NICKMERCS responds to claims he \u201cfell off\u201d after swapping Warzone for Apex Legends Activision \/ YT: NICKMERCSPopular content creator NICKMERCS has responded to claims he \u2018fell off\u2019 after moving away from Call of Duty\u2019s Warzone on stream, opting instead for Respawn Entertainment\u2019s Apex Legends. When Warzone first dropped in March of 2020, former Fortnite star NICKMERCS was among those who transitioned to CoD\u2019s battle royale, enjoying it for its simplicity and overall feel. Despite sticking with the game for some time, he has since migrated to Apex Legends, investing considerable time into the Titanfall-inspired battle royale. He has previously spoken about the drop in viewership since taking up Apex, reiterating that it does not hurt him financially. In a December 2 YouTube video, he delved deeper into the topic, saying that while he cares about his viewer numbers, he is not willing to drop Apex Legends because of the level of enjoyment he gets from it. After explaining why he\u2019s not massively excited for Fortnite\u2019s new season or Warzone\u2019s move to the Pacific, Nick explained how, when he becomes \u201clocked in to\u201d one title, it becomes difficult for him to play anything else. He also said that the changing circumstances of the world\u2019s global health crisis have definitely affected Twitch viewership. \u201cI wake up, I see Timmy\u2019s clip talking about how I fell off with 25,000 viewers,\u201d he laughed. \u201cI\u2019ve always been a guy that, I don\u2019t live and die by my numbers but I\u2019m proud of my numbers. Some people don\u2019t give a f**k. I definitely care\u2026 When Warzone was at its max, viewership was crazy for everybody, not just me. We were hitting 80,000 viewers playing pubs with Tim. 80k was a normal Tuesday.\u201d He continued: \u201cSo that\u2019s a little bit of an unfair assessment, given the current world that we\u2019re living in. Another big one is that we\u2019re playing a game that\u2019s not as popular. Apex is just point blank not as popular [as Warzone]\u2026 And not to say that Apex is a small game or small fanbase, because it\u2019s not. It\u2019s just not as big as Call of Duty.\u201d Despite admitting that he does care slightly about the drop-off in numbers, his explanation for it resonated with many fans. He concluded: \u201cViewership may be down, but we\u2019re still crushing it.\u201d Taking into account the MFAM, the numbers he commands on YouTube, and the positivity he spreads in the community, it\u2019s hard to disagree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NICKMERCS responds to claims he \u201cfell off\u201d after swapping Warzone for Apex Legends Activision \/ YT: NICKMERCSPopular content creator NICKMERCS has responded to claims he \u2018fell off\u2019 after moving away from Call of Duty\u2019s Warzone on stream, opting instead for Respawn Entertainment\u2019s Apex Legends. When Warzone first dropped in March of 2020, former Fortnite star […]<\/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-56401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56401","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=56401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}