Ahead of the final Major of the 2023 Call of Duty League season, OpTic Texas today appointed three-time world champion Damon “Karma” Barlow as the team’s head coach. The position had been left vacant after Rambo, who had also been serving as general manager, dropped his coaching duties in January in the aftermath of a public spat over bowling with assault rifle player Dashy.
Karma abruptly retired from competitive CoD in June 2020 in the midst of a disappointing inaugural CDL season with the Seattle Surge. Before signing with Seattle in late 2019, Karma had been a part of OpTic Gaming for more than four years, during which he helped the team win numerous events, including the 2017 Call of Duty World League Championship, which made him the first player in CoD history to win three world titles.