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It was late one Sunday in September in Krakow, Poland, and Eric “Snip3down” Wrona was heated. He was a handful of points away from making the championship series of the Apex Legends Preseason Invitational and his only shot at progressing towards the grand prize of more than $100,000.

Wrona is a notable battle royale and Halo competitor, who had placed second at the X-Games — the only other major competitive Apex Legends event. Tucked away in Alvernia Studios, a series of dome production studios turned into an esports venue with a small audience of already-eliminated players, he was prepped to wreak havoc in his final game in the loser’s bracket.

This story was originally featured at https://www.engadget.com/2020-03-30-esports-game-breaking-bugs.html

John Jason Fallows

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