Just a few weeks after the team announced that Jason "jasonR" Ruchelski would be the team's fifth player for the period leading up to the Major, the team's in-game leader decided to step down from the roster.

OpTic has once again released information regarding a roster change through their YouTube documentary called Vision, with the latest episode revealing that Jason "⁠jasonR⁠" Ruchelski decided to leave the team.

After a short stint in OpTic, jasonR will retreat from competitive CS

According to the video, James "⁠hazed⁠" Cobb learned about jasonR's decision at the ESL Pro League S5 Finals in Dallas, but the rest of the team was informed a bit later, after the squad successfully qualified for the ECS S3 Finals by beating NRG.

The decision to leave OpTic allegedly came from jasonR feeling that he wouldn't become a permanent figure in the team, combined with the fact that traveling to multiple events could lead to his streaming presence taking a big hit.

With jasonR out, OpTic have reverted back to playing with their coach hazed, who led the team to a top four finish at IEM Sydney in May.

OpTic are now: