OpTic Texas, an esports franchise owned by OpTic Gaming, has introduced that it has re-signed Cuyler ‘Huke’ Garland to its beginning lineup.
Consequently, Amer ‘Pred’ Zulbeari has been launched from the crew after simply returning in February 2025.
Huke, a 2020 Name of Obligation League (CDL) champion, has already represented OpTic Texas in the course of the 2024/25 season, filling in for Pred when he left the franchise in late 2024 to take care of an undisclosed private state of affairs.
The present roster change follows the CDL’s second Main occasion of the yr, the place OpTic Texas scored a top-eight placement after shedding to Toronto Extremely within the second spherical of the elimination bracket.
The event, gained by Atlanta FaZe, was the primary for OpTic since including Cesar ‘Skyz’ Bueno to the crew in a bid to reverse its fortunes after successful one out of seven matches throughout on-line qualifiers for Main 2.
Huke’s return marks the fourth change the franchise has made in the course of the Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 season. The probably explanation for the transfer is the crew’s efficiency and the potential for it failing to qualify for the season-ending CDL Championship.
2025 marks the primary time the CDL Championship takes place outdoors of america. Following Main 2, the crew sits in sixth place with 110 CDL Factors. The highest eight safe a spot at Champs, the largest Name of Obligation esports event of the yr.
The primary time the new-look lineup will compete is in the course of the on-line qualifiers for Main 3 starting on April 4th, 2025. Week one will see OpTic Texas play Minnesota Rokkr and Cloud9 New York with 10 CDL Factors going to the winner.
Factors earned in the course of the qualifiers will decide seeding for the Main 3 LAN occasion going down in Boca Raton, California, from April twenty fourth to twenty seventh, 2025.
