REJECT Takes Second With 16 Kills in Las Vegas as dtto. Follows Apex Playoffs Day 1
The team had opened the day with a second-place finish and stood at 69 points after two matches of its second block.
REJECT — REJECT finished second in the second match of its Group B and D block on the first day of the Apex Legends Global Series Year 6 Split 2 Playoffs in Las Vegas, taking 16 kills and 25 points, the same total as the match winner, Shopify Rebellion. Streamer dtto. followed the day’s play live, with the stream titled as a plan to keep watching through the morning.
The block put REJECT second in the standings with 31 points after two matches, behind Shopify Rebellion’s 34, and lifted its running total for the day to 69. The Japanese broadcast described the match as a big game for the team, noting that Yulis’s Kraber shot landed in the closing fight.
REJECT had opened the day in the first block, Groups A and B, by taking second place in the opening match with nine kills. It finished that block ninth. In the block’s last match, Alfa held out to take third place for the team. After the first 12 matches of the day, REJECT stood 15th with 38 points. The group stage runs 18 matches, and the top 20 teams move into the winners bracket.
dtto. said the stream was also being run on YouTube for the first time, to keep an archive there. A technical fault forced the opening match of the Group B and D block to be replayed, which pushed the day’s schedule later.
In chat, viewers cheered the second-place finish and the kill count as the match ended.
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