can do nade’s job better now, but at the time, there were only a few who were willing to be under the optic banner AND perform the dirty work
I remember the video with him and Hecz and he said it was just a break and he'd be back but even at the time I felt like I'd watched him play competitive COD for the last time
I remember watching him daily on TH-cam and fell in love with comp and when he left optic I was so shocked he was literally the heart and soul of optic and tbh since he left it hasn’t been the same
Nadeshot was the reason people loved optic honestly, he had the most subs then anyone else at the time an most views, he just had a lot of hate for no reason which just effected him like it would effect anyone
To quote Matt, "I may not have been the best player mechanically" but he was a damn good strategist and was always a fantastic SnD player. 2012-2014 OpTic was the GOAT. Idc that they won champs without him in 2016
Nadeshot introuduced me to Pro play. Never cared for faze that much as a kid but I loved watcing nadeshot. Just know some kids loved you and were clueless to the hate
its funny because i specifically remember talking about this like a decade ago in relation to roster roles you have your slayer sub running around getting all the kills you have the anchor ar who controls the map the slayer ar doing a mix of both and the objective player who runs the flags and sits in the hardpoints and enables the other guys as best he can it always absolutely made 0 sense to me why people blamed the objective players as the weak points on their team because it was so obvious that it was how it was supposed to be its just funny how across every competitive esports the objective centric roles are ALWAYS the scapegoats
This is very simple. When you are winning majors and in the best team of the world you deserve to be where you are and you are one of the best player in the world.
Nade Bleeds Green,Black, and Red that man was scapegoated so much by the majority of the greenwall so I understand why he left and now he's in a hell of a position
I think he’s spot on. He probably was the most intelligent on the team but the dynamics of the team didn’t let him shine in the way he was supposed to ; as the chief strategist, if you will.
I remember that year. OpTic were playing so well n you still just knew the change was coming after champs. Nade had got me into comp n was my favourite player at the time, so the hate he was getting was all the more obvious.
I agree with Nade he knew his rold also each team has like one or two main slayers thats the way the teams are constructed same reason you don't see everyone running AR's or all smg's
Nadeshot, bigtymer and scump are pioneers to a whole generation. 100,000+ matured and grew with them and other competitive players through multiple CODs on twitch. OpTic/Impact/EnV/compLexity walked so cod esports could run today.
I was rocking with OpTic from inception. In fact, BO1 was when I came back to gaming and picked up a 360. Xbox color was green, OpTic green and I loved money (that is green). Nade & Scump were the reasons I never jumped ship to another team. It's really hard now to root for OpTic and 100T. OpTic will always be #1 though. Everything happens for a reason. 100T would not exist if it didn't go down the way it did.
Every successful team has their scapegoat, it was nade, then Damon in the dynasty and even FaZe had Alec last season. It’s just something that happens to everyone
I remember playing against nade a few times. We mostly played aox, pure talent teams, almost and always whatever team they would be on, envy, fear, all the big ones at that time. We had a lot of guys from complexity on our team. Team Denied 2010 TL champions. One of our guys tried out for envy in the back leg and made it but can’t remember his tag. Also who could forget crim? 🤣🤣 we would all be cancelled if anyone heard that shit talk back then. Shoutout to anyone that played during that time because that was so fun, win or lose. My friend that introduced me to cod isn’t alive anymore so these times will always be special to me.
I’ve always said this about Nade, he was criminally underrated search player back in the day. Nade still have more wins than like 90% of the pro players
I have always been into CoD but never into its competitive scene despite enjoying other game's equivalents, Nadeshot is the only CoD Pro I can name if my life depended on it and I think that goes to show what he did for the sport
Nadeshot wasn’t just famous on optic. He literally set the bar when it came to building a brand as a pro player. Absolute legend.
Nah, he got famous because in mw3 he was one of the top players in the game. He was so famous he was the first eSports player to get a big name sponsor (red bull)
Carlos did
No, he didn't.
nadeshot and neslo were legit racist
Bro didn’t build a brand. He had nickmercs build his brand and then did him dirty in the end. The time nickmercs was setting off with the viewership with like 80k daily on fortnite he promised nickmercs ownership with 100t and nickmercs was blasting his stream with the brand all over it. Then nadeshot swept the rug and dipped once Drake and other co-signed the brand. At the time nadeshot was getting maybe 3-5k viewers per stream so let’s stop with the cap.
So sad this is how he felt at the time. Nade was the reason I loved optic competitively. I met him at MLG Columbus during AW and he was such an absolute gentleman to us and a small crowd that all bothered him while he was getting lunch. Nade is simply one of the best CoD players of all time. We all gotta respect what he did in game and for the scene as a whole.
Nade* was a different beast back then, some players just age out playing competitive. He was the foundation of Optic gaming then and almost of why Cod esports was so popular.
Nade was on Censors level
Was this the thanksgiving weekend event?
True but at the moment you could see that Nade gad become the scapegoat to all of optics problems when they weren’t winning. It’s sad because Nade’s winning came from tactics and knowledge so his voice/opinion should weigh a lot version any other person regardless of their stature in the league
Dude the vibes when they did the first optic house.. the videos were so funny, they were winning literally everything, felt like it was never gonna end. A big part of my childhood
i remember when gta 5 releaseed and they took turns streaming the game for days
"Mikes already taken 4 bites no bullshit"
Winning everything? 😂
Me to bro me to!
What a cringe thing to be into, lol I'm sorry but if watching optic was "a big part of your childhood," that's just... sad
Don’t get it twisted.. Nade has 6050 tattooed on his knuckles, the man bleeds green, red & black, and cod. He’s the best example of what a kid playing in their bedroom can accomplish thru determination and passion. Man is a legend
what's doubly cool is 6050 is also the 100T compound address
What’s 6050
@@Currxncy it’s the address of the first optic content house I believe
@@colintripp3947 you are correct the OG optic house
What if scump creates his own org someday 😳you thought they were competitive making content…. Imagine their teams playing each other 🤣
I played Nadeshot a bunch of times on Cod4 and MW2 GBs and he was one of the best SnD players I ever played.
GBs aside, which don't really matter, he still was one of the best in SnD when he was competing too
@@iTzSh4rK GB’s in the early years of COD definitely mattered, there was no ranking system in mw2 and mw, so competitive players were in 3rd parties all day long
Snd he was great but not in respawns
SnD is the only thing good about COD. If that game mode never existed, I would've stopped playing YEARS ago.
@@BrownBear636 agreed. Who gives a fuck about manipulating spawns? That shit basically only exists to practice and to level up guns for Warzone and SnD.
Everything he is saying is factual
Karma and Nade were some of the best obj players we will ever see in pro cod
Except for the "I won a major every year I competed". Black ops 2 he didn't win a major, he won umg and a MLG pax I think but those weren't majors..... I would have loved to see that roster win a black ops 2 MLG but oh well that's how it goes sometimes.
Bro he left for pussy. Plus he pulled out an HBR. That's why the team said shut the fuck up and listen to crim.
@@IPROMYZELF UMG Chicago is considered a major
@@IPROMYZELF UMG Chicago was definitely a major tournament
nade speaking facts, and i think nade is underrated like he said, he wasnt as bad as people make him out to be and was nasty at SnD
ya in till he pulled out a hbr at champs🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@bryanwouters443 weird energy
@@bryanwouters443 overrated joke 🥱😮💨😴
@@bryanwouters443 bro that joke died 3 years ago
@@JewJitSuSixty9 when cpt price made that joke it was so good🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nadeshot was the face of Optic for so long. He was the one that helped bring the first huge sponsers to COD and OPTIC with Red Bull.
At the time there was no future in streaming/competing in COD. He was one of the pioneers that made it incredibly popular at the time, and he doesn't get enough credit for what he did for COD, COD streaming, and competitive COD.
Before him and people like him, it was mostly just game battles and a couple major tournaments a year. Now it's an entire corporation.
Nade really gotta stop discrediting his value on optic, dude was class at snd and was always doing the dirty work in respawns
Hell yes Nade, that was so perfect. So much passion we missed out with you on the sticks. Glad you have been able to put that passion into other esports for us. ❤
If it weren’t for Nade…would OpTiC be what it is today? Everyone forgets that H3cz pretty much built the team around Nade.
ya and that was a mistake they should have Dropped nade and kept clayster
@@bryanwouters443 facts
Nade was the best person to build around optic content but with the cod team, not so much
@@lesss4067 yea and that’s been hecz’s problem from the jump and if you add that with Scump’s ego at the time and you have an optic org that should’ve won pretty much every single champs form IW and back to Bo2
@@sakarilawrence6342 True, but I’m pretty sure most of them are happy it happened as it did because now they’re all set for life, but I’d rather they won everything instead of building the brand
Good for You Nade. I remember those OG optic days. You were the first vlog I ever watched and one of the only, back in that first Chicago house. That was back in beginning of high school for me and now I’m graduated college. So happy to see who and what You’ve become, thank you for all the times man
TH-cam! How the fudge you doing! 😂😂❤
@@SincerelyMartinhe use to say fucking
People forget there was no hill time counter in hard point back then either, you get less kills if you cant roam and are stuck in hill
Let’s not sit here and act like he was the only one on the optic dynasty playing obj 😂 you’re going far too overtop with that
@@TheJessemanutd He was basically the only one, him and crim, I agree that nade wasnt an insane respawn player, but he was making good plays, and yes if you go back and watch most series from AW, nade was always on hill, if it had a timer, mf would average 2 min lmao, its just the role he was pushed to fill cause of the disgusting talent on that team. Crims, Scumps and Formal were basically all top 5 top 10 in AW, some of their best games.
@@federalknight1949 I watched all of aw, and what you’re saying just simply isn’t true. Hardpoint in any cod doesn’t have a sole obj player. Scump for a lot of his career was breaking into hills with ballistic vests and popping two pieces, stop rewriting history
@@TheJessemanutd stop being a dip shit break a hill doesn't mean staying on it and soaking time
@@louispilliard a hill break is literally more important than sitting there and getting time 😂 how are you honestly acting like scump just broke hills and then ran off instantly. You clearly never watched comp back then
Damn bro I'm so glad he finally expressed himself about this situation..I never knew it was like this...I can relate to this so much I have felt like that in almost every team group/team oriented setting I've ever been involved in
Hardpoint anchors need more credit. They're the ones getting all the utility thrown on them where opponents know where they're gonna be on the point, and then they have the least opportunity for kills cause they're stuck there and physically can't be in an unexpected, advantageous position. The true selfless role like diving in first to break up a site on entry on Jett/Neon in Valorant.
Main ARs anchor in HP
@@iZaners not every team is like that, can also depend on the hill/map. Anchoring spawns also isn’t the same as getting hill time
Anchor doesn’t exist anymore everyone anchors
I miss him so much, i started playing cod watching Nade and Scump
One of THE most underrated players in CoD history. The community will likely never recognize him for the incredible player he was. Which is understandable when your teammates include Scump, Crimsix, and Formal.
Lol
Overrated you mean
He decided to do the best for himself and that's the smartest thing he could've done. Truly respectable
Nade helped make OpTic what they are today. Always will be a legend
This is why I hate when people talk about Nadeshot, he did all the dirty work that slayers didn't want to do. He won a major almost every year he competed, while some of these people will be on the scene and never win 1.
He’s so right tho, and dude was the OG SND god, man was a one point the best search player in the world. Now he’s a organization owner, sure scump is the face of COD, but nade walked so scump could run, on the low…
Chill with the “OG SND GOD” fugaze
Yea..... he wasn't the goat snd player. MoHo, Circaa and PHiZZURP existed. RIP to the legends.
nade has nothing to do with scumps success 😂
@@jamaicanmailman3464 scump wouldn’t be known like he is today if it wasn’t for nade
@@jamaicanmailman3464if it wasn’t for NaDeShoT, call of duty wouldn’t even be a household name. CDL wouldn’t even exist. You obviously are new to the scene if you don’t understand that. NaDeShoT was call of duty back in the day. Scump created his own success from winning events, but nobody would have even watched the events in the first place if not for Nade. Sit down lil bro.
As a OpTic fan I love nade love that kid and what he’s done for optic and now his life
It sucks cause Nade gave some of the best call outs in situations that helped get wins. The dynamic he had with Scump was always refreshing to see. Will always be a fan of this guy 💜
That’s what I’m saying…he was much like an in game coach during times in game coaches weren’t allowed. He had more respect than he remembers, wish he knew.
and when nade left karma was the scape goat, every team will have one. but bc nadeshot had a lot and i mean a lot of haters, he got the most hate and he didnt deserve it.
Yup every in general has a scape goat especially great teams
Yup and now when they don't win its a bunch of excuses of what happened.
It’s crazy how two of the smartest and best OBJs the game has ever seen were scapegoats. The community has always lacked a few brain cells lol
@@stiks3538 they only have eyes for KD ratio and ignore the objective plays.
@@ThanosTheTitan93 The crazy thing is when Nade wanted to slay, he could out slay the best. I remember countless times Nade was running around just destroying everybody. He shined in Ghosts. If anybody wants to know how good NaDeShoT used to be, just go back and watch the majors for Ghosts
You can tell this really bothered him and has for a long time , I feel bad cause he was so vital to so many wins he did all the dirty work, he was like a lineman on a football team , all the guts none of the glory
"If I got scump and formal dropping 40's, how many kills are left on the map for me" Honestly so true and no one takes that into account. The team players always get roasted by the community even tho they structure all of the success.
That's basically the role I take on my team. We have a couple of guys who are great slayers, but I take the "support" role. Every team needs someone who is willing to do that
I'm glad I heard this piece. One of those where nade deserves to say it for how it feels. His spot on the teams the hardest to play.
Out of all the pro players from back in the day Nade was by far my favorite to watch. I never understood the hate around him. He's the guy that got me into competitive SnD. I lived and breathed GBs for 3 years straight because of this guy. Huge inspiration. I'm glad he's continued to evolve. It's been great watching him grow over the years. Even if I'm not into Call of Duty anymore.
some of my friends back in the day were trickshotters and kill feeders and they completely switched to comp because of Nadeshot
Jack not trying to hear it. Got better stuff going on in his phone
Nadeshot back in his prime had amazing game sense. Mixed with crim and scumps mechanics could stop a freight train. And was amazing to watch
Imagine not being able to put your phone away for 5 minutes.
Feel bad hearing this because he was actually really good no credit
Nade was the one that got me into cod competitive and support optic . I watched him since 2012 and nadeshot was a great obj player he may not be the most skillful but he was great leader.
See it really pisses me off for the fact that I only got into competitive FPS games because of Nadeshot. He was the first competitive TH-camr I watched and I looked up to him. His videos made me a better player. And the community did him so dirty.
ill never forget in ghosts to qualify for worlds with the optic team that couldnt win a damn league game, nadeshot came out of that search n destroy and was like 7-0 against curse on freight it was such an amazing feeling he was truly so underrated and he was a DEMON in search and other than the dynasty team at the end i dont think there was a team where you can say nade was even the worst player. coming through at xgames, the tournament after xgames where they were so close to beating EG again i remember nade through that smoke and aced them on octane map i think the name was
Nade was a top 3 SND player on Ghosts
Courage texting while Nadeshot is talking is super disrespectful
He definitely brought something to the table, considering his brand helped that even before 100T. He was "Nadeshot", and he was a realistic/opinionated person to follow and watch along the way. E-sport players come up from time to time and a lot of them stream now because they saw that success, but he was smart for leaving and for starting 100T. It's amazing that he can have a say for HIS team now and has a lot of their respect I'm sure.
Nadeshot is one of the best spoken people in the gaming scene. He paints his point of view so perfectly and precisely
Sounds rough, if you win its because of everyone else and if you lose it's because of you and only you.
Nadeshot is a legend man. I didn't even know about crim six till recently. Made has been around since the beginning.
Crazy hearing this. I never followed comp closely but as someone who played a lot of COD, I only ever heard good things about Nadeshot.
Nadeshot and scump got me into cod comp. Nade is a straight legend still winning cod chips
Nadeshot is a legend to all the the people who watched optic back then, anyone who was a fan before knows he’s the one who started it all
Made deserves his flowers. Mans SND IQ was top tier around that time. He had clutch moments and was a great play caller🙏🏽
The 4 through red call in round 11 against coL/EG at qualifiers in Ghosts was one of the coolest SND plays in COD history imo - Ghosts Nade was one of the best SND seasons I can remember
Nade was the guy I looked to for assault rifle plays. Scump and crim always had the smg and hard rush but nade took great angles and used range to help the team mesh
Man, these when GBs were the days man, competitive was barley just getting its taste on mw3 then when bo2 came the entire cod competitive scene woke up seemed like there teams poppin out left and right, bo2 will forever be my favorite season with the old optic crew, brings me back to the days I was in like 8th grade and high school things were so different compared to now
Best OBJ or all time. The only one that truly played his role correctly.
I would love nothing more than to have a round table with Scump, Nade, Formal, Crim, Big T, Karma, ETC to just talk about the team dynamic during those times. Everything Nade said that is true, but it would be awesome to see them further discuss this.
Crimsix wouldn't be able to handle it. The guy is such a baby
dont worry matt. your mind got you those wins not silly gun skill, you will always be one of the best!!!!!
Man, Matt, the integrity. Brother, respect. Pure respect! It takes massive balls to be that honest. Good on you man.
Aww man it’s horrible to hear Thats how he felt the consensus was towards him…to me, all throughout BO2, Ghosts and AW, not only was he the constant in the team (Scump leaving for NV) but he was also a coach/IQ at that point rather than a slayer. He was and always will be regarded higher than what he thinks he was.
I'm such an old man. Courage on his phone drives me nuts. U can't put ur phone on silent for a couple hours to give the podcast ur full attention?
What a lot of people, even other pro players seem to have forgot is that he was the entry point for A LOT of people into the pro cod scene. A huge part of the rise of pro cod was all the work nadeshot put in.
Hell, back in the day I didnt even know pro cod was a thing until I found nadeshot.
I didn’t see it that way. Nade was my favourite player to not only me but my brother friends and cousins too. To us he is a legend
Man props to the honesty. Legend.
Nadeshot is a OG & pioneer for COD. We have to pay our respects to him even if you don’t like him. My man has came a long way with nothing but success
This is such a throwback for me cuz I started watching comp cod back when it was bigtymer, scump, nade & boze. I watched the evolution of that team & the hate that nade got throughout it first hand so to hear him explain it a little is interesting to look back it.
It pains me to see an iconic professional cod player feel this way. He worked damn hard for it.
Im late on this clip forsure, but I think from his point of view the hate he was receiving was alot more louder than what I saw and felt during his time competing. Out of anyone of that roster Nadeshot was the number one person that drew me in and what led me to love competitive cod. I vividly remember telling my parents on multiple occasions that him and hecz were my role models and my mother being confused as hell why im telling them i look up to these guys in the 6th grade.
You pulled your weight bro don’t let the bullshit overshadow your greatness
100% everyone acted like other teams were dog water, but looking back at it you played some of the best slayers in call of duty history, some of them even went on to win titles in other shooters and thinking everyone will drop 35-40+ kills going double positive against THAT type of talent is just insane.
Why is courage texting and not paying attention? Just find it odd.
There's always the guy on a team being an anchor and supporting the players out there getting most of the kills. It's rare anyone understands that or appreciates it.
I think a key thing to take a way is that even though he stopped talking when everyone on the team would tell him to shut up when crimsix was talking, proves that he was the goat cause he understood that going on and just trying to speak up would take away from the team. You don’t have to drop 40 kills to be a team player, you have to understand what’s right for the team at the time and that is one thing I learned from watching Nade over the years. It’s not about being on top of your team, it’s about making sure your team is on top over other teams. All love for Nade, he’s the Cod Father
My favorite player on optic even over scump and there’s some insane nadeshot clutches where he won crucial rounds
I’m glad he admitted that wow didn’t expect him to he used to have such an ego. But that’s fuckin yearsss ago bro. He’s a grown ass man now and act like it. Solid.
I like how even formal gives him credit on his podcast with Hecz. There is people who can do nade’s job better now, but at the time, there were only a few who were willing to be under the optic banner AND perform the dirty work
Which specific optic podcast was that? Interested in what Formal said
I remember the video with him and Hecz and he said it was just a break and he'd be back but even at the time I felt like I'd watched him play competitive COD for the last time
I remember watching him daily on TH-cam and fell in love with comp and when he left optic I was so shocked he was literally the heart and soul of optic and tbh since he left it hasn’t been the same
i do remember the community being like that towards nade. Shit i might have even felt that way. that team was so fucking strong
Damn hearing him laying it out like this now, hurts a bit. It’s a team, work as one.
Nadeshot was the reason people loved optic honestly, he had the most subs then anyone else at the time an most views, he just had a lot of hate for no reason which just effected him like it would effect anyone
My first cod Lan event nade autographed my optic shirt and now my son has it framed on his wall
To quote Matt, "I may not have been the best player mechanically" but he was a damn good strategist and was always a fantastic SnD player. 2012-2014 OpTic was the GOAT. Idc that they won champs without him in 2016
Nadeshot introuduced me to Pro play. Never cared for faze that much as a kid but I loved watcing nadeshot. Just know some kids loved you and were clueless to the hate
I got into an SnD lobby with nade back on MW2 the dude was a beast. I was sad when he left optic but he’s goat’d
its funny because i specifically remember talking about this like a decade ago in relation to roster roles
you have your slayer sub running around getting all the kills you have the anchor ar who controls the map the slayer ar doing a mix of both and the objective player who runs the flags and sits in the hardpoints and enables the other guys as best he can
it always absolutely made 0 sense to me why people blamed the objective players as the weak points on their team because it was so obvious that it was how it was supposed to be
its just funny how across every competitive esports the objective centric roles are ALWAYS the scapegoats
Nadeshot is a legend. He just needs to to let all that shit go fr. He’s a success.
This is very simple. When you are winning majors and in the best team of the world you deserve to be where you are and you are one of the best player in the world.
Damn real ogs needed to hear this
Nade Bleeds Green,Black, and Red that man was scapegoated so much by the majority of the greenwall so I understand why he left and now he's in a hell of a position
I think he’s spot on. He probably was the most intelligent on the team but the dynamics of the team didn’t let him shine in the way he was supposed to ; as the chief strategist, if you will.
Bro nadeshot is the only winner to the whole story man’s really made it
Nade and Hecz are the grandfathers of competitive call of duty don’t y’all forget. No matter how much better or whatever the others were
Used to really enjoy watching nadeshot back in the day
I remember that year. OpTic were playing so well n you still just knew the change was coming after champs. Nade had got me into comp n was my favourite player at the time, so the hate he was getting was all the more obvious.
Ngl I never even heard about crimsix until now, but have known nade for years
I agree with Nade he knew his rold also each team has like one or two main slayers thats the way the teams are constructed same reason you don't see everyone running AR's or all smg's
Why has Courage got a rain coat on and just sat on his phone not listening?
Nade was an amazing player who did get blamed a lot. Miss the old optic squad for sure but I love what nade and company are doing with 100T
Nadeshot, bigtymer and scump are pioneers to a whole generation. 100,000+ matured and grew with them and other competitive players through multiple CODs on twitch. OpTic/Impact/EnV/compLexity walked so cod esports could run today.
I hate Jack checking his phone, you can't be fully present for an hour or 2?
I was rocking with OpTic from inception. In fact, BO1 was when I came back to gaming and picked up a 360. Xbox color was green, OpTic green and I loved money (that is green). Nade & Scump were the reasons I never jumped ship to another team.
It's really hard now to root for OpTic and 100T. OpTic will always be #1 though. Everything happens for a reason. 100T would not exist if it didn't go down the way it did.
Every successful team has their scapegoat, it was nade, then Damon in the dynasty and even FaZe had Alec last season. It’s just something that happens to everyone
I remember playing against nade a few times. We mostly played aox, pure talent teams, almost and always whatever team they would be on, envy, fear, all the big ones at that time. We had a lot of guys from complexity on our team. Team Denied 2010 TL champions. One of our guys tried out for envy in the back leg and made it but can’t remember his tag. Also who could forget crim? 🤣🤣 we would all be cancelled if anyone heard that shit talk back then. Shoutout to anyone that played during that time because that was so fun, win or lose. My friend that introduced me to cod isn’t alive anymore so these times will always be special to me.
I know he wasn't the best at respawn game modes, but nade was cracked when it came to SND. One of the best search players the league has had.
Jack texting the side piece 😂
I’ve always said this about Nade, he was criminally underrated search player back in the day. Nade still have more wins than like 90% of the pro players
I have always been into CoD but never into its competitive scene despite enjoying other game's equivalents, Nadeshot is the only CoD Pro I can name if my life depended on it and I think that goes to show what he did for the sport