Gears of War 3 on the MLG Curcuit in 2012

[Kendrick]

I mean, it's only inevitable. :)

[2th]

Was already thinking that myself.

[The Mad Fiddler]

Likely with the current state of news? Yes.

But don't count your chickens before they hatch.

[Freakish_Adrian]

MLG better be in Anaheim.

[cob i boc]

Was already thinking that myself.

Should happen but probably wont be streamed or be a main event so low prize offers

[jashin]

There was talk about it last year, but it was pulled pretty much at the last minute wasn't it?

With Hype just 9 days away, if the word gets out enough I'm sure there will be a big "hype" over gears (see what i did there) and will more than likely get it going in MLG soon.

[Sausages and Beans]

How can team game like gears not be on it? Are people insane?

[Shadow47]

hopefully it makes it onto the circuit. Last time I checked gears was like number 8 on the top played games on xbox live. It was behind 3 seperate Call of Duty games and Halo Reach :(

[vVv Sun Down]

How can team game like gears not be on it? Are people insane?

Its mainly because of the small following that competitive Gears has from the casual player. The average Gears of war player just usually is going to sign on and play some ranked or horde and then get off. What makes games successful these days isn't necessarily about the quality of the gameplay, but more importantly the spectators, how entertaining the game is TO WATCH (we all know its so much fun to play) and developer support.

The competitive community has been hard at work since the end of GoW2 to try and really expand and change the way things were before. We feel like we have been able to make some great strides and the creation of this section is just more evidence to support that. All we can do now is keep working with Epic and giving them our feedback (all players, Pete and Quinn are really active on twitter and love any suggestions that will benefit competitive gears) and try to reach out to the every day players (the ones who don't visit the forums or watch any streams).

[Falloutt]

The game isn't as solidified for making it to the 2012 circuit as some of you may think it is. We're in a great position, but as someone pointed out GoW3 was #8 on Xbox Activity and MLG took note of that (largely due to 4 brand new releases in Saints Row, MW3, BF3, and Assassins Creed, but ignorance is bliss). Not to mention, general stream numbers on TwitchTV for Gears are much smaller than Halo and CoD at this point. As SunDown said, we need to continue to work as a community to grow and spread the knowledge as a way to create bridges between those casual player and more hardcore GoW players to increase stream numbers and grow this community. Producing content is a great way to do so!

GoW3 is hands down the best game and has the best community on xbox and we all know it, just a matter of getting everyone else to realize it. We're doing a great job so far, just need to keep working to grow and improve

Keep up the good work everyone

[Vevion]

It'll make it in. The community for the competitive side of Gears is keeping it strong and I've known a lot of people who didn't play competitively are now doing it so that's a good step in keeping it alive, and making sure it'll remain in the circuit for a long while.

Not to mention devs like Quinn and Pete are in good terms with us and Sundance, while we really didn't have that in Gears 2 (or 1 for that matter). :p

[RelinquishedOne]

Do any of the Top teams (MbN, AmazYn, etc.) Have any connections to top Halo/Cod players that would possibly be willing to plug some GoW streams on their streams? "Well I'm getting outta here, but if you guys want to see some competitive GoW head on over to....." There are a lot of Halo/Cod fans that would love GoW and would watch. Just a thought.

[cob i boc]

Do any of the Top teams (MbN, AmazYn, etc.) Have any connections to top Halo/Cod players that would possibly be willing to plug some GoW streams on their streams? "Well I'm getting outta here, but if you guys want to see some competitive GoW head on over to....." There are a lot of Halo/Cod fans that would love GoW and would watch. Just a thought.yes actually halo 2 pro ghandi is very active with gears of war he stream almost everyday and comintates. He also comintates live scrims and hes gonna be at hypefest im pretty sure.

[Skyllus vBi]

Do any of the Top teams (MbN, AmazYn, etc.) Have any connections to top Halo/Cod players that would possibly be willing to plug some GoW streams on their streams? "Well I'm getting outta here, but if you guys want to see some competitive GoW head on over to....." There are a lot of Halo/Cod fans that would love GoW and would watch. Just a thought.

MbN just got picked up by EnvyUs, a top CoD team and really big on Youtube. They've been trying to help plug their content a bit. The Halo community really doesn't have any strong Youtube/streaming presences which surpass what we already have. Plus I think they feel a bit threatened right now that Halo won't be around much longer at MLG.

Current focus is to get people HERE interested, then we conquer the world. (Maybe some steps in the middle)

[Falloutt]

Do any of the Top teams (MbN, AmazYn, etc.) Have any connections to top Halo/Cod players that would possibly be willing to plug some GoW streams on their streams? "Well I'm getting outta here, but if you guys want to see some competitive GoW head on over to....." There are a lot of Halo/Cod fans that would love GoW and would watch. Just a thought.Very good call, but I think a lot of Halo and CoD pros look at GoW as a threat. We have the connection to EnVyUs now and they're helping the community out in more ways than you can imagine, so thats a start

[iDuskk]

As much as everyone wants this, we cant assume for sure it will be on MLG's circuit. Remember MLG is a business, and adding a competitive title is a HUGE investment. MLG has obviously shown an active interest in the game, and EPIC has shown much support for the game on a competitive level, but the bottom line is it is up to us as the Gears of War community to show how much we want the game added. The best thing we can do is to continue to support the game through means like youtube, livestreams, tournaments, hypefestation, ect. The more activity MLG sees within the Gears community, the more they will want the game on the circuit.

The biggest thing is the community itself. Competitive or not, we are all part of the gears of war community. If the community ends up being divided as bad as it was in the Gears of War 2 days, we wont get anywhere.


And we also have Hypefestation. Worse comes to worse and MLG decides its not worth it to add gears right away, Hypefest will probably be the domain for competitive LAN Gears of War, so we do have a league to play in even if all else fails. However I would love to see both MLG and Hypefestation going strong in 2012.

[RelinquishedOne]

MbN just got picked up by EnvyUs, a top CoD team and really big on Youtube. They've been trying to help plug their content a bit. The Halo community really doesn't have any strong Youtube/streaming presences which surpass what we already have. Plus I think they feel a bit threatened right now that Halo won't be around much longer at MLG.

Current focus is to get people HERE interested, then we conquer the world. (Maybe some steps in the middle) Well this thread is a hell of a start. And the Envy thing is massive for us. Step in between: let's try to get some more content on Machinima with the GoW players that are partnered with them. *cough*K.L.*cough :)
The more we can use that bohemoth the better.

[iDuskk]

MbN just got picked up by EnvyUs, a top CoD team and really big on Youtube. They've been trying to help plug their content a bit. The Halo community really doesn't have any strong Youtube/streaming presences which surpass what we already have. Plus I think they feel a bit threatened right now that Halo won't be around much longer at MLG.
Current focus is to get people HERE interested, then we conquer the world. (Maybe some steps in the middle)

Well I disagree that CoD professionals will feel threatened, as the community is so huge, but I agree that Halo players are pretty scared right now.

If none of you follow MLG/Halo, Halo has been with MLG since day 1. Halo has also been the most popular game on the circuit. Halo Reach however was a big step down, and the community has recently been going through alot of movements to help the game's return, similar to what the Gears of War 2 community went through at the end of 09. But this is the first year where the Halo community actually has to worry about Halo not being included, so its a pretty huge deal.

But the major problem with Halo is the community itself isn't as commited to the game as the Gears community is. Other then livestreams and some youtube content, there isn't much activity within the Halo community aside from MLG events. With Gears of War we have really dedicated youtubers (myself included if anyone wants to check out my channel <3) who post content on a daily basis. Even when there was no gears on the circuit and no other league to hold gears, players like ArCtyC were still posting content all the time. Halo doesnt have that aside from a few pro channels such as Bravo's channel. Even TSquared, who was the poster boy of MLG Halo, isn't even helping the movement much aside his livestream (Which He probably gets paid to do) even his youtube channel has more BF3 content then Halo.

Now in Gears of War 3 even before MLG has made the announcement, we have huge movements like Hypefestation just because we love the game. There was no promise of success, no MLG stats to go by, but Hypefest took a huge risk and its been paying off on a huge scale. ArCtyC has his youtube with countless content, Falloutt has also been getting is youtube started, EPIC has been doing things for competitive play, and You just dont get things like this in the Halo community. As long as we as a community continues to do things like these, this game will be much much better off in the long run.

[PiBB]

Well I disagree that CoD professionals will feel threatened, as the community is so huge, but I agree that Halo players are pretty scared right now.

If none of you follow MLG/Halo, Halo has been with MLG since day 1. Halo has also been the most popular game on the circuit. Halo Reach however was a big step down, and the community has recently been going through alot of movements to help the game's return, similar to what the Gears of War 2 community went through at the end of 09. But this is the first year where the Halo community actually has to worry about Halo not being included, so its a pretty huge deal.

But the major problem with Halo is the community itself isn't as commited to the game as the Gears community is. Other then livestreams and some youtube content, there isn't much activity within the Halo community aside from MLG events. With Gears of War we have really dedicated youtubers (myself included if anyone wants to check out my channel <3) who post content on a daily basis. Even when there was no gears on the circuit and no other league to hold gears, players like ArCtyC were still posting content all the time. Halo doesnt have that aside from a few pro channels such as Bravo's channel. Even TSquared, who was the poster boy of MLG Halo, isn't even helping the movement much aside his livestream (Which He probably gets paid to do) even his youtube channel has more BF3 content then Halo.

Now in Gears of War 3 even before MLG has made the announcement, we have huge movements like Hypefestation just because we love the game. There was no promise of success, no MLG stats to go by, but Hypefest took a huge risk and its been paying off on a huge scale. ArCtyC has his youtube with countless content, Falloutt has also been getting is youtube started, EPIC has been doing things for competitive play, and You just dont get things like this in the Halo community. As long as we as a community continues to do things like these, this game will be much much better off in the long run.

I just **** my pants with all the info you just gave. Cheers haha seriously hit almost every point dead on what this community has now as compared to before Gow1 Gow2. It can only get bigger.

[ll MikeB ll]

These are the types of conversations I joined the forum to read...
Had no idea what went into getting a game into the MLG Circuit. Very interesting stuff. Sounds like I have some Youtube channels to subscribe to and watch.

[Arm Rip Execution]

I hope it is.

[Falloutt]

These are the types of conversations I joined the forum to read...
Had no idea what went into getting a game into the MLG Circuit. Very interesting stuff. Sounds like I have some Youtube channels to subscribe to and watch.wow, this made my day :).

Great to see the knowledge being spread and people getting more involved. This is exactly what we need if we want to grow as a community, awesome that everyone is finally coming together.

[iDuskk]

wow, this made my day :).

Great to see the knowledge being spread and people getting more involved. This is exactly what we need if we want to grow as a community, awesome that everyone is finally coming together.

Definitely :]

Now all we need to do is migrate more players from other Gears communities over here.

[The Mad Fiddler]

These are the types of conversations I joined the forum to read...
Had no idea what went into getting a game into the MLG Circuit. Very interesting stuff. Sounds like I have some Youtube channels to subscribe to and watch.

That's awesome :D. Glad the community is reaching out to new people.

[Brendy Boy]

I hope to God that MLG picks up Gears 3. It's surely better than watching CoD.

[xL3GGO MY EGGOx]

As much as everyone wants this, we cant assume for sure it will be on MLG's circuit. Remember MLG is a business, and adding a competitive title is a HUGE investment. MLG has obviously shown an active interest in the game, and EPIC has shown much support for the game on a competitive level, but the bottom line is it is up to us as the Gears of War community to show how much we want the game added. The best thing we can do is to continue to support the game through means like youtube, livestreams, tournaments, hypefestation, ect. The more activity MLG sees within the Gears community, the more they will want the game on the circuit.

The biggest thing is the community itself. Competitive or not, we are all part of the gears of war community. If the community ends up being divided as bad as it was in the Gears of War 2 days, we wont get anywhere.


And we also have Hypefestation. Worse comes to worse and MLG decides its not worth it to add gears right away, Hypefest will probably be the domain for competitive LAN Gears of War, so we do have a league to play in even if all else fails. However I would love to see both MLG and Hypefestation going strong in 2012.

Everything this man has said is true, and everyone just needs to work together to get this game onto the competitive scene.

[f3willcare]

Falloutt ur o much a gentlemen. men each time i read ur post I'm lime : god this guy seems to be such a great kid

[patriot715]

I'd love it, but Gears can get REALLY boring to watch, especially if it gets down to the wire and it's CampFest 2012 featuring everyone's favorite active Lancer/Hammerburst.

[The Mad Fiddler]

I'd love it, but Gears can get REALLY boring to watch, especially if it gets down to the wire and it's CampFest 2012 featuring everyone's favorite active Lancer/Hammerburst.

Depends on the game type. One reason I love KotH is because there's always action going on.

[vVv Sun Down]

I'd love it, but Gears can get REALLY boring to watch, especially if it gets down to the wire and it's CampFest 2012 featuring everyone's favorite active Lancer/Hammerburst.

There are times when the game does get slowed down, but KotH is never really slow due to the demand from both teams and usually the camping team is going to lose in exe simply because they will end up giving up map position and control of the power weapons. Do you frequent some of the streams that are out there? I'd be interested to hear your opinion after you watch a couple of different streams. They are really entertaining in my opinion.

[Shmehh]

Gears of war 3 is definitely a great game, I can only hope to be able to travel to another event and compete.

[The Mad Fiddler]

Gears of war 3 is definitely a great game, I can only hope to be able to travel to another event and compete.

Gotta start saving early!

Really want to get a guide together to help people with expenses for events. Something we've been talking about for awhile, and would be a nice resource for people.

[C R I S ii S]

Started saving months ago so this better happen!

[iDuskk]

Gotta start saving early!

Really want to get a guide together to help people with expenses for events. Something we've been talking about for awhile, and would be a nice resource for people.

Please do, i've been saving alot lol.

[Shmehh]

Gotta start saving early!

Really want to get a guide together to help people with expenses for events. Something we've been talking about for awhile, and would be a nice resource for people.

Make that guide, I only recently started saving up.. I only have like $400 stashed away, not enough!

[Skyllus vBi]

Make that guide, I only recently started saving up.. I only have like $400 stashed away, not enough!

arCtiC wrote an article about budgetting based on his costs from the '09 season. Probably will do the job: http://reflectzyn.com/competitive-gaming/2010/02/26/budgeting-and-financial-planning-for-mlg-season/ This is an old article so prices have changed a bit, add about $25-50 to the flights.

[Shmehh]

arCtiC wrote an article about budgetting based on his costs from the '09 season. Probably will do the job: http://reflectzyn.com/competitive-gaming/2010/02/26/budgeting-and-financial-planning-for-mlg-season/ This is an old article so prices have changed a bit, add about $25-50 to the flights.

cool, I'm checking it out now.

[CloVeR]

We all know gow3 deserves to be up there with the other top titles on mlg so keep active and spread the word as a community and lets hope it happens. Its gears time to shine :)

[Medevacs wXs]

Definitely :]

Now all we need to do is migrate more players from other Gears communities over here.

I think the addition of comp. sub forums is really going to help rapidly expand the number of people interested in comp. play. I think the avg gears player just wants to have fun, and not really worry about putting alot into the game. However people are people and they will get curious about the sub-forums here. So hopfully they will let there curiousity get the best of them and click and have a look around. As long as we keep discussing things in a mature manner and show people that we are having just as much fun as they are. I'm sure they will at least give comp. play a try. Most of the time all it takes is a taste and people are hooked. haha :D

[The Mad Fiddler]

arCtiC wrote an article about budgetting based on his costs from the '09 season. Probably will do the job: http://reflectzyn.com/competitive-gaming/2010/02/26/budgeting-and-financial-planning-for-mlg-season/ This is an old article so prices have changed a bit, add about $25-50 to the flights.

Some very good points there. Thanks for the link.

[Deity.]

Highly doubt this will be making it to the circuit. I just have my doubts.

[oldson59]

Definitely :]

Now all we need to do is migrate more players from other Gears communities over here.

There is another Gears community old son, there's one called Gears Portal, run by 50cents.

[goRe]

Looks like I better start subscribing. I think I'd rather support the competetive community, then be involved in it, at this point. Besides, I don't have a team yet.

But I'll subscribe and help get this ball rolling.

[The Mad Fiddler]

Looks like I better start subscribing. I think I'd rather support the competetive community, then be involved in it, at this point. Besides, I don't have a team yet.

But I'll subscribe and help get this ball rolling.

Take it one step at a time. It's easier to observe and then get involved right away, but then again, there's really no right or wrong way to get involved.

Appreciate the support non-the-less :).

[The Mad Fiddler]

Highly doubt this will be making it to the circuit. I just have my doubts.

Why do you have doubts?

[CoachKonvictMLG]

I have faith in the game especially since I know all of the Hype v1 stats and statistics, if it rises abruptly next week during Hype v2 it should be good we all have too work together too grow the game, tell people too watch throughout the weekend, explain too them what it is and do this for everyone!

[dixon34]

As a COMMUNITY!!!! And I stress as a Community it is our duty to spread the word of this amazing game, and it will get on the MLG circuit! But we need people to watch Hype even if it is for only 15-20mins at a time. Let's push this game.

Sorry, gotta go, I wanna write more but have to get to class :P

[dixon34]

I shall also continue to do my part up here in Canada!!!!!!!! Where I will continue to push Gears over the Call of Duty and Halo players :)

[CoachKonvictMLG]

Great Dixon promote it !