ALGS Year 3
The series is organized by the game's publisher and developer, Electronic Arts (EA) and Respawn Entertainment, respectively.
[12] Examples of Year 3 IGLs included TSM's ImperialHal and DarkZero Esports' Zer0, with the two often considered among the best players in Apex.
[13] Fraggers are tasked with providing their teams the most damage output and kills and as such are expected to have excellent aiming skills.
[12] Alliance's "Vaifs", who stepped away from competing shortly prior to the season's initial Pro League play, is an example of an anchor player.
[16] Players choose their own gaming inputs from one of two options: mouse and keyboard (MnK or M&K) or a controller (sometimes colloquially referred to as "roller").
Three teams (Aurora, DEWA United, and Fire Beavers) encountered visa issues and had to miss the tournament; their players were from Belarus, Indonesia, and Russia.
[34] Alliance also encountered visa issues, resulting in Effect missing the tournament and the team playing with a substitute player.
[18][26] EA set up COVID isolation booths for this LAN, allowing affected players to still compete with their teams, though not on the main stage.
[26][36] During the bracket stage of the event, they started slowly but had a late resurgence and ultimately won the Split 1 Finals, winning the grand prize of US$300,000.
[3][24][34] Justin-Ivan Labilles of Dot Esports wrote that in the time between the 2022 ALGS Championship and the 2023 Split 1 Playoffs, "old defensive staples phased out in favor of new aggressive playstyles and compositions that totaled more than half of Apex's playable characters".
[6] Following the Split 1 Playoffs, Shawn "Unit" Pellerin, the CEO of SSG, announced the team would be exiting the Apex scene.
[41] In mid-April, Rick "Sharky" Wirth of DarkZero (DZ) announced his retirement, citing a loss of passion for Apex.
[42] Despite having announced his own retirement, RamBeau then joined DarkZero for the remainder of the Pro League regular season.
[39] The results of the Split 2 Playoffs determined the final leaderboard standings of the Global Series, as well as Championship-qualifying teams via circuit points.
[28] The Winner's Bracket similarly played a six-game series, with the top ten teams advancing directly to the finals.
[28] North American orgs performed strongly at the Split 2 Playoffs, with all top five-finishing teams coming from the region.
[51] With a 55% pick rate, Seer was highly selected during the Split 2 Playoffs, despite nerfs being made to his scanning abilities ahead of the LAN.
[52] Rewarding consistent fire and valuable in short-range engagements, the Prowler was by far the weapon with the most registered kills at the Split 2 Playoffs, and also had the second-most damage behind the Nemesis.
[14] After a disappointing 37th-place finish with Furia at the ALGS Split 2 Playoffs, Jacob "HisWattson" McMillin retired from competitive Apex but remained with the org as a content creator.
[54] Teams that qualified for the 2023 ALGS Championship via the LCQ included The Dojo, Iron Blood Gaming, and SAF Esports.
[19] However, in July, EA announced a change in venue for the tournament to Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England.
[56] Jasmine Chiang, a brand marketing manager for Apex esports expressed a desire to explore "bigger" opportunities for the series.
[58] Prior to the Championship, the meta for ALGS play shifted away from frequent usage of Seer for his scanning abilities and to favoring Bangalore and Catalyst, characters who heavily restrict an enemy's vision.
[64] They faced considerable pressure as multiple other teams reached match point eligibility prior to or alongside them, including OpTic, The Dojo, BLVKHVND, LG Chivas, DreamFire, and FaZe.
[27] TSM ultimately turned their fortunes as they won the final three matches of the tournament in a row, winning the Championship and securing them a second LAN victory for the season.
[68] The R-99, suitable for mid- to close-range fights that were emphasized by the "Can't see shit" meta, was by a wide margin the most used weapon at the Championship LAN.
[28][39][70] The Split 1 Playoffs LAN's official broadcasting talent included Raynday, Spidertiff, Falloutt, VikkiKitty, Onset, Gaskin, Tsquared, GlitterXplosion, and Genome.
[25] NiceWigg and Greek's stream was one of four official watch parties held for the Split 2 Playoffs, while the other three were hosted by additional partners in Portuguese, French, and Chinese.
[28] The Split 2 Playoffs had official broadcast partners which held Japanese, Thai, Mandarin, Spanish, and Hindi co-streams of the event.
[70] ALGS organizers stated the Split 2 Playoffs drew 570,000 peak viewers and over 10.5 million total hours watched across official channels.
