How the Prophecy roster of Christopher “Parasite” Duarte, Tyree “Legal,” “Ricky,” and Damond “FEARs” was formed, and how the organization itself was pumped right back into mainstream professional Call of Duty, right before MLG Columbus, simply shows the current parity and talent level that lives in Call of Duty eSports. Prophecy’s move to pickup this very under the radar, out of the ordinary team, has definitely proved to be a wise choice as the team placed 3rd and Top 12 at MLG Columbus and UMG Orlando, respectively.
When the roster was initially formed, and the team began officially playing, they were regarded as one of the best online teams as they absolutely obliterated their opponents. Their slaying power could only be rivaled by top teams such as OpTic Gaming, JusTus, Denial, etc, and fortunately enough for them, their success online translated to LAN. Out of nowhere Prophecy placed 3rd, giving them a reputation as a force to be reckoned with. This success did not last long, as all of their team statistics, mainly slaying ability, increased. ---- Yes, you read that correctly. As a team, statistically, Prophecy was better at Orlando, where they placed 9-12th, in comparison to when they placed 3rd at Orlando. Here are the statistics: Columbus: Parasite: K/D: 1.02 AI: 41.15 K/R: 28.92 OS %: 50% Ricky: K/D: 0.88 AI: 38.90 K/R: 24.85 OS %: 30% Legal: K/D: 0.94 AI: 39.65 K/R: 27.15 OS %: 35% FEARs: K/D: 0.93 AI: 36.75 K/R: 24.46 OS %: 35% As a Team: K/D: 0.94 K/R: 26.35 OS %: 40% Placement: 3rd Orlando: Parasite: K/D: 1.12 AI: 42.70 K/R: 28.50 OS %: 66.67% Ricky: K/D: 0.99 AI: 40.11 K/R: 26.33 OS %: 40.74% Legal: K/D: 0.91 AI: 39.81 K/R: 25.22 OS %: 25.93% FEARs: K/D: 0.91 AI: 36.11 K/R: 23.11 OS %: 33.33% As a Team: K/D: 0.98 K/R: 25.79 OS %: 48.15% Placement: Top 12 So, what changed? The answer, as it so often does at this level, resides in the team composition, and chemistry. No one anticipated Legal, who formerly was on Team FeaR, and was widely known as a “top amateur,” to get a chance to compete alongside the likes of former world champion Parasite, former OpTic player Ricky, and arguably one of the best veteran-raw slayers, FEARs. Legal, an extremely talented 18 year old got his first major shot at becoming what many consider to be “known,” when he was picked up by Moho, the owner of FeaR, however Legal’s biggest moment came with the ridiculous placement of 3rd at MLG Columbus with Prophecy. Sadly enough, Legal, along with his fellow teammates, have fallen prey to Parasite’s nature, which ironically is extremely parasitic. Just like with Fariko.Impact, Parasite grows tired of sacrificing his statistics, for the team’s success, as seen after Impact’s decline after their World Championship victory in Black Ops 2. Parasite made it publicly clear, via Twitter, that he was very proud and happy with his performance at Orlando, stating that statistically he has improved drastically, in comparison to Columbus. He blatantly put his performance above that of the rest of the team. Parasite has lost his perspective, and because of it, has lost the basic objective, winning. His scoreboard is his only priority, and it is no fault to Legal, FEARs, or Ricky, that their placement and team performance has decreased considerably. A roster change at this point would be silly, especially if it were to be anyone besides Parasite leaving. Honestly, FEARs, Legal and Ricky deserve a player willing to sacrifice their statistics for the good of the team, and if and when Parasite does that, this team is arguably one of the best 3 teams in the world, as proven at Columbus. That being said, it is only a matter of time for either one of two things, the team gets restless, and Parasite bolts to eLevate, or the team gets on Parasite’s case, and forces him to change so they can get back to their dominant ways.
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Max Jones
1/14/2015 06:43:48 am
When is there gonna be an article about Velocity?!
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Jonathan Diamond
1/16/2015 10:53:38 am
There is one up now!
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