Major League Gaming and counter strike

[Lunchbox is PRO]

My friend and I had a very long discussion about the new decision MLG decided to make about adding the sport games madden,NBA Live, and Fight Night Round 4 for the PlayStation 3 and honestly i think it was a horrible decision. I think that they could of picked a series or even a single game that would have a better turn out then these.

During the discussion Counter Strike came up and i was wondering just in the eGO community would try and get a team together and compete. the next event is in Dallas and i know traveling may be a issue so i thought i would throw that in there. even if you don compete a MLG event is a great place to meet other gamers and a great experience so was wondering how many would go to the event?

the current games in the circuit are Halo3, Gears of War 2(which i compete in) and World of Warcraft. which i think because WoW is a invite only game that it really got the PC community looking at MLG as a leading competitive gaming tournament and i think Counter Strike would be a great add 1.6 and Source.

what do yal think?

 

[anepicmistake]

you mean the next meet is in dallas? dude, I should totally go. I suck at all of those games. but i only live two hours away... i shouldn't compete, but just going would be awesome.

 

[acefisher1]

eGO is a non-competitive clan. We don't participate in any of that stuff. And to be honest, I can't say i'm a big fan of the MLG. I played in it for awhile, and it just wasn't something I enjoyed. It made games work, and games shouldn't be work.

 

[Rated_R]

I did MLG for a CoD4 competition last Summer, we went 7-5. It was all right just so many trash talkers. I also agree with Ace. We had to practice at least an hour a day to keep the enemies down and the kill streaks up. So I like where MLG is going with this, maybe it could be as big as Football (American football and Soccer). But I don't like the fact that in order to compete you have to play every day to keep up in the rankings.

 

[Mr Grip]

Well considering madden has one of the largest competitive followings in gaming it would only be natural to try and bank on it. Figuring that people have become rich playing in madden tournaments. The other games I have no opinion on, but madden is huge in the competitive circles.

 

[Lunchbox is PRO]

yes Madden does have one of the biggest followings but it is much larger on Xbox360 because they already have the Madden Tour so the Xbox 360 players if they wanted maybe already be practicing to get into the Madden Tour so i think the decision to go with PS3 was a bad decision.

And yes to be one of the top teams you do have to play alot but if you and your team are really cool with each other its doesnt fill like "work" it fills like your just playing the game with a bunch of friends. yes we do get really competitive with it when we face other teams so i can see if people dont like that.

yes the next event is in dallas. the dates are August 28-30 and its a great experience you should totally stop by.

 

[Geno]

eGO is a non-competitive clan. We don't participate in any of that stuff. And to be honest, I can't say i'm a big fan of the MLG. I played in it for awhile, and it just wasn't something I enjoyed. It made games work, and games shouldn't be work.

eGO has had cal teams in the past, as of right now I'm pretty sure they might all be done for, CoD might be still going.

Also, I'm pretty sure you don't just walk into the MLG with a couple of buddies and get to play in the circut...

 

[Lunchbox is PRO]

Also, I'm pretty sure you don't just walk into the MLG with a couple of buddies and get to play in the circut... It's like any other Pro Sport you can't just put a team together and get in the league.

actually it kinda is. you have to buy a team pass before the tournament online and the prices varies between the games but once you have a team pass your good to go. just get all of your teamates on the roster on the website, show up to the event early, check in, and there is a 2 hour warmup round then they start the matches.