Kuri Eita Ends Day 12 of Solo Master Climb in Apex Legends Up About 300 Points

NIJISANJI — Kuri Eita ended the 12th day of his solo run toward Master rank in Apex Legends up about 300 ranked points on the day, after a stream that lasted nearly 12 hours. He said he would need to gain roughly 800 more points to reach Master, which he called a stretch but one he intended to try for next time.

For the first three hours or so, he said, he had not once dropped below his starting total. He played for steady placements, collecting the bonus for consecutive top-five finishes and picking up kill points late in rounds rather than fighting early. Around two hours in he moved back up into the Diamond tier, and he said at one point that he was up nearly 400 points on the day.

“I feel like I’m starting to see, little by little, the difference between when I’m playing well and when I’m not.” — Kuri Eita, near the end of the stream

The climb was not smooth. In one late-round fight near the two-hour mark he pushed in after saying minutes earlier that he would stay calm even if teammates got carried away, then apologized repeatedly as his squad survived. Around the six-and-a-half-hour mark he lost about 200 points in roughly a dozen minutes. He said he had done nothing wrong and had simply been put in impossible spots, and he resolved to play carefully and not throw games.

He recovered with a champion finish a little after seven and a half hours, and told viewers that about four more results like it would carry him to Master. Another champion finish came on what he said was the half-anniversary of his first stream, in a match he joked he won while mostly talking about ramen, and he closed with a third, a game his teammates carried. Earlier in the night, a cancelled heal had cost him a likely top-five finish, a slip he said he regretted.

Chat stayed with him through the night, teasing him over his apologies and over the ramen talk. He said he was beginning to understand what separates his good stretches from his bad ones and meant to build on that.