The Story Of NRG Apex: The Struggle To Win When It Counts

Its been 4 years Apex Legends has been released. Since day 1 NRG has been a top competitor and one of the most popular teams in the scene. From their early start signing Dizzy and Aceu to the current roster of Sweet, Nafen and Gild that finished 2nd at the most recent LAN... This is the full story of NRG Apex
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[@LGsweetdreams]

Great video man! People like you continue to make esports (and Apex) more interesting for everyone. Thanks!

[@bavarian_ttv2010]

Next algs is yours my man🫡

[@yurilopes420]

sweet, you're easily my fav pro Apex player man, I've been watching your shit for like barely 2 weeks but man, you're amazing, bro you're literally the funniest (bar none) Apex pro, and your face cams are some of the best content on KZbin man 😂😂😂

[@JumbaGW]

Wow one of the best compliments I've ever received. Thank you so much Sweet, keep up what you're doing and continuing to inspire everyone in the Apex community!

[@outhereinsquamish]

CHRISSY SEXTON 😍😍

[@miypanzczarnegobmw]

pls win sth

[@nicopootato2330]

Can someone enlighten me on what does an analyst do 18 hours a day? Does he just watch other people play video games for 18 hours straight?

[@connorarmstrong2790]

its cool seeing old comp apex and seeing names that are competing in different esports

[@mauricechavez2522]

awesome vid, man!

[@wpsxlp541]

How on earth did 25 minutes go by so quickly?

[@JumbaGW]

Haha I love to hear that 😁

[@lenk1432]

aecu just farms bots for clips, its not impressive

[@kingsloth1077]

Chock team NRG

[@Ev3rydayNinja]

Yea sorry but you aren't a pro just because you pub stomp, it's crazy it's not as bad on Apex, but on COD all these warzone streamers, they play all day farming console players in pubs then they go to Lan events where they face eachother and most of them are complete garbage

[@ghostoftommysbarber8743]

Even with already knowing the story, was absolutely glued for 25 minutes. Good shit man, can't wait for next

[@JumbaGW]

Already on it!

[@onikrux]

saaame

[@mojizze]

Like, even after knowing the story and seeing the title, I was still rooting for NRG to win at the last minute 😂

[@xomenace999]

Exactly

[@Jin_Kai]

The thing I like about NRG is that they actually care about their players. When they were burned out and knew they couldnt perform they were okay with letting then go, especially when it pushed them away. They brought in new talent until they found what works and the problem wasnt them but just bad luck. I am glad they take care of their people. I dont hear the same for the others in this manner.

[@wolfgineer9340]

when this game came out, i found myself quickly in Dizzy stream. My favorite moment in Apex with all the playing I have done and people I have watched and followed. Lou, Sweet, Hal, Mande, Aceu, so many.. without a doubt, the happiest memories were watching Dizzy play and later Dizzy and Aceu play. They seriously cannot be forgotten. The skill they possessed so early in the game, the movements they evolved, strategies they explored. People forget Dizzy had 10k kills the first month of release, the dude had an heirloom and zip jumping before people knew the character names. Dizzy, the first ever signed Apex player, in twitch rivals, a week after release walked in with over 4k kills and the strategy he, ninja, and king richard employed would only work in that era of the game. They go into pubs and the goal is winning but kills were high points, so Dizzy would solo land the otherside of the map and solo destroy half the lobby to meet up with Ninja and Richard at the end and just destroy the last team. Time and time, Ninja goes down and/or Richard and Dizzy just cleans everyone with the broken ass wingman and the balloon exploit. Aceu took the skills Dizzy discovered and mastered them to a whole another level. Eventually pro scene comes, Dizzy moved on from BRs and back to his past of CS and then Valorant. Time moved on and most players today never heard of him.. who is Dizzy? The godfather of the Apex games.. the original goat.

[@powertrip6426]

Perfectly said. Bump.

[@upon-fe2720]

Dizzy was definitely up there but he didn't find the movement tech so much, there were others that found out stuff and he implemented them well, he was the most well known person to put it all together but it was during a time when Apex was very easy and people quickly caught up and overtook his skillset. Aceu certainly did, unfortunately Ace and Dizzy never made a good pro team and always look out of their depth both in the macro and micro. Them 2 and Sweet could've been a good team but they never had that synergy that Sweet brings. Dizzy still plays Apex after reimergimg as a streamer a year or two ago, though he only jumps on Apex very sporadically but has appeared in a ProAm in the past year. Unfortunately he mainly plays Roblox now... Why? I do not know.

[@TheonlyJohnMorris]

All cheaters

[@ayaaafps5824]

First player lvl 100 or max, and the reason why movement player play wraith❤😊

[@E88twenty2]

Nafen needs more recognition. Man's ridiculous with the stuff he pulls

[@Aacula]

After dizzy and aceu blew up.. that level of talent got more and more common and unappreciated unfortunately..

[@oyunboldboldbaatar5519]

Its cause he doesnt stream a lot. Dont understand why some of these beloved pros in the community never streamed. Once in a lifetime opportunity to make stupid amounts of money and they just didnt take it. Sad really.(Sentinels is the biggest team that did this)

[@itsroguely]

that 20 kill storm point game they had was insane to watch live

[@aarontraversjr2974]

You and JHawk are the best.

[@JumbaGW]

Just got to talk to JHawk for the first time this weekend he's the 🐐

[@AyeJHawk]

❤

[@Tsuginami]

@@AyeJHawk 🐐

[@gat-x105strikegundam5]

​@@AyeJHawk 🐐

[@uggpug235]

Yes

[@K1NETICZ]

These videos are always so entertaining and high quality! You deserve more attention!

[@JumbaGW]

Thanks for the consistent support ❤️

[@voidtankage4289]

Nrg soon will be on top? Idk about that xset and optic are better than them.

[@freebandz4332]

This split they are but overall, no.

[@chrish-revenge281]

You and jhawk are goated for these vids, would love to see a Complexity one next :) keep up the great work!

[@franciscosilva9484]

Fun Fact: The option that sweet was considering other than gild, the "very talented mnk gibby" was actually Mande, Sweet already said it, i think Mande would actually work very well with Sweet and Nafen, they are good friends and Mande is crazy if he is competing, but with today meta, a controller player is a must in almost any team. Btw if NRG strugles to get important wins in the future and maybe Nafen wants to change team, i think Mande could be a option to try.

[@JumbaGW]

Interesting, I remember seeing they considered Mande!

[@Co11inDaniels02]

Sweet said that he and Nafen would play the rest of their careers together so idk if that would happen but it sure would be freaking cool!!

[@hshiram]

Imagine mande and nafen in the same squad 😳😯😯😯

[@TJzWayyy]

@@hshiram I think Gild is at the very least better than Nafen

[@hshiram]

@@TJzWayyy Controller player. Not really. If you been following NRG through ALGS Nate get way more things done (clutches, kills, etc) than Gild.

[@ThunderBlastvideo]

man, the golden age of Apex, back when we had Dizzy and Shroud playing regularly

[@matbettez3495]

Dizzys story is sad. I hope that dude is doing great these days.

[@yurilopes420]

23:14 sweet's facial expressions, lip licking, mouth puckering when he's focused is some of the funniest face cam sshit ive ever seen lmao

[@BANANA42k]

Lmaooo why’d you have to point it out, now I can’t help but stare at his face cam

[@yurilopes420]

@@BANANA42k bro, just laser focus on sweet on every clip you see of him, he's HILARIOUS man

[@JustDeacon]

Brilliant video. NRG baby! Will always follow and support! Love from London, England.

[@JumbaGW]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@TheLoxely]

Elite vid. I follow the apex pro scene pretty loosely so this is some great content to keep up to date with what’s happening and the storylines. Great work

[@JumbaGW]

Love to hear it, that's why i do this!

[@connor3384]

“my house is in fire omg “ XDDD

[@JumbaGW]

I forgot to clarify that thankfully his house was not on fire XD

[@svenapex]

great video😘

[@JumbaGW]

I REMEMBERED U THIS TIME SVEN ❤️❤️❤️

[@KGR_r]

Apex legends algs is not as popular as other esports but gets somewhat decent viewership, not great for a game its scale.

[@yodgoryuldoshev4486]

Aftet this , I started searching more about Dizzy. He is OG GOAT, fisrt best player Apex in scene. I am surprised I didn't heard about him before. He deserves more recognition

[@hshiram]

Gildersons, Faide and Dizzy could be triplets, blond frog eyed mfs.

[@flightsggaming]

23:50 will never get old. Chills every time.

[@NRGApexLegends]

Nice Video :)

[@JumbaGW]

Whatttt! Glad you enjoyed it

[@touchme8425]

The word WIN being on Aceu's face in the thumbnail is funny and fitting if you think about it lol

[@JumbaGW]

yea that was unintentional LOL

[@blackmarsh739]

Best IGL Sweet 😴😴 So guys don't know a giga IGL brain HAL exist

[@fenrirx481]

RIP NRG. I hope Sweet finally gets his ALGS title with LG.

[@ghostuk4062]

this hits different watching after NRG Apex disbanded 😢

[@isaacmoore1616]

It’s so cool, following this game from the beginning, seeing some of these moments and remembering watching them live haha.

[@Kyrism]

Csgo is an academy for the world's best aimers.

[@nahchief4847]

The first NRG team should have been called NJL (no jaw line)

[@Ciscc0]

Only 7.7k?!?! howww! This type of video is QUALITY. Good stuff man.👍

[@raghavranjit4155]

I didn't know much about NRG before sweet, fantastic video! A video on optic or XSET(team liquid) next?

[@biggoose1313]

TSM GOATED

[@frieddayfriday]

a lot of peeople have no idea how hard to form a championship team in any sport or game. even if you have the nastiest talent in your roster that doesnt mean shit if you guys cant get your shit together. Hal(mkb) isnt even considered to be one of the best fraggers but he would point you where you can have an advantage to win the game. aceu and dizzy duo couldve been better if they have a somewhat like hal. i think they wouldve more love for the game if shit didnt go south so early. but before the tournaments, i remember aceu kept mentioning that BR competitive is kinda ridiculous and silly so i guess he wasnt really into it.

[@JumbaGW]

Yea the early days of Apex was so tough I'm surprised sometimes the scene was able to survive and grow to where it is today. I could never blame Aceu or Dizzy for wanting to just stream instead of compete.

[@divineplaya710]

Ehh Hal definitely does frag bro wut? Even with switching to controller now, he's constantly dropping high damage in Realm since that's what they're all playing now

[@frieddayfriday]

@@divineplaya710 can you even read?

[@divineplaya710]

@frieddayfriday lol obviously, and I was making a debate to your point about hal not fragging out lmao. I mean, yeah he's not pub stomping like aceu and dizzy are/were. But dude drops like a close 2k damage against other pros in the Realm league. While other peeps may get like 600 to 800 dmg and secure kills.

[@divineplaya710]

@frieddayfriday there was a reason why people called Hal The CEO of Wingman/apex. Lol, you just don't get that title cuz you can igl

[@cpuffdragon]

The problem is they have to fight against the CEO 😂😂😂

[@jeppppppppp]

I want them to win so bad last LAN after that match point T_T

[@jamesonfoge]

Need a vid about ImMadness dominance 2020-2021. 5x ALGS champ. Double digit wins. One of the best apex runs ever max

[@Thekidyusuke]

I love NRG because aceu was on it but when he left I started loving tsm. I know I know but man who can resist routing for verhulst ?

[@franciscomanzanares9493]

It’s called being a choke artist😂

[@AdrianTorres-jx7bk]

I’m not doubting these guys skill and definitely hats off to these guys, but in my opinion I feel like their style ruined the game. It’s so passive now, so boring. Every match, even pubs, feels like an ALGS match. I miss the old days of just full send….now let the hate come haha.

[@yodgoryuldoshev4486]

Aftet this , I started searching more about Dizzy. He is OG GOAT, fisrt best player Apex in scene. I am surprised I didn't heard about him before. He deserves more recognition

[@hshiram]

20:18 Nafen is such a cutie 😂

[@link741]

i love how the old wing make good players looks like gods XD and the truth about Aceu and Dizzy is the same that we have for players who stomp pubs nowadays, competitive is another type of game, you are facing players that maybe don't have the same mechanical quality, but this is compensated by intelligence and decision making in-game, I learned that when I supported NRG and saw it being taken away for nothing, I thought that Dizzy and Aceu were unbeatable, and when the truth hit the door I was happy, because I realized that even though I wasn't as good mechanically as both, the game still benefited the team that made the best decisions and not just those with good aim or movement.

[@anayes-rq4wn]

Jumba I really like you and I like watching your videos I love the work you put into them, you earned a sub

[@charlkarikaba7227]

Yk Ngl I think NRG is cursed whenever they shoot TSM’s death boxes they always end up losing to them

[@SavvianErvin2007]

I'm sorry but the dizzy guy took me by suprise when I first saw him

[@imboredsoimhere3579]

Clean sponsorhip integration, almost got me wanting to eat the glorified tv dinners ;) (get that bread and great vid man)

[@RocketDraco47]

Seeing those old clips with the Spitfire makes me happy it’s trash now 😂

[@gio1135]

wow i'm so glad the removed self res. i hated the change so bad but looking back in glad they just went for it

[@JumbaGW]

Especially in comp it really punished players who did well in favour of RNG

[@theunfinishedbasement]

​@@JumbaGW i remeber my team being downed after an extremely intense wrestle of a team fight right out of a closing zone 4 but I had a gold bag and a gold knock. I rezed myself while they had to fight another team even after from being weakened from fighting us and they still wiped that team. But I 3rd partied and wone. I remember not feeling good about the win because the team that wiped us earned the victory while I was given a 2nd chance because of an item in the game

[@Chris-dy1cb]

Holy moly those S1 weapons were broken as can be LMAO

[@anweshpradhan1842]

It’s not about performing, it’s about winning. If you can’t win LANs unfortunately you won’t have much of a legacy to leave behind.

[@hshiram]

That’s why DARKZERO are gods. And their legacy is unmatched.

[@RipMorningstar]

WERE THE BEST BUT WE SUCK. NRG SLOGAN and sweet leads it so well

[@NickUnknown211]

That last 15 seconds didn’t age well.

[@Kaazzii]

I’m tired of hearing the casters say “best IGL” when he’s yet to win a single major title. BUT, this was a great video. Commentary was on point. Cheers mate!

[@harrypotter7917]

Yep facts 😂

[@chic-fil-ashouldopenonsund3623]

must be nice getting burnt out and depressed from playing video games for a living.

[@Masna_]

This makes me think Gild is Dizzys cousin or something, look very similar

[@itszaque]

As primarily a NRG and TL/XSET fan it’s a pain seeing my favorite boys constantly placing 2nd in ALGS. Both squads are goated, but this is Hal’s world and everyone else is just living in it. Great video!

[@richardblake8123]

The guns were so broken back then haha. the spitfire OOOOWEEEEE

[@Wolf-zs9vc]

tbh I think there is way too much variance in the game that one team can consistently be on top.. I mean its still a BR, unlike CS or Valorant which are way more balanced games.

[@JumbaGW]

Oddly enough i think Apex has proved one team can be at the top consistently

[@TheonlyJohnMorris]

They signed cheaters like Aceu, what do you expect.

[@unscarred444]

sweet best IGL is APEX HISTORY!!! LMAO wtf?

[@Lyrix56]

Love your vids bro keep up the good work

[@JumbaGW]

I really appreciate it! Definitely trying to be more consistent.

[@sinistermuhahaha8849]

Lmfao imagine being rocker and saying he did and disappearing off earth

[@Augustus3]

great video i didnt know i needed

[@yodgoryuldoshev4486]

Aftet this , I started searching more about Dizzy. He is OG GOAT, fisrt best player Apex in scene. I am surprised I didn't heard about him before. He deserves more recognition

[@deathwish1085]

You said early in the video that Sweet is the best IGL in history. I disagree. Hal is the best IGL in history. Including having more MVPs and more tournament Wins. NRG will always be one step behind TSM.

[@dirtycurt503]

Narrator said Respawn made Cod4 and Mw2? Nah bro that was Infinity ward.

[@JumbaGW]

The old infinity ward team left after Mw2 and created their own company which became Respawn.

[@NY-Vice]

The egos pro players / content creators have in Apex is insane. It's a challenge finding someone to watch who doesn't act like a child (14:22) on a regular basis. Not sure if it comes from Fortnite / COD players moving to Apex or what but listening to 3 men argue over who played the best in a loss gets old fast.

[@frizzy2014]

they have only problem ....the OG TSM

[@clayescobar708]

Hired a Chinese data miner and still lost lol no ice.

[@jacklightn]

TSM. TSM. TSM

[@Biggvicc]

Nah why is acue in the thumbnail and not nafen 😂

[@llpamuze2437]

Same with NRG's Rocket League team!! Make a video on them?

[@JumbaGW]

I'm actually a fan of rocket league as well so I know they experience the same aha. For now I am focusing just on Apex but eventually in the future I may look to expand to other esports.

[@gio1135]

entire history of apex when?

[@JumbaGW]

its a video i want to do but would take so much time, maybe I can get it done and posted right before the year 3 championship

[@capodadon1854]

I’d love to see NRG get back at the TOP SPOT!!!! We need to see a Changing Of The Guard In Apex cause the same ol same ol isn’t cutting anymore!!!!!

[@BORRZZ]

NRG lost cause of 20:10 big mistake

[@EzeLuigi]

As someone who just started playing apex a few months ago all these videos get me hype!!!

[@bruhgamingfr5439]

It’s time for land NRG NRG NRG!!!!!

[@stantonnaidoo9051]

For sweet everyone is cheating 😢😂

[@aicsynthesizer]

i watched dizzy at first but quickly gravitated to aceu. i would’ve found out if i knew, but wow. i still watch him to this day lol.

[@AlarmingTheConqueror]

This makes me like NRG a little bit more. Unfortunatley someones gotta be the second banana. Maybe after this crap season/meta, we'll see them shine. GL to nrg.

[@Eggs-n-Jakey]

Sven is Powerful!

[@ryanclark9386]

TSM will always be the best Apex pro team ever and Hal will go down as the greatest IGL ever sweet isnt even close

[@ayaaafps5824]

Still lover NRG❤ From dizzy-aceu-mohr-frexs-nafen-rocker-sweet-gild🔥

[@jpow12]

no one would know nicewig if it wasn't for dizzy's raid. pretty cool how that went down

[@harooney1847]

I see many similarities with manchester city in how the team is always favorite to win the tournament but when the time comes they disappoint

[@SuperComicAnimation]

Awesome video. Thanks much. Ez Sub

[@harrypotter7917]

Best igl😂 that’s comical

[@drowningsuns]

sweet is trash Yanya better

[@not_abed]

another great video man !👏 editing was on point 👀

[@JumbaGW]

Appreciate it always Abed! I was really trying to level up the editing with this one again

[@ddwalker3744]

Very good video

[@lippadan]

Nrg

[@Bl4z3purple]

Nrg in algs =choke