On a slow day, they averaging 60K viewers now compared to the previous seasons, around 25K-30K. Also, they hit 100K viewers consistently.
I don't really see any big differences from any previous seasons, same map, same weapons, same tournaments, mostly unnoticeable buffs/nerfs, especially since we going back to the old map.
I wonder what seems to be so interesting this season? 🤔
@bosourd I think that some of the big issues that people complained about were being fixed. I also think some of the games that were competing with Apex for peoples attention (cyberpunk and others) have sort of played out. Footstep audio is not nearly as bad as it used to be. I still notice it from time to time, but the times I notice it I can blame it on other things then just bad audio.
I have noticed a huge increase in the number of active players in my friends list.
I also wonder if it's the two free event packs? That's a fairly big incentive to play the game. You'll get at least two Epics which honestly look as good if not better than some Legendary items and potential 2 legendary items.
@DarthValtrex I haven't been playing, but have they really fixed footstep audio, constant hit-reg problems, crappy servers, etc. etc.? Keep seeing people saying the server maintenance didn't do anything.
@bosourd I think it's the LTM + the anniversary event that's been increasing views. Apex is a lot more interesting while streaming if your games aren't, "We hot dropped 5 times in a row, couldn't find any loot cause of crap loot distribution, and now we're fighting while having nothing oh no I'm dead.". Removal of most white level loot means there's a lot more combat related loot, decreasing the time spent looking for crap, and more time movin' and shootin', which is generally more interesting than standard Apex.
Which is probably why PUBG isn't really a highly watched game despite it being a pretty big-name BR. It's not interesting to watch someone pick up garbage for 10 minutes, then get wiped by a black pixel 600 meters away.
@pastaclown By "fix" I think it depends on your expectations. There are some times in which I'm fairly confident the foot step audio is still an issue. But it's not every match, I don't have people sneaking up behind me almost every round. I had an octane jump pad over to me and there was 0 audio aside from hearing him go off the jump pad. He might have slid on landing but I still think there should have been some audio. How ever this kind of thing is only happening here or there, it's not every match.
The hit reg, I have not been noticing nearly as much and typically when it's an issue it's because of latency/lag issues on my end from my ISP. But when my connection is really solid things have been fairly good.
I've been able to enjoy the game and have fun with it. Post quite a few 1200+ damage rounds and get some kills. Lord Scorp can tell you I'm having a fairly solid season, I was dominating ranked last night.
@DarthValtrex uugh, you're really not helping me keep away from this game. I might as well finish the BP since I'm about halfway done anyway. I think I'm level 45, I should have enough time right?
@bosourd I think it's mainly due to ALGS. We had them both this and last weekend, and a lot of people that maybe don't watch Apex gets to know the game thanks to them. Yesterday ImperialHal had 30k on his ALGS stream lol, that's insane. I think that as soon as the tournament ends, we'll see the numbers back to their normal again.
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