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Major League Gaming
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Major League Gaming (commonly abbreviated as MLG) is one of the largest organized league and international sanctioning body for the world's fastest growing competitive sport: professional video gaming. MLG's ongoing professional video gaming tournaments have attracted competitors from over 28 countries.Dedicated to soley competitive console gaming. Major League Gaming currently is expanding expanding worldwide through its international sanctioning body, millions of Major League Gaming fans communicate hourly and participate daily through mlgpro.com, MLG operates its online, television production, game development and product licensing operations through MLG Properties and through MLG Management develops the careers of a roster of the world's most accomplished pro gamers. Headquartered in New York City, Major League Gaming is privately held.[1]
Corporate Headquarters
Major League Gaming
420 Lexington Ave, Suite 2820
New York, NY 10170
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Games in the MLG Pro Circuit
Games currently supported in tournament play are Halo 3, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, Gears of War 2, and World of Warcraft.
Major League Gaming also held competitions for Tekken 5 but low turnout led to the discontinuation of that tournament in October 2005. In addition, tournaments were held for Gran Turismo 3 and Soul Calibur in the 2004 season, but these were also dropped, again due to low turnout.
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 second season event. Shadowrun was announced at the Dallas Pro Circuit in July 2007 that it will be apart of the Pro Circuit, and was played at Dallas for promotional purposes by members of Final Boss and other pro teams.
Contracted Players
As of late June 2003, MLG offers over $100,000 in cash prizesTemplate:Fact. MLG has signed leading four-man Halo 2 team, Final Boss (At time of signing, composed of Dave "Walshy" Walsh, Dan "Ogre 1" Ryan, Tom "Ogre 2" Ryan, and Ryan "Saiyan" Danford) to a $1 million contract, and Tsquared, one of the top individual pros in the MLG, to a $250,000 deal. On December 18, 2006 MLG signed the members of Carbon and the other three members of Str8 Rippin to a $250,000 deal. MLG has signed the members of its top three teams to a $250,000 dollar deal. And just recently, MLG signed the newest addition of team Final Boss, Michael "Strongside" Cavanaugh to a $250,000 contract. [2]As of June 2007 13 gamers have 250K contracts with MLG.
Major League Gaming in the Media
The league in the press
MLG was featured in the Wall Street Journal, noting that MLG has recently acquired $10 million in funding to help craft the league.
The League in Television
In the seventh season of MTV's True Life series, an episode centred on MLG-contracted Halo 2 player, "Tsquared". The league and player, LiL Poison were mentioned on CBS's 60 Minutes in a story about professional gamer, Fatal1ty. [3] USA Network, currently America's #1 cable TV network[4], aired the first season of MLG Pro Circuit on Saturdays from November to December 2006. Voom of Dish Network satellite television provider is scheduled to show the first season in High-Definition during March 2007. In Canada, the score network broadcasts previous MLG events once a week.[5]
MLG is also set to be broadcast on G4 starting November 16th [6].
Sponsorship
MLG, whose main sponsor is Gamestop, signed with sponsors Boost Mobile, Red Bull and Scion for the 2006 season. MLG's latest sponsor, Dr Pepper have recently featured 2008's top Halo team Str8 Rippin on over 180 million bottles of the drink. Tom 'Tsquared' Taylor and Eric 'Snipedown' Wrona were both featured on the label of the drink.
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