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Major League Gaming Canada and Insight Sports announced today that
Canada's top gamers will have the chance to compete for glory and
awesome cash prizes, including a portion of a purse of over $70,000
U.S. during next month's MLB Pro Circuit Toronto, presented by Ford.
This stop on the Circuit will be a featured event of this year's Fan
Expo, running August 22nd through 24th at
the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
An
official stop of the six-city 2008 MLG Pro Circuit, MLG Pro Circuit
Toronto, presented by Ford, will feature the top professional and
amateur video gamers from Canada and the United States. The event
will feature three main tournaments –
Halo
3
4-on-4,
Gears of War
4-on-4
and
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Vegas 2
4-on-4. The biggest prize from the purse will be going to the
championship team in the
Halo 3
tournament,
which will receive $20,000 U.S. The top eight teams from that
tournament will receive prize money, while only the top four teams
from the other two tournaments will be awarded prize money. The
champion team from those two tournaments will each receive $4,000
U.S.
Teams
that wish to try and qualify through the online ladders at
www.mlgcanada.com
can find out more about the ladder system here.
For teams that don't qualify, or simply wish to purchase seats
through the general registration may do so by going to the MLG
Store. Registration opened for the
Halo
3
tournament this Tuesday, for the
Gears
of War
tournament
yesterday, and is already sold out, and opens for the
Rainbow
Six Vegas 2
tournament at 7 p.m. Eastern Time tonight.
The
prize money for each tournament is as follows:
Halo
3
1st
= $20,000
2nd
= $12,000
3rd
= $8,000
4th
= $5,600
5th
= $4,000
6th
= $2,800
7th
= $2,000
8th
= $1,600
Gears
of War
and
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
1st
= $4,000
2nd
= $2,000
3rd
= $1,000
4th
= $500
Complete
information about this stop on the Circuit, including reserving
accommodations, how to obtain a U.S. Passport (for American players)
and more can be found here.
