Musings of a Sega Racing Fan: MLG And Evo Stuff (Professional Gaming)

EDITED twice, moved the NASCAR part to its own post

Oh man. Get ready for more gaming conventions. So yesterday, I was watching a Major League Gaming (in Anaheim) stream on some website. They were playing Halo: Reach, CoD: Black Ops, and Starcraft 2. Who won? Well, I don't know. Also, at the same time, there was this Evo tournament thing (in Las Vegas). They were playing Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (with no Megaman) and Street Fighter 4. Thank God there was no Smash Bros. or I would have snapped. BTW, there was some dude from Saudi Arabia who came in 2nd place in SF4 and that's boss.

OMG Koreans playing Starcraft, we're not worthy!!!

I have no idea what's going on here.

So I watched and I guess it was kind of cool. No I didn't absolutely abhor it like pretty much everything else. Well, everyone playing CoD ran around with the Famas Red Dot (very rarely an AK74 or G11)/Lightweight/Sleight of Hand which was kind of stupid but they were playing under special rules. There were about 80,000 people watching both streams plus those watching on Spike/G4 and in the actual convention center.

Man, I tell you I get a little jealous of those guys. Nothing like struggling to keep a 1.0 KDR on Black Ops (not me, some other people), then seeing these guys put on a show. That's a real morale boost there. Don't worry kids--just play enough Halo/CoD and someday, you'll make $30,000 a year playing video games! Yeah, good luck. Remember, changing your XBL Gamerpic to a MLG logo will increase your skills by 1000%.

But in the end, you still gotta go back to real life--working hard, taking care of business, keeping the world going around. I don't even remember who won. Also MLG/Evo will never air on ESPN while professional poker will. Hell, even 1st and 10 gets aired over video games so QQ moar nerds.

I have to watch Skip Bayless over MLG.

Another thing I noticed was the advertisements. Now Dr. Pepper is synonymous with gamers--when did this happen? What happened to Mountain Dew--no one likes that anymore? Dr. Pepper has a contest that will hook someone up with some gaming room with a ~~l33t~~ beast PC and sofa. Great, I liked Dr. Pepper when no one cared now everyone likes it and makes me look like a bandwagoner. Also, what's up with this NOS energy drink? I don't drink energy drinks cause those are for World of Warcraft nerds who pull all-nighters with their "epic 30-man raids." The only NOS I want is in my car, not in me.

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Speaking of competitive gaming, there's also CPL: Cyberathlete Professional League. Oh man, now that's old school. They're still around although they may be merged with MLG or some crap like that.