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MLG Winter Championship – March 15-17 – Dallas, TX

The Major League Gaming, the world’s largest eSports league, will kick off the 10th annual MLG Pro Circuit with the Winter Championship starting today through the 17th at the Dallas Convention Center.

The Winter Championship includes some of the largest gaming franchises and eSports titles of all time including Call of Duty®: Black Ops II on Xbox 360®, League of Legends and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Thousands of spectators are expected and hundreds of thousands more will watch online as hundreds of the world’s best players compete in the three-day tournament.

Here are the events that are taking place:
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on Xbox 360: $50,000 in prizes; First place – $20,000
    The highly acclaimed franchise returns to the Pro Circuit during the Winter Season. Nearly 200 teams will compete in an Open Bracket to secure placement in the Championship Bracket. There they will join teams that qualified from MLG’s Winter Championship Bracket Qualifier to compete for $50,000 in prizes. In addition to cash prizes, the top eight teams will earn trips to Hollywood, CA to compete for their share of a $1 million total tournament purse in the Call of Duty Championship on April 5-7.
  • League of Legends: Three separate events – $45,000 in Prizes total for North American Summer Promotion Qualifier and International Exhibition
    · The North American Summer Promotion Qualifier – $30,000 in prizes
    Four top North American teams who qualified online have received all expenses paid trips to compete for $30,000 in prizes. The first place team will receive $20,000 and a spot in the May Promotion Tournament into the LCS.
    · International Exhibition Tournament – $15,000 in prizes
    Four top teams from around the globe including KT Rolster B, Gambit Gaming, Dignitas and Curse will compete in an International Exhibition Tournament for $15,000 in prizes and a first place prize of $10,000.
    · Season Three North American League Championship Series (LCS) matches
    The LCS matches will feature all eight teams from the North American LCS playing LIVE in person. Over the weekend, each team will play three action-packed matches.
  • StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm: $75,000 in prizes; First place – $25,000
    32 of the world’s best will compete in a StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm exhibition tournament. 28 players who won their Winter Season Showdowns online including PartinG, Stephano, Mvp, MKP, MC, Taeja and more will join the top four from the MLG 2012 Fall Championship – Life, Leenock, Flash, Bomber – to compete for $75,000 and a first place prize of $25,000.
Event Details
Dates:                 March 15-17, 2013
Hours:                    Friday, March 15 – Doors open at 2:00 PM with the official welcome at 5:00 PM and competition on the main stages from 5:30 PM – 12:30 AM
·       VIPs – 12:30 PM entry
·       Gold Members – 1:30 PM entry
Saturday, March 16 – 10:00 AM to 12:30 AM
Sunday, March 17 – 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Passes:                Spectator Passes for the weekend: $35 in advance, $50 at the door
VIP Passes for the weekend: $250
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Competitor Passes: $320 until 3/3
Location:              Dallas Convention Center, Hall B
650 S. Griffin Street
Dallas, TX 75202
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