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The information about the 2012 season of the Major League Gaming continues to pour. Most fresh out of the oven are the dates for the Season Championships and the prize pool for the upcoming Winter Championship.
Five days ago, the first details about the 2012 season of MLG were made known, including the fully revamped format as a combination of Season Arena and Season Championship tournaments. To further sketch how the MLG experience will develop this year, the crew behind the popular event has outlined the specific dates for all the Season Championships. We remind you, that the latter will be offline events open to the public.
Winter Championship: March 23-25
Spring Championship: June 8-10
Summer Championship: August 24-26
Fall Championship: November 2-4
Although the exact dates are confirmed, MLG say that they cannot speak on where the Championships will make stop. Still unknown are also the dates for the Spring, Summer and Fall arenas, the qualifiers for them as well as what other games will be featured at MLG this season.
What is more interesting is the total prize pool for the Season Championships. Compared to the $14,000 Pro Circuit stops in 2011 (excluding the national championship), the purse for the offline events have grown more than five times to reach the figure of $76,000 distributed among the top sixteen finishers.
1st Place: $25,000
2nd Place: $15,000
3rd Place: $9,000
4th Place: $5,500
5th/6th Place: $3,500 each
7th/8th Place: $2,250 each
9th- 12th Place: $1,500 each
13th-16th Place: $1,000 each
The first games of MLG 2012 are coming January 31st with the games from Winter Arena Qualifiers, followed by the Arena itself on February 24-26.
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