At the ALGS Championship, NiceWigg and Greek think inside the box

A large and enthusiastic crowd gathered on the night of Saturday, July 9 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina to watch Apex Legends. But this show wasn’t on the main stage. Instead, it took place inside a small glass vestibule in the lobby. The area around the enclosure, probably a repurposed merchandise shop for the Carolina Hurricanes NHL team, had been packed with people since the ALGS Championships began on Thursday, July 7, disrupting the flow of traffic and causing many passersby to stop and see what the fuss was about.

Fans were there to watch Jack “NiceWigg” Martin and Athanasios “Greek” Alestas, the popular “B-stream” casters recruited by the ALGS for the Stockholm LAN and the Raleigh championship, work. Inside their little booth, snacks littered a side table and a box of popcorn had spilled across the floor, giving it the vibe of a crowded movie theater instead of the broadcasting studio it had become.