The Apex Legends September Soiree started yesterday, adding a limited time game mode, and a fun new game-crashing bug, so Respawn is disabling it for now.
The September Soiree kicked off yesterday with the reintroduction of the DUMMIES Big Day event; a limited-time game mode that lets you play as combat dummies with random abilities that change every match. It’s basically large-scale play-testing for potential new abilities. However, it also added a server-crashing bug related to players not selecting their characters at the character selection screen.
We’re hitting pause on the party. After DUMMIES Big Day went live, we discovered a bug that caused server crashes if a player AFKed on character select. For the health of the game and our players, we’re turning it off and working on a fix with details to come as we have them.
— Apex Legends (@PlayApex) September 9, 2020
Players probably weren’t selecting anything because it made no difference when the abilities were random anyway. The only thing you could pick was your colour.
I can identify with this, though. I, too, feel like crashing things when people don’t choose their character and let the game auto-select for them. Yes, it’s irrational, I don’t care, just accept your jumpmaster responsibilities, Steve!
The September Soiree will run until 5 October, with new limited time events happening each week. It’s unclear if the schedule will change after the first one got borked. There is also a sale on previous Grand Soiree skins, if you missed out on any of those.