Major League Gaming

Major League Gaming (abbreviated as MLG) is a meme aesthetic that was popular roughly from 2013 to 2017. The term originated from the Esports organization of the same name and it used to be a way to refer to professional video game players, although later it was used to represent someone being very awesome, specifically in a video game.

In the 2010s, it was shortened to MLG and began to be associated with a genre of internet memes that were based around video games. It usually is an video-based aesthetic, and the videos feature compilations of various Esports memes and flashing rainbows.

During the early 2020s, MLG saw some resurgence because some Gen Z teenagers found comfort on it due to the nostalgia or the colorfulness of its aesthetic. In meme generationology, MLG is included as part of the "Dank Meme Era", and its sucessor is considered to be Surreal Memes and Deep Fried Memes, which together make up the "Surreal Era".

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MLG memes started out as a parody of professional gaming montages, incorporating clips of Call of Duty, Esports teams such as FaZe Clan, and Dubstep music. Doritos and Mountain Dew were also associated with MLG due to often collaborating with Call of Duty. As MLG evolved, it incorporated more random references to popular media and memes at the time, such as Doge and the Illuminati.