Major League Gaming hosts WoW competition
by Eliah Hecht 
May 6th 2008 at 7:00PM
The circuit will be played on HP Blackbird 002 computers, so I guess you won't have to worry about frame rates (that thing has 1 GB of VRAM). The competition will be 3v3, just like Blizzard's tourney. Only 32 teams will be allowed to register, and you need to have an account set up on MLG's site first; registration opens May 15. They say "more details on rules and the official format will be released on May 15th" -- maybe Blizzard will let them use a special tournament server? At any rate, it looks like Blizzard may have been more successful at turning WoW into an esport than we thought.
[Thanks, Jeff]
Filed under: Events, News items, PvP, Arena
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Buffalodave May 6th 2008 7:07PM
Ive been in the MLG community for 3 years and this is very exciting news. The MLG community which is mainly made up of halo 3 players seem to be excited about this aswell.
loopinvariant May 6th 2008 7:47PM
So a league of Halo 3 FPS players adds WoW to their circuit. What does that tell you about where arenas are taking WoW?
Keep it up Blizz. Keep it up. Why couldn't you simply create a spin off game instead of taking something from a completely different genre and trying to force it into an FPS?
I just don't get it.
zygote May 6th 2008 8:01PM
Yeah, you know what's coming next.
As you take aim at the last remaining arena combatant, Anduin Wrynn appears in the corner of the screen and bellows, "FINISH HIM!"
Then you do a wicked cool combo and the screen flashes, "FATALITY! HEAD SHOT! FRAT BOY ORGASM!"
Then purples pour out of the sky while you dance.
Seriously, patch 2.5 — watch for it!
aYo May 6th 2008 9:23PM
I noticed that all the people complaining about "Arena is taking over WoW" when I check their gear on armory it's not really impressive. Most of the complainers wear mostly greens and yellows and season 1 stuff. But I do not totally disagree that Arena is killing WoW.
Eliah Hecht May 6th 2008 9:28PM
Well, it doesn't seem that surprising that those of us who aren't big Arena fans haven't played much of it. Also, yellow? What?
Clasifyd May 7th 2008 8:26AM
I'm completely decked in yellows! ;-)
At any rate, it's not a matter of gear, really. You don't need the same gear to 'have fun' raiding as you do to PvP. Hell, D3 will get you through Kara easy. People in the 1800+ brackets though almost exclusively need to have S3; that is to assume that you'd rather win than lose.
aYo May 6th 2008 9:31PM
whoops i meant blues. lawl fail
LAWL May 6th 2008 11:15PM
Yep bliz definetly improved wow,these arena is nothing but an upgrade that everyone loves....its an upgrade spree,boom cool shot.
That was sarcasm btw.
No,seriously,because i said its cool but it really isnt.
Damn i gota stop these or il have a sarcasm overdose.
TonyMotorola May 7th 2008 8:06AM
Lawl at this asinine "esport" garbage. God I hate that word, "esport."
That's going to be funny when the team that wins the competition win-trades or buys points to do it.
Kaljin May 7th 2008 3:24PM
Yea, your other posts reeked of ignorance, and so does this. Can you please shut up now?
kabshiel May 7th 2008 11:22AM
Why hasn't Major League Baseball sued Major League Gaming for trademark infringement yet? Just look at that logo.