NICKMERCS claims he\u2019s totally addicted to Apex Legends: \u201cI can\u2019t help it\u201d Twitch: NICKMERCS \/ Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends might be holding onto Warzone\u2019s biggest names for a bit longer: Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolsheff is \u201cf**king addicted\u201d to the Respawn-developed battle royale, and doesn\u2019t plan on stopping his Twitch streams any time soon. Apex Legends has claimed some major scalps off the back of its Season 10 launch, at least in the streaming department. Some of the biggest names from other titles like Fortnite and Call of Duty have jumped over to the Outlands. However, none come bigger than NICKMERCS. The multi-talented Twitch star has been streaming Apex non-stop for two weeks since the season launched. It\u2019s had a great effect on his numbers too, jumping from around 45,000 average viewers to over 55,000. And, if his addiction is anything to go by, that itch still needs a bit of scratching. \u201cI\u2019m f**king addicted. I go to drink my smoothie, I think about Apex. I go take a shower, thinking about Apex. I\u2019m laying in bed, watching Apex,\u201d he said on stream. \u201cI won a game with Clocky and Tom [Cloakzy and Tim] at 3 in the morning last night, got 202 points and over 7 KP, I got off the stream and the first thing I did was watch it back so I could try and understand the sh*t I\u2019m doing well and the sh*t I didn\u2019t do well.\u201d It\u2019s part of his competitive mentality \u2014 something he carried from Gears of War to Halo, Call of Duty, and Fortnite. He wants to just get better, so once the 30-year-old latches onto something, there\u2019s no stopping until he\u2019s at the top. \u201cI\u2019m f**ked up man. I get like this, it\u2019s who I am,\u201d he said. Everything I\u2019ve done in my life, nothing compares to what I\u2019m doing right now. I get invested into a game and I have to be good. I have to be great.\u201d \u201cThe same thing happened in Gears of War, Halo, Call of Duty. Call of Duty I won over 500 online tournaments. It was a grind to get to that point. Gears of War \u2014 national champion, cardboard cheque. A grind to get there. \u201cYou guys have been laughing at me getting railed these last couple of weeks. I\u2019ve been getting f**ked. \u201c[But in Gears of War] I got railed for a year and a half and then I got to eat the cake. This has been about a week, this ain\u2019t sh*t for me. I\u2019m good, that\u2019s my point.\u201d While there\u2019s more he has to worry about nowadays than just becoming the best \u2014 his Twitch community comes first \u2014 it\u2019s satisfying for NICKMERCS to sink his teeth into a new challenge and run it back like the old days. \u201cI know I\u2019m 30 now and I\u2019m older and I don\u2019t have that same pizzazz or fire to be great in everything I play in, and the stream and the community \u2014 it\u2019s not like I\u2019m just a gamer anymore, it\u2019s so much bigger than that. It\u2019s still nice to fall back on what started it all. \u201cI can\u2019t f**king help it. I played 12 hours off-stream the other day. Passion.\u201d How long NICKMERCS has left in the tank to grind Apex Legends is up to him, but with his grind to Predator still ongoing, there\u2019s still plenty of room for him to grow and become the best in yet another battle royale title after Warzone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NICKMERCS claims he\u2019s totally addicted to Apex Legends: \u201cI can\u2019t help it\u201d Twitch: NICKMERCS \/ Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends might be holding onto Warzone\u2019s biggest names for a bit longer: Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolsheff is \u201cf**king addicted\u201d to the Respawn-developed battle royale, and doesn\u2019t plan on stopping his Twitch streams any time soon. Apex Legends has claimed […]<\/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-18290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18290","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=18290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}