Apex Legendshas a worldwide cheater problem, and the game’s Japanese community is trying to fix it. Since early JST on February 15, multipleplayers, streamers and VTubers of theApex LegendsJapanese community have been sharing gameplay clips of cheaters. Asking EA and Respawn to do something about it. The words “ãã¼ã¿ã¼” ãã¼ã¿ã¼ å¤ãã" and “ãã¼ã¿ã¼Apex” have been trending as well all day on Twitter. Respectively “cheaters”, “too many cheaters”, and “cheaters Apex”.
Most notably, pro player Ras announced on Twitter they won’t be playing rank games inApex Legendsanymore.
Ras will stop playing Rank match for a while because of cheaters. Ras also mentioned sometimes spotting up to five cheating parties in a single match.
Ras is a proApex Legendsplayer for CrazyRaccoon, one of the best players in the world, and regularly streamsApexandValorantonMildom. If you’ve never heard of Mildom, it’s a Japanese streaming site which is far from rivaling with Twitch but is steadily rising. Several popular figures of the fighting games community like Daigo are streaming on Mildom too alongside Twitch. Hikakin, one of the most popular Japanese YouTubers, is also on Mildom.
VTuber Qualia Qu also tweeted about the cheater issue inApex: “There’s way too many cheaters onApexso someone invited me to playTarkovinstead. What happened while I took a break from the game?! (laughs)”
Apex Legendsis one of the most streamed games by VTubers.Qualia Quin particular has a strong following among English and Thailand VTuber fans.
Needless to say, this cheater problem isn’t limited to the Japanese community as well. This has been a growing problem since the launch of Season 8. However, even if it was a Japan-only thing, we’d be hearing about it seeing many English speaking fans followVTubersplayingApex Legends.
Apex Legendsis currently one of the most popular online competitive games in Japan together with games such asDead by DaylightandIdentity V. It’s possible this could strongly affectApex' popularity in Japan if nothing is done.
Apex Legendsis free-to-play onPC,ÂPS4,ÂPS5,ÂXbox One,ÂXbox Series X|S, It’s also coming toSwitchon March 9.
