Player of the month

AltChar's player of the month for June 2017

By:SubReal

Published: 14:20, 08 July 2017

Battlefield 1

We are proud to present to you our second player of the month. We have received a great amount of footage this month, but we have to give it to Purpletop again because of some of the excellent plays he has been sending in.

EA Battlefield 1

If you want to be AltChar’s player of the month, make sure to watch our video where we explain how to send us footage. Make sure to do it this month though, as we have three games we will be giving to the winner, but we'll give more information on that next week, so be sure to check back for updates soon.

AltChar's player of the month for June 2017

AltChar's player of the month is Purpletop - again! Check out our video to see what made him our number one pick once more.

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