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Subject: Halo: Reach and MLG 2012

*Blah blah blah....REACH*

So, as some of you may know there's a bit of a crisis going down over at MLG regarding Halo. They've been dropping hints for months now (since Providence and earlier) that Reach may not be on the MLG Pro circuit for 2012.

The announcement was meant to be made last night about what games will be featured on the circuit, but no mention was made of Halo either staying or going.

So, I put this question to you;
What do you think is the reason for MLG not supporting Halo (remembering that CE was the game that made them famous)?

Also, if you're interested, watch/listen to this: http://www.twitch.tv/gandhimlg/b/307266706

[Edited on 02.02.2012 5:04 AM PST]

  • 02.02.2012 5:03 AM PDT

Halo 4? Or did they say Halo in general?. If that was the case I can see why. Reach is trash.

  • 02.02.2012 5:08 AM PDT

*Blah blah blah....REACH*


Posted by: AK FROST
Halo 4? Or did they say Halo in general?. If that was the case I can see why. Reach is trash.


Well Halo: Reach for now. But if Halo is off the circuit this year then it will make it hard to make its way back in next year. Sure Reach is a trashy game, but there is still a competitive community (including myself) who play it every day. Without MLG, competitive Halo will die and I doubt Halo 4 will recover it.

  • 02.02.2012 5:13 AM PDT


Posted by: the odd box

Posted by: AK FROST
Halo 4? Or did they say Halo in general?. If that was the case I can see why. Reach is trash.


Well Halo: Reach for now. But if Halo is off the circuit this year then it will make it hard to make its way back in next year. Sure Reach is a trashy game, but there is still a competitive community (including myself) who play it every day. Without MLG, competitive Halo will die and I doubt Halo 4 will recover it.


No I completely agree. But listen COD, HAlo, GOW are all not in the winter season. Most console games are never in the winter season. I'm sure we will know by March. It's not helping the CEO is getting attacked. The thing is if Halo is dropped halo 4 will have a tough time.

[Edited on 02.02.2012 5:17 AM PST]

  • 02.02.2012 5:16 AM PDT

That would be quite depressing but hey, we can blame bungie for making -blam!- maps forcing MLG to make 90% of there maps

  • 02.02.2012 7:32 AM PDT
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The reasoning is plain and simple, they do not have near as much interest in the games anymore. The last tournament, they had a higher signup rate at during CE days when it wasn't even known about then they did at the last tournament.

They can't keep passing out $30K-$50K worth of winnings if they don't have enough teams to cover the cost. They get sponsorship money and so forth but only having around 50-60 team register is a huge difference when they were running tournaments in H2 and H3 when they had to turn teams away after the 100 mark. I recall the tournament that was run in STL as I helped judge had something like 120 total teams.

120 x $400 = $48,000
120 x $500 = $60,000 ($500 was for later sign-ups)

Top 12 teams get free entry, so they still only made $48K-$60K on Halo, but the payout was I think $45K total. They also have payments for visitors but still, Halo needs to pull 80+ teams to make it worth their time and effort.

Reach fell off the main stage to SC2 and MW3. The live streams on their website also had well below average turnouts for all Reach events. The game period just sucks.

Halo CE is what created MLG, forgot was it was called before MLB but Sundance and Puckett still ran them. Amazing to see, that Reach is now helping destroy the community.

[Edited on 02.02.2012 7:54 AM PST]

  • 02.02.2012 7:49 AM PDT