MLG Circuit 2008: Call of Duty 4 Online Pro Circuit Title

The Major League Gaming (MLG) announced their 2008 Pro-Circuit today, announcing that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare would be their first Online-only Pro Circuit title. According to their official announcement:

Call of Duty 4 to be MLG’s First Online-Only Pro Circuit Title!
You asked and we answered: Call of Duty 4 will be featured as an official Online Pro Circuit Title! The Call of Duty 4 Online Pro Circuit season will consist of a series of online qualifying ladders and tournaments in pursuit of the 2008 MLG Season Title, complete with cash prizes, MLG pro players and in-depth editorial coverage on mlgpro.com. The details of the CoD 4 Online Pro Circuit Season are currently being finalized and will be announced soon so stay tuned for more! While we are considering adding CoD 4 to our Live Competitions, the game is not currently structured for competitive LAN play.

Which is awesome news, as it will allow our competitive players an opportunity to compete for cash and press coverage and if the arena’s on GameBattles is any indication we have a fantastic competitive community with the Call of Duty 4 Arena on Gamebattles.com currently holding the #1 spot. It is a little disappointed to see the last part of the quote, that the game won’t be included in the lan events of the circuit as I know Call of Duty 4 can be the #1 online competitive game both online and via LAN.

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So how can we make Call of Duty 4 the #1 LAN title for MLG Pro Circuit 2008 as well as the #1 online title?

We currently have it so you can set up a custom game with custom settings, however you’re confined to a set of pre-defined classes. While much more extensive than just your five basic pre-set classes, it seems the most obvious answer would be to add in Create-a-Class for LAN players.

Now say that was an option, how would you set it up? Do you make everything unlocked right out the gate? Do you have your online rank carry over to LAN? So if you’re level 55 online are you Level 55 offline?

Offline / LAN Create-a-Class is something I would love to see in the game personally, maybe your response / suggestions could help drive the internal discussions.

This is just all me ranting / thinking in blog form. We’re currently not planning to add any of this, but it’s something we’re always discussing when sitting around brainstorming on how we can continue to improve the multiplayer portion of the game so your feedback as always is listened to and helpful.