Apex Legends pro Verhulst explains why pubs are better than \u201cboring\u201d ranked EA \/ Respawn EntertainmentTSM Apex Legends pro Evan \u2018Verhulst\u2019 Verhulst isn\u2019t the biggest fan of the ranked battle royale experience, preferring to tear it up in casual \u2018pubs\u2019 instead. However there are merits to the two modes for improving at various things, he explained. Apex Legends\u2019 ranked system is a divisive topic in the community. Despite numerous changes implemented by Respawn to make it fair, as well as put emphasis on good placement rather than kill-hunting, it still receives a mixed bag of responses from players. Pubs in Apex Legends aren\u2019t immune to criticism either, but it is the preferred hangout of someone like Verhulst, TSM\u2019s star controller player. Asked if he preferred ranked or pubs on stream, he said he much preferred the casual game. Before viewers get too cynical about him being a pro and wiping the floor with those in the unranked matches, Verhulst gave a simple explanation as to why. \u201cI think ranked is so boring,\u201d he said. \u201cI only play ranked because it\u2019s the only way you can learn positioning and zones. Pubs is pure mechanics and ranked teaches you teamwork [but] I think pubs are way more fun than ranked.\u201d There is a world where ranked is better: \u201cThe only reason I\u2019d have more fun playing ranked than pubs is when you\u2019re playing with other people so you can talk to them. If you\u2019re really sweaty though, it\u2019s hard to talk anyways.\u201d However, for the most part, the TSM controller demon prefers to refine that fine aim in the casual matches before decimating the ranked ladder as well as ALGS. It\u2019s not to say he despises the ranked system and won\u2019t play it \u2014 he\u2019ll often queue up with friends and teammates to grind out some RP. If he\u2019s playing by himself though, you won\u2019t catch him solo queuing ranked too often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends pro Verhulst explains why pubs are better than \u201cboring\u201d ranked EA \/ Respawn EntertainmentTSM Apex Legends pro Evan \u2018Verhulst\u2019 Verhulst isn\u2019t the biggest fan of the ranked battle royale experience, preferring to tear it up in casual \u2018pubs\u2019 instead. However there are merits to the two modes for improving at various things, he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}