HECZ's "7th best team" question gets a correction
Zinni disputes the wording in a fast-starting vlog that also finds OpTic celebrating a podcast milestone with balloons and cake.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 41,620 views a day, 7.9 times a normal first day on this channel (5,276).
WHO SAID WE’RE THE 7TH BEST TEAM?!
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- 0:26HECZ shows hand-painted custom cards and explains his plans for trade-up challenges at the Dallas Card Show.
- 5:43Balloons and a cake greet HECZ in the studio for the OpTic Podcast's 300th episode.
- 8:03The seventh-place debate begins, with Zinni correcting what he says was his actual assessment.
- 11:15Members of the crew take turns shooting baskets at the studio lounge's arcade hoops machine.
- 17:49Back in his personal studio, HECZ unboxes a delivery of Pokémon packs and mystery slabs.
Zinni wants to be precise: "I said we're not the clear best right now." That is his answer when someone tells HECZ he has ranked their team seventh, setting off a kitchen-area debate at the OpTic facility.
The exchange supplies the title for HECZ's "WHO SAID WE'RE THE 7TH BEST TEAM?!", but the distinction matters. Zinni, also known as Methodz, is pushing back on a ranking attributed to him, not unveiling a league table.
The vlog has drawn about 32,000 views in its opening 14 hours, putting its estimated first-day audience at nearly eight times HECZ's usual start. Its hook is competitive Call of Duty, but much of the day is about what happens away from the match.
In the podcast studio, balloons and a decorated cake mark the OpTic Podcast's 300th episode. HECZ pauses to take in how much work that represents. Later, the milestone cake becomes a prop as Zinni and the crew film themselves pretending to resist eating it, before the activity shifts to an arcade basketball machine.
HECZ's collecting hobby runs through the day, too. He shows cards he has painted and drawn on for planned trade-up challenges, then returns to his own studio to open Pokémon packs and mystery slabs. Viewers are picking up on that learning curve: some discuss recognizing valuable pulls and protecting cards, while others ask for more Pokémon openings alongside the OpTic banter.
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What viewers say
love the banter Hecz huge fan love from Australia
@HarrysCornerPodSee it on YouTubeHopefully you get some good cards Hecz. Saludos de California.
@ismaelsierra9946See it on YouTubeMore Pokémon content please. So cool to see the OpTic boys loving it
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lets go, 2 days in a row!
@yeeaahboii1634See it on YouTubeSwooty really an entertainer
@ara_abroadSee it on YouTubebruhhhh i neeeed some optic hecz cards
@nickgrinicideSee it on YouTubeCongrats on the 300th guys.
Keep CHALL n it homies@sidneycharles2014See it on YouTubeany full art cards go straight to sleeve is a good rule of thumb
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- Channel
- HECZ
- Subscribers
- 997,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 362,918
- Channel views, pace per day
- 18,097 (on a normal day: 53,438)
- Video published
- November 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 31,765 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 41,620
The numbers
This vlog is starting far faster than HECZ's usual regular upload. The first-day projection is an estimate, not a completed day's total.
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Which gaming name is also used by Zinni in this vlog?
Zinni is also known by his Call of Duty gaming name, Methodz.


