The question now: What comes next for 'Apex,' ''Fortnite,' and the stars and companies building up around their popularity? No doubt, NRG's fast move on Meadows has paid off, and other top esports organizations have since begun recruiting their own 'Apex' pros. 'We knew this was a kid we had to take a flyer on,' Cohenca said. They won another tournament together later that week, and in the finals, Meadows had as many kills on his own as the entire opposing team.

Meadows has played regularly with Blevins and Nelson since. The next day, Meadows teamed up with Blevins and Nelson, also an NRG player, to win the $200,000 Twitch Rivals Apex Legends tournament against a lineup of streaming megastars.īehind big draws for Dizzy, Ninja and KingRichard, 'Apex' smashed another 'Fortnite' record that day: 8.28 million hours of 'Apex' were streamed on Twitch, topping the 'Fortnite' mark of 6.6 million from July 20, per The Esports Observer. 12, and later that day, Meadows made major waves in the esports community by killing 33 of his 59 opponents in one match - a viral moment that generated nearly 500,000 views on YouTube alone. Coby 'Dizzy' Meadows is an 18-year-old from Florida, and he is believed to be the best 'Apex' player in the world.

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