During the first few months that Apex Legends was out, we got a massive character leak. This would reveal all the planned legends that were to come to the Apex Games. Since then many data miners would become known for their leaks. These included That1MiningGuy, Shrugtal, and iLootGames to name a few. These leaks have been met with mixed reaction from both fans and developers of the game. Most recently Drew McCoy, the project lead at Respawn, sent out a tweet about the most recent Season 4 leaks. This tweet was met with many opinions about leaks but leaves one question. Is data mining for Apex Legends coming to an end?
Since it keeps popping up:
Leaks are the absolute worst. I’ve never worked on a single project where it was purposeful or wanted.
We spend insane amounts of time and energy to create cool surprises. Really sucks when someone wants internet points bad enough to ruin that.
— Drew McCoy (@DKo5) January 27, 2020
It is well known that leaks do ruin big surprises in-game. Especially when a company works so hard for their player base. It could be argued though that leaks do the exact opposite and bring hype to the game.
Leaks build hype, they encourage people to keep playing, they show what is to come. If we didn’t have these leaks we’d just be blindly hoping for another event and LTM till the next season. Surprises are great, but keeping the player base active and excited is better.
— Desu (@DMDesu) January 27, 2020
Desu is known for being an admin for reputable data miner That1MiningGuy. That1MiningGuy has always been vocal about stopping data mining if asked. This is what he had to say on the matter in two separate tweets.
Drew, I’m a big fan of yours, and am willing to straight up delete everything I can regarding Apex if you want me to. All it takes is someone like you, Chad, etc to say the word. So far all I’ve gotten from RSPWN is encouragement to keep going, up til today.
— That1MiningGuy (@That1MiningGuy) January 27, 2020
sorry for any part I played in the negative part, I let my excitement get the best of me when certain things were found. I usually do better about not ‘spoiling’ things, and just sharing code based speculation, never meant any disrespect for you guys.
— That1MiningGuy (@That1MiningGuy) January 27, 2020
It is true that excitement can get the best of anyone especially when it comes to a game you love. Will this tweet stop data mining for good? It is hard to say but it may slow down or limit what is shared down the line. As for now, we wait for Season 4 of Apex Legends to drop and hope there are many big surprises in store for us.
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