ALGS Championship can cement Apex Legends in "top echelon" of esports

The biggest day in Apex Legends esports history is just a month or so away - the 2021-22 Apex Legends Global Series Championship in Raleigh, North Carolina. While we recently saw a return to international LAN events in May with the ALGS Split 2 Playoffs in Sweden, the Championship will mark the first time a team will be crowned as an Apex Legends world champion - and it'll be happening in front of thousands of fans.

It's an exciting prospect for players, organisations, fans, and also those who work behind the scenes on the Apex Legends Global Series, including the competition's commissioner, John Nelson.

Prior to this week's announcement that the ALGS Champs will be heading to Raleigh, we got the chance to fire over some questions to Nelson about the event, what the team learned from the Playoffs in Sweden (which had a few rocky moments in the build up), and whether EA's vision of three LANs on three continents may be realised next season in Year 3 of the ALGS.

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