MLG Providence 2011 Recap

During this event, there was an astonishing number of players in MLG Providence StarCraft 2 matches – a number no less than 270. Sixteen of these players secured spots in the Champ Bracket by ranking among the best at MLG Dallas, Columbus, Anaheim, Raleigh, and Orlando. The others are starting in the Open Bracket with the chance to showcase their skill and enter championship matches.
At stake were a total of $120,000 in prizes, with first place snatching a cool $50,000.
In the end, NaNiwa, who played Protoss, was up against Leenock, who played Zerg. Leenock, a sixteen year old from Korea who had never competed in the States before this, exploited NaNiwa’s weaknesses and took the grand prize.
Curious about the new face to the MLG StarCraft 2 scene? Check out Leenock’s Post-Tournament Interview.

Prizing for the National Championship Competition for Call of Duty: Black Ops totaled $140,000 with the first place team taking home $50,000. On the first day Open Bracket teams faced off leaving sixteen surviving teams, four of whom would move onto Saturday’s Championship Winner’s Bracket. It was Infused, abV, Brain Dead, mG Notorious, that secured these spots and would move on to meet the Top 16 Black Ops teams in the world. Out of these four, Brain Dead made it the furthest into Round 3 during the next day’s Championship Bracket, where they lost to Quantic Next Threat. Quantic Next Threat also made it into the finals along with eon Optic Gaming, eon Envy and SvG Collapse. Competition was fierce during the finals as it all came down to the last map of Search and Destroy. Quantic Next Threat seized victory here and are now the Black Ops 2011 National Champions. You can find a post-tournament interview and finals recap here.

The Halo: Reach tournament sported the top prizing at MLG Providence with $280,000 in prize money and the winning team taking $100,000 of it. The top four teams of the Open Bracket, Crowd Pleasers, LowLandLions, Apex Link, and Ability were seeded into Round 1 of the Championship Winners Bracket. Apex Link, LowLandLions, and Crowd Pleasers made it to Round 2 of the Winners bracket where they were defeated. In the final battle, Instinct from the Winners Bracket was matched with Warriors of the Losers Bracket. After three games, Instinct took all victories, secured the title of National Champions and have the awesome task of splitting $100,000 amongst themselves. Here’s what Instinct had to say after the tournament.