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"Major League Gaming, which is apparently the parent company of WoW Insider favorite MMO-Champion, have announced that there will be a new PC gaming circuit, featuring our favorite MMO. The circuit will have events in San Diego, from June 13th&amp;ndash;15th; Orlando, July 11th&amp;ndash;13th; and Dallas, October 3&amp;ndash;5. Each event will have $22,500 in prizes -- it's no Blizzard Arena Tournament, but that's still a lot of money.The circuit will be played on HP Blackbird 002 computers, so I guess you won't have to worry about frame rates (that thing has 1 GB of VRAM). The competition will be 3v3, just like Blizzard's tourney. Only 32 teams will be allowed to register, and you need to have an account set up on MLG's site first; registration opens May 15. They say \"more details on rules and the official format will be released on May 15th\" -- maybe Blizzard will let them use a special tournament server? At any rate, it looks like Blizzard may have been more successful at turning WoW into an esport than we thought.[Thanks, Jeff]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/06/major-league-gaming-hosts-wow-competition/>