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Korean Pro Gamer Flash Has Deep Rituals When It Comes To StarCraft II
Among other Korean pros, legendary Brood War player Flash — already switched over to and having great success in StarCraft II — attended MLG Winter last weekend.
Misunderstood Bro Culture And Obnoxious First-Person Shooter YouTube Videos
You press play. A homemade logo or two pop up — maybe a clan or a made-up studio. You notice the name of the player — lots of X’s, maybe a 420 reference, and the rest seems incomprehensible. That’s when the top 40 song begins. Then it happens: a man dies. Cause of death? Headshot, intentionally timed to connect when the bass dropped (if the song happens to be dubstep.) We’re watching an earnest kill montage video of a popular shooter, likely from an MLG hopeful.
Australian Halo 4 Team Tear Up The Competition At MLG
Australia’s top pro Halo squad Team Immunity headed over the to world’s first major Halo 4 tournament at MLG this weekend. 260 of the world’s best teams attended and, despite the fact some of the top seeds had two weeks to practice the game, Team Immunity still managed to place 9th. Such an incredible result guys — very well done.
I’m Watching The Best In The World Play Halo 4 Live, You Should Join Me!
As we are all aware, Halo 4 is out this coming week, and the thing I’m most looking forward to is getting involved in multiplayer again. In preparation I’ve been watching MLG over the weekend, since they’ve been running a series of pro matches using the game. It’s been pretty insightful in terms of learning the basics of the game, and getting an idea of some of the maps.
Halo 4 Multiplayer, As Played By A Halo Pro
There aren’t many video game series where I care more about the multiplayer than the main campaign, but Halo is one of them, and that’s partly because I love Halo multi, but also because I’m pretty engaged with the Halo competitive scene. This video shows off multiple new features destined for Halo 4, including promothean vision, and it’s played by one of the best Halo pros to ever pick up a controller, Neighbour.
MLG Pros Now Playing Max Payne 3 Live
I’m a fan of MLG, I love pro gaming, and I’m excited about Max Payne 3. Turns out that right this second MLG pros are currently playing Max Payne‘s multiplayer for a grand prize of $30,000, and you can watch right here!
Watch Top MLG Pros Compete For $30,000 In Max Payne 3 Multiplayer
I’m a fan of pro gaming, and I really like what MLG has been doing over the past few years. I’m also pretty excited about the release of Max Payne 3 this week. Wait, there’s a video where these two things are combined? Yes, I’ll have that please.
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