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HisWattson and XeraTricky lean back in their seats with FURIA winner screens flashing behind them.
Photo by Joe Brady via ALGS

HisWattson retires from competitive Apex Legends after FURIA ALGS exit

The whirlwind run comes to a close.

The 2022 Apex Legends Global Series Championship MVP and possibly one of the most influential players in all of Apex is hanging up the mouse and keyboard. Following FURIA’s exit from the 2023 ALGS Split Two playoffs, Jacob “HisWattson” McMillin announced his competitive retirement today.

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HisWattson will of course be remembered for FURIA’s whirlwind run through the North American Last Chance Qualifier and on into the 2022 ALGS Championship. The team made waves when they unexpectedly shifted HisWattson into the IGL role in favor of long-time shot caller Will “TeQ” Starck, and he almost single-handedly revealed to the world just how powerful Seer could be in the right hands and in the correct meta. FURIA ran over the competition with a second-place finish overall, while HisWattson took home the MVP award thanks to his performance on Seer.

2023 has been a different story for FURIA, however. After failing to qualify for the Split One Playoffs, the team exited in 37th at the Split Two Playoffs. HisWattson subsequently revealed that he had been thinking of stepping down from the team for a while and that he hadn’t been enjoying competing.

“Even when we were winning, I still wasn’t having fun,” HisWattson said in his post. “…over time, me not having enjoying it has made my skills deteriorate to the point where I’m no longer content and just want to go back to what made me the best and the happiest I’d ever been: Spamming ranked like a degen and being a goofball on stream.”

He noted that he’ll remain with FURIA as a content creator. Despite the Split Two Playoffs not being over yet, he said that he wanted to announce his decision as soon as possible to give teammates Nelson “Xera” Medina and Scott “Pandxrz” Maynard and coach Sealion as much time as possible to find a new teammate for the 2023 LCQ.

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Both Xera and Pandxrz have proven alongside HisWattson that they can compete with the best players in the world, but the hunt will be on for a new teammate that can help FURIA get back to their best.

As for HisWattson, he’ll ride off into the sunset with his stream in tow. We might not ever see him piloting Seer in an ALGS match ever again, but if there’s anything that’s certain, it’s that he’ll be blitzing through ranked lobbies in no time.


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Adam Snavely
Associate Editor and Apex Legends Lead. From getting into fights over Madden and FIFA with his brothers to interviewing some of the best esports figures in the world, Adam has always been drawn to games with a competitive nature. You'll usually find him on Apex Legends (World's Edge is the best map, no he's not arguing with you about it), but he also dabbles in VALORANT, Super Smash Bros. Melee, CS:GO, Pokemon, and more. Ping an R-301.