Ahead of the ALGS 2026 Championship, ImperialHal highlighted the absence of a Japanese server despite teams spending thousands on bootcamp.
The Apex Legends Global Series 2026 Championship (ALGS 2026 Championship) will kick off soon as an offline tournament in Sapporo, Japan. Ahead of the event, Phillip “ImperialHal” Dosen pointed out issues related to server support.
ImperialHal on ALGS 2026 Championship servers
On Jan. 5, Team Falcons player ImperialHal made a post on X pointing out that the ALGS' lack of a Japanese server on a dedicated client. He mentioned that a lot of teams spent significant amounts on bootcamp as well before the aforementioned ALGS 2026 Championship as well.
"Over 10/40 teams spending thousands of dollars to bootcamp before Champs and ALGS can’t even give us a Japanese server on their dedicated client with [an] entire month to do so," the player stated.
He continued, "We are basically playing on an outdated version of the game that isn’t the same as LAN at bootcamp when LAN is a [week-ish] away."
An analyst for Fnatic shared similar thoughts. In Japanese, takuronesp talked about the absence of Japanese servers and questioned the purpose of bootcamps if those servers are not available.
When does the ALGS 2026 Championship start?
For more context, the ALGS 2026 Championship will begin on Jan. 15 and have a prize pool of $2,000,000 USD on the line. Additionally, as ImperialHal noted, 40 Apex Legends esports teams will be competing in the tournament.
Also known as “The CEO” of Apex Legends, ImperialHal is an important player within the game's esports scene whose statements could influence discussions. Recently, he won the ALGS 2025 Open and was the winner of the ALGS 2023 Championship. His other notable victories include the ALGS 2023 Split 1 Playoffs, the Apex Legends Preseason Invitational, and the EXP Invitational at X Games Minneapolis.
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