The Region 1 2007 CGS Draft was held on June 12, 2007, at The Playboy Mansion in Bel Air, California.
This was the first ever draft for professional gaming, with Vanessa "Vanessa" Arteaga, being the first ever draft pick in the Championship Gaming Series.
The draft had 6 rounds with each team picking one gamer or a Counter Strike: Source team, the draft was in "snake" order meaning the team that had the first pick in the previous round will get the last pick in the next round, and vice versa.
Lottery edit
The lottery was held during the Combine on June 11, 2007. The draft order is as follows:
| Pick | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco Optx |
| 2 | Complexity LA |
| 3 | Dallas Venom |
| 4 | New York 3D |
| 5 | Chicago Chimera |
| 6 | Carolina Core |
Region 1 edit
Round One edit
| Pick | Nationality(s) | Gamer(s) | Game | CGS Franchise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Vanessa "Vanessa" Arteaga | Dead or Alive 4 | San Francisco Optx |
| 2 | 
|
Team Complexity: (Warden, Rambo, fRoD, zet, Storm) | Counter Strike: Source | Complexity LA |
| 3 |
|
Manny "Master" Rodriguez | Dead or Alive 4 | Dallas Venom |
| 4 | 
|
Team 3D: (KSharp, LiN, Volcano, Method, Rector) | Counter Strike:Source | New York 3D |
| 5 |
|
Wesley "ch0mpr" Cwiklo | Project Gotham Racing 3 | Chicago Chimera |
| 6 |
|
Ryan "OffbeatNinja" Ward | Dead or Alive 4 | Carolina Core |
Round Two edit
| Pick | Nationality(s) | Gamer(s) | Game | CGS Franchise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |
|
Joe "Phantom" Tackett | Project Gotham Racing 3 | Carolina Core |
| 8 |
|
Jason "Jason X" Exelby | Project Gotham Racing 3 | Chicago Chimera |
| 9 |
|
Chris "BadAXX" Bjorkman | Project Gotham Racing 3 | New York 3D |
| 10 |
|
Jax Money Crew: (Dominator, kaM, exodus, zid, aZn) | Counter Strike:Source | Dallas Venom |
| 11 |
|
CJ "GeeTeeOhh" Nelson | Project Gotham Racing 3 | Complexity LA |
| 12 |
|
Nolsen "beisbol" Perez | Project Gotham Racing 3 | San Francisco Optx |
Round Three edit
| Pick | Nationality(s) | Gamer(s) | Game | CGS Franchise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 
|
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone | FIFA 07 | San Francisco Optx |
| 14 |
|
Adande "sWooZie" Thorne | Dead or Alive 4 | Complexity LA |
| 15 |
|
Kevin "chaos" Parrish | Project Gotham Racing 3 | Dallas Venom |
| 16 |
|
Matt "Wizakor" Wood | FIFA 07 | New York 3D |
| 17 |
|
Evil Geniuses: (Lari, Stevenson, tr1p, sunman, da bears) | Counter Strike:Source | Chicago Chimera |
| 18 |
|
Katherine "Mystik" Gunn | Dead or Alive 4 | Carolina Core |
Round Four edit
| Pick | Nationality(s) | Gamer(s) | Game | CGS Franchise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 |
|
Brent "Rex" Dimapilis | Project Gotham Racing 3 | Carolina Core |
| 20 |
|
Marjorie "Kasumi Chan" Bartell | Dead or Alive 4 | Chicago Chimera |
| 21 |
|
Barry "DoubleB" Brady | Project Gotham Racing 3 | New York 3D |
| 22 |
|
Cynthia "Raspberry Tea" Escamilla | Dead or Alive 4 | Dallas Venom |
| 23 |
|
Javier "chavisan" Gutierrez | Project Gotham Racing 3 | Complexity LA |
| 24 |
|
Cardell "Dave Chapelle" Thomas | Dead or Alive 4 | San Francisco Optx |
Round Five edit
| Pick | Nationality(s) | Gamer(s) | Game | CGS Franchise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 |
|
Erika "skitt1es" Galegor | Project Gotham Racing 3 | San Francisco Optx |
| 26 | 
|
Phillipe "KreeganBG" Stoyne | FIFA 07 | Complexity LA |
| 27 |
|
Isidro "Novusnaim" Sifuentes | FIFA 07 | Dallas Venom |
| 28 |
|
Jared "cali jared" Singer | Dead or Alive 4 | New York 3D |
| 29 |
|
Jeremy "Black Mamba" Florence | Dead or Alive 4 | Chicago Chimera |
| 30 |
|
Nick "peekay" DePalmer | FIFA 07 | Carolina Core |
Round Six edit
| Pick | Nationality(s) | Gamer(s) | Game | CGS Franchise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 |
|
Team Pandemic: (masternook, s0nNy, Devour, DAFF, elusive) | Counter Strike: Source | Carolina Core |
| 32 |
|
Andrew "anomaly" Brock | FIFA 07 | Chicago Chimera |
| 33 |
|
Tanya "coolsvilla" Underwood | Dead or Alive 4 | New York 3D |
| 34 |
|
Patrick "Indigo Ferret" Wyrick | Project Gotham Racing 3 | Dallas Venom |
| 35 |
|
Megan "Belle" Ceder | Dead or Alive 4 | Complexity LA |
| 36 |
|
EFGaming: (clowN, mOE, Warmach1ne, p0s, phamtastik) | Counter Strike: Source | San Francisco Optx |
External links edit
- "GotFrag eSports - All Games News Story - The CGS Draft Round by Round". gotfrag.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2007.