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SNOOP DOGG OFFICIALLY OPENS VIDEO GAME LEAGUE: Bone Thugs, Paul Wall, Jalen Rose, Twista among inaugural lineup.
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(March 3, 2006)
*The Global Gaming League, experts in online competitive video game tournaments, has teamed up with Snoop Dogg for the creation of the Hip Hop Gaming League.
Snoop will serve as the league's first commissioner ensuring that all matches played online via Xbox Live for the Xbox 360(TM) are “electrifying but fair,” a statement read.
The inaugural season player lineup includes such stars as Proof (D12), Paul Wall, Just Blaze, Krazyie Bone of Grammy winners Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony, MLS soccer star Cobi Jones, Murs, Kaine (Ying Yang Twins), NBA Star Jalen Rose, Twista, Fredwreck, BReal of Cypress Hill, Eric V. of the Baka Boyz, and Wutang Clan founder Method Man. Players were selected based on their reputations for playing the games, as well as for their prominence in the hip hop community.
The inaugural season kicked off with three major events: Snoop's Press Conference, Snoop's Player Draft announcement, and the HHGL Launch Party at the NBA All Star Game in Houston. Extensive video footage from each of these events is available exclusively online at www.HHGL.com.
League matches begin online this month and conclude in May with a live Finals event in Las Vegas presided over by Snoop himself. At the finals event, the first-ever HHGL World Champion will be crowned and awarded eternal bragging rights. Also, a substantial donation will be made to the Snoop Youth Football League on the champion's behalf.
"I'm an initiator, and this new intersection of hip hop and video gaming is something that's ready to happen," said Commissioner Snoop. "Hip hop loves video gaming, and I've been watching this develop into the next big sport. The HHGL is my way of taking it to the next level. We're going to take this thing straight over the stratosphere, and the whole world can watch and participate as people like myself -- who hate to lose -- put it on the line."
All HHGL players will have custom Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system's professionally installed in the location of their choice (crib, tour bus, favorite club, etc), and all matches will be officially sanctioned by the GGL meaning that they are guaranteed to have no lag and to be completely fair. The video games selected for the inaugural season were still being reviewed by Commissioner Snoop and the GGL at press time with an announcement expected shortly.