Edited sentence: Although, currently, both are largely friendly outside of the game.An official explanation was never truly given for this, by Optic Gaming LLC's owner, Hector Rodriguez.Both parties reconciled immediately afterwards; however, it is still often jokingly referenced in interviews.Haag and Patrick Price (colloquially known by his gaming handle: 'ACHES') have had one of the longest-running rivalries in modern eSports.Haag's rivalry with Quebec native, Raymond Lussier (also colloquially known by his gaming handle: 'Rambo'), derived from Optic Gaming LLC's decision to drop Lussier, in December 2012, from their competitive roster and, instead, acquire Haag.Indeed, in early 2012 at UMG Chicago Price physically assaulted Haag after his team (Complexity gaming) was defeated by Haag's team.Naturally, Lussier was extremely disappointed by this and is often said to blame Haag for his release from Optic, the most well-known team.Other fan-theorized explanations are covered under the Controversy tab.Price pushed Haag and verbally abused him, in a minor scuffle which is documented on video.Price, a Call of Duty eSports purist, did not like the move.Since then, the tension between the two players has increased.Team Optic Gaming), where both players performed well, however Lussier and his team triumphed overall, winning the best of 5 series 3-1.The beginning of the rivalry may be traced back to Price's negative reaction when Haag moved from playing for recreation and YouTube to entering the competitive scene in 2009.The fact the both Haag and Lussier play the role of objective/ objective support player for their respective teams contributed to their rivalry.The most commonly accepted explanation is that Lussier was dropped due to the fact that he was ineligible to compete in Machinima’s Frag Cup 4 tournament of December 2012 due to his Canadian citizenship.The two players often fight on social networks.Their most recent tournament meeting was in the Loser's Bracket Final of the Call of Duty World Championships (Team Enyus vs.Their most recent tournament meeting was in the Winners Bracket Final of the Call of Duty World Championships (Team complexity versus Team Optic Gaming), where Haag and Price performed exceptionally; Price and his team narrowly triumphed winning 3-2.They are often directly compared, and each strive to outperform the other in-game