Pro Gaming League
Sport	Electronic Sports
Founded	2007
Founder	Kyle Gronning
Games	Halo 3 Guitar Hero 3 Super Smash Bros. Gears of War 2
Next Event(s)	Winnipeg
Country(ies)	Canada
Point Leaders(s)	Halo 3 4 v 4 - North of 49/ End Result
Press Coverage	Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Official website	PGL Forums

Pro Gaming League (PGL) was founded in September 2007 in Regina, Saskatchewan. PGL is Canada's "premier" video game tournament league. Although the PGL has no sponsors, the league is quickly gaining support^[1] among the Canadian gaming community.

According to PGL founder Kyle Gronning, the PGL is the equivalent to the American Major League Gaming (MLG), but the PGL is more focused on the players than its American counterpart^[2].

The chance to someday give Canadian gamers the opportunity to make a living from gaming is the ultimate goal. Gronning has been quoted as saying "Guys make so much money playing poker, why can't they do that with video games?"^[1]

Contents 1 Current Events 2 Halo 3 Team Placing 3 Entry Costs and Prize Money 4 Rules Of The PGL Curcuit 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Current Events

The average Pro Gaming League event will bring 290+ competitive gamers together, and over 1000 spectators during the 3 day period.^[3] Pro Gaming League has a relatively small range of games on their pro circuit, with most players being interested in their most popular circuit game, Halo 3.

List of Current Games In The '09 PGL Circuit^[4]

Game	Type Of Game	Game Mode(s)
Halo 3	First Person Shooter	* 4v4 * 2v2 * Free For All
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Fighter	* 2v2 * 1v1
Guitar Hero 3	Music/Rhythm	* Pro Face Off Mode
Gears of War 2	Third Person Shooter	* 4v4 * 2v2 * Free For All

[edit] Halo 3 Team Placing

The placing for the '08-'09 PGL season.

The placing for the '08-'09 PGL season.

Event Location And Date
Montreal, November, 7-9, 2008	North Of 49	Swarm	TKS
Toronto, February, 6-8, 2009	End Result	BackShooter	Virtuosity
Saskatoon, June, 26-28, 2009	Rise Above	Cardboard Murphy's	Chain Chomp

[edit] Entry Costs and Prize Money

Even though the main concern for the league is finances, every attempt is made to keep the potential prize money for the players as high as possible. The Prize money can reach up to $10,000 ^[5] at some PGL Tournaments. The prize money is generated alone on the entry costs for teams. Pro Gaming League has made several attempts to negotiate corporate sponsorship in order to increase the prizes available to be won.

Entry Cost Of Games^[6]

Game	Cost Of 4v4	Cost Of 2v2	Cost Of 1v1	Cost Of Free For All
Halo 3	$200/Team	$80/Team	N/A	$30/Person
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	N/A	$80/Team	$40/Person	N/A
Guitar Hero 3	N/A	N/A	$40/Person	N/A
Gears of War 2	$200/Team	$80/Team	N/A	$30/Person

[edit] Rules Of The PGL Curcuit

Official General Rules^[7]

• All players and teams must tentatively make their matches, if players are not present the team must forfeit the games they miss in their allotted time slots.
• Swearing and physical violence will not be tolerated. It will first result in warning, a second warning will result in a loss of forfeit of the game, a third will result in a ban from the tournament.

Official Halo 3 Rules

• All players are required to bring their own wired controllers.
• All maps and gametypes are PGL.
• Players are required to bring their own hard drives to the games with the most recent PGL maps.

Official Super Smash Bros Brawl Rules

• All players are required to bring their own Wii Controllers or Gamecube Controllers.
• 3 Life Stock
• 8 Minute Game Timer
• Items are set to "off" and "none"

Official Guitar Hero 3 Rules

• All players are required to bring their own guitars and hard drives
• All free downloadable content can be used in the competition, and all games will be Pro Face-off.
• It will be set up as a double elimination game with the first 2 rounds being on hard setting and then moved to expert (unless agreed upon by competitors)
• No modifications of any kind will be accepted (except visual)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Pro Gaming League homepage

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