NICKMERCS’ ALGS team Tripods disbands as streamer falls “out of love” with Apex Legends

NICKMERCS’ ALGS team Tripods has disbanded as the streamer falls “out of love” with Apex Legends and seemingly makes a return to Warzone. 

NICKMERCS has been controversial in the Apex community since making a pivot towards the game in 2022, as he formed a pro team, Tripods, that got invited to the NA ALGS 2022 Pro League Split 1 which caught the eye of many pros. 

Tripods and Nick would continue making waves in Apex, with FaZe Clan signing the team and playing as the secondary team for the org before long. 

However, after barely failing to qualify for the ALGS 2024 Pro League Split 1 and Split 2, NICKMERCS has seemingly called it quits for Apex. At least for the time being.

Fellow Tripods members Deeds and Gent published videos on February 19 talking about the future of the team, revealing the lineup was disbanding as Nick moves away from the game. 

“Nick hasn’t been playing as much Apex recently, gotten a lot of questions on stream, and the simple answer is the fact he fell out of love with Apex, and there’s nothing wrong with that,” Deeds said of Nick’s departure. 

Gent then added, “Sometimes interests don’t align and passion gets lost. For Nick, he has new interests and newfound passions, for Deeds and I, we want the same thing. As in we want to compete in Apex whether that means together or not.” 

Both Deeds and Gents say that the decision to disband Tripods was a mutual decision between the trio to disband, with “no bad blood” being left between them. Nick has yet to comment on Tripods disbanding.

The disbanding also coincides with Nick making a return to Warzone after his hiatus from the game. This was due to a controversial tweet that led to his Operator skin being pulled from the game in 2023.