If, as some say, time is a person’s most precious resource, then it’s quite the honor to have a chance to speak with SoaR Dazs, the General Manager of SoaR Gaming.
Between his role with SoaR, his stream schedule (he puts in more than 20 hours a week), _ Apex Legends _ scrim matches, his regular YouTube uploads , spending time with his fiance and his day job, it’s a near-miracle he has time to talk the TheGamer.
"There's no way I can keep up this momentum forever, where I'm working the day job, SoaR Gaming, and then streaming like all at once," he says. "The only reason I feel like I'm able to do is that I'm relatively young, for now."
Still, it’s a strategy that’s paid off for him thus far. Though he lives in Manhattan, which is historically one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, he and his fiance own a home Tennessee.
"It took years and years of grinding, hard work, and just juggling situations like this," he says.
Of course, streaming is the quintessential work-from-home job. Save for a few outliers, few professional streamers and video game players are in a hurry to move to big cities that require a high cost of living. Dazs ended up in New York for a completely unrelated reason.
"I came here for musical theater," he shares, explaining how he even managed to land a role in the Broadway production of _ Wicked _ . "Even though the money was decent, I came to a roadblock. I was like, man, I should just do YouTube, streaming and this stuff, more full time."
"I guess I can say I'm not really disappointed," he adds.
Dazs On His Transition From Battlefield to Apex Legends guide Legends
Though he now competes in _ Apex Legends _ , it was Dazs’s _ Battlefield _ montages originally inspired interest from professional organizations. He was, and continues to be, a notable name in the _ Battlefield _ scene, which led him to develop relationships with people within Battlefield game publisher Electronic Arts .
Still, while he was busy with _ Battlefield V _ , a friend of his clued him into a forthcoming game that was "really going to shake things up." The friend, who had play- tested it, was unable to say anything more without violating a strict non-disclosure agreement.
Like so many others, it wasn’t long before Dazs found himself hooked on _ apex Legends Community Legends _ .
Still, when you’re a player known for playing a specific game, the choice of whether to experiment with new games doesn’t come easily. At the moment, _ Apex Legends _ has significantly more mainstream interest than the _ Battlefield _ series, which presents a much wider audience. However, a streamer who makes a big transition risks becoming a smaller fish in a bigger pond, which can lead to them losing subscribers and even endorsement deals.
"At some point, I was like, ‘You know what? I really have to focus on me. I have to focus on my own creative drive," he says. "I need to go into something like Apex that has a larger audience."
The State Of The Apex Legends Competitive Scene
_ Apex Legends _ won Best Multiplayer Game at the 2019 Game Awards and Online Game of the Year at the DICE Awards . With Respawn having recently opened a Vancouver office and projecting a 10-year run for the game, it’s clear the company plans to support the game for the foreseeable future. And, while Respawn is investing in _ Apex Legends _ as an esport, there are questions as to how it may fare among other competitive games. But Dazs is optimistic.
"I feel like I have a lot of insight in terms of _ Apex _ competitive because I feel like it's a scene that can really go really, really far," he says.
He points out that big organizations such as 100 Thieves and FaZe haven’t invested in the game’s competitive scene. And, perhaps in part due to his role with SoaR, he can look at it realistically from a business perspective.
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