Major League Gaming, possibly the most well known 'sports' league in the world hit an occurrence that will be debated for years to come and easily be the greatest spectacle the world has ever known. Sarcasm aside, 'MLG' is probably one of the least known leagues, next to woman's basketball, which makes it to be quite surprising to see how many people that even know about it, or actually take it seriously. MLG involves what you do every time you turn on your Xbox 360 or otherwise, play a few games, overreact when you win, and get pissed when you lose; All while showboating if you have the chance. Like i said, not a thing different.

The only true difference is the winners get paid. When you win your match on Modern Warfare 2 all you get is some experience points and the start to a new game. That and your relatives and loved ones nagging you on why you're wasting your life when you could have done something successful like be a doctor, a lawyer, a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker, or even one of those people that put those caps on the end of shoe laces. The point being, they get rewarded for what we do everyday. Life sucks, doesn't it?

I suppose I should be getting onto the point. There was a small mishap (something that will be forgotten in a few months by the majority of people that even know it occurred) involving one of the Xbox 360's that were being used during one of the recent matches. 'Triggers Down' was facing team 'Classic'. Horrible team names aside, from what little I know, Triggers Down was apparently doing very well, and in the end was about to beat Classic into the dirt, on Halo 3 no less. Yes, they are playing Halo 3. You know, that game that you only played because you felt it would be bad to just stop the story half way through, as well as hearing about all the improvements Bungie made to the multiplayer. Then when you get it, you find out that the story made the second game of the series to look like a masterpiece, and the multiplayer was the only reason worth keeping it until you found a better way to waste your time- Sorry getting off track here.

Triggers Down managed to wipe out the entire enemy team and all they needed to do was capture the flag. They were literally in front of the capture point when something happened; They froze(At least the host did). Yes an Xbox 360 froze. This of course sparked media around the world to converse onto this odd happening. For the first time in the history of the system, an Xbox 360 froze. This was a major event on its own terms but what, for anyone that didn't catch the joke, happened to the game? Well the rules state anytime a technical issues like this arises that the match must be replayed. This of course lead to TD losing horribly with a 5-2 score. They went from winning to getting their butts handed to them without much issue. Did the freeze demoralize them? Did they lose hope? Or did they just run out of gamer fuel which keeps them physically active long enough to press buttons with the dexterity required to move the cursor and hold down the right trigger? What ever the reason may be, in true Xbox360/FPS player fashion, "You just got pwned. Bitch."

There just isn't anything to truthfully say about this. Yes they probably went home and cried about losing. They are Major League Gamers, after all. They take what every day gamers do, they expand upon it, and perfect it to the best of their ability. Hey, perfecting something isn't always a good thing.

You can see the video of the freezing occurring here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc7287NwFAs