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Commonly referred to by their acronym '''MLG''', Major League Gaming is the largest organized league for international competive gaming for a number of console video games. Founded in New York City in 2002, MLG focuses on creating rosters, holding tournaments and defining professional competitive gaming for over 28 countries worldwide. MLG operates on a series of media outlets such as television, and more importantly, the internet. Gamers can visit [http://mlgpro.com MLG], and access much content from past tournaments, to tips and tricks and more. Some of the games MLG currently caters to are: ''Gears of War'', ''Rainbow Six: Vegas'', ''Shadowrun'', ''Call of Duty 4'', ''[[Halo 2]]'' and ''[[Halo 3]]''.

Every year MLG holds a tournament called the "MLG Pro Circuit". At MLG tournaments, players do not need to bring any equipment such as: televisions or game systems;the only exeption being their controller. Although some players bring their gaming systems to practice their chosen game prior to the tournament. MLG is fully sponsored, and thus provides all players with the necessary equipment, some of which was previously mentioned, such as: 20" flat screen televisions, necessary networking equipment and cables, and video gaming systems. Typically, each MLG event is held over the course of a weekend (Friday through Sunday) in a major city throughout the United States. The only exception is the Playoffs/Championship, which occurs over a period of four days. The MLG gametypes tend to require more personal skill and team communication than default settings.

==Playlist==

On March 12, 2008 MLG announced that an MLG playlist would replace Team Hardcore in matchmaking.

The MLG playlist was released online as a ranked playlist on March 31st[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=13432]

===MLG players start out with:===

*[[Fragmentation Grenade]]s

 

 

Exact list of special features can be found here: [http://www.mlgpro.com/node/192918 http://www.mlgpro.com/node/192918].

Many changes occurred based on previous information announced.

 

==List of Halo 3 maps used by MLG:==

*[[Construct (Level)|Construct]]- [[Team Slayer]], Team [[King of the Hill]].

*[[Guardian (Level)|Guardian]]- Team Slayer, Team [[Oddball]].

*[[Narrows (Level)|Narrows]]- Team Slayer, [[Multi Flag CTF]].

*[[The Pit (Level)|The Pit]]- Team Slayer, Team King of the Hill, Multi Flag.

 

MLG posts videos of their matches on [[Bungie]]'s Community Videos and are usually featured on Bungie Favorites. Also, there are the official gametypes (like MLG Slayer, MLG Capture the Flag, etc.) and maps (where item/weapon placement and duration are tweaked to make the game more competitive).

 

#April 11-13, Meadowlands NJ

#June 13-15, San Diego CA

#July 11-13, Orlando FL

#August 22-24, Toronto Canada

#October 3-5, Dallas TX

#November 21-23, National Championships in Las Vegas, NV

===The current leaderboard is as follows:===

==All Games==

 

 

*Flag Carrier Traits, Damage Modifier = 50%

 

*Flag Return Time = 3 Seconds

 

#Flag Carrier Traits, Damage Modifier = 50%

 

#Score to Win = 250

 

 

#Hill Movement = 2 Minutes

 

 

== Pro Circuit ==

The Halo 2 Pro Circuit features a 4v4 bracket, where two teams of four players pit themselves against each other in [[Team Slayer]], [[Team Ball]], [[CTF]], and [[Neutral Bomb|Assault]], or a Free For All (FFA) bracket where players take to the game solo. The tournament is split up into six major events; five regular season events and playoffs/national championship.  

The open 4v4 tournament consists of a 192-team double elimination bracket. Teams that lose once move to the Loser's bracket and still have a chance to finish first by playing the winners of the Winner's bracket. If a team loses twice, then they are eliminated. The championship 4v4 event is similar to the open 4v4, except it consists of on 32 teams. Each match in the bracket is a best-of-5 games match, where the first team to win three games will win the match. The top eight teams by final placement in the championship 4v4 will win prize money, but the 32 teams in the championship event will also earn rank points for that season.

Comparable in nature to the 4v4 tournament, the FFA is individual based where no more than 1024 players can join. This is a single elimination tournament consisting of 8 players per game. Advancement from the open FFA to the championship FFA is granted to sixteen players regardless of status or seed. The championship FFA consists of a 32-player Round Robin tournament and a final championship game, in which each competitor will play against all other competitors at least once, regardless of winning or losing a game. The final championship game will be a standard FFA game, where all eight players will earn prize money determined by where they place in the game.

== Game types ==

The game types for the 2007 Halo 2 Pro Circuit are as follows:

==FFA==

==4v4==

===All Games===

===Team Slayer (except Sanctuary)===

===Team Slayer Sanctuary===

===Team Ball===

===CTF Classic Sanctuary===

===CTF Classic Midship & Warlock===

===Neutral Bomb===

The only maps used for these game types are [[Lockout]], [[Midship]], [[Beaver Creek]], [[Sanctuary]] and [[Warlock]].

*[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13368 MLG in Bungie.Net News]