My girlfriend and I met up with an out-of-state coworker of hers for lunch yesterday, and it happened to be at the convention center where MLG was being held. Her coworker's son was competing in the Halo 3 tourney. It looked decent, but as an event, it looked like it fell far short of the summer/winter CPL events of a few years ago with regards to spectators & prizes. I can't believe how many conversations I heard at lunch of players thinking of skipping college to play competitive games. WTF. The gaming community is so fickle as it is, so why seriously derail your future for a major risk that will still be there in 4 years.