Taking Over The OpTic Major Event | The Flycast Ep. 177

The Flycast records live from the OpTic Major in Dallas, with the hosts walking through the venue, greeting fans, and killing time before OpTic Texas takes the stage for their first winner's bracket match. What starts as a venue tour and casual conversation about health kicks, DoorDash spending, and testicular torsion gradually reveals a deeper unease: the hosts feel disconnected from the Call of Duty scene they once dominated, and they're trying to figure out where they fit in a landscape that has moved on without them.

The COD Disconnect

The conversation keeps circling back to a shared anxiety. One host admits he hasn't watched enough Call of Duty to know which teams are which—he saw Envoy on stage but couldn't say who he plays for. He feels like an imposter at his own team's event. "It's uncomfortable being in a situation or trying to make conversation with someone where you don't know shit," he says. The other host agrees, explaining that watch parties have become the new wave in COD content, and he missed the boat entirely. "I missed the initial watch party wave. I didn't try to do it. So now it's been two years and watch parties are stacked. That's the new wave. And I missed it."