uTi and CR

We have confirmed that Chilled Reality has in-fact dropped Slyfox for Eli.  This makes CR: CallMeGod, Lilseb, ArtOfWar and Eli.  

In other news we also have been told that Under the Influence will be back in 2009 with Twylight, Talent, Legend and Icevayne.  We believe their coach will be Nextar.

Thanks for continuing to support MLG Insider and we’ll continue to keep you up-to-date.

 

Correction: Batmayne not IceVayne

Ambush VOD

I took some time and watched multiple VOD’s from all four players of Ambush.  I came to a couple conclusions:

1. This is a very good team
2. I think they are very young and close but not quite ready to compete in the upper echeleon.
3. In my opinion they are a lower top 8 team.

Here are the player breakdowns on each one strengths first, then weaknesses.

Chig
Strengths
Very Patient
Steady Br
Smart Player
Good team player

Weaknesses
Could be a little more aggressive at times
Needs to stay alive
Stay within his style of play (patient)

Tizoxic
Strengths
Very skilled
strong slayer
Tremendous map movement
extraordinary potential

Weaknesses
Too aggressive at times
Undisciplined
His lack of discipline gets him caught out of position at times

GunShot
Strengths
One of the more pure slayers I’ve seen
Uses great angles to gain advantages on opponents
good awareness
Stays alive
Steady Br – loses few battles/ solid sniper
confident
puts shots in everyone

Weaknesses
Biggest flaw is his tendency to be too individualistic
He needs to focus a little more on working as a team

Nexus
Strengths
Very smart player
unique map lines
great awareness
no skill set weakness
A tremendous team player – does what needs to be done

Weaknesses
Needs to stay alive more
Needs to know when to back down

This team can do very well the key will be Tizoxic.  If he can correct a few things, he can round out a team that will only get better. Meadowlands prediction – 6th or 7th place

More Changes

Quick update for today.  If you haven’t already heard “Killer Drew” replaced Twylight on Captital punishment then they changed their name to “Heaven & Earth”.  Also Get Kranked announced their roster to be for Meadowlands consists of Makowski, Silent, Epedemic & Brad.

TC Fear

Yes, it is TC Fear again.  Fear rejoins Ant and Soldier187, along with Best Man, as the newest member of Team Classic.  Defy left Classic to join with Karma and Naded as they look for a fourth. 

A couple of options for Karma, Naded and Defy to look at are: Legend, Gandhi or possibly Eli.  The most logical would be Gandhi.  From what he told us he would enjoy teaming with Karma again as their separation was on good terms. 

Edited 1/29 by Apollo- TC Fear comments on his new team and what happened.

Well as everyone knows I was teaming with Legend for the time being and things weren’t going as well as I’d hoped. We were having trouble finding good players, with points, that fit our play style. I just want to get back into the game no matter what, even if I had to go back through AM bracket with a new team.  I couldnt be any happier with the decision I made to go with Classic. I have history with all of the guys on the team and know them all on a very close level. So me going back was without a shadow of a doubt a great decision. 

Qualifier update

 

This is the first of many weekly updates for the Halo 3 and Gears of War 2 Qualifiers for Meadowlands. We will do our best to keep you in tune with the development of the online Qualifier Ladders.

Let’s Start with the Halo 3 Ladder:

1. intensityRising – This team has taken the ladder by storm going on an impressive 11 win streak. Their record is 11-0. They are sponsored by High Society and have their own website intensityrising.com. Their roster consists of:
   a Pure Gangster – (Captain)
   Aries cAries
   DestiNNN
   HS GregoR
2. SectioN One – is a major competitor in the ladder. With a record of 17-3 they could soon take first place. This team took third place in the Fall Gamebattles ladder and is sponsored by DirectEffect.org.uk. Their only 3 losses are from FeeL tHe Hype and Dedicated 09. Their roster consists of:
   S1 Focus-(Captian)
   S1 Knite
   S1 NexttoGodly
   S1 Pullout
3. FeeL tHe HyPe – is among one of the teams that has gone undefeated so far. With a perfect record of 8-0 they have defeated teams such as SecTioN OnE and Twisted Elements. FeeL tHe HyPe is currently looking for sponsors and is coached by Coach Bossmayne. Their roster consists of:
   THE Main SlaYer-(Captian)
   LuCKY SHoTTT
   Mister Excels
   Proto X TyPe
4. Uprising DP’s – is in fourth place with a record of 7-0. Only on win behind FeeL tHe HyPe. Their roster consists of:
   Mayhem i-(Captian)
   Lokiiiiiiiiiiii
   I Maxtron
   Supaflyyyy
5. SyN DaFirm – has taken fifth place with a record of 10-2. Their only 2 losses were from Fallout and Gimme My Money. The SyN roster is:
   iBloodraven – (Captian)
   FuLL CLiP Ryu
   NuKe 95
   Stree7Sweeper

Let’s Move on to the GoW 2 qualifier ladder for MLG Meadowlands

1. pX I FuLLy SpAcEd – Fully Spaced is in first place with an outstanding record of 18-0. They have beaten some top name teams to earn their spot. They have defeated the number 1 team from last year, Th3 NSAN3Z. They are sponsored by Project X Gaming. Their roster contains:
   CarSoNz – (Captain)
   Doctor Niick
   HBM J Ribs
   HBM Xcells
2. The Nsan3z – took First place last year in the events with a total of 29300 pro points for Gears of War. The Nsan3z hold second place with a record of 27 and 4. Only behind first place by 15 xp in the gamebattles ladder. Their roster consists of:
   NSAN3 NICK – (Captain)
   NSAN3 KILLA
   NSAN3 PREDATOR
   NSAN3 WARR1OR
3. The Business – is in third place with a record of 28-11. Four of their losses come from top teams from last year. They have lost 3 games against TH3 NSAN3 and 1 game against Infinity. Their roster contains:
   HighDistortion – (Captain)
   II PrO5p3Ct II
   JaEMeRCs
   B0T ZK1LLZALOT
4. Release –  has placed 14th in Dallas last year. Their record is 21-4. Their team consists of:
   ReL Eternity- (Captian)
   ReL aFFiniTy
   ReL StiKKie
   ReL TeK S NeO
5. Raw Talent – is currently holding fifth place. Their team record is 21-8. A few of their losses are from Th3 Nsan3z and Px I FuLLy SpAcEd. Their roster contains:
   GhosttSniper – (Captian)
   CUBANO YaH DiG
   Immortal Spawn
   sP o Deadly x

Check soon for the next qualifier update!

Dersky Interview

What’s up everyone.  I got to sit down with Dersky at the Burgh City Gaming League Lan center located in Harrisburg, PA.  We spent sometime talking about his time with MLG; past, present and future.  Here is what he had to say about it all.

Apollo: It’s great to be here in Harrisburg.  Thanks for doing the interview.

Dersky: Yeah not a problem.

Apollo: What first got you into gaming?

Dersky: Well, my friends had xbox live and I would play with them. Then I got live and joined in with them. I did not really get into MLG until the end of Halo 2. I was good at halo 2 and I thought if I put enough time and effort into it, it would be worth it.

Apollo: If you could change one thing about the 2008 season what would it be?

Dersky: If I could change one thing about the 2008 season it would be having more time to LAN with the team before the event. It would also help to have a set team for the events?

Apollo: What does it feel like to be among the pros that find the next Classic here at the Burgh City Gaming League lan center?

Dersky: It feels great to be able to find better players and help them on their way. It’s a great opportunity to pass on my knowledge and my skills on to the players to possibly help them out in the future.

Apollo: What exactly happened with Driven By Adrenaline?

Dersky: Well it’s a long story. I saw at Toronto, Arkanum was just not gelling with them and I thought with a sick 4th that event they would have done better. Don’t get me wrong though Arkanum is a very skilled player. After the event I talked to Speed the team captain of DbA. I asked if they were still with Arkanum, he said after the event they felt he didnt gel and so he said he would for sure pick me up. Speed then went off for basic training in South Carolina and we (Hynes, Micro, myself) promised that we would wait for him to come back in December. Then right before Speed’s arrival back, Micro and Hynes decided to run games with Squirrel and Assault, so I got left out of the team to stay with Speed.  When I messaged Hynes about if he was teaming with Assault and Squirrel he said him and Micro were just running games to see if anything was there to work with.  I really didn’t feel like teaming with them anymore because of the fact that they ran games, so I left them and have been back and forth on teams and now it’s definitely NocturnalKernal and I now looking for 2.

Apollo: What are your thoughts on The Burgh City Gaming League?

Dersky: I feel that it is a great place with a lot of potential to become a very good LAN center, I feel the location of the place is perfect, because Harrisburg is sort of in the middle of the state and brings in a lot of players, the staff is really what makes me come to the LAN center all the guys are very funny but are serious about this and want it to grow to be a very big LAN center in the future, if things keep going how they should the LAN center will get additional rooms and make the place a lot bigger obviously. The only cons about the center is the space, I feel for a lot of people it gets too crowded and people don’t want to go outside when its -5 degrees ha-ha, but I feel it gives those gamers a chance to play against others and prove themselves.

Apollo: What are your goals for 2009?

 Dersky: My major goal is to come in strong to the 2009 season. Hoping to place top 16 at least in every event, and being able to find strong team to stick together for the whole year. I am hoping to make this year my best year ever.

Apollo: Who are some potential teammates that you may be interested in picking up for the 2009 season?

Dersky: One person that NocturnalKernal and I want to team with is Assault, because he recently left Squirrel, Micro and Hynes because they were picking up snuff, and I feel that Assault is a very good player and I have played with him since I first played halo in general. There are two groups of two’s that Nocturnal and I have been looking at and that is Rephorik and Deviouz and the other group is Tuss and Nickel 9, hopefully I can team with one of those groups I stated but finding one with assault shouldn’t be a problem if he wants to team with us.

Apollo: If you could pick the perfect three teammates who would they be?

Dersky: Well, I would have to start with Neighbor. He is the best overall player in the league. He is an amazing team player and can lead the team in slaying. I would then pick Elamite Warrior. I watch his VoD’s a lot; he is a very solid and strong player. For the third I would pick Legit. He knows what he is doing and works well with Elamite Warrior

Apollo: What do you think of MLGinsider.com?  Do you feel it does a good job of being accurate?

Dersky: I feel that it is a great site, I think this should be the place where all the information, and team changes and news about MLG should be posted.  It helps the kids who don’t go to events, or don’t know if they should go to events, get a pro’s perspective on how MLG is.

Apollo: Alright man it was great to get to sit down and talk to you! Good luck in the 2009 season!

Dersky: Not a problem it was fun.

Post Interview Update:

Dersky and NocturnalKernal have since teamed with Tuss and Nickel 9 to form Flatline.

Coaching Contest

MLG Insider is proud to announce our newest addition to our “Play with a Pro”  Coaching series. As you know we have  will be giving away a package of two, one hour sessions with the 2008 Pro Choice Awards Coach of the Year, xXx. Now we are proud to offer the same package of two, one hour sessions with the Coach of Triggers Down -Mazsik.

 

Both Mazik and xXx will spend an hour with our winning teams helping you adjust your strats, opening pushes, and teaching you how to control the map spawns systems.  Then after a week of practice, you will get one more session to help you fine tune everything.

To be eligible to win you must have a registered gamebattles team, be registered here and tell us in the forums in 3 sentences why your team deserves to win the coaching sessions. 

Good luck and don’t forget our other contests: 1v1 Best of Three Series with Neighbor and 2v2 Best of Three Series with Roy & Lunchbox.

GB Ladders

The gamebattles qualifier ladders for Meadowlands in GoW2 and Halo 3 have started and are well underway.  We will have weekly updates on the ladders.  Biggest streaks, best records and up-and-comers, we will have it all for you this week and every week starting this Friday.

Halo Wars Demo

You can win the opportunity to play the Halo Wars RTS game early here are the details from MLGpro.com

 

Are you an RTS fan? What about a Halo fan? Thanks to the generous people at Microsoft’s Xbox 360 division, MLG has been provided with 25 Halo Wars demo codes. These codes can be redeemed on Xbox LIVE on 1/29 and will grant advance access to the Halo Wars demo. The demo contains the first two missions, game tutorials, and the ability to play as Covenant or UNSC. Halo Wars, developed by Ensemble Studios, is an RTS (Real Time Strategy) game that takes place in the Halo universe.    Want a shot at winning one of these exclusive codes? All you need to do is post in this thread. Remember, in order to qualify you must post before Wednesday, January 28th at 5:00 p.m. ET. MLG will take all eligible entrants from the thread and randomly choose 25 to receive a code. The codes will be sent to you shortly afterward.  What are you waiting for? Go enter your name now! Enter to Win Here!

Pre LANs

Use this as your resource for all the pre-Meadowlands LANs.   We will be bringing you the most current and up-to-date scores and feedback from the top pro teams.  So stay tuned and check back frequently as the event gets closer.

1/25 – Final Boss Vs Status Quo - The final score was roughly 45-31 in favor of Status Quo.  It was not a full FB as Mackeo couldn’t make it.  On Friday 22-10 SQ with AoW and Rudy subbing.  On Saturday 23-21 SQ with Cloud subbing.  A brief snippet of our conversation with Flamesword is below.

Flamesword: Saturday’s score was 23-20 I think.  We played well just need to work primarily on team work and pushing as a team.  Basically just getting more in sync as a team.

 

Up Coming LANs:

tD & SQ – 2/13-2/17

Instinct & Ambush – 2/20 -2/22

SQ’s LAN Series – Date not set – will be multiple teams from the top four or five

Map Callouts

This article was made to hopefully educate those playing the MLG PLaylist and make matchmaking more fun for all of us because we can speak the same language.  We will be continually adding more maps until the resource is complete.  I undestand you may call something by a different name this is just to be basic guide feel free to change as you see fit. Thanks for your patience and enjoy.  Read more

1v1 Wk 6

This week’s 1v1 winner was ll Rabbi ll.  The 1v1 series was again dominated by Neighbor.  He started off a little sluggish and was down 1-6 in the first game.  He eventually got on a roll and won 15-8.  He then proceeded to continue the roll and won 15-8 in the second game.  We have another good performance by a contest winner just not quite good enough to take a game.  Here’s what Rabbi had to say about the contest: Read more

Top 8 Predictions

 

Heading into the final few months before Meadowlands I wanted to get out my MLG Insider official top 8 finishers prediction article.  I took some time and really watched the teams’ game-play and thought about their experience and play-styles.  I tried to take into account how well they compliment each other as well as the projected brackets they would face. This top 8 placings list is a result of all that effort. Read more

Text Msgs

After having our text message service up and runnning for a few months, we wanted to get your feedback on what you think of the service.  What can we do to improve it?  Do you want changes in the frequency or topics?

How frequently do you want text updates on MLG Tournaments days? Is it once a day,  twice a day or more?

We want to thank all of our dedicated readers in advance for your input and for you continueed traffic and assistance is spreading the site.

~MLG Insider Staff~

 

P.S. There are no charges from US for the texting service. However, standard text messaging rates will apply with your wireless carrier.

Flamesword Interview

In this edition we go “Heads Up” with Flamesword from Status Quo.  We wanted to bring some clarity as to why Strongside joined.  We also wanted to find out what we should  do to get invited to the next LAN…. ha ha.   Seriously though, here is our conversation with the up and coming “Flamesword SQ”. Read more

H3 Spawn System

Respawn Areas

This article was courtesy of Devinish, Thanks!!

Probably the some of the most mystical and intriguing things about the spawn system in Halo 3 are the respawn areas. If various spawn points are placed in a respawn area, they act like a joined unit. If something happens inside of the respawn area, it will affect all of the included spawn points. This is called the spawn point’s “weight.” Weight refers to the probability that a player will spawn there. Here are the factors that contribute to a spawn point’s weight, followed by the estimated weight of each factor:

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Halo 3 – MLG Weapon Respawn Times

This is the complete respawn times guide for MLG Gametypes.  You can alter these weapon spawn times if you pick the weapon up as it is ”dropping”.  To prevent that from happening it is suggested that you let the weapon sit for a half-second if you can afford to do that.  If you have any questions or feel something is wrong please comment below. Read more

Congrats xXx!!

MLG Insider wants to congratulate Joe Festinger (xXx) on marrying the love of his life Nicole on January 17th.  Joe we wish you and Nicole the very best congratulations.

Be sure to see our contest to win 2 1-hour coaching sessions for your team from xXx, Win Pro Coaching.

"Play w/a Pro" 1v1 contest

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“Play w/a Pro” 1v1 contest

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"Play w/a Pro" 2v2 Contest

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“Play w/a Pro” 2v2 Contest

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Chig Interview

We spoke with Chig of Ambush for a little Q&A about all the off-season changes and his expectation in Meadowlands.  He is one of the rising stars in the league and will be one of the pros to carry the torch for the future.  Here’s what he had to say: Read more

1v1 Wk 5

 

This is the second 1v1 this week.  After missing one last week, Neighbor wanted to make it up.  We randomly selected a comment and CHR157R0 was the winner, and our first International winner, hailing from New Zealand.  It’s great to see the following of the site and MLG in general expanding Internationally. Read more

FB Tribute

Final Boss:  The Dynasty becomes a Legend 

Final Boss is being reborn with the 2009 season up and coming. Final Boss has become a household name in the MLG community. The new roster in 2009  will give some new players the opportunity to represent and expand the dynasty that has become a legend. Let us look at how Final Boss has evolved.  Read more

FB Confirmed

We have just spoken to credible sources regarding the Final Boss roster possibilities.  The two definite members – OGRE 2 and FearItself – were considering two different options: Karma/Naded and Mackeo/Victory X. After talking to our sources we can confirm to all you B.net stalkers out there that the Final Boss fielded for Meadowlands after registration in March will be Mackeo, Victory X, Ogre 2 and FearItself.

Insider 3 of '08

These are our top three quotes from the 2008 Pro Circuit. The ones that really made us laugh, so here they are for your enjoyment: Read more

Insider 3 of ’08

These are our top three quotes from the 2008 Pro Circuit. The ones that really made us laugh, so here they are for your enjoyment: Read more

New Settings for '09

–From MLGPRO.com–

All stations featuring ViewSonic NX2232W monitors will run at a resolution of 1680×1050 for the 2009 Pro Circuit. For more details on this change, see Nexy’s explanation below: Read more

New Settings for ’09

–From MLGPRO.com–

All stations featuring ViewSonic NX2232W monitors will run at a resolution of 1680×1050 for the 2009 Pro Circuit. For more details on this change, see Nexy’s explanation below: Read more

Meadows '09

–From MLGPRO.com–

First 2009 Online Qualifiers Registration Open Now! Earn Ranking Points in Halo 3 and Gears of War 2 for Meadowlands The first Live Competition of the 2009 MLG Pro Circuit is set to take place at the Meadowlands Expo Center on April 3rd-5th, and we are pleased to announce that Read more

Meadows ’09

–From MLGPRO.com–

First 2009 Online Qualifiers Registration Open Now! Earn Ranking Points in Halo 3 and Gears of War 2 for Meadowlands The first Live Competition of the 2009 MLG Pro Circuit is set to take place at the Meadowlands Expo Center on April 3rd-5th, and we are pleased to announce that Read more

Status Quo

With all the talk about Strongside going to Status Quo, I figured it was worth taking a look at some of their film.  

babyTotz - GP link: Totz

I really haven’t heard much about Totz other than he throws a good LAN.  After watching his gameplay at the LAN he is a very controlled player, reminding me of Elamite or Roy.  He plays very smart and has solid skill sets.  His sniper is very solid and his BR is one of more steady that I’ve seen on the circuit.

One example is around the 2:00 mark.  If you watch his play on Blue S2 you’ll see he is very precise in what he does; he works the tower almost to perfection, utilizing the cover and the angles from the tower wonderfully.  He minimizes the lift airtime when going onto the tower keeping a low profile.  Also, he utilizes a very well timed crouch to surprise CallMeGod on snipe ramp.

I took notice of his natural reflexes and responses, such as the quick scope on red training ramp around the 3:00 mark.  I think he is a very sound fundamental player with great instinctual decisions.

Flamesword - GP link: Flamesword - 23 kills

Flamesword is a beast.  He is very aggressive, fearless and has a knack for staying alive. This combination is both good and bad:  His aggressiveness, at times, causes him to die when he shouldn’t, but at other times allows him to get the kills other players wouldn’t.

He throws a poor nade to start, but almost out BRs Cloud anyway.  At the 1:40 mark he shows what can happen as a result of his aggressiveness and his steady BR.  He out BRs CallMeGod for the spree after CMG got the first shot.  At the 2:50 mark the aggressiveness pays off again with a triple and then just over three minutes into the game, he’s already on his second spree.  He gets a third spree with the 50th kill, and finishes with 23 kills.

He has the potential to be very deadly. With the skillset he possesses, he reminds me a lot of Naded.  He is very aggressive and that may put him out of place at times, but If he can keep it in check he can be a game changer.

Ace- VoD link: Ace

Ace is the one who will make or break this team.  I think this is a big opportunity for him.  He has exceptional skills, but is not always consistent and seems to lose focus at times.  I would like to see his mental game improve a little bit more by not letting his emotions effect his game so much.  On occasion, he will make a series of poor decisions based on frustration and then make a series of great one when he remains focused.

Strongside- GP : I watched numerous gameplays including Pit king and Amp TS from Vegas vs Instinct

There were two things that stood out to me about Side; the first is that even though he doesn’t get as much credit, his slaying skills are still some of the best on circuit.  The problem I saw when you compare his Meadowlands play (which was his best tournament) to the end of the season (where he seemed to tail-off) is that he wasn’t relaxing.  Anyone who follows the game had seen Side on stage looking like the “Big Chill”.  He play best when he’s relaxed and lets the game come to him.  When he’s still aggressive and confident, he isn’t forcing things like he appeared to do at the end of the season.

I am extremely confident that he will prove this season that he is still one of the best in the game.

This is a squad that will really surprise some people in Meadowlands.  They’re more well rounded than most believe and are in for a year of consistent top eight placings.  Possibly, if things go their way, they have the potential of finishing in the top three once or twice.

1v1 Wk 4

This week’s winner of our 1v1 with Neighbor was Chilled Reality.  He got the chance to play with Neighbor last night and had a great time.  Neighbor still remains undefeated and won 15-1, 15-0.  Here’s what Reality had to say about the series. Read more

More tD Answers

 

We have continued to push for more information and details regarding what many credible sources inside the pro ranks have said was a deliberate setup by tD to break up Instinct.  In pushing deeper for the truth, we have found a more accurate version of the story: Read more

Og's 1 and 2

 

It appears we may finally have the answers regarding Final Boss and the retirement decision of OGRE 1.

First to OGRE 2: We have spoken to credible sources confirming that Final Boss is back. It appears that they will return in 2009 at Meadowlands featuring OGRE 2, Fearitself, Karma and Naded. This would be a very well rounded team with two beastly slayers in OGRE 2 and Naded, as well as two of the best all around players in FearItself and Karma. I’m not certain how they will place, although I will say that if this team gels well while adapting to the more aggressive play style of H3 they will bust quite a few brackets this year. 

This brings us to OGRE 1. Obviously with OGRE 2 teaming with three others, there’s no room for his big bro. We did some research and have found out that as long as OGRE 1 doesn’t announce his retirement, he continues to get paid per his contract with MLG. This is NOT from him directly, but I would be fairly certain that you won’t hear of his retirement until just before Meadowlands, probably sometime in March. It only makes financial sense for him to wait as long as possible.

The retirement is still all speculation because he hasn’t officially announced it, but with OGRE 2 looking to team elsewhere and not reserving a spot for his brother, it’s pretty safe to assume the writing is on the wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Og’s 1 and 2

 

It appears we may finally have the answers regarding Final Boss and the retirement decision of OGRE 1.

First to OGRE 2: We have spoken to credible sources confirming that Final Boss is back. It appears that they will return in 2009 at Meadowlands featuring OGRE 2, Fearitself, Karma and Naded. This would be a very well rounded team with two beastly slayers in OGRE 2 and Naded, as well as two of the best all around players in FearItself and Karma. I’m not certain how they will place, although I will say that if this team gels well while adapting to the more aggressive play style of H3 they will bust quite a few brackets this year. 

This brings us to OGRE 1. Obviously with OGRE 2 teaming with three others, there’s no room for his big bro. We did some research and have found out that as long as OGRE 1 doesn’t announce his retirement, he continues to get paid per his contract with MLG. This is NOT from him directly, but I would be fairly certain that you won’t hear of his retirement until just before Meadowlands, probably sometime in March. It only makes financial sense for him to wait as long as possible.

The retirement is still all speculation because he hasn’t officially announced it, but with OGRE 2 looking to team elsewhere and not reserving a spot for his brother, it’s pretty safe to assume the writing is on the wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2v2 Wk1 Results

In this first edition of our “Play-A-Pro” series of 2v2′s  Roy and Lunchbox played  this week’s winner Keith Walton.  He and his teammate took on the twins on Guardian, but came out on the losing end of a 2-0 series. Read more

Soviet Gameplay

Back with the three part series, we are examining the play styles of both Naded and Soviet. This time we will be taking a look at the Loser Bracket Finals between Instinct and Carbon.

As we start off, Soviet heads straight towards the sniper. When he picks it up, he begins to put shots towards the Carbon member heading into custom power up, but he gets his shields dropped and Read more

tD Conspiracy

Edit added 1/6-7:17pm - We stand behind the article as its statements were directly from the players involved.  Okay, after all the controversy as to what did or didn’t happen we decided to get to the bottom of things.  We spoke with various credit services early this morning around 2 am.  Here’s the whole scoop and believe us you’ll enjoy this one.

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Walshy/Fearitself ???

First things first, Walshy is back on instinct.  

Hysteria had approached Instinct and said he was 100% in for the switch from Triggers Down to Instinct. They explained the situation to Dave, and being the professional he is, understood the change.  He was disappointed, but realized why it happened.  For the moment, this left one of the best players in the history of MLG without a team. Read more

Turtle Beach X4's

 

Continuing with our product reviews, we tried out the Turtle Beach X4′s headset.  

The Turtle Beach X4′s are a wireless headset designed for home use that plugs into the 360 controller.  They operate in 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound via an infrared transmitter.  You can purchase a pair through www.Turtlebeach.com and be sure to tell them you saw it at MLGInsider.com  We had the headset tested by multiple gamers and we used their thoughts to come up with a combined rating Read more

Turtle Beach X4′s

 

Continuing with our product reviews, we tried out the Turtle Beach X4′s headset.  

The Turtle Beach X4′s are a wireless headset designed for home use that plugs into the 360 controller.  They operate in 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound via an infrared transmitter.  You can purchase a pair through www.Turtlebeach.com and be sure to tell them you saw it at MLGInsider.com  We had the headset tested by multiple gamers and we used their thoughts to come up with a combined rating Read more

Walshy Replaced

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'08 Pro Choice Awards GoW

Every year the debate rages on about who is the best at many different categories o MLG decided to let the Pros themselves decide.  After all they should know better than anyone else(well, in theory).  Here are the winners for the 2008 RSV2 Pro Choice Awards.  Let us know what you think. Read more

’08 Pro Choice Awards GoW

Every year the debate rages on about who is the best at many different categories o MLG decided to let the Pros themselves decide.  After all they should know better than anyone else(well, in theory).  Here are the winners for the 2008 RSV2 Pro Choice Awards.  Let us know what you think. Read more

'08 Pro Choice Awards RSV2

Every year the debate rages on about who is the best at many different categories o MLG decided to let the Pros themselves decide.  After all they should know better than anyone else(well, in theory).  Here are the winners for the 2008 RSV2 Pro Choice Awards.  Let us know what you think. Read more

’08 Pro Choice Awards RSV2

Every year the debate rages on about who is the best at many different categories o MLG decided to let the Pros themselves decide.  After all they should know better than anyone else(well, in theory).  Here are the winners for the 2008 RSV2 Pro Choice Awards.  Let us know what you think. Read more

DP Bottles

Starting today you can begin to purchase the Limited Edition bottle with a picture of Tsquared on them.  You can go to the DR Pepper site and enter the code under the cap to see if you won anything.  Here are the prizes you can win: Read more

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