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'''Major League Gaming''' (MLG) is one of North America’s first professional videogame leagues. MLG operates a multi-city live pro circuit, held in major venues across North America. MLG also broadcasts |
'''Major League Gaming''' (MLG) is one of North America’s first professional videogame leagues. MLG operates a multi-city live pro circuit, held in major venues across North America. MLG also broadcasts a bunch of idiots who dont and will never have sex or girlfriends playing for overly inflated amounts of money in stupid events that really take no real skill at all as I could beat them all. |
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==Content Agreement with ESPN== |
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On January 14th, 2008, ESPN.com, the leading online sports destination, announced it has entered a content agreement with Major League Gaming (MLG). |
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ESPN will be on site at each of the 2008 MLG Pro Circuit Competitions, reporting news from its own coverage booth for various ESPN programs and platforms, including ESPN360.com, ESPN’s signature broadband sports network. |
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==Games in the MLG Pro Circuit== |
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The games played in the 2007 season were ''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Gears of War]]'', ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas]]'', and ''[[Shadowrun (2007 video game)|Shadowrun]]''. |
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''Rainbow Six: Vegas'' was added in April 2007, and was first played at Charlotte, the 2007 season opener. |
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''Gears Of War'' was added shortly after in June 2007 and was first played at the Meadowlands, the second event of the 2007 season. |
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At the Dallas Pro Circuit in July 2007, it was announced that ''Shadowrun'' will be included in the Pro Circuit. It was played in Dallas for promotional purposes by members of ''Final Boss'' and other pro teams. ''Shadowrun'' was first played officially at Chicago, the next event. |
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In the past, MLG has held competitions for various other games which have since been dropped because of low turnout. The ''[[Tekken 5]]'' tournament was discontinued in October 2005, and tournaments were held for ''[[Gran Turismo 3]]'' and ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' in the 2004 season, but these were also dropped. |
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For 2008 season, MLG has announced that "[[Halo 3]]", "[[Gears of War]]", and "[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2]]" will be the games picked for the live events. "[[Call of Duty 4]]" was also picked to be in 2008 season but because of the games lack of LAN (System Link) play, it will be the first online MLG pro-circuit game. It was announced that there will still be Cod4 pros, such as v The Fridge v, Tha Cheeze Man, CL iZ Legendary, and prizes just like the other games picked in the circuit. |
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==Official MLG 2008 Season Schedule== |
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April 11-13 Meadowlands |
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*Games: Halo 3, Gears of War |
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June 13-15 San Diego |
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*Games: Halo 3, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 |
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July 11-13 Orlando |
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*Games: Halo 3, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 |
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August 22-24 Toronto |
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*Games: Halo 3, Gears of War, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 |
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October 3-5 Dallas (Playoffs) |
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*Games: Halo 3, Gears of War, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 |
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Invitational Championship Tournament timing and location to be announced<ref>http://www.mlgpro.com/?q=node/194344</ref>. |
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Major League Gaming is also still looking for more titles to add to their pro circuit. |
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==2008 Prize Money== |
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! Game!! Finish !! Regular Season Prize<ref>http://www.mlgpro.com/?q=node/194447</ref> ([[US$]])|| Championship Prize <ref>http://www.mlgpro.com/?q=node/194447</ref>(US$) |
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| '''Halo 3'''|| 1st || 20,000 || 100,000 |
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||| 2nd || 12,000 || 60,000 |
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||| 3rd || 8,000 || 40,000 |
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||| 4th || 5600 || 28,000 |
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||| 5th || 4,000 || 20,000 |
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||| 6th || 2,800 || 14,000 |
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||| 7th || 2,000 || 10,000 |
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||| 8th || 1,600 || 8,000 |
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| '''Gears of War''' || 1st|| 4,000 || 20,000 |
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||| 2nd || 2,000 || 8,000 |
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||| 3rd || 1,000 || 4,000 |
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||| 4th || 500 || 1,000 |
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| '''Rainbow Six: Vegas 2''' || 1st|| 4,000 || 20,000 |
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||| 2nd || 2,000 || 8,000 |
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||| 3rd || 1,000 || 4,000 |
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||| 4th || 500 || 1,000 |
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===Contracted players=== |
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MLG first signed each of the four members of the leading ''Halo 2'' team, [[Team Final Boss|Final Boss]] (at the time of signing, composed of [[Walshy|David "Walshy" Walsh]], [[Ogre 1|Dan "Ogre 1" Ryan]], [[Ogre 2|Tom "Ogre 2" Ryan]], and [[Ryan Danford|Ryan "Saiyan" Danford]]) to 3-year, $250,000 contracts. MLG next signed [[TSquared|Thomas "Tsquared" Taylor]], at the time one of the top individual pros in the MLG (now leader of [[Team Str8 Rippin|Str8 Rippin]]), a $250,000 deal. On [[December 18]], [[2006]] MLG signed seven more players - the four members of [[Team Carbon]] and the other three members of Str8 Rippin to $250,000 contracts. |
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==References== |
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<references /> |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.gamedaily.com/major-league-gaming MLG Pro Circuit on USA Network] |
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*[http://www.mlgpro.com/ Major League Gaming] |
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*[http://www.mlgcanada.com/launch/ Major League Gaming Canada] |
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*[http://www.boostmobilegaming.com/ Boost Mobile Gaming site with podcasts of MLG events] |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=boostmobilegaming Boost Mobile Gaming podcasts on Youtube] |
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*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12353167/ Pro video gaming comes to cable TV] |
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*[http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/halo2/news.html?sid=6152992 Gamers get $1m MLG gig] |
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*[http://www.mlgpro.com/?q=node/64636 Tsquared on Fox] |
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*[http://www.ampedesports.com/news/2937 StrongSide joins Final Boss] |
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*[http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hruby/071008 ESPN Page 2 story] |
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*[http://www.haloarena.com MLG Online Tournaments] |
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*[http://www.mlgpro.com/?q=node/192127] |
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[[Category:Competitive video gaming]] |
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[[Category:Video game culture]] |
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[[Category:Electronic sports competitions]] |
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Revision as of 21:32, 31 March 2008
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| File:Mlg logo.jpg MLG logo, a video game controller with normal US sport red white and blue color. | |
| Sport | Electronic sports |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| President | Sundance Digiovanni |
| No. of teams | Halo 2: 250+ RB6: TBA |
| Singles entrants | Halo 2: 1000+ |
| Country |  United States  Canada |
| Most recent champion(s) | Halo 2: 4v4: Team Final Boss Free For All: Trey Darnell |
| Official website | MLG Pro MLG Canada |
Major League Gaming (MLG) is one of North America’s first professional videogame leagues. MLG operates a multi-city live pro circuit, held in major venues across North America. MLG also broadcasts a bunch of idiots who dont and will never have sex or girlfriends playing for overly inflated amounts of money in stupid events that really take no real skill at all as I could beat them all.