{"id":870135,"date":"2025-09-03T01:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/twisted-minds-exits-apex-legends-esports\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T01:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:12:06","slug":"twisted-minds-exits-apex-legends-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/twisted-minds-exits-apex-legends-esports\/","title":{"rendered":"Twisted Minds exits Apex Legends esports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><picture fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><source type=\"image\/webp\"  ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/twisted-minds-apex-legends-exit-large.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Twisted Minds Apex Legends team posing in front of gaming chair while holding a teddy wearing a Twisted Minds jersey\"  >\n<\/picture><figcaption>Image credit: Joe Brady, ALGS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Twisted Minds<\/strong> has departed <strong>Apex Legends<\/strong> esports following the <strong>ALGS Midseason Playoffs<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The Saudi Arabian esports organisation expanded into the battle royale title in June 2024.<\/p>\n<p>On August 30th, 2025, Twisted Minds confirmed the North American trio of Mac Kenzie \u2018<strong>Albralelie<\/strong>\u2018 Beckwith, Kyle \u2018<strong>Crook<\/strong>\u2018 Hughes, and Alexander \u2018<strong>Enemy<\/strong>\u2018 Rodriguez, along with coach Haris \u2018<strong>Hodsic<\/strong>\u2018 Hodzic, would be departing the organisation, bringing a four-month stint to an end. <\/p>\n<p>As a result of leaving Twisted Minds, the trio and coach will continue to compete under the <strong>Stallions<\/strong> banner, which the players competed under before moving to Twisted Minds for the Midseason Playoffs that formed part of the <strong>Esports World Cup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we bid farewell to our Apex Legends roster. We are grateful for their efforts in representing Twisted Minds,\u201d said the organisation <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TwisMinds\/status\/1961847285505044580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on social media<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The departure follows a 22nd-place finish at the Midseason Playoffs, meaning the organisation missed out on Points that contribute to the multi-million dollar Club Championship. Twisted Minds finished this year\u2019s Club Championship in fourth place, winning $2.25m (~\u00a31.6m) in prize money.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the Midseason Playoffs, Twisted Minds showed signs of promise on the international stage at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/team-falcons-wins-algs-open-2025\">ALGS Open 2025 event<\/a><\/strong>, scoring a top-six finish.<\/p>\n<p id=\"esi-heading-68b7dc4fb020f\">\n<h2><span id=\"what_next_for_stallions\">What Next For Stallions?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Running from August 31st to October 12th, 30 teams from North and South America are competing for a share of a $125,000 (~\u00a392,271) prize pool and points that contribute to the Championship Standings.<\/p>\n<p>Currently ranked 16th with 3,072 points, Stallions is among the top 24 teams that are determined through Championship Points distributed throughout the season. <\/p>\n<p>The winner of Split 2 earns qualification for the season-ending ALGS 2026 Championship, taking place in Sapporo, Japan, in early 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Jonno Nicholson <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/09\/twisted-minds-exits-apex-legends-esports\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: Joe Brady, ALGS Twisted Minds has departed Apex Legends esports following the ALGS Midseason Playoffs. The Saudi Arabian esports organisation expanded into the battle royale title in June 2024. On August 30th, 2025, Twisted Minds confirmed the North American trio of Mac Kenzie \u2018Albralelie\u2018 Beckwith, Kyle \u2018Crook\u2018 Hughes, and Alexander \u2018Enemy\u2018 Rodriguez, along<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32422,34405],"tags":[17304,13427],"class_list":{"0":"post-870135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minds","8":"category-twisted","9":"tag-minds","10":"tag-twisted"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}