FaZe took the world by storm after they shocked the heavily favored OpTic Gaming in the grand finals of the opening MLG LAN event, MLG Columbus, behind the extraordinary play from arguably the greatest player of all-time, the Michael Jordan of Call of Duty, if you will, Patrick “Aches” Price. Aches played the final day of the event with stitches in his right thumb, basically willing his team to victory against an extremely potent OpTic Gaming team who has Aches’ former teammate, Ian “Crimsix” Porter, on their roster, making the victory even sweeter for Aches. The championship solidified Aches as the winningest player in the history of Call of Duty, and because of that, I knew from at that very moment that FaZe would falter at the next event, UMG Orlando. The entire community is fully aware of Aches’ decline in ambition, drive, etc., ever since the compLexity, and then Evil Geniuses, dynasty began its descent into mortality. That is why it was extremely odd to see Aches come out at the first event of Advanced Warfare and for him to play with such conviction. That same drive and willingness to win is what has catalyzed all of his 1st placements. The only problem is that he has once again become complacent, which was extremely evident at UMG Orlando. And with his complacency, came a decline statistically in every category by 3 out of the 4 players on FaZe. Aches is a leader, and with that comes a direct responsibility for the teams all around performance. Here are the statistics from FaZe’s past two major LAN performances: NOTE: K/D = Kill Death Ratio K/R = Kills per Respawn AI = Kills + Deaths per Game OS % = Out Slaying Percentage (Percentage of time that the player had more kills than deaths) Columbus Aches: K/D: 1.05 (T17th) AI: 42.68 (26th) K/R: 28.54 (24th) OS %: 52.63% (17th) Slasher: K/D: 1.08 (15th) AI: 43.69 (16th) K/R: 29.58 (13th) OS %: 56.41% (10th) Apathy: K/D: 1.07 (16th) AI: 41.41 (35th) K/R: 29.08 (18th) OS %: 58.97% (8th) Censor: K/D: 0.95 (38th) AI: 40.84 (42nd) K/R: 26.23 (45th) OS %: 35.14% (40th) As a Team: K/D: 1.05 (3rd) K/R: 28.36 (3rd) OS %: 58.97% (3rd) Placement: 1st Orlando Aches: K/D: 0.91 (64th) AI: 42.17 (35th) K/R: 29.18 (28th) OS %: 22.22% (T76th) Slasher: K/D: 1.11 (10th) AI: 44.39 (11th) K/R: 33.64 (2nd) OS %: 61.11% (10th) Apathy: K/D: 1.04 (25th) AI: 41.61 (44th) K/R: 29.91 (15th) OS %: 55.56% (19th) Censor: K/D: 0.88 (69th) AI: 38.83 (74th) K/R: 26.82 (56th) OS %: 22.22% (T76th) As a Team: K/D: 0.98 (13th) K/R: 29.89 (1st) OS %: 44.44% (11th) Placement: 13-16th After this poor placing it was transparent that within the inner workings of FaZe the was something wrong, and this past week showed truth to that as Aches gained captainship of the roster and immediately dropped Censor, the former captain, and Apathy from the main FaZe roster, and only kept Slasher, one of the top slayers in the world, from the old FaZe roster and then went ahead and picked up Ian “enable” Wyatt, another upper echelon slayer to complement Slasher. Apathy and Censor are still contracted within the FaZe organization, and will be representing FaZe as FaZe “Orange” at future events, including the Call of Duty World Championships. Speaking of COD Champs, I think it is safe to say that Aches will most likely drop his current complacency for an unrivaled ambition, just for this one event. Why is that, you might ask. Well, the winning team of this mega event receives $400 thousand dollars, and Aches won the last COD Champs during the title Ghosts with compLexity. You can guarantee that Aches will give this event his all, since the COD Champs outreach, prize pool, and stage is unrivaled by any other event in the world. This is where Aches will shine, and because of that, it will not really matter who Aches decides to replace Doug “Censor” Martin with, because I have no doubt that he will not let his team lose. That being said, for longevity purposes, we must disect what player would best fit the teams needs not only for this upcoming event, but for the future. The rumors right now are that it has come down to a couple different players, Parasite and MiRx, both battled-hardened veterans with an extremely high level of skill, but with completely opposite play styles and attitudes. Let’s take a look at only the statistics, to see whom would best suite FaZe (I put Enable’s statistics from Orlando in there as well so everyone can see the raw slaying power that FaZe would posses no matter who they would pick up): Orlando: Enable: K/D: 1.16 (4th) AI: 41.97 (41st) K/R: 29.08 (30th) OS %: 67.65% (5th) Parasite: K/D: 1.12 (8th) AI: 42.70 (31ist) K/R: 28.50 (34th) OS %: 66.67% (6th) MiRx: K/D: 1.07 (18th) AI: 39.74 (66th) K/R: 28.44 (36th) OS %: 53.85% (23rd) It’s an obvious choice, right? You pick up Parasite, and FaZe would have unparalleled talent and raw slaying power, right? Well, this an extremely complicated situation. Both Aches and Parasite have extremely aggressive attitudes both in and out of game, and could cause extreme chemistry problems. However, Parasite could synergize well with the current FaZe roster, as he balances the team out very well with his balanced and smart play style. Now, let’s look at MiRx. MiRx has seen a deterioration in placements ever since winning the Black Ops 2 World Championship with Fariko.Impact, with Parasite. He is well known to be one of the best aggressive SMG players in the world, someone who could take over any map, any game mode, especially respawns, at any given time. He would present a very strong aggressive play style coupled with Aches and Slasher. In my opinion, I think FaZe would be better suited with MiRx. His attitude and pressure play style synergizes almost perfectly not only right now, but in the future. Let me know who you guys think would be the best choice for the new FaZe roster, @SaVi_JayD!
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