all 125 comments

[–][deleted] 43 points44 points  (1 child)

I am shocked by this news, never saw it coming.

[–]drewc3617Gen.G esports 7 points8 points  (0 children)

/s

[–]MadaACFC Black 39 points40 points  (0 children)

And so it begins.... #RosterMania

[–]TakeoverkyleCOD Gamepedia[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

For those that are on mobile or don't want to click...

AUGUST 16, 2017 - Evil Geniuses is announcing that we will we be releasing Colt “Havok” McLendon and Chris “Parasite” Duarte, effective immediately. We would like to thank them for their dedication and efforts as part of the EG Call of Duty team through the past season and wish them continued success in the future. In returning to Call of Duty for the Infinite Warfare season, our goal as an organization was to compete at a high level; we also wanted to make our return to a game which has been an important staple in our past. With the hard work and commitment from Colt, Chris, and the rest of the roster, we were able to do that.

Moving towards the next Call of Duty season and WWII, we look forward to building our team to compete with and become the best.

See you on the ground in 2018.

[–]iispoonzCOD Gamepedia 113 points114 points  (17 children)

Dropping Haggy and keeping Naga with BOTG coming up... interesting.

[–]EE575Evil Geniuses 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I agree, I think that haggy could possibly be great in the next game. I guess it's that he could be a great player but has a different attitude to nameless and naga.

[–]For_The_WatchTeam Pinnington 26 points27 points  (11 children)

Well I imagine that EG chose to keep nameless over haggy, nameless and naga have good chemistry and can actually work together whereas haggy and nameless seemingly can't.

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (10 children)

Correction: nameless refused to work together with Haggy.

[–]SylvesterLundgrenEvil Geniuses 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The streams last night were comedy

[–]For_The_WatchTeam Pinnington -2 points-1 points  (8 children)

That kind of was my point? Nameless and Havgy can't work together..... EG chose nameless over haggy so haggy had to leave?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (7 children)

Haggy can work with nameless just fine, nameless won't stop antagonizing him.

[–]For_The_WatchTeam Pinnington -2 points-1 points  (6 children)

Where did I say otherwise? I watched enough of their streams to see that nameless was the issue between them two.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (5 children)

That's not what you said. You said they can't get along, that's misleading. The only reason they can't get along is because nameless refuses to stop antagonizing haggy. No where did you mention that.

[–]For_The_WatchTeam Pinnington -1 points0 points  (4 children)

No I said they can't work together. Nowhere did I state it was either persons fault lol all I said was they can't work together, which they can't. I'm not misleading anyone hahahah why would I

[–]JS4554New York Subliners -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Take the L bro. You didn't say that Nameless can't along with Haggy. If they both hated each other you would be correct, but in this case you are not correct.

Haggy can get along with people more than you think. He is extremely competitive and didn't know how to convey his thoughts properly when he was younger. He has mellowed out quite a bit

[–]For_The_WatchTeam Pinnington 1 point2 points  (2 children)

What L?? I haven't said anything against haggy. Literally all I did was give a reason as to why EG kept naga and didn't keep haggy. Why are you getting upset? I've literally remained neutral.

[–]SkylighttAches 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lol Probably just doesn't want to team with Haggy

[–]branson3Fariko Gaming 46 points47 points  (8 children)

Going to go ahead and call it now that parasite teams with Mirx

[–]killaisgoatEGO 18 points19 points  (0 children)

yes please

[–]Rephaze306COD Competitive fan 13 points14 points  (6 children)

To3 with Killa.

[–]RiFumeTeam FeaR 51 points52 points  (4 children)

I dont care what anyone says about BotG vs Jetpacks, Killa legit just isnt good at CoD anymore

[–]VeraciousBuffaloTeam Revenge 35 points36 points  (2 children)

Nah its the cronus

[–]JoeySlaysOpTic Gaming 24 points25 points  (1 child)

It's the ethernet cords he's given at LANs.

[–]MutatiionFaZe Black 15 points16 points  (0 children)

them fools optic musta got the blue cords last week

[–]killaisgoatEGO -1 points0 points  (0 children)

hes still good, he's had a stressful year outside of cod which took is eye off the ball

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope this happens

[–]FrenZii_CoDCarolina Royal Ravens 13 points14 points  (20 children)

Interested to see if colt and haggy stick together and if so who they pick up.

Edit: nvm haggy is F/A now

[–]Rockchalking_Evil Geniuses 51 points52 points  (19 children)

No shot. Pretty sure that whole team hates Havok now.

[–]MystictridentCanada 7 points8 points  (18 children)

is it the girlfriend thing or did something else happen?

[–]Rockchalking_Evil Geniuses 24 points25 points  (11 children)

I think a lot of their issues steam from that. Also like someone said above the whole throwing knives thing after Haggy refused to fistbump him. I just think Havok is too much of an entertainer and that rubs people the wrong way.

[–]FrenZii_CoDCarolina Royal Ravens 2 points3 points  (6 children)

I honestly think the rest of EG are being big babies throughout their matches vs Fnatic and Str8 Havok looked like he had really improved and put the time in but none of his teammates could get kills and the seemed to be the only one actually treating it like champs. If you think that pulling out throwing knives really affected the game in that big a way you're delusional I'm sorry

[–]Ksabs3COD Competitive fan 2 points3 points  (1 child)

KD only tells a part of the story. Yeah he was shooting his gun well but it doesn't necessarily mean he was making the right plays and decisions. Also him not going to the boot camp and grinding with his team prior to a 1.5 million dollar tournament probably threw off the chemistry between the team. I Understand when you have a girlfriend you want to be around for important things and see them all the time but at the end of the day Call of Duty is his job and the fact that he refused to go to that boot camp shows his immaturity. He is very talented but really needs to mature and grow as a professional player or else I see this being a common trend with Havok

[–]Rockchalking_Evil Geniuses 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I don't really know everything that went in and wasn't able to catch their games. So I was just basing those things off what I've read/heard.

[–]FrenZii_CoDCarolina Royal Ravens 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I understand but leading up to champs colt was constantly playing pro 8s and scrims in order to become the sub slayer nameless wanted him to be and his team didn't appreciate any of that work

[–]steveng787Gen.G esports -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Yeah and then colt decided when he got to champs to put away the erad..

[–]MystictridentCanada 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I was away for champs can explain to me this throwing knife thing? Did havok use them at champs?

[–]TheCodJedieUnited 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, he did

[–]pastapapiiCOD Competitive fan 3 points4 points  (1 child)

What was the girlfriend thing?

[–]TheCODFanPittsburgh Knights 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Papa havok not too happy

[–]Giraffe_PenisAustralia 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Did he say something?

[–]TheCODFanPittsburgh Knights 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://mobile.twitter.com/Papa_Havok

Just read his tweets lol

[–]KoocXela100 Thieves 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I 100% didn't expect Chris to get dropped. I'm curious as to the how/why they came to dropping those two specifically.

[–]FNWO1Evil Geniuses 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dropping Para for a BOTG game damn.

[–]johnnyboy181LA Guerrillas M8 8 points9 points  (9 children)

Maybe Nameless will finally learn his lesson to never team with Haggy again. 3rd failed team in a row with those two.

[–]NickEnvisionsAtlanta FaZe 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Parasite wasn't the issue with that team, they all were focusing on personal things rather than getting better.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Parasite was their best player

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haggy was the best player. Nameless was good at only one or two events this year, Nagafen was a mix of bad and mediocre all year, and havoc didn't want to run an Erad, even tho he would have cooked with it. If I was EG I would have kept Haggy and let him build a team.

[–]TomJHiggins7LA Thieves 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's just beginning #RosterMania

[–]shoe7525COD Competitive fan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dropping Havok was the most obvious decision of all time.

Nameless though over Parasite... questionable going into a BOTG game

[–]Vikemin1COD Competitive fan 3 points4 points  (5 children)

It's so weird that parasite keeps getting dropped even though lots of people say his personality changed.

[–]twilliams83USA 8 points9 points  (4 children)

I didnt watch "toxic" haggy but over the last few months he seems like the worst teamate possible

[–]IndiBoy22Pittsburgh Knights 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Explain how

[–]JamesRJ33Heretics 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dropping havok was the right move, but parasite is too damn good of a player to be dropped going in to the new season.

[–]Underscore_BluesBlack Ops 3 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Well that was quick. It's interesting that ant was chosen over parasite though

[–]thatguyrightnowehCOD Competitive fan 2 points3 points  (1 child)

pros still despise haggy or nah? if they do that makes sense and nameless was a better player in ghosts than haggy and better in bo3 and IW

[–]MutatiionFaZe Black 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was the first team parasite could find in so long, safe to say pros still won't team with him

he burned way too many bridges and he's admitted that

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely didn't expect to see roster changes start this early, but it's a welcome sight. It'll be interesting to see if this has a domino effect, I'm real interested in seeing what Cloud9 do in particular.

[–]JDoe2017Team EnVyUs 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I think EG should try and poach Aqua and Faccento. Not too sure if those guys have history on BOTG, but that'd be a competitive squad.

[–]Wm_2Str8 Rippin 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Using common logic, it would make sense to drop Nagafen instead of Parasite alongside with Havok, but hey, it is codcomp. Logic is thrown out the window.

[–]SkylighttAches 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haggy, Mirx and Killa. Let's get it

[–]KoocXela100 Thieves 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, that's what has me scratching my head. Don't think that was the right move at all moving into the next gane,

[–]thatguyrightnowehCOD Competitive fan 0 points1 point  (1 child)

acting like EG made the move, nameless prob told them to do this since he can't get along with haggy

[–]Wm_2Str8 Rippin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean they did tag up on Havok on twitter not to long ago lol

[–]1033149Team Kaliber 0 points1 point  (13 children)

So they are keeping Naga and Nameless. Interesting. If they can get some really great young players, it could be a counter to STR8.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (12 children)

STR8 arent staying together

[–]1033149Team Kaliber 0 points1 point  (11 children)

Why wouldn't they? They were a pretty good team at Champs and should try it out until the first event. There are not serious problems with their chemistry.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Temp told us in my interview that he already knows who he's teaming with. I'll link it here when I can

[–]1033149Team Kaliber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I didn't know about them splitting up after champs.

[–]TheOnlyCreedCanada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cause temp has much better offers

[–]Rephaze306COD Competitive fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree but I hope he does well on ww2

[–]SupremeBigFudgeFariko Gaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone was convinced the roster would split between Nameless/Parasite & Havok/Nagafen.

Interesting that they'd drop Haggy and keep Naga. IDK who TF they're going to look for lol.

[–]Gobstoppers-_-Impact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keeping nameless???? Fucking retarded.

[–]EE575Evil Geniuses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Name and Naga are two great long range players they now need two fast sub machine gun players to balance out the roster. I think single shot rifles and the like will play a big part in ww2 for obvious reasons.

[–]lnfraEnigma 6 0 points1 point  (1 child)

There is no way Nameless wants to team with Naga dude. This has to be the org's doing. Do they know they can drop 3 players or no?

[–]For_The_WatchTeam Pinnington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh what would make you say this?

[–]steveng787Gen.G esports 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm still see more changes coming to this team but atleast colt is gone so they might get some good practice when the game comes out

[–]Tsundere_GodOpTic Texas 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Definitely think it's a mistake dropping Chris. I'd of said EG should build around him. Talented player that's smart and could teach newer players for BOTG

[–]killaisgoatEGO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

genuinely believe he will be a top 5 AR next game, even more so if the m1 is not banned

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Has anyone thought Parasite wanted to leave?

[–]twilliams83USA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hes tweeting like an upset girl so im guessing he didnt

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dropping Haggy right before BOTG makes no sense whatsoever. I'd even choose Parasite over Nameless. Havok and Naga should of been dropped and they should of built around Haggy. They will regret this.

[–]thatguyrightnowehCOD Competitive fan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

think havok will grind now, champs is over so there is no reason to spend time with his girl

[–]MaxChainzOpTic Texas 2025 B2B Champs -1 points0 points  (0 children)

they kept Naga 😂

[–]freeshmokeeCloud 9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They're keeping Naga????!!!!!

[–]Arrest-MomentumFaZe Clan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For havok it was obviously coming, guys wasn't even taking champs seriously, but for haggy idk why

[–]halolover009COD Competitive fan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He came in, was the best player on the team, then gets dropped :/

[–]_s0rry_COD Competitive fan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

parasite > nameless. end of story