Esports Interview - Oli Sellors/FazeAcidd New Role at Faze

He was the man behind Team Prophecy, and widely known for having the most recognisable hair in eSports! Now Oli Sellors or FazeAcid as he is now known, has took his vast eSports knowledge to Faze, in a bid to push an already well respected brand even further.

 
Here Oli speaks about the closure of Prophecy and what his future at Faze has to offer:

After your recent decision to sadly close Team Prophecy, did you have any other plans in mind?

I had been dwelling on the possibility of closing Proph for a month or two now, but I held off them thoughts as I really wanted to make it work. We genuinely had no intention of closing it until about 48 hours before it became public. A lot of people questioned why I hyped up the return and showcased new jerseys, I think that’s enough to show that it was a quick decision I made after all this had happened. I wanted to take a week or two and look at all possible options I could take, I wasn’t sure if I was going to receive any big contact, or have to go out and initiate it all myself.

How did the Faze link up come about?

It was quite sudden that initial talks happened. After the official announcement of Proph closing from my twitter, I was contacted by FaZe management expressing their interest in bringing me on board as part of the core management. I thought with bigger brands such as FaZe that it might take me having to get in contact to see if there was any possible future together, but the guys at FaZe had seen what I’d done with Proph and wanted me in.

What are your main roles and responsibilities at Faze?

I essentially have two key roles within FaZe now. I’m the brand and marketing manager for the entire FaZe org itself, which will involve me taking an already greatly established brand and taking it to a new level of professionalism. On top of this I’m the team manager for the FaZe Pro squad, which will be a key focus for myself primarily. We want to bring the level of the FaZe Pro brand aligned with the rest of FaZe, so it’s seen as equal and not undermined by any other part of the brand, as FaZe is strongly known for it’s sniping for great reasons.

What are the teams hopes for the upcoming CoD Champs?

The team want nothing less than first place at CoD Champs, and if you go in expecting anything less then you have no chance of this victory. With the recent addition of Nameless in the squad they are looking really strong right now, and the chemistry within the team is great! Can only see big things happening with this squad the more they gel together and get strats nailed down perfectly.

Have you got any feelings on the current glut of roster changes and what impact do you think this will have on teams chances at CoD champs?

The roster changes right now are pretty mental, and they do really need to stop. However saying this, it was bound to happen with CoD Champs being announced, and the confirmation that it was 18+. For some people, winning a tournament can be a huge life changing experience, to receive the money you can, so people want to give themselves the best chances.

Lastly, do you have any long term goals, either at Faze, or maybe in different avenues?

I have always had big long term goals in eSports, obviously I had them all planned through Proph, but that would of taken much longer to put in place. FaZe has the perfect brand and structure that someone like myself can take to new levels. I want to make it possible that every member of FaZe can do this as a full time career and not have to worry about money, plus have the Pro team, eSniping team, Management all in great facilities and offices to really be able to be seen as the biggest and best.

Well it would appear that there are exciting times ahead at Faze, so good luck to both the organisation and Oli in all their future endeavours!

You can follow Oli on twitter at – @FazeAcidd and The Faze clan at – @FazeClan

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