Were you like Anorexic Leader and missed last weekend’s MLG event? Well don’t fret because Major League Gaming has you covered! The eSports company recently released the event’s entire VOD libary for FREE! Yes hours and hours of gaming for FREE! You can catch the awesome Halo: Reach action, the cool Call of Duty action, and the popular StarCraft 2 action all on their website.

If you do happen to watch some of the videos or already have please do not forget to submit your thoughts on this past event because we will be going over it with a few special guest hosts on our next Episode! Please submit here or by clicking THE BIG GREEN BUTTON on the top of the page.

God squad aka WINstinct aka eon Instinct just went undefeated to take MLG Anaheim yesterday. For those of you who were not able to watch this match and many other awesome Halo: Reach matchup’s please stop reading and head over to MajorLeagueGaming.com right now. Really, do it.

We’ll be going over our thoughts from this past MLG in the next Episode of Podtacular and we’d love to hear what you thought about this past event as well! So send in your submissions to be read on the next episode!

In a way, this makes sense, since these new teams have had a little more time to focus on a new game over the pros which had to focus on Halo 3 through the remainder of last year’s circuit.  The fact that the game mechanics are different also contributes to newer players making a name for themselves as they work better with the new system.  With 343 Industries at the helm of the Halo Franchise, we are likely to see numerous Halo titles come out within the next few years.  With that in mind, MLG has to consider rotating these games in and out of the MLG circuit, which begs the question: will there ever be a point where MLG will stick with one game for a few years despite new releases, or will MLG try to stick with the times and have the latest game in the circuit?

Despite that pro teams are being defeated by underdogs, it is always nice to see new faces at events like these make a name for themselves.  While I still don’t consider gaming a sport, it does very much reflect the rotation of underdog teams coming out surprising a good majority of spectators.

Everything in the venue no longer feels cluttered and you can actually walk around to the different events without having to squeeze through numerous groups of people.  All of the booths are located in the front of the venue where you enter and the three main events take up the middle and back sections.  All three games have their own section of the venue: Call of Duty (PS3) and StarCraft (PC) on either side and Halo (Xbox 360) down the middle.  Each of the the events has their own play areas and main stages.  As you’ll see in the accompanying video, there is no longer one big main stage and there are no longer bleachers for crowds to sit on.  There are now rows of chairs on the venue floor where spectators can sit with the first three rows reserved for media, VIP, players, family, etc.  Many people I have talked to like the change of having more space in the venue and that the layout is a lot better, but not having the high rises and bleachers just doesn’t make it feel like MLG.  The commentators are located behind the curtains where no one can see them, which may make it look better on the stream, but the atmosphere on stage is definitely different.

Many of the familiar booths are at the event, including Astros, Sony, Dr. Pepper, etc. but with new sponsors comes new booths.  Three new booths at this event include Sony Ericson, Warheads, and Alienware: supplier of the computers used for StarCraft.  The venue is nicely prepared and done this year and it looks like MLG is stepping up their game for their events.

Finally, here’s a challenge: the StarCraft fans on Friday completely outnumbered those of Halo and CoD combined.  When an event is near you, I encourage to go out and have a watch and support your game.

Podtacular Episode 240 – Podtacular

GLewis and Dust Storm talk about the last Halo 3 event on the circuit and how the transition to Reach will affect the circuit. Dust Storm also got an interview with Mazsik, coach of Final Boss that is played at the end of the episode. The interview is heavily focused on the coach’s aspect of a team since we usually hear from the players.

Dust Storm’s MLG Photo Album – Picasa Web Album

Dust Storm behind the camera managed to get some good shots from main stage and throughout the rest of the venue. These are all the pictures that turned out good (not blurry or overly grainy).

From MLG Dallas Championships

MLG Dallas Videos – Youtube

We managed to only get 4 videos this year because of more pictures being taken and hanging out with other people at the event. Included is some Killzone 3 gameplay, a little Rock Band action, and an Interview with Carbon Team Captain Walshy.

We also got to play some Killzone 3 Alpha stuff, which is making me more influenced to eventually buy a PS3. We also got to watch Dynasty beat Status Quo and just got back from watching Final Boss beat Carbon. More news to come.