Apex Legends Global Series Online Tournaments to continue amid coronavirus outbreak
Respawn Entertainment has announced that the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Online Tournaments will go ahead as planned.
Online Tournament #2 will take place this weekend from March 21 to March 23 featuring Diamond IV+ competitors who registered to compete in the tournament.
We'll be making additional changes to the ALGS due to COVID-19, including:
🔹Premier Event #1 is postponed
🔹In Online Tournament #2, players are now competing for points only
🔹Online Tournament #3 registration opens 10:00 AM PDT on March 24More info: https://t.co/fKE7dtsSdW
— Apex Legends (@PlayApex) March 18, 2020
Players participating in Online Tournament #2 will now only be competing for ALGS points. The top 20 players will receive ALGS points that determine which players receive reserved spots in a Global Series Major and seeding in future tournaments.
Previously announced prizes of Live Event Travel and Qualification for the GLL Paris Premier Event #1 are no longer available considering the postponement of live events.
The first Major was scheduled to take place in Arlington, Texas, from March 13-15 but was postponed because of the widespread coronavirus pandemic and advice to ban mass gatherings.
On March 13, a tweet from Gabe “Gabeismon” Brunelle revealed that EA was offering up to $1,500 reimbursements for personal, non-refundable, travel-related costs for players who were impacted by the short-notice event cancellation.
EA is refunding every indivudual up to $1500 in travel costs for the postponing of the major. Happy to see them do this for those that paid out of pocket without org support. Good job @PlayApex @EA pic.twitter.com/d5zpBudW1H
— Gabeismon (@Gabeismon) March 13, 2020
Registration for the third Online Tournament opens on March 24 and the event is scheduled to take place on April 4 & 6.
EA and Respawn announced the Apex Legends Global Series in December 2019. The series features a prize pool of more than USD $3 million and allows players from around the world to compete against each other at the highest level of competitive Apex Legends esports.