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Major League Gaming: Still Struggling To Find The Fun

Nathan Schmidt writes...

"Walking into the event, I realized that this was not the segment of the gaming community that I’m used to dealing with. I guarantee you that 95% of the people in that hall did not give a shit about Mario, Kratos, or anything else that would make an average gamer’s nipples hard as rocks..."

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Fierce Musashi5093d ago (Edited 5093d ago )

Smash brother will make it allll better. Just make it pro.

topdawg1225092d ago

No, they should at least use a real fighting game that takes real skill like SSF4 or Blazblue. That's what MLG needs not just pure shooters and Starcraft.

CyberCam5092d ago

"Not once did I hear anyone scream through his microphone that they had fornicated with an opponent’s mother, sister, father, etc. Granted, it’s much easier to throw that kind of bashing out over the anonymity granted by an internet connection. It’s a different story when your opponent is sitting across from you".

"That’s not to say that these fine competitors aren’t the same little bastards one has to deal with when they log-in to XBL on a regular basis, I’m sure some of them were".

So true!!

kjordanreyna5093d ago

MLG gaming can't appeal to the mass market because the mass market and people who play video games don't regard it as a sport.

Komega5093d ago (Edited 5093d ago )

I think that's kind of the point MLG wants to be seen as a sport, but that's not how the people who they should be targeting view it, nor should they in my opinion.

GSpartan7775093d ago

if you know nothing about competitive gaming, stay the f*ck away from it and don't write stupid bullshit articles like this. MLG's main audience is not the casual Mario, RPG, single players gamers like yourself and the simple fact that you mention the "awkward lack of trash talk like xbox live juveniles" already indicates that you have a total different view from what this is actually suppose to be.

Demons Souls5092d ago

MLG's main audience is the casual Call of Duty, FPS, multiplayer, pre-teen gamers like yourself.

dizzleK5092d ago

don't forget anti-social and angst ridden.

competitive gaming is as idiotic as competitive eating. like they say about the special olympics:whether you win or lose, youre still retarded.

Enigma_20995092d ago (Edited 5092d ago )

... and yes, this includes you.

This *sport* is such a f'n joke... it makes professional wrestling look credible...

Lich1205092d ago

Well you completely missed the point of the article. He was merely pointing out that if MLG continues down the same path, any hopes of going main stream are going to get washed away.

Enigma_20995092d ago

... I DON'T CARE WHAT THE POINT OF THE ARTICLE WAS... Doesn't change the fact that I STILL think watching a bunch of "pros" try to out-chap each other in FPS games is a monumental waste of f'n space.

Now the idea someone had of the occasional contest or whatever, cool. But trying to make a whole league? I'd rather watch golf... and I f'n HATE golf!!!

Lich1205091d ago (Edited 5091d ago )

I was talking to geno, enigma.

Also, I won't dispute your points since I hate watching sports in general.

BX815092d ago

Imo MLG sux. I've played with plenty of you so called MLG's online and completely destroyed. At the same time I've been smashed my self. The fact of the matter is no one cares about MLG except MLG. No chicks think you're hot because you wear a halo t-shirt and no one goes out of there way to make it home early to catch MLG on TV. MLG is not a sport or even close to it.

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Ranking Every Halo Game From Worst To Best

Not every Halo game has been a banger, but the franchise still has a raft of the greatest games of all time.

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HellspawnPR1981108d ago

Infinite is a dumpster fire and as much as I like ODST, in no universe it ranks above Halo 2. This list is trash.

Kaii107d ago

Just exclude Infinite>5>4

ChasterMies107d ago

Best to worst: Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo ODST, Halo Infinite, Halo 5.

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The 7 Best Xbox 360 Games - Console Exclusives Win the Day

The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?

DrDoomer145d ago

I'm pretty used to these lists being bad, but this one is particularly s#ite.

raWfodog145d ago

I think Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon should have been added to the list.

BrainSyphoned145d ago

I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*

Husker42c145d ago

I really loved Shadow Complex.

P_Bomb145d ago

Ah yes, Shadow Complex! Good indies back in the day. Summer of Arcade. I enjoyed Trials Evolution as well.

ChasterMies145d ago (Edited 145d ago )

Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.

Abnor_Mal145d ago (Edited 145d ago )

Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.

The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.

darthv72144d ago

360 had Namco hitters AC6 and RR6... both quality titles. You should at least bust out the 360 for AC6 if you can score the flight stick. Its great.

Hofstaderman145d ago

When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....

Profchaos144d ago (Edited 144d ago )

It's a nostalgia peice same reason we get thousands of YouTube videos on sega genisis. Something people have fond memories for but the era is long gone.

It's xboxs golden year imo it was their genisis years the time where they stuck it to the market leaders Sony.

BehindTheRows144d ago

They stuck nothing. Sony screwed themselves giving Xbox an opening. They would have gotten the usual smack down if the PS3 had launched at $399 and was easier to develop for.

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Xbox 360 Turns 18: Three Cheers to Live, Halo, and Red Rings

The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.

darthv72156d ago

Great platform, and many of its games (not bc) still hold up well to this day. Like the PS3, I keep a 360 hooked up for those games you can't play any other way.

isarai156d ago

The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.

TheBrainZ156d ago

So many brilliant games. I still have one stored somewhere.

LG_Fox_Brazil156d ago

I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces