Professional Gamers League
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| Sport | Command & Conquer: Red Alert Quake StarCraft StarCraft: Brood War |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Owner(s) | Total Entertainment Network |
| Commissioner | Nolan Bushnell |
| Country | United States |
| Sponsor(s) | Advanced Micro Devices Microsoft Nvidia |
| Official website | http://www.pgl.net (dead) |
The AMD Professional Gamers League (PGL), founded around 1997, was one of the first professional computer gaming eSports leagues. The PGL was run by the Total Entertainment Network (TEN) and sponsored by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and was one of the first professional computer games leagues.[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.[8] The first-ever Professional Gamers League Finals took place on January 30 and January 31, 1998 in Seattle, Washington at the Sega GameWorks super-arcade. Two games were played in this competition, Command & Conquer: Red Alert and Quake. Both tournaments featured 1 on 1 play with David "DeepBlue" Magro winning the Red Alert tournament and Dennis "Thresh" Fong winning the Quake tournament. Both players earned $7,500 and new AMD computers.[9]
In 2000 Gamers.com acquired the PGL from Pogo.com.[10]
Romania
Professional Gamers League (PGL) is also the name of an unrelated Romanian national federation for gaming. The PGL supervises championships of Warcraft III, FIFA 06 and Need for Speed. The (PGL) also, supervises championships for Starcraft2, League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (For the DreamHack open Cluj-Napoca 2015 and Dota 2.
See also
- Guillaume "Grrrr..." Patry, StarCraft: Brood War player who got 3rd in 1998, later went on to be the only non-Korean to win an OnGameNet Starleague tournament
- Cyberathlete Professional League - similar esports league
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