Pro Gaming League was founded in September 2007 in Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

. The league has, since 2009, been abandoned by its owners and members due to lack of participation.

According to PGL founder Kyle Gronning, "The PGL is the equivalent to the American Major League Gaming

Major League Gaming

Major League Gaming , founded in 2002 by Sundance DiGiovanni and Mike Sepso, is a North American professional Electronic sports organization, headquartered in New York City, New York. MLG has held official video game tournaments throughout the United States and Canada. Major League Gaming...

 (MLG), but the PGL is more focused on the players than its American counterpart." Gronning has been quoted as saying "Guys make so much money playing poker, why can't they do that with video games?"

Past events

The average Pro Gaming League event will bring 290+ competitive gamers together, and over 1000 spectators during the 3 day period. Pro Gaming League has a relatively small range of games on their pro circuit, with most players being interested in their most popular circuit game, Halo 3.

Halo 3

Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...

List of Current Games In The '09 PGL Circuit

Game	Type Of Game	Game Mode(s)
Halo 3 Halo 3 Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...	First Person Shooter	* 4v4 * 2v2 * Free For All
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. Brawl, known in Japan as , often abbreviated as SSBB or simply as Brawl, is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series of crossover fighting games, developed by an ad hoc development team consisting of Sora, Game Arts and staff from other developers, and published by...	Fighter	* 2v2 * 1v1
Guitar Hero 3	Music/Rhythm	* Pro Face Off Mode
Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games with lead design by Cliff Bleszinski, and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the second installment of the Gears of War series. The game was officially released in North America, Europe and...	Third Person Shooter	* 4v4 * 2v2 * Free For All

Halo 3 team placing

The placing for the '08-'09 PGL season.

The placing for the '08-'09 PGL season.

Event Location And Date
Montreal, November, 7-9, 2008	North Of 49	Swarm	TKS
Toronto, February, 6-8, 2009	End Result	BackShooter	Virtuosity
Saskatoon, June, 26-28, 2009	Rise Above	Cardboard Murphy's	Chain Chomp
Regina, August, 2009	Rise Above	Thanks For The Money	Chain Chomp

Entry costs and prize money

Even though the main concern for the league is finances, every attempt is made to keep the potential prize money for the players as high as possible. The Prize money can reach up to $10,000 at some PGL Tournaments. The prize money is generated alone on the entry costs for teams. Pro Gaming League has made several attempts to negotiate corporate sponsorship in order to increase the prizes available to be won.

Entry Cost Of Games

Game	Cost Of 4v4	Cost Of 2v2	Cost Of 1v1	Cost Of Free For All
Halo 3 Halo 3 Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console. The third installment in the Halo franchise, the game concludes the story arc begun in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...	$200/Team	$80/Team	N/A	$30/Person
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. Brawl, known in Japan as , often abbreviated as SSBB or simply as Brawl, is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series of crossover fighting games, developed by an ad hoc development team consisting of Sora, Game Arts and staff from other developers, and published by...	N/A	$80/Team	$40/Person	N/A
Guitar Hero 3	N/A	N/A	$40/Person	N/A
Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games with lead design by Cliff Bleszinski, and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the second installment of the Gears of War series. The game was officially released in North America, Europe and...	$200/Team	$80/Team	N/A	$30/Person

Rules of the PGL circuit

Official General Rules

• All players and teams must tentatively make their matches, if players are not present the team must forfeit the games they miss in their allotted time slots.
• Swearing and physical violence will not be tolerated. It will first result in a warning, a second warning will result in a loss of forfeit of the game, a third will result in a ban from the tournament.

Official Halo 3 Rules

• All players are required to bring their own wired controllers.
• All maps and gametypes are PGL.
• Players are required to bring their own hard drives to the games with the most recent PGL maps.

Official Super Smash Bros Brawl Rules

• All players are required to bring their own Wii Controllers or Gamecube Controllers.
• 3 Life Stock
• 8 Minute Game Timer
• Items are set to "off" and "none"

Official Guitar Hero 3 Rules

• All players are required to bring their own guitars and hard drives
• All free downloadable content can be used in the competition, and all games will be Pro Face-off.
• It will be set up as a double elimination game with the first 2 rounds being on hard setting and then moved to expert (unless agreed upon by competitors)
• No modifications of any kind will be accepted (except visual)