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[[File:Mlg logo.jpg|thumb|300px|The MLG Logo.]]
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Note: this article only focuses on the Halo games MLG uses.
'''Major League Gaming''' ('''MLG''') is the largest organized league for worldwide professional competitive gaming and tournaments. The privately held company was founded in New York City in 2002, and has now attracted competitors from over 28 countries worldwide. MLG uses several media outlets to popularize their tournaments, mainly through TV, via ESPN in the USA.


==Overview==
MLG also posts videos, tactics, leaderboards, tips from professional gamers, and other content on the Internet. Fans can visit [http://mlgpro.com/ MLG's website] to upload their own videos to the site, and to access the content of their favorite game that MLG currently focused on, such games including ''Gears of War 2'', ''Rainbow Six: Vegas 2'', ''Call of Duty 4'', ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
Major League Gaming (MLG) is the largest organized league for worldwide professional competitive gaming and tournaments. The privately held company was founded in New York City in 2002, and has now attracted competitors from over 28 countries worldwide. MLG uses several media outlets to popularize their tournaments such as television. However, the internet is much more useful to fans, as MLG posts videos, tactics, leaderboards, tips from professional gamers, and much more. Fans can visit [http://mlgpro.com MLG's website] to upload their videos to the site, and to access the content of their favorite game that MLG currently uses, some of which are: ''Gears of War'', ''Rainbow Six: Vegas'', ''Shadowrun'', ''Call of Duty 4'', and ''[[Halo 3]]''. MLG also runs a video series in partnership with ESPN called MLG/ESPN Top Ten, in which ten short clips of unusual or exceptional Halo 3 multiplayer matches of the week are presented in a quick, concise manner. Fans can submit their videos for consideration to be included in the MLG/ESPN Top Ten at [http://mlgpro.com/topten http://mlgpro.com/topten]


===MLG Playlist===
MLG also runs a video series in partnership with ESPN called MLG/ESPN Top Ten, in which ten short clips of unusual or exceptional ''Halo 3'' multiplayer matches of the week are presented in a quick, concise manner. Fans can submit their own videos to be considered for inclusion.<ref>http://mlgpro.com/topten</ref>
On March 12, 2008, MLG announced that an MLG playlist would replace Team Hardcore in matchmaking for Halo 3.
The MLG playlist was released online as a ranked playlist on March 31, 2008. [http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=13432]


==Tournaments==
==Tournaments==
MLG's main function is to organize tournaments and competitions and present leaderboards of the top competitors of a game. MLG's most famous tournament series is the MLG Pro Circut. This is an annual series of tournaments held by MLG in which competitors of all games compete at various locations, usually a major city, in the United States. The current Pro Circut is the MLG Pro Circut 2008 which runs from April 11 to November 3, and has 6 tournaments including the championship. Because MLG is fully sponsored, players competing in an MLG tournament are provided with all necessary equipment such as televisions and video game systems, except game controllers. However, some players may choose to bring equipment anyway to practice their game before the competition. Typically, each MLG tournament is held over the course of a weekend (Friday through Sunday) with the only exception being the Playoffs/Championship, which occurs over a period of four days. MLG has tweaked the gametypes and, in the case of Halo 3, the maps to provide highly competitive yet balanced gameplay for a wide variety of basic gametypes such as: Capture the Flag, Team Slayer, and Team King of the Hill. The MLG gametypes tend to require more skill, communication, and strategy than default settings. The current official MLG gametypes and settings (version 5) can be found  [http://www.mlgpro.com/content/page/192918/Official-MLG-Halo-3-Settings-v5 here].
[[File:Mlgplayers.jpg|thumb|200px|MLG gamers in action.]]
[[Image:Mlgplayers.jpg|right|thumb|200px|MLG gamers in action.]]
MLG's main function is to organize competitions and present leaderboards of the top competitors in a game. MLG's most famous tournament series is the MLG Pro Circuit, a series of five events that occur each year. In these events competitors of all games compete at various locations (usually a major city in the United States, though one event has been held in Toronto, Canada). Because MLG is fully sponsored, players competing in an MLG tournament are provided with all necessary equipment, including televisions and video game systems, but not game controllers. Some players may choose to bring their own equipment anyway to practice before the competition. Typically, each MLG tournament is held over the course of a weekend (Friday through Sunday), with the only exception being the Playoffs/Championship, which occurs over a period of four days.


===Pro Circut Ladders===
===Pro Circuit Ladders===
Players wishing to participate in an MLG tournament compete in online tournaments called Pro Circut Ladders which, by winning, players may earn Pro Circut Rank Points.  These Pro Circut Rank Points determine seeding for the Pro Circut events, and often offer cash prizes. The Pro Circut Ladder is split into two groups, the Ladder Competition, and the Playoff Bracket. Top teams in the Ladder Competition, who compete over several weeks of tournaments, earn a spot in the Playoff Bracket. The Playoff Bracket is a double-elimination tournament to determine an overall victor. To enter Pro Circut Ladders, players require MLG/Gamebattles Credits which can be purchased in the MLG online store.
Players wishing to participate in an MLG tournament compete in online tournaments called Pro Circuit Ladders. ''Pro Circuit Rank Points'' can be earned by winning Pro Circuit Ladders; these points determine seeding for the Pro Circuit events and often offer cash prizes. The Pro Circuit Ladder is split into two groups: the Ladder Competition and the Playoff Bracket. Top teams in the Ladder Competition, who compete over several weeks of tournaments, earn a spot in the Playoff Bracket. The Playoff Bracket is a double-elimination tournament to determine an overall victor. To enter Pro Circuit Ladders, players require MLG/Gamebattles Credits, which can be purchased from the MLG online store.


===Current Leaderboard===
===Leaderboard===
This is a current Leaderboard for the Halo 3 4v4 Bracket.
Here are the current MLG Pro Curcuit teams and their seed going into the upcoming event at D.C.<ref>http://www.mlgpro.com/forum/showthread.php?t=317797</ref> Team captains are listed in bold.
# Str8 Rippin (T Squared, Elamite Warrior, Legit, Snipedown)
# Triggers Down (SK, Fearitself, Hysteria, Karma)
# Final Boss (OGRE 1, OGRE 2, NEIGHBOR, StrongSide)
# Instinct (Roy, Lunchbox, Walshy, Soviet)
# Team Classic (Ant, Soldier187, Victory X, Mackeo)
# Carbon (Shockwave, Naded, Ghostayame, Cpt Anarchy)
# Ambush (Pistola, Nexus, Heinz, Cloud)
# Legendz (Gandhi, Best Man, LegendPimps, Defy)
# Breaking Point (Chiig, PowWow, Mudvayne, Ace)
# AntiGravity (Tizoxic, Severince, Eli, GunShot)
# Chilled Reality (Perplexity, CallMeGod, Frosty, Silent)
# Under the Influence v2 (Talent, Twylight, Lil Seb, ThuggishKilla)
# Time 2 Prove (TimeliestBrute, Bradfox, Batmayne, IntheClutch)
# Xit Wounds (Insaiyan, Luck, Samurai, Bonfire)
# Renegade (Acid, Assault, Woooly, Pilez)
# Active Rush (Icevayne, j0rdizzle, Swisha, Totz)


==Halo 2 Pro Circuit ==
# Instinct ('''Elamite Warrior''', Cloud, Roy, Lunchbox)
Halo 2 is no longer included in the MLG Pro Circut, as Halo 3 replaced it; however, this section is included here to provide a list of gametypes and settings as used in the Halo 2 Pro Circut for anyone who might need it. The Halo 2 Pro Circuit featured a 4v4 bracket, where two teams of four players pitted themselves against each other in [[Team Slayer]], [[Team Ball]], [[CTF]], and [[Neutral Bomb|Assault]], and a Free For All (FFA) bracket where players took to the game solo. The tournament was split up into six major events; five regular season events and the Playoffs/National Championship.
# Final Boss ('''Victory X''', FearItSelf, IGotYourPistola, Ogre2)
# Status Quo ('''Flamesword''', Ace, Enable, Assault)
# Triggers Down ('''Hysteria''', Bestman, ToTz, Neighbor)
# Believe The Hype ('''Maniiac''', Demon-D, Tizoxic, Snipedown)
# Dinasty ('''APG''', Destin, Clutch, Heinz)
# Str8 Rippin ('''Tsquared''', Ghostayame, Defy, Naded)
# Carbon ('''Walshy''', SK, Soldier187, Chig)
# Heaven and Earth ('''Strongside''', Sypher, Dersky, Cpt. Anarchy)
# Warriors ('''Brake''', NocturnalKernal, Robbie B, Snake Bite)
# Purgatory ('''Gilkey''', Karma, KillerDrew, Mimic)
# Darkest Hour ('''Twilight''', Goofy, Batmayne, Areallygoodnoob)
#Ambush ('''Frosty''', IceVayne, SneakyBeaver, SuperStr8Sick)
#Legends ('''Thuggishkilla''', Elumnite, Arkanum, Legend)
#The Other Guys ('''Jesse Peace''', Revamp, Piggy, Aries)
#Cadegory 5 (Thrust, Zoowuu, Nightmare, Ashes)


The open 4v4 tournament consisted of an 192-team, double-elimination bracket. Teams that lost once moved to the Loser's Bracket but still had a chance to finish first by playing the winners of the Winner's Bracket. If a team lost twice, then they were eliminated. The championship 4v4 event is similar to the open 4v4, except it consists of 32 teams. Each match in the bracket is a best-of-5 games match, and the first team to win three games will win the match. The top eight teams by final placement in the championship 4v4 won prize money, but the 32 teams in the championship event also earned rank points for that season.
==Gameplay==
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MLG uses ''Halo 3''<nowiki/>'s [[Forge]] in order to create MLG-specific map variants for use in their events, the MLG [[Matchmaking]] [[playlist]], and GameBattles. Between the Default maps and MLG maps lie many differences. These included: Player spawns, player characteristics, weapon placements, weapon spawns, no vehicles, and no equipment.


Comparable in nature to the 4v4 tournament, the FFA was individual based, and no more than 1024 players could join. This was a single elimination tournament consisting of 8 players per game. Advancement from the open FFA to the championship FFA was granted to sixteen players regardless of status or seed. The championship FFA consisted of a 32-player Round Robin tournament and a final championship game, in which each competitor played against all other competitors at least once, regardless of winning or losing a game. The final championship game was a standard FFA game, and all eight players earned prize money determined by where they placed in the game.
===MLG Playlist===
 
On March 12, 2008, MLG announced that an MLG playlist would replace [[Team Hardcore]] in ''Halo 3''<nowiki/>'s Matchmaking. The playlist was released online as a ranked playlist on March 31, 2008.<ref>http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=13432</ref> The MLG playlist, along with the other Hardcore playlists, were moved to the Ranked Playlists after the Hardcore Playlist was retired as of August 4, 2009. MLG currently runs version 8 settings of the Major League Gaming Circuit.
===Game types===
The game types for the 2007 Halo 2 Pro Circuit were as follows:
 
All preferences not listed below remain as default.
 
====FFA====
 
Slayer Settings
# Score to Win Round = Unlimited
# Round Time Limit = 15 Minutes
# Suicide Penalty = None
# Starting Weapon = Battle Rifle
# Weapons on Map = Human
# Map = Midship
 
[[Image:Nationalchampionshipwinning.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Team Carbon- 2006 Halo 2 4v4 Pro Circuit Champions]]
 
===4v4===
 
====All Games====
# Resolve Ties = Off
# Suicide Penalty = None
# Motion Sensor = Off
# Team Changing = Off
# Respawn Time Modifier = None
# Betrayal Penalty = None
# Starting Weapon = Battle Rifle
# Weapon Respawn = Double Time
 
====Team Slayer (except Sanctuary)====
# Round Time Limit = 15 Minutes
# Weapons on Map = No Duals
# No vehicles or turrets
 
====Team Slayer Sanctuary====
# Round Time Limit = 15 Minutes
# Primary Turret = None
# No vehicles or turrets
 
====Team Ball====
# Score to Win Round = 5 Minutes
# Round Time Limit = 15 Minutes
# Weapons on Map = No Duals
# No vehicles or turrets
 
====CTF Classic Sanctuary====
# Round Time Limit = 30 Minutes
# Flag at Home to Score = Off
# Flag Touch Return = Off
# Flag Reset Time = 10 Seconds
# Flag Indicator = Off
 
[[Image:Mlgplayers.jpg|right|thumb|200px|MLG gamers in action.]]
====CTF Classic Midship & Warlock====
# Score to Win Round = 5
# Round Time Limit = 30 Minutes
# Flag Reset Time = 15 Seconds
# Flag Indicator = Off
# Weapons on Map = No Duals
# No vehicles or turrets
 
====Neutral Bomb====
# Number of Rounds = 1 Round
# Score to Win Round = 3
# Round Time Limit = 30 Minutes
# Bomb Reset Time = 60 Seconds
# Bomb Arm Time = 5 Seconds
# Weapons on Map = No Duals
# No vehicles or turrets


The only maps used for these game types are [[Lockout]], [[Midship]], [[Beaver Creek]], [[Sanctuary]], and [[Warlock]].
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


==External Links==
==External links==
*[http://www.mlgpro.com/ MLG Website]
*[http://www.mlgpro.com/ MLG Website]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Gaming MLG in Wikipedia]
*[[wikipedia:Major League Gaming|'''MLG''' in ''Wikipedia'']]
*[http://h2.halowiki.net/p/MLG MLG in HaloWiki.Net]
*[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13368 MLG playlist in Bungie.Net News]
*[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13368 MLG playlist in Bungie.Net News]
*[http://www.mlgpro.com/?q=node/200329 MLGpro Node]
*[http://www.mlgpro.com/?q=node/200329 MLGpro Node]
*[http://www.mlgpro.com/content/page/26938/Pro-Circuit-Archive The schedule for the 2008 Pro Circut.]
*[http://www.mlgpro.com/content/page/26938/Pro-Circuit-Archive The schedule for the 2008 Pro Circuit.]


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Latest revision as of 11:25, April 12, 2023

This article is about the professional gaming company. For the Halo 3 playlist, see MLG (playlist).
The MLG Logo.

Major League Gaming (MLG) is the largest organized league for worldwide professional competitive gaming and tournaments. The privately held company was founded in New York City in 2002, and has now attracted competitors from over 28 countries worldwide. MLG uses several media outlets to popularize their tournaments, mainly through TV, via ESPN in the USA.

MLG also posts videos, tactics, leaderboards, tips from professional gamers, and other content on the Internet. Fans can visit MLG's website to upload their own videos to the site, and to access the content of their favorite game that MLG currently focused on, such games including Gears of War 2, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, Call of Duty 4, Halo 3 and Halo: Reach.

MLG also runs a video series in partnership with ESPN called MLG/ESPN Top Ten, in which ten short clips of unusual or exceptional Halo 3 multiplayer matches of the week are presented in a quick, concise manner. Fans can submit their own videos to be considered for inclusion.[1]

Tournaments[edit]

MLG gamers in action.

MLG's main function is to organize competitions and present leaderboards of the top competitors in a game. MLG's most famous tournament series is the MLG Pro Circuit, a series of five events that occur each year. In these events competitors of all games compete at various locations (usually a major city in the United States, though one event has been held in Toronto, Canada). Because MLG is fully sponsored, players competing in an MLG tournament are provided with all necessary equipment, including televisions and video game systems, but not game controllers. Some players may choose to bring their own equipment anyway to practice before the competition. Typically, each MLG tournament is held over the course of a weekend (Friday through Sunday), with the only exception being the Playoffs/Championship, which occurs over a period of four days.

Pro Circuit Ladders[edit]

Players wishing to participate in an MLG tournament compete in online tournaments called Pro Circuit Ladders. Pro Circuit Rank Points can be earned by winning Pro Circuit Ladders; these points determine seeding for the Pro Circuit events and often offer cash prizes. The Pro Circuit Ladder is split into two groups: the Ladder Competition and the Playoff Bracket. Top teams in the Ladder Competition, who compete over several weeks of tournaments, earn a spot in the Playoff Bracket. The Playoff Bracket is a double-elimination tournament to determine an overall victor. To enter Pro Circuit Ladders, players require MLG/Gamebattles Credits, which can be purchased from the MLG online store.

Leaderboard[edit]

Here are the current MLG Pro Curcuit teams and their seed going into the upcoming event at D.C.[2] Team captains are listed in bold.

  1. Instinct (Elamite Warrior, Cloud, Roy, Lunchbox)
  2. Final Boss (Victory X, FearItSelf, IGotYourPistola, Ogre2)
  3. Status Quo (Flamesword, Ace, Enable, Assault)
  4. Triggers Down (Hysteria, Bestman, ToTz, Neighbor)
  5. Believe The Hype (Maniiac, Demon-D, Tizoxic, Snipedown)
  6. Dinasty (APG, Destin, Clutch, Heinz)
  7. Str8 Rippin (Tsquared, Ghostayame, Defy, Naded)
  8. Carbon (Walshy, SK, Soldier187, Chig)
  9. Heaven and Earth (Strongside, Sypher, Dersky, Cpt. Anarchy)
  10. Warriors (Brake, NocturnalKernal, Robbie B, Snake Bite)
  11. Purgatory (Gilkey, Karma, KillerDrew, Mimic)
  12. Darkest Hour (Twilight, Goofy, Batmayne, Areallygoodnoob)
  13. Ambush (Frosty, IceVayne, SneakyBeaver, SuperStr8Sick)
  14. Legends (Thuggishkilla, Elumnite, Arkanum, Legend)
  15. The Other Guys (Jesse Peace, Revamp, Piggy, Aries)
  16. Cadegory 5 (Thrust, Zoowuu, Nightmare, Ashes)

Gameplay[edit]

Main article: MLG (playlist)

MLG uses Halo 3's Forge in order to create MLG-specific map variants for use in their events, the MLG Matchmaking playlist, and GameBattles. Between the Default maps and MLG maps lie many differences. These included: Player spawns, player characteristics, weapon placements, weapon spawns, no vehicles, and no equipment.

MLG Playlist[edit]

On March 12, 2008, MLG announced that an MLG playlist would replace Team Hardcore in Halo 3's Matchmaking. The playlist was released online as a ranked playlist on March 31, 2008.[3] The MLG playlist, along with the other Hardcore playlists, were moved to the Ranked Playlists after the Hardcore Playlist was retired as of August 4, 2009. MLG currently runs version 8 settings of the Major League Gaming Circuit.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ http://mlgpro.com/topten
  2. ^ http://www.mlgpro.com/forum/showthread.php?t=317797
  3. ^ http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=13432

External links[edit]

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