At the Apex Legends Global Series 2022 competition - which offers up an incredible $2 million grand prize, by the way - professional gamer Philip "ImperialHal" Dosen shot to headlines for showing restraint during a match in which a competitor player crashed. When roaming about the map, Dosen spotted the lone player whose avatar remained static, signifying that whoever was controlling it must have crashed or disconnected during the match.
As reported by Eurogamer, instead of bagging the cheap kill, Dosen quickly realised that the player had crashed and chose to refrain from shooting, stating into the microphone to his teammates "Dont shoot him. Don't shoot him, bro! He's crashed, do not shoot him. He's 100% tapped out or crashed or something".
Dosen and his teammates then left the player and proceeded with the game as normal. It's a small gesture but one that certainly hasn't gone unnoticed, with many heaping praise on Dosen online. After one user highlighted the gesture on Twitter, Dosen replied with "it’s the least every player can do out here with these issues".
It's certainly not the kind of gesture you're likely to see during every-day matches online, but we hope that more people see this kind of sportsmanship and take it on themselves to show the same kind of restraint themselves. After all, crashing during a match is frustrating enough as it is!
What do you make of the restraint shown by Dosen in Apex Legends? Would you do the same? Be honest and let us know in the comments!
[source eurogamer.net]
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That's nothing. Today I liked an FB post about a seal sanctuary in Norway. Ha!
He had morals. I respect that.
I'm a good sport at Rocket League. If I see an opponent has lost connection when playing 1v1,I'll refrain from scoring, even if I'm losing. It's a rare thing for anyone to do the same for me but that's OK.
Fair play, mate. Fair play
I can't say I would've done the same.
The nicest thing I do is not throw a backwards shell in Mario Kart when I'm about to cross the finish line.
I can’t believe this is making headlines as you say. What a meaningless and wholly insignificant turn of events.
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I am just sad that this is news.
This should be something everyone does.
But this seems to be the way of the world now.
I find it amusing that not being an A*hole is lauded. Now I know why I don't game online.
Geez I dunno... with $2 million on the line, I think I would have shot him, lol.
@Not_Soos
Well that is Mario kart, there are no laws!
Yes, not being a jerk should be the common rule. What makes this noteworthy is that it didn't happen on a random match after his work, this happened on a competition where the prize is $2 million.
Come on
Really weird to see Apex Legends news on this site
@PessitheMystic kinda like your comment, right?
I wouldn't have done the same thing. Anything I see that isn't my teammate, I blast them to pieces.
@Rainbowfire never take your comment out of context.
@Not_Soos I may be a good sport at Rocket League but in MK8, if I've got a shell and I'm not in last place as I cross the line, it's getting sent backwards.
@OorWullie Lol, maybe you're the reason I stopped doing it. I've been hit by far too many of those when the person in front of me was clearly gonna win anyways, then like five more racers pass me and I get so salty about it, haha. I vowed that day I would spare other poor souls from experiencing my pain.
@Slinkoy1 Not sure what you mean by that, but sorry for 2 mil I don't have time to play nice.
when a player crashes in Splatoon I go to where they were standing and turn into a squid and sit there for a few minutes
Nice to see that there are still some good people out there. I guarantee, if this had been Call of Duty, and it was some kid (as in, a squeaker) playing, they would have gone for the kill without a second thought. And then would have probably teabagged their downed opponent. And then for good measure, proceeded to brag about it in the voice chat.
i love this. I'm a big combat sports fan and some of my favorite moments in those sports involve this kind of sportsmanship, in which one fighter recognizes and respects the meaninglessness of exploiting certain unearned advantages. like that one guy who re-set his opponent's arm after it dislocated in the middle of the fight so they could continue, or when Hall acknowledged his injury TKO over Weidman was not a meaningful victory.
this is a fighter's spirit, respect
Don't know why this is heartwarming or nice, seems like he was just a bad player that didn't get the kill.
@Axecon it's a Switch game with lots of players, not I.
That's like being in a real war and not shooting someone because he has a coughing fit. Nope.
@Not_Soos I ALWAYS throw an item I am carrying as a cross the finish line in Mario Kart. Now you might think this is pointless, but sometimes in order to come in first, you have to make sure someone else finishes third or less. The order other racers finish is important in the final standings.
@thinkhector I'm just talking about when I go online and hop into a random public lobby. If it were a tournament or a private/local group, then yeah, I'm gonna play dirty, lol. But if hitting someone with my shell at the finish means they're gonna lose like 20 VR points, I don't do it, because that's such an annoying thing to have happen to me.
@Rainbowfire I think what @Slinkoy1 ment was, don't shoot people IRL.
Never take your comment out of context, in this case the context is the game.
@OorWullie same here, but I don't see that as being wrong or disrespectful I see that as completely fair play.
@Not_Soos I always toss whatever item I am holding behind me as I cross the line in MK. It is the way. MK is ruthless. Kindness has no place there.
Seriously though, when you can go from 1st to 10th because of one blue shell that hits during a jump or on a bridge and then just get pummeled with objects... Toss that shell backwards or drop that banana. Someone deserves it.
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