{"id":56939,"date":"2025-01-28T18:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/one-armed-veteran-gets-his-first-win-on-apex-legends-using-his-foot-to-play-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:38:04","slug":"one-armed-veteran-gets-his-first-win-on-apex-legends-using-his-foot-to-play-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/one-armed-veteran-gets-his-first-win-on-apex-legends-using-his-foot-to-play-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"One-armed veteran gets his first win on Apex Legends \u2013 using his foot to play &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One-armed veteran gets his first win on Apex Legends \u2013 using his foot to play A US Marine Corps veteran, who streams his incredible gameplay on Twitch, has got his first win on new battle royale Apex Legends, and fans are loving it. Going by \u2018ToeYouUp\u2019 on Twitch, the streamer lost his arm in a motorcycle accident, but has \u201covercome the challenges of playing, by using his foot, in place of his hand.\u201d His unorthodox playing technique is particularly impressive given his penchant for FPS games, which require more precise aiming than most genres, and has previously shown his talents in Battlefield. Now experienced with his unique controller form, ToeYouUp can compete online quite comfortably with other players, and even on a game like Apex Legends \u2013 which is notoriously tricky to be accurate in close range battles. But, his disadvantage appears to affect him little in-game, as ToeYouUp clutched up for the win, putting down the final opponent with some pinpoint shots. The moment was shared on social media, helping it go viral, and viewers could hardly believe the skill on show despite the Veteran\u2019s disadvantage, which seems the hardly impact his gameplay at all. One user reacted: \u201cEverytime I see these clips of people missing arms and still kick ass in games, I cannot begin to describe the respect I have for them.\u201d Another said \u201cAnd i can\u2019t even win with 2 hands.\u201d You can watch ToeYouUp stream live on his Twitch channel, and prepare to be seriously impressed by his skills \u2013 which put some two-armed players to shame. If you want to improve at Apex Legends, be sure to check out our guides for the best Legends to use and the best places to land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-armed veteran gets his first win on Apex Legends \u2013 using his foot to play A US Marine Corps veteran, who streams his incredible gameplay on Twitch, has got his first win on new battle royale Apex Legends, and fans are loving it. Going by \u2018ToeYouUp\u2019 on Twitch, the streamer lost his arm in a [&hellip;]<\/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-56939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56939","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=56939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}