Zinni is the coolest dude. Last year when my mom passed away he literally stopped everything in his stream to give his condolences and he sent me a BDA hoodie and T shirt for free. His community showed so much love to me as well. It’s something I will never forget.
Someday when Zinni retires he needs to become a content creator for OpTic. Can you imagine the content with Zinni and Seth and all the other OpTic guys. Would be straight comedy and entertaining as hell.
I really hope when Zinni retires, OpTic can pick him up as a content creator because the guy is absolutely hilarious, clearly has a good relationship with the boys and is always upbeat and has good vibes!
I actually hope he goes to a different cod franchise as a content creator. He's so entertaining I think he could really boost an entire brand like Seth and nade did. OpTic need competition in the cod scene and I think zin is the perfect person to make that happen. Look how many fans Boston has already, 80-90% of that is because of him alone
@@splash8594 I could see him returning to Toronto if he wanted to do content. I'm sure Ultra would be down to have him back and from what I've heard Zinni enjoyed Toronto and enjoyed his time with the team (apart from being dropped of course). Not saying he will but I think it's a possibility if he doesn't end up back at Optic or staying with Boston.
This is the very first episode that choked me up a bit.. didn’t expect it but, talking about mental health, depression, etc.. always gets me.. I’m not a very open person with anyone, including family, and I know that doesn’t make me strong at all and I hope I can get past that issue where I can finally feel free to open up to someone. I’ve went through a bit of depression/anxiety, and it kills me everytime when someone says “stop being sad, just be happy”.. it fucking destroys me when someone feels it’s okay to say that shit.. but anyway, loved the episode guys, keep it up Hector, I look forward to these as always man 💚
If anyone reads this. This man Zinni, NO BULL$h!T reached out to me once on twitter when I was having dark thoughts. I'm risking being ridiculed for thinking this is fake, but I just want people to know this man Zinni really is an amazing person. I am so glad to see all the success he has had. I appreciate this man taking even a minute out of his day to check on some idiot like me. Love ya Z!
You got people like me and others who’s been watching Seth and the boys for 8+ years you could call it a cult but it’s really a journey of a man we all wanna see succeed.
Zinni is so likeable man. Love his streams and glad he's back in league. Guy really does care about his supporters which makes it easy to reciprocate. He'll definitley become a monster when he takes up full time content.
Can someone please tell Hecz that people want to listen to his guests? Genuinely want to hear what Methodz has to say but hard to when Hecz is talking about himself and how much of a great businessman he is for the majority
He definitely does his Diva thing from time to time and has to have the last word instead of letting someone finish a thought. It's not trolly, it's constructive criticism.
I’m sure the business man inside Hecz still has an issue with Zin. The people you TRULY want by your side in life will never do anything resembling a backstab. Not saying it’s a big deal, but Hecz ain’t an idiot
Literally all he does he's so jarring.turns every topic into 'working hard' which then leads to how good he has done with optic and how other orgs need to do as good.
Top 10 podcast ep from you. So much cod history right here (you understand if you were keeping up with the comp scene from the early days) and this convo is so genuine and down to earth. it’s like hector is mentoring him during this while also receiving beneficial insight from zinni.
I was waiting for Methodz to come on the podcast, its great to see him get his due with the Boston Breach. It's sick to hear that he will be out near Patriot Place. I am out of the Boston area as well and would love to connect with Methodz to help get his UA-cam going again. I edit gaming videos with my friends, but would love to be apart of what he is building and get some vods into youtube videos especially being in the same area as well. He probably wont see this, but I hope I can connect with Zin! Props to Hecz on keeping the podcast going.
Haven't really sat down and watched much of Zinni, but sounds like he's got his head on straight and knows what he wants. Will certainly go give him a follow.
Winni is IMO one the best personality’s in COD, he really cares about and looks out for his community. I don’t have say anything other than just read some of the comments. I love watching this guy compete, on the flank or even moonlight as Fat Tony on GTA. Dude is talented and I hope he continues to grow. Him and Seth are and Timmy are one of the few COD personality’s that have it all and can do it all. It it is truly a please to watch this man work and succeed. I am so glad Hector had him on, Zinni if you see this I wish you the best my brother keep on keeping it real and you will always succeed. Much love and I am Optic till I die but a breach can unless your playing Optic ✌🏼🤙🏻
I'm 5min in and I already know this is gonna be a 🔥 conversation. You can tell by hecz's engaging body language. Methodz is great on camera and audio; I can't wait to see (a well deserved) Optic before his name in a few years 👀
Damn I’m only like 20 minutes in but this has genuinely been such a real convo. Zin talkin about how his friendships changed off one joke hit me in the feels
Revisiting this podcast, it was super cool to have Zinni on OpTic for the time he was. Whether or not the team meshed is besides the issue. I know everything is done in the best interest of the team, but Zinni brought unmatched vibes. He and Seth together was a power combo, they both are great in front of the camera. Wish Dill had a chance to be on that team because the 3 of them together would have been hilarious. Keep up the work Hector, and don’t go to hard on my boy Matty ;) went to school with him, remember the day I found out he was going to work for you!
This was a prefect representation of 2 powerhouse speakers exchanging flows in speech. both have strong ability to take the audiences attention. it sounds like they are overtalking each other but really they are both listening to each and everyword each other is saying. BRAVO. Zinni would kill it as a podcast host.
Zin has always been one of my favorite pro players since he was on FaZe back on bo2. It’s been like watching a little brother grow up over the years and I wish him nothing but the best. I’ll always root for Winni
also hecz is such a respectable guy. came up built the optic nation when most people would probably call him stupid now here he is. amazing mentor great person to have in your life
Sometimes you don’t have to bring everything back to you. It’s important to let the guests lead the conversation. Branch of what they’re saying isntead of bringing the whole topic into your side of your life
He has to bring everything back to himself and his own life because he seems to be a Narcissist…I have a friend who does the same shit it really gets annoying after a while
Hecz, you should do an Eavesdrop episode with Jude. Building the brand and having to go home to the family. How it effected life with your transition from being in the real estate business to the life of building optic and taking that chance. Another point you could talk about is how she felt when your baby (OpTic) got sold and the emotions and stuff to get it back. Ive been watching since the m40a3 days of cod 4. Loving what you guys do and what youve done and still do for this community
Seeing Zin get benched as a fan or him (as a person and pro player) was hard. LOVE seeing him thrive during that unfortunate time, stay positive, stay hungry, and hitting stride now. Love this episode! Content never misses H3CZ!
Super awesome to see Zinn on the podcast. Crazy to think that there will be a day in the future that we likely see the sons/daughters of our current pros competing on the main stage. Really awesome to think about.
I was born in 99 and I am right in-between what you guys grew up with to the newer generation. It was always weird because my older brother was born in 90 but and grew up on Super Nintendo and game cube etc. I was the exact same way tho I would play on older gen stuff since I was 4 years old but we wouldn’t play very much and we’d go outside whether it was boating and jet skiing or fishing hunting or catch but when we all got older it was Xbox and cod, halo, assassins creed, etc. but we all still did sports and other activities. I myself am a college athlete, but I still love gaming and competing in video games. So for me it really was both going outside but we also played a shit ton of video games. But I would agree that now it almost seems as if sports are dying but very slowly with the big rise of esports. Even tho I’m an athlete I’ve never been big into watching sports I would way rather watch a cod tournament way more than a football game, but I think that mainly comes from being closer to esports athletes like I can wake up and watch scump streams and videos and interact with him day to day but I could never do that with a professional athlete.
It's true that Logic was an unknown before montages. I hear of Beggin' back in 2012 in a MarkofJ montage. Now with him millions of fans they don't know how he really blew up into the scene.
Zinni is the reason I am a Boston Breach fan. I hope come the Minnesota major I'll get to take a photo with you so I can frame it and put it on my desk.
Listen I’m 31 Years old and been watching OPTIC since MLG when they were playing at 6050 they help me through some times Greenwall forever brick by brick
i will say on the part explaining that seth is the only one competing and doing content, it’s kinda sad how Hal doesn’t get enough respect (TSM FTX ImperialHal from apex) man has a consistent 15-20k every stream and literally got over 100k today in the ALGS playoffs so they definitely right that seth is very few but there are a couple in the scene
different community, tbh never heard of the guy, cant expect everyone to know who he is and what hes doing. Fair play to the guy if hes been putting the work in. Besides, obviously its a gaming org but theyve rarely mentioned apex at all, dont be suprised if they dont know much about him other than mybe hes a big streamer.
@@jakeonyx4775 honestly i think it’s more of a apex thing i think you’re right but still the man has been doing it for 3-4 years now consistently i just personally feel he deserves to be in that conversation and especially since he just won the split 1 playoffs
Zinni is the coolest dude. Last year when my mom passed away he literally stopped everything in his stream to give his condolences and he sent me a BDA hoodie and T shirt for free. His community showed so much love to me as well. It’s something I will never forget.
Rest In Peace to your mom🙏
Crazy man Bc I feel like I remember this sorry for your lose tho man.
Sorry for your loss man, amazing that zinni and his community could something like that for you bro ❤️
Sorry about your loss brother
Sorry for your loss man 🖤
Someday when Zinni retires he needs to become a content creator for OpTic. Can you imagine the content with Zinni and Seth and all the other OpTic guys. Would be straight comedy and entertaining as hell.
^^^
that day has come. sad that both him and Seth are done competing but the content is about to be electric
Called that shit
Yooo
I really hope when Zinni retires, OpTic can pick him up as a content creator because the guy is absolutely hilarious, clearly has a good relationship with the boys and is always upbeat and has good vibes!
His content is actually good and his personality I can see him doing content with optic 100%
I actually hope he goes to a different cod franchise as a content creator. He's so entertaining I think he could really boost an entire brand like Seth and nade did. OpTic need competition in the cod scene and I think zin is the perfect person to make that happen. Look how many fans Boston has already, 80-90% of that is because of him alone
@@splash8594 I could see him returning to Toronto if he wanted to do content. I'm sure Ultra would be down to have him back and from what I've heard Zinni enjoyed Toronto and enjoyed his time with the team (apart from being dropped of course). Not saying he will but I think it's a possibility if he doesn't end up back at Optic or staying with Boston.
I honestly see him fit better with optic but I would not be surprised if he tries to go to 100T
your wishes came true
After so long, I’m glad Zin was FINALLY able to record one of these!!
The G.O.A.T
damn straight
Whris
WHRIS
Whris
This is the very first episode that choked me up a bit.. didn’t expect it but, talking about mental health, depression, etc.. always gets me.. I’m not a very open person with anyone, including family, and I know that doesn’t make me strong at all and I hope I can get past that issue where I can finally feel free to open up to someone. I’ve went through a bit of depression/anxiety, and it kills me everytime when someone says “stop being sad, just be happy”.. it fucking destroys me when someone feels it’s okay to say that shit.. but anyway, loved the episode guys, keep it up Hector, I look forward to these as always man 💚
Better Days Ahead brother 🙏🏽
@@AwaGuava appreciate it 💚
Go check out gunless’ eavesdrop. Talks about some similar issues if you’re interested
@@maxbear706 thank you, I’ll be sure to check it out 💚
If anyone reads this. This man Zinni, NO BULL$h!T reached out to me once on twitter when I was having dark thoughts. I'm risking being ridiculed for thinking this is fake, but I just want people to know this man Zinni really is an amazing person. I am so glad to see all the success he has had. I appreciate this man taking even a minute out of his day to check on some idiot like me. Love ya Z!
That’s raises my respect for Winni, and I appreciate you for sharing brother ✊🏾 have a good day homie.
Hector: I think i might have taken that joke too far
Zinni: you didnt talk to me for 5 YEARS!!!!!!!
Hector: yeah but.....
It’s amazing where they are at now.
I love how much Zinni talks about being on the Eavesdrops on stream and he finally does it. WINNI and ZinCity
THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE
You got people like me and others who’s been watching Seth and the boys for 8+ years you could call it a cult but it’s really a journey of a man we all wanna see succeed.
we accept that theres times where he cant be constantly streaming and making content and that just makes it even better when he comes back.
Nerd
Hecz tried his hardest to talk over Zinni lol my boy held his own
That's the only thing I don't like about these. He talks over people sometimes.
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Zinni is so likeable man. Love his streams and glad he's back in league. Guy really does care about his supporters which makes it easy to reciprocate. He'll definitley become a monster when he takes up full time content.
Can someone please tell Hecz that people want to listen to his guests?
Genuinely want to hear what Methodz has to say but hard to when Hecz is talking about himself and how much of a great businessman he is for the majority
He definitely does his Diva thing from time to time and has to have the last word instead of letting someone finish a thought. It's not trolly, it's constructive criticism.
I’m sure the business man inside Hecz still has an issue with Zin. The people you TRULY want by your side in life will never do anything resembling a backstab.
Not saying it’s a big deal, but Hecz ain’t an idiot
Literally all he does he's so jarring.turns every topic into 'working hard' which then leads to how good he has done with optic and how other orgs need to do as good.
@@abcdefg9163 totally true.
He definitely has some narcissist tendencies
Top 10 podcast ep from you. So much cod history right here (you understand if you were keeping up with the comp scene from the early days) and this convo is so genuine and down to earth. it’s like hector is mentoring him during this while also receiving beneficial insight from zinni.
Such a long night personally, but listening to you two talk really recharged my energy and mentality. Fantastic pod fellas
I was waiting for Methodz to come on the podcast, its great to see him get his due with the Boston Breach. It's sick to hear that he will be out near Patriot Place. I am out of the Boston area as well and would love to connect with Methodz to help get his UA-cam going again. I edit gaming videos with my friends, but would love to be apart of what he is building and get some vods into youtube videos especially being in the same area as well. He probably wont see this, but I hope I can connect with Zin! Props to Hecz on keeping the podcast going.
Zinni is a good dude respect to him
Zinni: “How tall are you?”
Hecz: “6 feet”
Zinni: “5’11?”
Haven't really sat down and watched much of Zinni, but sounds like he's got his head on straight and knows what he wants. Will certainly go give him a follow.
Winni is IMO one the best personality’s in COD, he really cares about and looks out for his community. I don’t have say anything other than just read some of the comments. I love watching this guy compete, on the flank or even moonlight as Fat Tony on GTA. Dude is talented and I hope he continues to grow. Him and Seth are and Timmy are one of the few COD personality’s that have it all and can do it all. It it is truly a please to watch this man work and succeed. I am so glad Hector had him on, Zinni if you see this I wish you the best my brother keep on keeping it real and you will always succeed. Much love and I am Optic till I die but a breach can unless your playing Optic ✌🏼🤙🏻
I love zin such a good guy, so happy to see him back in the league.
What a beautifully lovely conversation, been watching ya’ll for the last 12 years. Appreciate the convo fam.
Zin is the funniest Cod personality by a mile to me. Just naturally funny
Zinni giving hecz a competition at talking over each other ✊🏻👊🏻
Fr 😂
Hecz wins it hands down no cap. Literally it cringes me out how often Hecz makes the conversation about himself
@@moony4566 these are his friends lol. Why are you so bothered?
as if its not his show
@@nelftsu9415 Then why have guests that only come once ever blue moon if all he's gonna do is talk about himself at the end of the day.
I'm 5min in and I already know this is gonna be a 🔥 conversation. You can tell by hecz's engaging body language.
Methodz is great on camera and audio; I can't wait to see (a well deserved) Optic before his name in a few years 👀
its gonna happen for sure, hell blow up even more
Zinni is such a good dude n funny af. So glad to see him back in the league n wish nothing but the best for him n his brand. BDA.
Damn I’m only like 20 minutes in but this has genuinely been such a real convo. Zin talkin about how his friendships changed off one joke hit me in the feels
Revisiting this podcast, it was super cool to have Zinni on OpTic for the time he was. Whether or not the team meshed is besides the issue. I know everything is done in the best interest of the team, but Zinni brought unmatched vibes. He and Seth together was a power combo, they both are great in front of the camera. Wish Dill had a chance to be on that team because the 3 of them together would have been hilarious. Keep up the work Hector, and don’t go to hard on my boy Matty ;) went to school with him, remember the day I found out he was going to work for you!
Hecz doesn’t let his guests talk enough
This was a prefect representation of 2 powerhouse speakers exchanging flows in speech. both have strong ability to take the audiences attention. it sounds like they are overtalking each other but really they are both listening to each and everyword each other is saying. BRAVO. Zinni would kill it as a podcast host.
Zin has always been one of my favorite pro players since he was on FaZe back on bo2. It’s been like watching a little brother grow up over the years and I wish him nothing but the best. I’ll always root for Winni
One of the best guest you had hecz..big ups to phat Tony
Zinni and Zoomaas success over the past year has been so dope.
also hecz is such a respectable guy. came up built the optic nation when most people would probably call him stupid now here he is. amazing mentor great person to have in your life
damn really? Its like i haven't heard the same self sucking out of Hecz for the 500th time.
I've watched every episode. This one was amazing. 👏
Sometimes you don’t have to bring everything back to you. It’s important to let the guests lead the conversation. Branch of what they’re saying isntead of bringing the whole topic into your side of your life
He has to bring everything back to himself and his own life because he seems to be a Narcissist…I have a friend who does the same shit it really gets annoying after a while
This past year was tough, Papa Zin’s stream has been the best place for when I’m down in my mental dumps. Appreciate you Zin! Keep Grinding
I love Zin! He's the coolest and funniest dude in the community! Much love to him, and remember, NO ZINNI NO WINNI!!!
Winni has become one of my favourites. Dude is hilarious, and real.
HECZ please let your guests talk, we hear you every podcast we dont only get one episodes with the guests
Yessir… completely agree dude. Hector I love you man but we’re here to listen to Zinni not about your love of Wu Tang
Rewatching this episode and them talking about scumps retirement made me tear up again.
Fr
Winni, much love from the UK. Huge fan. What a guy
Hecz, you should do an Eavesdrop episode with Jude. Building the brand and having to go home to the family. How it effected life with your transition from being in the real estate business to the life of building optic and taking that chance. Another point you could talk about is how she felt when your baby (OpTic) got sold and the emotions and stuff to get it back. Ive been watching since the m40a3 days of cod 4. Loving what you guys do and what youve done and still do for this community
just saw that episode 13 was with jude but maybe we could do another, with whats went on since
Doing a “where are they now” series with some of these pros would be so dope. Like TeePee or Karma, or merK
Nah, everybody knows where they are on stream and doing CoD content.....
"He's thin, no strength" ... what a perfectly loving jab at DrD
Yess Joey Diaz is my favourite
Zin is always so well spoken and a great story teller. Shout out zin city always
Zin is the guy, hope him Teej and the boys can win a tournament or two this season!
Zinni with real talk about being in the esports scene and having a relationship. you a real one
Zinni is lowkey one of the nicest lads on the CDL, guy is guy pure heart of gold and he is hilarious! just a dope ass dude!!!
This was hands down the best podcast interview to DATE!!!! I see myself listening to it a second time because it was that good my favorite.
Seeing Zin get benched as a fan or him (as a person and pro player) was hard. LOVE seeing him thrive during that unfortunate time, stay positive, stay hungry, and hitting stride now. Love this episode! Content never misses H3CZ!
Love ZINNI man such a cool dude wish him good luck this year 💪🏻🙏🏻
The longer the episode the better. And on top of it it’s zin. Keep up the good work hecz glad we could finally have this episode
i would love to see zinni in optic after his playing days
One of the best eavesdrop. Top 10 episodes
Might be the funniest man in the CDL.
Big Tony showing up on the podcast 😉
we need this man in optic one day
Zinni is awesome! Great episode. Really helps put things in perspective for the present and future of COD esports.
Watching this at work tonight!!! Can’t wait
There is no better sound then hearing the eavesdrop intro in the morning
As a citizen of Zin City I have been looking forward to this one for a long time.
We love Zinni! Nothing but love for him.
Super awesome to see Zinn on the podcast. Crazy to think that there will be a day in the future that we likely see the sons/daughters of our current pros competing on the main stage. Really awesome to think about.
Hecz swears he can take anyone at basketball but lost to Scump 💀
Fenix is raising awareness for mental health in esports and I appreciate him for it
Who doesn't love Winni? What a specimen
I was born in 99 and I am right in-between what you guys grew up with to the newer generation. It was always weird because my older brother was born in 90 but and grew up on Super Nintendo and game cube etc. I was the exact same way tho I would play on older gen stuff since I was 4 years old but we wouldn’t play very much and we’d go outside whether it was boating and jet skiing or fishing hunting or catch but when we all got older it was Xbox and cod, halo, assassins creed, etc. but we all still did sports and other activities. I myself am a college athlete, but I still love gaming and competing in video games. So for me it really was both going outside but we also played a shit ton of video games. But I would agree that now it almost seems as if sports are dying but very slowly with the big rise of esports. Even tho I’m an athlete I’ve never been big into watching sports I would way rather watch a cod tournament way more than a football game, but I think that mainly comes from being closer to esports athletes like I can wake up and watch scump streams and videos and interact with him day to day but I could never do that with a professional athlete.
Hecz we hear you every podcast, let the guest speak and stop interrupting them 24/7
I come here for hecz to talk
But i feel ya lol
Great episode, love that it flowed so nicely! Zinni is the man!
Seth is the GOAT you come back for seth because you know what content you're going to be getting hes funny and pops off
H3CZ one of the best podcast to date. I didn’t want it to end. Much love Zinni
Entrepreneur with a vision you're a absolute legend.
cant wait for next time zinnis on the podcast, love him
Bro Hecz really drives me insane.. Just super cocky and full of himself. Methodz the goat doe
Winni is the GOAT, love the guy and wish him nothing but success and happiness in everything he does
It's true that Logic was an unknown before montages. I hear of Beggin' back in 2012 in a MarkofJ montage. Now with him millions of fans they don't know how he really blew up into the scene.
Zin has to be the most genuine guy in the league. Impossible to not like him. Common Winni
My dream and hope is that one day Zinni and Zooma join OpTic as content creators 😭💚
I remember zinni since those mw3 streams with nade and scump...always liked the dude
Almost a year later exactly he retires and comes to OpTic, love it!
Hecz did not want to hear that Seth have a Cult but it is facts
Zinni is the reason I am a Boston Breach fan. I hope come the Minnesota major I'll get to take a photo with you so I can frame it and put it on my desk.
never really watched methodz but this ended up being one of the best episodes imo.
Listen I’m 31 Years old and been watching OPTIC since MLG when they were playing at 6050 they help me through some times Greenwall forever brick by brick
Zinni is the fucking goat. That dudes set the minute his career is over with how good of a personality he has. Better days ahead
I Love Zin, Hector you got one job when he stops playing
zinni shouting out marner.. what a guy
Zin is easily and honestly one of the most genuine and likable characters in all esports not just cod. Hard to not be a fan
One of my favourites so far.. I hope I can speak for all OpTic fans and state we love Zinni! Great guy and player 👌
Havnt even watched it yet but I already know it’s gonna be one of my favorites. I’ll be back with an update
I love Zin always a great time in his streams and I’m glad he’s on Boston now, this was a great podcast loved every second! Need to get me some BDA
Just goes to show you how awesome talking about your own experience really matters in this world.
W podcast W host W guest W org OpTic as a whole is a big W
Nice to see Zin on the Eavesdrop. Hector please get SeaNanners on this thing. I want to learn about his rise and fall.
i will say on the part explaining that seth is the only one competing and doing content, it’s kinda sad how Hal doesn’t get enough respect (TSM FTX ImperialHal from apex) man has a consistent 15-20k every stream and literally got over 100k today in the ALGS playoffs so they definitely right that seth is very few but there are a couple in the scene
different community, tbh never heard of the guy, cant expect everyone to know who he is and what hes doing. Fair play to the guy if hes been putting the work in. Besides, obviously its a gaming org but theyve rarely mentioned apex at all, dont be suprised if they dont know much about him other than mybe hes a big streamer.
Scumps also been doing it for 10 years
@@jakeonyx4775 honestly i think it’s more of a apex thing i think you’re right but still the man has been doing it for 3-4 years now consistently i just personally feel he deserves to be in that conversation and especially since he just won the split 1 playoffs
one of the best men cod community has to offer. love zin
One of my favorite episodes yet! Great work
You having Ricky Gervais as top 2, and he's not no.2, makes me appreciate you that much more. Ricky is literally 🐐
I met Zin at TopGolf. He was kind enough to take a photo as well!