more and more teams are following too. NRG is just the beginning. good to see EA's downfall.

EA absolutely deserves the blame. Now, NRG was a pop culture team but Apex has been a bad game for awhile, so if anything, blame NRG for taking too long to quit.Downfall is too strong a word to use, more like long time, years ago now, descent into mediocrity, and then badness. What is good about Apex is certainly not worthy of an esport, and that is what is worth noting. What is good about Apex is that it is a free and not worth a dollar trick, for personal and casual play, and for laughs not to take seriously. Also, for some misbegotten fools to throw money into so the rest of us can play off their backs, they should throw away more money so I can play for nothing.Apex has been too terrible for too long to fix any attempt to make it some sort of competitive game. A battle royal should never be but this one certainly does not cut it among even other BR formats. Enjoy it for the art and story that don't help the gameplay at all, the cool gun sounds, and watching your two team mates quit while you solo to final 4 in ranked. That is what Apex is good for.

Yeah, good point on the pros, frankly, oversized egos has led to some absolutely trash input in regards to Apex, as well as other games.Like NO GOLD SHIELD REZ.Please, pros. You are drunk, go home. Also wrong. Also, grow up and stop blaming gold shields for your loss, because you were bad (and you can't admit it)Anyway, the whole esports thing, frankly EA is STILL to blame. They are pretty bad at both the way their game is (it is technically EA/Respawn who made the game, the pros did not), and it also sounds like they're bad at promoting it for the purpose of making money. Pros don't leave successful enterprises, even if the pros are playing badly. You can look at any real sport to see that. Now, management may change, ownership may change, players may change. But esports in general, and Apex for sure, can't keep an org around because it is the game company's business model that is so bad (which also includes their game being bad).I'm not shedding any tears, like I see some people here aren't either. Part of esports popularity is drama, and creating drama, and liking certain people while hating others. That's literally part of business and interest. But I do find the knuckleheadedness of EA more entertaining at this point, and on that note, grabbing popcorn and hearing these things play out is certainly entertaining in its own right. Its better drama than I often get out of the game itself these days.

@E9ine_AC You even trying to blame this on the players is hilarious… yea their team did not perform well once… but had nothing to do with departing as an org from the game… if the org was interested in staying they would’ve picked up a new lineup… they also weren’t the first big org that left…

@KelRieverlol +1 to you for still clinging to the ultimate rng ending item.

@GopnikGamburgerJust because 1 team who is not even in the top 10 of teams in any tournament leaves does not mean others will follow.In my own opinion their apex team just was not enough most likely to keep pushing forward. Their placements were always a little rough some in the top 20's. So closing down nrg for apex kind of makes sense from a business standpoint.Hard to blame EA when its the players who failed the team not the game.

Good, NRG leaves Apex for good and openly said its all EA's fault

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E9ine_AC
Hero+
2 years ago
@GopnikGamburgerJust because 1 team who is not even in the top 10 of teams in any tournament leaves does not mean others will follow.

In my own opinion their apex team just was not enough most likely to keep pushing forward. Their placements were always a little rough some in the top 20's. So closing down nrg for apex kind of makes sense from a business standpoint.
Hard to blame EA when its the players who failed the team not the game.
KelRiever
2 years ago
EA absolutely deserves the blame. Now, NRG was a pop culture team but Apex has been a bad game for awhile, so if anything, blame NRG for taking too long to quit.
Downfall is too strong a word to use, more like long time, years ago now, descent into mediocrity, and then badness. What is good about Apex is certainly not worthy of an esport, and that is what is worth noting. What is good about Apex is that it is a free and not worth a dollar trick, for personal and casual play, and for laughs not to take seriously. Also, for some misbegotten fools to throw money into so the rest of us can play off their backs, they should throw away more money so I can play for nothing.
Apex has been too terrible for too long to fix any attempt to make it some sort of competitive game. A battle royal should never be but this one certainly does not cut it among even other BR formats. Enjoy it for the art and story that don't help the gameplay at all, the cool gun sounds, and watching your two team mates quit while you solo to final 4 in ranked. That is what Apex is good for.
hayhor
Hero
2 years ago
Good video by an insider that explains both sides. Note that there is some language in it but not a lot.
https://youtu.be/Bb0Jk5zUqMo?si=yWQsi-vAzH9qhSLL
BallisticMVP
2 years ago
@E9ine_AC You even trying to blame this on the players is hilarious… yea their team did not perform well once… but had nothing to do with departing as an org from the game… if the org was interested in staying they would’ve picked up a new lineup… they also weren’t the first big org that left…
WTF_Huitzo
2 years ago
Woah blaming the players really ? even in the current situation ? what the hell...
BallisticMVP
2 years ago
@WTF_Huitzo Especially a fan favorite team that performed quite well on the past lmao
E9ine_AC
Hero+
2 years ago
@BallisticMVPCorrect but I do say the players and the coach all were at fault and some game issues also im sure but there is more to losing than blaming the game. The strategy was not there they did their own thing and a lot of the times it would cost them. There really is no one else to blame. If it was the game we would not see top teams always winning. They have great coaches and great players.

I will never say NRG is horrible. Sweets is awesome and so humble. But, just looking at the facts it was a better business choice to dissolve the apex side of nrg. This is not the only org over the years to pull their apex team for not having a solid apex team.
BallisticMVP
2 years ago
@E9ine_ACIm not blaming them losing on the game but I blame nrg leaving on apex/ea

One bad tournament doesnt make an org leave… i mean cmon they got second split one.

There were issues on the roster gild gave great inside in one of his streams what the issues were,that doesn’t make a fan favorite big org drop their whole roster and leave. NRG doesn’t see a big future for apex that’s why they left…
WTF_Huitzo
2 years ago
Yeah it's kinda sad , that's how it starts and then the game end like pubg.
Palette24carats
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@WTF_Huitzo Has nothing to be compared with Pubg ahahahah comon. This is comp orgs who really cares about them? Why would players need them? They can still play to earn ALGS prizes without an org. I really don't care about the competitive why would I ? Pros don't care about me I don't care about them either. They make the game way less fun and steer devs towards those changes because "hey I should have won".