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Major League Gaming
File:Mlg logo.jpg
MLG logo, a video game controller with normal US sport red white and blue color.
SportElectronic sports
Founded2002
PresidentSundance Digiovanni
No. of teamsHalo 2: 250+ RB6: TBA
Singles entrantsHalo 2: 1000+
Country United States
 Canada
Most recent
champion(s)		Halo 2:
4v4: Team Final Boss
Free For All: IGotUrPistola
Official websiteMLG Pro
MLG Canada

Major League Gaming (MLG) is a professional American gaming league dedicated to competitive console gaming. It was founded in 2002. Its headquarters are in New York City.

Games in the MLG Pro Circuit

The games played in the 2007 season were Halo 2, Gears of War, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas, and Shadowrun.

Rainbow Six: Vegas was added in April 2007, and was first played at Charlotte, the 2007 season opener. Gears of War was added in May 2007, and was first played at Meadowlands, the season's second event. 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 Team Final Boss and other pro teams. Shadowrun was first played officially at Chicago, the next event.

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.

Contracted Players

MLG first signed each of the four the members of the leading Halo 2 team, Final Boss (at the time of signing, composed of Dave "Walshy" Walsh, Dan "Ogre 1" Ryan, Tom "Ogre 2" Ryan, and Ryan "Saiyan" Danford), to 3-year, $250,000 contracts. MLG next signed Thomas "Tsquared" Taylor, at the time one of the top individual pros in the MLG (now leader of Str8 Rippin), to 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. MLG later signed the newest addition to Final Boss, Michael "Strongside" Cavanaugh to a $250,000 contract, bringing their total to 13 contracted players.[1] F33L TH3 J0Y, is also an up comming pro that will start entering the MLG tournaments in 2008

Major League Gaming in the Media

Press coverage

MLG was featured in the Wall Street Journal, which noted that MLG had recently acquired $10 million in funding to help craft the league.[citation needed]

Television coverage

  • In the seventh season of MTV's True Life series, one episode centred on MLG-contracted Halo 2 player, "Tsquared".
  • The league and its youngest player, LiL Poison, were mentioned on CBS's 60 Minutes in a story about professional gamer, Fatal1ty. [2]
  • USA Network aired the first season of MLG Pro Circuit on Saturdays from November to December 2006.
  • Voom HD, a satellite television provider, was scheduled to show the first season in high-definition in March 2007.[3]
  • In Canada, the score network broadcasts previous MLG events once a week.
  • The 2007 Pro Circuit is currently being shown on G4. The first airing was on November 16.[4]

Sponsorship

MLG's main sponsor is Gamestop. They also signed with sponsors Boost Mobile, Red Bull, and Scion for the 2006 season.

Expansion to Canada

On June 19 2007, MLG officially expanded to Canada.

References

  1. ^ Major League Gaming - Pro Player Reactions $1.75 million in Pro Contracts with MLG! (18/12/2006
  2. ^ 60 Minutes story on Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wende
  3. ^ MLG Pro Circuit on Voom
  4. ^ 2007 MLG TV Show to Air on G4 Starting Nov 16!
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