Mogul’s first Australian tournament is offering $35,000 in Apex Legends

Mogul has announced its first ever Australian tournament. The Australian Apex Open is offering $35,000 in Apex Legends. Taking place on Mogul’s platform and exclusively on PC, qualifying tournaments will begin on April 15.

The qualifiers are open now at Mogul’s site. As part of the Australian Apex Open, teams must “compete in a minimum of four Apex Legends matches, earning points for their placements.”

The top 20 teams will be decided by points, and play for a share in AU$35,000, with AU$15,000 going to the champions.

Registrations are open now at the tournament’s page on Mogul’s platform.

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The Australian Apex Open follows recent announcements by Mogul that it has partnered with Legacy Esports, Melbourne Melee and Avant. Additionally, Mogul and Razer recently held the inaugural Silver Slam tournament in South East Asia. 

In February and March 2019, Mogul hosted 1,500 Silver Slam tournaments with up to 20 concurrent tournaments. Mogul calls this;

a technical and logistical feat which was received positively by the player base. Silver Slam demonstrated the tournament platform’s unique position in the market; able to host vast tournament series with differing game titles and structures simultaneously without interruption.

Ahead of the announcement of the Apex Legends Tournament, we spoke with Jamie Skella, Mogul Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer. Skella is a former Counter-Strike player and previously played at a professional level.

Mogul brings a fresh approach to esports for Australian-based players. Open to everyone, the Australian Apex Open is the first big money tournament for all Australians to compete in, not just a select group of invitees, and it’s free to enter.

Skella explained that what Mogul is most excited about is the potential for partnerships. Mogul is envisioning that organisations and groups will be able to use Mogul and its tech to create tournaments and benefit from the platform. Skella also said that these organisations will benefit from the connections forged by Mogul and the ability to quickly reach huge numbers of players and offer cash prizes.

We asked Skella what challenges he sees for Mogul in Australia and he told us that it basically comes down to our location and status as a second-tier player in the world of esports. Something he hopes Mogul can change. He believes that Mogul can help facilitate this change given that it’s “the world’s best online esports tournament platform offering not only full tournament automation but also state of the art esports empowering social features.

“Given strong game-publisher relationships, Mogul is already deeply integrated with the leading global esports titles, and is the only platform that allows completely automated tournament play and results across multiple games.”

As Apex Legends is a new and popular title it makes sense for it to be Mogul’s first tournament game in Australia. I asked Skella about it being PC only and he told me that for the time being, running Apex Legends tournaments on console isn’t possible.

This is due to the inability to track scores, wins and the like. However, he is hopeful that with spectator options Apex Legends can become a fully fledged esports title. As for the way the tournament will be scored, Skella told me that there would be points awarded as follows;