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MLG to Hold Mini-Tournaments at Giants Stadium, NJ this SaturdayThis Saturday, July 23, MLG will be hosting two Halo 2 mini-tournaments at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ as part of the Scion Exposed Summer Bash. There will be 12 Halo 2 stations available for tournament play and 12 additional stations for free-play on Gran Turismo 4 and Need for ... |
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MLG St. Louis: Str8 Rippin InterviewSomewhere amidst a flurry of schedule complications, including CPL and the GameRiot tour, Str8 Rippin found a few minutes to sit and chat about their dissatisfaction with their third place finish at MLG St. Louis, the difficulties of finding time to practice, and their excitement over their ... |
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Map Pack Pro ReviewThe last portion of the nine-map Halo 2 Expansion Pack is finally upon us, and it’s been stirring up 1,000 different opinions within the MLG community. Rather than give you my take on the new maps, I decided to go straight to the pros and gather their opinions, combining them to give you a general ... |
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MLG Philadelphia Registration Open!MLG Philly registration is open! We have a plethora of tournaments going on during this 4 day uber-event, so be sure to read the following information to be sure you get yourself and your team signed up properly. REGISTER HERE We now have Tekken 5 registration online! If you plan on playing any ... |
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Smash Writer WantedMLG is looking for a writer to contribute a bi-weekly feature article about Super Smash Bros. Melee for publication on MLGpro.com. Excellent writing skills are a must, as is an intimate knowledge of both SSBM and the competitive community that has built up around it. Priority will be given to ... |
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MLG St. Louis Interviews: IGameSpotI had a chance to sit down recently with MLG St. Louis second place team iGameSpot to discuss their stressfully close series with Team 3D in the finals. Although characteristically talkative, the guys were reluctant to discuss the details surrounding the fateful final tiebreaking match of TS ... |
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MLG Las Vegas and EVO Booking InfoMLG Las Vegas is set for August 12-14. The event will be three days because we are partnering with the Evolution Fighting Games Championships for this event! For anyone that is not familiar with the fighting game community, Evolution is the granddaddy of all fighting games tournaments. EVO2K5 will ... |
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Team 3D St. Louis InterviewOgre 2: I’m gonna go hit Dan one more time in an attempt to get him up. MLG: He’s sleeping? (It’s after 2 o’clock p.m.) Ogre 2: “Give me 5 minutes,” which means, “I’m gonna pretend I’m getting up and once you leave I’m falling back asleep.” MLG: Works every time. Team 3D has the satisfaction of ... |
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MLG St. Louis – The Final WordIt was a Birthday Decision Clap and I spent the majority of our 24th birthdays Friday unloading and setting up 75 TVs with the rest of the staff for MLG St. Louis, and what did we get in return? A big ice cream cake from Sundance with the words “You Suck!” scripted on the icing. Well, that and we ... |
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MLG PhiladelphiaHalo Nationals 2 is on in Philadelphia!! We’re bringing back all the Halo 1 you guys have been begging for. We will have a 4v4, 2v2, 8-person FFA, 1v1 competition, 4v4 player draft tournament, and rivalry matches. There is $10,000 up for grabs. The event is set for July 28, 29, 30 and 31. Halo 1 ... |
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IGS Shockwav3 Wins FFA at MLG St. LouisI’m just better than everyone,” IGS Shockwav3 said through a toothy grin. Having just won the FFA finals here at MLG St. Louis, he’s won the right to be a bit cocky. And while he was clearly joking, there was some truth to it today in the individual rounds of the tournament. In his first ... |
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The Legacy of Halo Nationals-PhiladelphiaIn September of 2003, three friends decided to run a Halo tournament. Tree, Puckett, and I decided that it was about time to have another national tournament with rules that we liked. Following in the model of 50k2, we wanted something player-friendly and that served as a test of a player’s skills ... |
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4v4 Online League Brackets PostedYay! The 4v4′s have finally moved to the double elimination stage. We have a lot of news for you so please read carefully. First, we would like to thank all of the participants in both the Pro and Am leagues and wish everyone luck in the final bracket. For those of you who did not move on to ... |
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MLG St. Louis – Top StoryWe know a lot of you are getting stoked about MLG St. Louis and want to get started practicing as soon as possible. Well, Anakin worked over the weekend to finish up the Halo 2 Game types so that you could start forming your teams and practicing for our next event. It looks like a lot of great ... |
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Online League 4v4 PlayoffsThe playoffs start Monday May 30th. There won’t be an email with the game types and specific opponents. You will have to check the website later this week to find out who and what you are playing. The default time for playoff matches is still 9:30 PM EST on Mondays and Wednesdays. ... |
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Halo 2 Map Pack PreviewAs you probably know, Synide, Sundance, Ted, Mike, and I all headed out to E3 last week to see what was up with these new fangled, fancy-pants consoles. While we were there we also had a chance to sit down with the 5 remaining maps being released for Halo 2 on the Halo 2 Map Pack (release date now ... |
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McGavinisHere to StayRos]McGavinisWack, McGavinisHere, McGavin = Legit, McGavin = Right 100% of the time. That McGavin is such a well-known name to the Halo community is surely a genius work of personal PR. At the same time, his renown is well-merited. A known Halo: CE player-turned-dominant Halo 2 player, IGS McGavin ... |
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May 17th 2v2 InfoPhweeew. Just got done posting all of the 2v2 match results so that you know who you are playing tonight. Remember, the top team is the home team and should report the score. DO NOT report the score if you are away team, even if they are a no show. You are hurting the process more than ... |
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Yo, MTV GamesLast night MTV aired a half-hour special that served as both the official unveiling of Microsoft’s next-gen console the Xbox 360 as well as a new level in cross-promotional marketing. The show, hosted by dreamy-eyed heart-throb/hairy-footed hobbit Elijah Wood had all of the formulaic components ... |
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Forum RevampWhat the heck happened to the forums? Well, we noticed that a lot of topics were being put in the wrong forums. We wanted to make it easier for you guys to find your space. So, we combined a few things, dropped a few, and I think the forums will be safer and better that way. Changes like ... |
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4v4 WednesdayJust in case you forgot, those participating in the 4v4 have an online league match tonight. You should have gotten your email this morning, but in case you didn’t, here are the gametypes for tonight’s match. 4v4 Match Gametypes for Wednesday, May 11th, 2005 Team Slayer – Beaver Creek CTF Classic ... |
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Online League – Fixes and More FixesThe online league is just moving into it’s 3rd week of mayhem and we have been working our tails off. The amount of mail, forum posts, AIM conversation, etc has been amazing. First, thanks to all of the teams that have been understanding and patient with us about their scores being reflected ... |
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Welcome to the 2v2 Am!The first week of Am league results have come back and we now have a 128 team bracket that will surely bring plenty of mayhem. You can check out the bracket here: 2v2 Am Bracket. The 2v2 Pro Bracket has been updated as well and is ready for your viewing pleasure. UPDATE: There are some teams that ... |
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Why Smash Rocks Part 2Welcome back to our series of articles on why Super Smash Bros. Melee rocks. Last time we took a look at the deep fighting system Nintendo developed for the GameCube’s most well-loved fighter (which can be found here). This time, we’re going to take a look at what allows Smash to have one of the ... |
