The ALGS is the biggest event on the competitive calendar for Apex esports, but it’s had some problems. Not for the first time, a week’s worth of Apex matches have been completely derailed. This time by both in-game problems and server bugs. While most games have a few bugs that need to get fixed in patch notes, Apex has big problems. There has been issues in keeping basic functionality up and running during their huge tournaments. Apex pros have responded to the ALGS server crashes by branding the recent epsorts of the game as a circus and a joke.
ALGS Server Crashes
The most recent batch of ALGS events has been plagued by problems with the current Season 16 build of the game. The last round of North American and EMEA matches saw loads of ALGS server crash. Players were forced to restart games during the round, without much of an option for recreating the situation that existed before the server crash.
It left teams just having to re-do entire matches, potentially losing a big advantage they’d gained previously. Pros didn’t react either, they’ve been pretty honest in their assessment of the current state of affairs.
Servers are joke. Not even close to esports, more like circus
— 9impulse (@9Impu1se) March 18, 2023
The big problem with the ALGS server crashes and other bugs is that it hinders competitive integrity. When there’s potential for a server forcing a redo completely outside of your own control how much does skill matter? We’re a good way through this stage of the ALGS, and problems
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