MLG Columbus was one of the best majors to date, if not the best. They didn’t have any ridiculously long delays or technical problems. They also had amazing community interaction, fixing anything a viewer found as an issue. On stream or live in person, it was great, MLG was great, and they deserve to come back.
MLG hosted their major in 2016 in the city of Columbus, Ohio. It’s a city that is easy to travel to from any city on the east coast and central area of the United States as well as the most populated area of Canada. It’s also not a hard place to get to from the most western parts of Europe. It’s probably the best location in North America for a CS:GO major, next to New York, Toronto or Atlanta, the latter of which happened to be the host of ELEAGUE’s major in January.
Aside from being an easily accessible city, MLG already has the Nationwide Arena in their hands for another event this year and they have plenty of equipment in Columbus. Granted they can reserve the space, it would take the least amount of trouble to host an event. They’ve also proven themselves to deserve another major with their production value, community interaction and respect for the CS:GO scene.
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One of the communities main concerns was the fact that MLG almost only hosts Call of Duty events. “Will they even know how to host a CS:GO major?” was a question a lot of people had. They answered with a “Yes”. Capital Y, of course, to answer it even better. MLG’s Adam Apicella was always asking questions and listening to the CS:GO community ahead of their 2016 major. MLG made sure to listen and take notes to get good feedback from the community.
The last point to mention is that North America has been host to some of the best crowds. Take IEM San Jose, ELEAGUE’s Atlanta, and of course MLG Columbus, as examples. Even outside of Team Liquid or Cloud9, the crowd always cheered, even roared. Virtus.Pro, Astralis, NiP, and Na’Vi have been favorites in not only Europe but in North America. They’ve been welcomed with open arms, and crowds would be absolutely ecstatic to watch these teams. And aside from Dreamhack Masters Las Vegas, venues were packed. North America has the audience, and they are willing to travel from all over to watch a major.
When MLG hosts an event, players and talent always have something nice to say about the organizers. Duncan “Thorin” Shields actually said in one of his recent videos titled “Events worked in 2016” that MLG adapted and handled every problem like a boss and along with that said that MLG Columbus could possibly be the best major ever.
Whether it be in CS:GO, Call of Duty or any other game, MLG has always had positive feedback from those attending the event in any manner. They treat the players and talents like kings, they take note of problems said by the community, and always keep in touch with the community as well. What more do we need from a tournament organizer?
MLG deserves another major. They were host to one of the best to date and fans would like another.
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