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“I play in every single one of these, then immediately regret it,” 100 Thieves content creator Jack “NiceWigg” Martin tweeted, referring to Apex tournaments that allow professionals and amateurs to compete alongside each other. “Bending team rules, all that shit. Community tourneys are horrible.”
100K tournament, invites 16 teams only, no delay required, no main stream to catch the action. What???
— gdolphn (@gdolphn) December 15, 2021
Nicewigg wasn’t the only one with a bone to pick. Several other players commented on the poor organization and lack of publicity surrounding the event, as well as the opaque rules that players would be allowed to team up. Some teams, like the winners, fielded three players who are incredibly good at Apex. Other teams had to make do with players either unfamiliar with high-level play or not much experience with Apex at all.
Popular streamer xQc, one of the invited players outmatched by the Apex pros, asked his chat if there was a live broadcast or public standings for the event. He ultimately was able to get the score from his Twitch chat, but most viewers were left in the dark. There was no way to determine how many games would be played and no obvious way to figure out the scoreboard. There was no live broadcast of the tournament.
I’m grateful that companies are down to run Apex events like the Samsung Odyssey 100K but the admins have got to get it together. The event exposure is almost non-existent (Twitter, LP, Reddit, TS, etc) and the rules are sometimes enforced and sometimes not.
— TSM minustempo (@CS_minustempo) December 15, 2021
With more than 100,000 viewers between the top three streamers alone, the event was subjected to a barrage of further criticism on players’ streams and social media.
“The issue is that the people organizing tournaments have no experience in Apex,” TSM’s Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen said during a break between the games. “This is definitely the most scuffed tournament I’ve ever played.”
This 100K content tourney asks me to form a team an hour before the tourney so I do. Then like 15 minutes before they say they have it sorted out and that every slot is full. They start game 1 with 16 teams LMFAO
— RamBeau (@RamBeauFPS) December 15, 2021
Samsung deserves an award for how poorly …….