MBoZe

Overview

Tournament Results

Statistics

Retired as Player
MBoZe
Background Information
Name	Marcus Blanks Jr.
Country of Birth	United States
Birthday	October 10, 1995 (age 29)
Residency	NA North America
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Rich and Lonely ⁠⁠OpTic Gaming
Social Media & Links

Marcus "MBoZe" Blanks Jr. is a retired Call of Duty esports player, currently an owner of Rich and Lonely and a content creator for OpTic Gaming. He is most known for his time on OpTic Gaming, FaZe Clan, SoaR Gaming and being the captain of OpTic Nation.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:Yes|No

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team		Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠SoaR Gaming		≈Feb 2013≈2013-02-??	May 20132013-05-24	≈3mo 22d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠FaZe Clan		May 20132013-05-24	Jul 20132013-07-04	1mo 11d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠vVv Gaming		Jul 20132013-07-10	Jul 20132013-07-16	6d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠UNiTE Gaming		Jul 20132013-07-16	Sep 20132013-09-05	1mo 20d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠VanQuish Gaming		Sep 20132013-09-10	≈Sep 2013≈2013-09-??	≈17d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠UNiTE Gaming		Oct 20132013-10-25	Dec 20132013-12-11	1mo 17d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠VanQuish Gaming		Dec 20132013-12-11	Dec 20132013-12-23	12d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠eQuinox eSports		Dec 20132013-12-26	Dec 20132013-12-27	1d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠JuKeD		Dec 20132013-12-31	Jan 20142014-01-09	9d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠FaZe Clan		Jan 20142014-01-09	Jan 20142014-01-13	4d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming		Jan 20142014-01-13	Apr 20142014-04-14	3mo 1d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Nation		Apr 20142014-04-14	Dec 20142014-12-16	8mo 2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠SYNRGY Gaming		Dec 20142014-12-23	Jan 20152015-01-05	13d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠Prophecy		Jan 20152015-01-15	Apr 20152015-04-01	2mo 17d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Nation		Apr 20152015-04-07	Nov 20152015-11-21	7mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Nation		Nov 20152015-11-26	Dec 20152015-12-12	16d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Kaliber		Apr 20162016-04-01	Apr 20162016-04-02	1d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠Ground Zero		≈Oct 2017≈2017-10-??	Nov 20172017-11-15	≈1mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Rich and Lonely		Apr 20192019-04-04	Present	5yr 6mo	ej
CDL	⁠⁠CHI Huntsmen		Dec 20192019-12-24	Nov 20202020-11-11	10mo 18d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming		Nov 20202020-11-11	Present	3yr 10mo	ej

	Team		Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠SoaR Gaming		≈Feb 2013≈2013-02-??	May 20132013-05-24	≈3mo 22d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠FaZe Clan		May 20132013-05-24	Jul 20132013-07-04	1mo 11d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠vVv Gaming		Jul 20132013-07-10	Jul 20132013-07-16	6d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠UNiTE Gaming		Jul 20132013-07-16	Sep 20132013-09-05	1mo 20d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠VanQuish Gaming		Sep 20132013-09-10	≈Sep 2013≈2013-09-??	≈17d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠UNiTE Gaming		Oct 20132013-10-25	Dec 20132013-12-11	1mo 17d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠VanQuish Gaming		Dec 20132013-12-11	Dec 20132013-12-23	12d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠eQuinox eSports		Dec 20132013-12-26	Dec 20132013-12-27	1d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠JuKeD		Dec 20132013-12-31	Jan 20142014-01-09	9d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠FaZe Clan		Jan 20142014-01-09	Jan 20142014-01-13	4d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming		Jan 20142014-01-13	Apr 20142014-04-14	3mo 1d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Nation		Apr 20142014-04-14	Dec 20142014-12-16	8mo 2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠SYNRGY Gaming		Dec 20142014-12-23	Jan 20152015-01-05	13d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠Prophecy		Jan 20152015-01-15	Jan 20152015-01-16	1d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Prophecy		Jan 20152015-01-16	Apr 20152015-04-01	2mo 16d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Nation		Apr 20152015-04-07	Nov 20152015-11-21	7mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Nation		Nov 20152015-11-26	Dec 20152015-12-12	16d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Kaliber		Apr 20162016-04-01	Apr 20162016-04-02	1d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠Ground Zero		≈Oct 2017≈2017-10-??	Nov 20172017-11-15	≈1mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Rich and Lonely		Apr 20192019-04-04	Present	5yr 6mo	ej
CDL	⁠⁠CHI Huntsmen		Dec 20192019-12-24	Nov 20202020-11-11	10mo 18d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming		Nov 20202020-11-11	Present	3yr 10mo	ej

News

• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2019
• 2020

NA	⁠⁠SoaR	February (approx.), Lawless and MBoZe join. e
NA	⁠⁠SoaR	May 24, Complex, MBoZe, Methodz, and Replays leave. e
NA	⁠⁠FaZe	May 24, MBoZe, Methodz, and Replays join. Bloodz, Gucci, and Whea7s leave. e
NA	⁠⁠FaZe	July 4, Huhdle, John, and Spacely join. Heist, MBoZe, and Methodz leave. e
NA	⁠⁠vVv	July 10, MBoZe joins. e
NA	⁠⁠vVv	July 16, MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠UNiTE	July 16, MBoZe and Ricky join. Slacked leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠UNiTE	September 5, KiLLa joins. MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠vQ	September 10, Dedo, John, MBoZe, and PHiZZURP join. e
NA	⁠⁠vQ	September (approx.), Saints joins. MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠UNiTE	October 25, KiLLa, MBoZe, and Saints rejoin. e
NA	⁠⁠UNiTE	December 11, MBoZe, Ricky, Saints, and StaiNViLLe leave. e
NA	⁠⁠vQ	December 11, MBoZe, Saints, Spacely, and StaiNViLLe join. e
NA	⁠⁠vQ	December 23, MBoZe, Saints, Spacely, and StaiNViLLe leave. e
NA	⁠⁠eQ	December 26, MBoZe, Saints, Spacely, and StaiNViLLe join. e
NA	⁠⁠eQ	December 27, MBoZe, Saints, Spacely, and StaiNViLLe leave. e
NA	⁠⁠JuKeD	December 31, MBoZe, Saint, SinfuL, and Spacely join. e

NA	⁠⁠JuKeD	January 9, MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠FaZe	January 9, MBoZe joins. e
NA	⁠⁠OG	January 13, MBoZe and Saints join. Parasite and Ricky leave. e
NA	⁠⁠FaZe	January 13, MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠OG	April 14, ProoFy joins. MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠ON	April 14, Team is reformed. MBoZe joins. e
NA	⁠⁠OG	April 17, MBoZe, NexXx, Phaze and Realize are drafted. e
NA	⁠⁠ON	December 16, MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠SYN	December 23, MBoZe joins as temporary substitute for UMG Orlando 2015. e

NA	⁠⁠SYN	January 5, MBoZe (temporary substitute) leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠proph	January 15, Team agrees to trade with ⁠⁠OpTic Gaming. MBoZe joins as substitute. Dedo leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠OG	January 15, Team agrees to trade with ⁠⁠Prophecy. Dedo joins. MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠proph	January 16, MBoZe moves to starting roster. e
NA	⁠⁠proph	April 1, MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠proph	April 7, Team agrees to trade with ⁠⁠OpTic Nation. Censor joins. MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠ON	April 7, Team agrees to trade with ⁠⁠Prophecy. MBoZe joins. Censor leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠ON	November 21, MBoZe leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠NATI	November 26, KiLLa, MBoZe, MerK, and StuDyy join. e
NA	⁠⁠NATI	December 12, KiLLa, MBoZe, and StuDyy leave. e

NA	⁠⁠tK	April 1, MBoZe joins as temporary substitute for 2016 NA CWL Stage 1 Relegation, replacing Goonjar because Goonjar was denied access to the United States. e
NA	⁠⁠tK	April 2, MBoZe (temporary substitute) leaves. e

NA	⁠⁠F/A	August 28, MBoZe comes out of retirement. e
NA	⁠⁠GZ	October (approx.), Blazt, Fero, MBoZe, and Parasite join. e
NA	⁠⁠GZ	November 15, StuDyy joins. MBoZe leaves. e

NA	⁠⁠RNL	April 4, Brand is created by MBoZe. e
CDL	⁠⁠CHI	December 24, MBoZe joins as substitute. e

CDL	⁠⁠CHI	November 11, Dashy, Envoy, FormaL, Scump, General, MBoZe, Sender (Head Coach), HECZ (CEO), and MaNiaC (Streamer) leave. e
NA	⁠⁠OG	November 11, Blake Cissel (Content Creator), Jorge Estrada (Content Creator), MaNiaC (Content Creator), and MBoZe (Content Creator) join. Hitch (Content Creator) rejoins. e

Biography

MBoZe first started playing Call of Duty late into Call of Duty 4 with friends from school in public matches. He first started playing more consistently and taking the game serious during Call of Duty World at War. It was at this time MBoZe found the drive to try and become a professional player. MBoZe established himself as a solid competitive player during Black Ops 1 which set himself up for his success in Black Ops 2. With the release of Black Ops 2, MBoZe established himself as a top player, placing T8 in every MLG event, including a major upset 1st place victory against power house compLexity, coL's only loss in 8 events together. Going into Ghosts, he moved around between FaZe Clan, UNiTE Gaming and other top teams, until he placed 6th at UMG Philadelphia 2014 under JuKeD - a pick up squad. After the very first RosterMania, OpTic Gaming recognized his talent and picked him up going into CoD Champs. After placing 3rd at Champs, MBoZe was given his own team in the OpTic organization; OpTic Nation.

Trivia

• MBoZe's favorite gaming moment was collecting a 3 piece in hard point vs compLexity Gaming to secure the MLG PAX Invitational Championship.
• MBoZe considers it a secret how he came up with his alias, one he does not wish to share. Conspiracy has it the "M" stands for his first name.
• He found out about competitive Call of Duty from his friend in real life, pro player, SpaceLy.
• MBoZe's favorite competitive Call of Duty title is Black Ops II.
• MBoZe is 1 of 6 players to compete on both, OpTic Gaming and OpTic Nation.
• MBoZe subbed in for Goonjar on Team Kaliber at the 2016 NA CWL Stage 1 Relegation due to Goonjar not being able to get across the Canadian & United States border.

Achievements

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MBoZe Tournament Results
Game	Date	Pl	Prize	Event	TeamDisplay	Roster
	2024-05-30	1		Founding Fathers LAN: BO2 Search and Destroy	⁠⁠OG	Scump •  Methodz •  Shotzzy •  MBoZe
	2024-01-08	9 - 12		Hitch's Birthday Bot Bash 7	⁠⁠THE	Methodz •  H3CZ •  MBoZe
	2023-11-28	7 - 8	$ 2,500$ 2,500$ 2,500	150K GGCS Kickoff Finals	⁠⁠NADE	Methodz •  MBoZe •  UnitedHayze •  Natarsha
	2023-11-17	4		Team Summertime ProSim Invitational 3	⁠⁠MANI	MaNiaC •  MBoZe •  LunchTime •  Kenny •  MuTeX
	2023-11-15	12 - 19		Cut Throat Cup	⁠⁠NAME	NAMELESS •  MBoZe •  StuDyy
	2023-10-01	1	$ 10,000$ 10,000$ 10,000	OpTic Legacy Match	⁠⁠OL	Scump •  Karma •  Crimsix •  MBoZe
	2023-09-24	4		The Off-Season 2	⁠⁠MBZE	MBoZe •  KiLLa •  NAMELESS •  Temp
	2022-10-28	9 - 16		CheckMate Gaming $1500 3v3 S&D Kickoff 2022-10-28	⁠⁠SWEE	MBoZe •  Trev •  Spacely
	2022-10-16	3	$ 4,000$ 4,000$ 4,000	The Off-Season Black Ops II Invitational	⁠⁠KILL	KiLLa •  Clayster •  MBoZe •  Methodz
	2021-10-08	20		OpTic Chicago 100K Warzone Invitational	⁠⁠MBZE	MBoZe •  Ricky •  MiRx
Total Prize:USD 16,500

Media

• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021

• September 6, Player Profile: MBoze (Call of Duty) with Major League Gaming on YouTube
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• May 6, eSports Report - Interview with MBoZe - May 6, 2014 with MajorLeagueGaming on YouTube
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• May 19, Gamers Read Mean Tweets | UGC Niagara with UMG Gaming on YouTube
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• July 26, 'Money B' - OpTic Mboze | Clutch God by Revitalize on YouTube
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• August 11, Money B AMA with r/CoDCompetitive on Reddit
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• September 5, Lightning round with Nameless and MBoze with MajorLeagueGaming on YouTube
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• October 25, OpTic Nation vs Faze - The Greatest Comeback Ever in The History of CoD Ghosts - MLG S3 Playoffs by Noorbd on YouTube
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• May 9, OpTic MBoze Interview "I want to beat TK" at Gfinity SM1 with Dexerto on YouTube
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• May 17, OpTic Mboze UMG Cali 1 Minute Interview with Dexerto on YouTube
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• September 23, KiLLa, MiRx, Ricky, and MBoZe win Hitch and UMG’s Call of Duty: Ghosts throwback tournament by Justin Binkowski on Dot Esports
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• August 30, MBoZe announces OpTic Gaming departure, reveals two biggest regrets by Albert Petrosyan on Dexerto
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• September 28, What Impact Did Black Ops 2 Have on the Competitive Scene? with Esports Stadium on Twitch
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• September 28, Which Team Are You Most Worried About Playing? with Esports Stadium on Twitch
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• September 28, Players Give Marriage Advice to Slacked with Esports Stadium on Twitch
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• September 28, Why Did You Chose Your Team for This Event? (R&L) with Esports Stadium on Twitch
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• December 24, Here’s an early Christmas gift. Meet @BoZe with Chicago Huntsmen on Twitter
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• March 14, Huntsmen Opinion on Cdl Going to on Line Matches (Call of Duty) by Chicago Huntsmen on YouTube
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• November 7, $0 to $1 MILLION IN UNDER A YEAR | MBoZe & Aaron Create | The Eavesdrop Podcast Ep. 76 by HECZ on YouTube
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• April 8, Scump Is Losing His Mind | The OpTic Preshow Major II by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• April 24, Call of Duty's Most WASTED Talents by Dexerto on YouTube
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• April 28, Maniac Fighting Tiktokers | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 22 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• May 16, 2022 Season Chalked Due to Cod Delays!?? | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 24 by OpTic gaming on YouTube
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• May 26, The Best Trash Talker in Cod History | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 26 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• July 15, Friends Over Teammates in the CDL | OpTic Podcast Ep. 33 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• July 21, Breaking Down the FaZe Match | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 34 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• July 28, Post Season Rostermania | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 35 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• August 11, Reason Champs Is in Danger (Not Looking Good) | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 37 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• August 20, Final $2.5 Million Dollar Tournament | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 38 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• September 5, The Real Reason Formal Retired (Emotional Moment) ​| The OpTic Podcast Ep. 39 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• September 26, Myth & Nadeshot Drama Around Controller Players | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 42 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• September 26, Revealing the Next Content House | MBoZe | The Eavesdrop Podcast Ep. 108 by HECZ on YouTube
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• October 22, Crowdfunding + Call of Duty = Top Esports | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 46 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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• November 3, Scump Moving to Facebook Gaming | The OpTic Podcast Ep. 48 by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2023-10-01	OpTic Legacy Match	OL⁠⁠ vs ⁠⁠TEX	Link

Gallery

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  MBoZe in 2015

Redirects

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• Mboze