Professional+Gamers

 Overview
[|Major League Gaming] or, MLG, is the home for all things concerning professional gaming. There are ways to register and compete, find team members, and receive help about certain games. The MLG is the largest professional gaming community in the world with over 40 million users. Their website explains, “We represent the best professional gamers and give millions of aspiring players around the world an opportunity to compete, improve their skills, and socialize through our thriving online community and live Pro Circuit competitions.” The site is broken down into what platform gamers use and then further into specific games. For example, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 have large followings in the professional gaming community, but there are also gamers who play these games on PS3s.

There are three main tournaments for Call of Duty: Black Ops on the Xbox 360: 3v3 MLG Variant Showdown, Wager Tourney- Gun Game, and Black Ops Staff FFA. Each of these tournaments has both cash prizes and Major League Gaming Credits on the line. For Halo 3 gamers, they can enter the BIC Flex4 FFA 2010 Online Tournament 1-4 in hopes of securing a place in the MLG Pro Circuit Competition where all of the best gamers play. Different Tournaments and platforms offer different prizes. For example, the PS3 version of Black Ops is having a tournament with a first place prize of 10, 000 dollars and all prizes adding up to equal more than 25,000 in cash prizes. The also website displays the rankings for each individual game and their related statistics.

Top Three Players Call of Duty Black Ops: 1. jaseray23 2. DooKKie- 3. Moremon Top Three Players HALO 3: 1. NateCova 2. NinjaZekkou 3. Tuckerthetank

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