It seemed fitting that one of the greatest snipers the Call of Duty world has ever seen would eventually join OpTic – the first ever sniper team created back in 2006. But even before he became OpTic Dashy, Brandon Otell was destined for stardom.
Born in 1999 to Lebanese parents in Canada, Dashy discovered video games at the age of seven on the original Xbox, favoring Halo and Star Wars: The Old Republic before he found his way to Call of Duty: World at War.
But it wasn’t until Modern Warfare 2 was released when he started to display a rare talent for sniping. Geared with intervention, his favourite rifle of all time, Dashy made a name for himself in the small and niche community of competitive sniping where he grinded for four years.
Following the release of Black Ops 2, Dashy did join a team called Obey and played in his first competitive sniping tournament, but he took a break from the game after they let him go.
However, the release of Black Ops 3 changed his life forever...