Professional Gamers League

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Professional Gamers League
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The AMD Professional Gamers League (PGL), founded around 1997, was one of the first professional

AMD.[1] The first professional tournament they held was for StarCraft in September 1997.[2] The league was official unveiled at a press conference at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on November 3, 1997.[3] It was sponsored by Microsoft,[4] Nvidia,[5] and Levi Strauss & Co.[6] The organization raised over $1.2mil USD in sponsorship money.[7]

Nearly 1,400 players took part in the first Quake tournament, which took place online.

Dennis "Thresh" Fong winning the Quake tournament. Both players won $7,500 and new AMD computers.[9]

Season 3 hosted the first ever Starcraft World Championship where 128 players from around the globe competed online from August 14 - September 6, 1998. The final 8 competitors played live in San Francisco, CA. Jay "Gadianton" Severson took first place playing random and going undefeated in the double-elimination bracket to win $8500 and a new AMD computer.[citation needed]

In 2000, Gamers.com acquired the PGL from Pogo.com, after PGL had been inactive for a year.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1337 Magazine. Aller Media. Archived from the original
    on November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "AMD(R) Professional Gamers League(TM) Crowns Season 2 Champions". June 1, 1997. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  3. ^ Miller, Greg (November 3, 1997). "Out of the Arcade". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  4. ^ LaPlante, Alice; Seidner, Rich (April 26, 1999). Playing for Profit: How Digital Entertainment is Making Big Business Out of Child's Play (First ed.). Wiley. p. 163.
  5. ^ "Professional Gamers League Chooses NVIDIA as Official 3D Graphics Technology". Nvidia. November 11, 1998. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  6. ^ Gamespot Staff (November 3, 1997). "Online Gamer League Comes Out". GameSpot. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  7. ^ Brown, Janelle (December 1, 1997). "Pixel Pros". Wired. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  8. ^ Miller, Greg (December 15, 1997). "In the Playoffs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  9. ^ "AMD(R) Professional Gamers League(TM) Announces Season 3 Plans". PR News wire. July 24, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  10. ^ "Gamers.com Acquires Professional Gamers' League and Announces Strategic Alliance with AltaVista Network". Los Angeles: Business Wire. May 11, 2000. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved November 3, 2015.


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