MLG Raleigh Begins!!!!

Posted on at 8:15 PM by Seranaya
Here's the tournament so many people have been waiting for! Today, August 24th, 2012 marks the beginning of MLG: Raleigh!
MLG Raleigh lasts from August 24th until the the 26th
I've got all the information you need to know who's who, what's going on, when, and what they're playing for! Continue reading to check it out:


This years tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina has a total of 12 teams battling it out for the grand prize of $20,000! This event is going to have two different brackets playing simultaneously as double elimination. Each bracket will have a winners and a losers bracket and a final game. The team who wins bracket A and the team who wins bracket B will continue to the grand finals game. All games, except the finals are going to be played as best of 3's. The grand final match will be a best of 5.
STREAM IS LOCATED HERE!

Your casters for this event include: Dan Dinh, Optimus Tom, Deman, Monte Cristo, Jaws, and Jatt.

I'm going to give you all a breakdown of the teams to help anyone who is not familiar with some of the teams a heads up. It will be easier to follow along if you know player names and which team they play for! Sorry if it's kinda long. So here goes (italic means team captain):
Dignitas
Scarra - AP Mid
*TBD - AD Carry
Crumbzz - Top Lane
IWillDominate - Jungle
                                                              Patoy - Support

4Nothing
TakashiX - AP Mid
4not_paroL - AD Carry
TSMTheRainMan - Top Lane
OneBadBrad - Jungle
L0CUST - Support

CLG Black
Wild Turtle - AP Mid
Hoodstomp - AD Carry
Sycho Sid - Top Lane
Zuna - Jungle
Bloodwater - Support

Meat Playground
Pobelter - AP Mid
JRTSeven - AD Carry
xHazzard - Top Lane
Nk Inc - Jungle
erwinbooze - Support

mTw.NA
mandatorycloud - AP Mid
Aphromoo - AD Carry
Balls - Top Lane
Xmithie - Jungle
                                                 Muffinqt - Support

Orbit Gaming
nubbypoohbear - AP Mid
Nientonsoh - AD Carry
Yazuki - Top Lane
Hai L9 - Jungle
LemonNation - Support

Team Curse
Nyjacky - AP Mid
Cop - AD Carry
Westrice - Top Lane
saintvicious - Jungle
                                                 Elementz - Support

Team Dynamic
ParadoXical - AP Mid
Zig - AD Carry
ZionSpartan - Top Lane
NintendudeX - Jungle
Pixel - Support

Team Legion
PR0LLY - AP Mid
Demunlul - AD Carry
Cruzerthebruzer - Top Lane
Lautemortis - Jungle
iNoobish - Support

Team SoloMid Evo
Salce - AP Mid
DontMashMe - AD Carry
wingsofdeathx - Top Lane
Unstoppable - Jungle
Nhat Nguyen - Support

unRestricted eSports
MrOmg -
Mohrisbetter - Support
DreamyAny - Top Lane
rhredeyes - Jungle
Chinaselance -

Monomaniac Imperium
s01dier - AP Mid
RagingKenny - AD Carry
PawnGypsy - Top Lane
LovelyChris - Jungle
Loopyness - Support

This event is going to be streamed over TWO streams throughout the weekend. These streams have been nicknamed Red stream and Blue stream. So here is your schedule for the weekend's festivities:
All times are in EST

Friday
RED StreamBLUE Stream
5PMPregame Show
5:30PMWinners Round 15:30PMWinners Round 1
8:30PMWinners Round 28:30PMWinners Round 2
Saturday
RED StreamBLUE Stream
10AMLosers Round 110AMLosers Round 1
1:30PMWinners Round 3 A1:00PMLosers Round 2
3PMWinners Round 3 B
4:30PMLosers Round 3 B4PMLosers Round 3 A
Sunday
RED StreamBLUE Stream
10AMTop Bracket Semifinal10AMBottom Bracket Semifinal
3:30PMFinal3:30PMFinal (Simulcast)

So here's hoping for a fantastic tournament this weekend. I can't wait! I'll keep you all updated on current standings as much as I can!

16 comments

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    1. They're already guaranteed into Regionals by being #1 in the circuit and Regionals are only one week after MLG.

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  2. They decided to not participate and wait for Season 2 championships instead.

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  3. Ohh god why is Qtpie "to be determined"... oh god why...

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  4. Too bad we'll miss this. I46 is running this weekend and has what will probably be the best tf2 tournament ever.

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  5. TSMTheRainMan? Huh.

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  6. Wait nintendude is back on TD?

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  7. Can you tell me where the games are located cause Im european and want to know about the time difference! Ty!

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    1. They are in Raleigh, North Carolina. Time zone is EST

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    2. Thank your very much! Really kind!

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  8. can u pls put what time zone these times are in....

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  9. Or you lazy people could just convert the times yourselves...

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    1. A bot of reading comprehension would tell you that they arnt adking for conversions the original schedule had no time zone indication its impossible to convert if you cant even determine the original zone.

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  10. WTF IS THIS RED STREM AND BLUE STREAMMMM

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    1. Mlgs colors are red white and blue, they run multiple streams so they color code them.

      Last time i watched an mlg tourney tou could watch all 4 streams at once.

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