CPL announces $1 million Halo 3 tournament
In a huge step for pro gaming, the Cyberathlete Professional League has announced today they will be giving away $1 million in total prize money for an open Halo 3 competition at the Extreme Winter Championships taking place Tuesday, Dec. 18 to Saturday, Dec. 22 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Dallas, Texas.
CPL founder Angel Munoz gave GGL all the details on this monumental tournament for the year’s hottest-selling game, the Xbox 360’s Halo 3. Here is official word from the CPL regarding the announcement and how anyone can take part:
The Cyberathlete Professional League® (CPL®) announces that it will host a $1,000,000 “Halo® 3″ Xbox 360™ competition at the Extreme Winter Championships taking place Tuesday, December 18 to Saturday, December 22, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Dallas, Texas.
The winner of the $1,000,000 “Halo 3″ Xbox 360 competition will receive a $250,000 instant cash payout at the CPL Winter event. Other prizes will be paid to at least 64 places. The competition is open to gamers worldwide and does not require pre-qualification or previous tournament experience.
The online registration will open Tuesday, October 30th. More information will be available on Monday, October 29th at Halo3Competition.com
For information on travel and hotel accommodations visit the Extreme Winter Championships website located at TheCPL.com/winter/
Founder and President Angel Munoz had this to say on the announcement:
“We are thrilled to host this enormous $1,000,000 Halo 3 open competition and to announce it on the tenth year anniversary of our first event. X Factor Tournament has deposited $1,000,000 to a designated bank account for prize payment, making it the largest videogame competition ever.”
“We invite the community of gamers to join us in this landmark event, which we hope will usher a new era of large-prize open competitions available to gamers of all skill levels, and not just the elite few,” Munoz continued.
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26. October 2007 at 1:42 pm :
Very cool news!
I think this is 1v1 though? I dunno, but if so I’m up to bootcamp for this.
Hit me up on GGL…
http://www.ggl.com/index.php?controller=Channel&method=view&channel=18
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the_spy
26. October 2007 at 3:03 pm :
A warning to all intending to compete in this:
Due to both CPL Australia and CPL Brazil being canceled for this years World Tour in FEAR for the Xbox 360, I am out $2750 in non-refundable airfare expenses. Thus far, the CPL has refused to assist with those expenses at all. This doesn’t even mention my share of the cost associated with having two Swedes (Tr0nic and Jagad) staying with me for a month after CPL Dallas to bootcamp in preperation for this event or the lost time put into the game.
In other words: Be prepared in case “Go Pro, Get Screwed” happens to you in this CPL event! After all, nothing stops them from cutting the prize purse or canceling it entirely on a whim.
26. October 2007 at 7:13 pm :
Sorry to hear about it Bluewolf.
I was suprised when I heard Fatal1ty make the switch to commentating but maybe he knew something before the rest of us did. WSVG canceled and CPL World Tour stops nixed.
Should we add clairvoyant to his list of world titles? :P
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