Empty mags: Casters and production workers claim they’ve been working ALGS events for free

While the Apex Legends Global Series features millions of dollars in prizes for competitors every year, and Apex as a game has already made billions over its first three years of existence, that money doesn’t trickle down to everyone involved in its competitive scene. Twitter was set alight yesterday when several casters, observers, and other production members of ALGS Challenger Circuit and Preseason Qualifier events revealed that costs for the production and streaming of those tournaments almost always fell to the broadcasters they selected to stream those events.

The result? Little to no pay for several production team members that were responsible for broadcasting the ALGS tier-two competition directly responsible for feeding players and teams into the highest levels of the game.

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