2007 Championship Gaming Series draft

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

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

Round One

Pick	Nationality(s)	Gamer(s)	Game	CGS Franchise
1	Template:Flagicon	Vanessa "Vanessa" Arteaga	Dead or Alive 4	San Francisco Optx
2	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon	Team Complexity: (Warden, Rambo, fRoD, zet, Storm)	Counter Strike: Source	Complexity LA
3	Template:Flagicon	Manny "Master" Rodriguez	Dead or Alive 4	Dallas Venom
4	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon	Team 3D: (KSharp, LiN, Volcano, Method, Rector)	Counter Strike:Source	New York 3D
5	Template:Flagicon	Wesley "ch0mpr" Cwiklo	Project Gotham Racing 3	Chicago Chimera
6	Template:Flagicon	Ryan "OffbeatNinja" Ward	Dead or Alive 4	Carolina Core

Round Two

Pick	Nationality(s)	Gamer(s)	Game	CGS Franchise
7	Template:Flagicon	Joe "Phantom" Tackett	Project Gotham Racing 3	Carolina Core
8	Template:Flagicon	Jason "Jason X" Exelby	Project Gotham Racing 3	Chicago Chimera
9	Template:Flagicon	Chris "BadAXX" Bjorkman	Project Gotham Racing 3	New York 3D
10	Template:Flagicon	Jax Money Crew: (Dominator, kaM, exodus, zid, aZn)	Counter Strike:Source	Dallas Venom
11	Template:Flagicon	CJ "GeeTeeOhh" Nelson	Project Gotham Racing 3	Complexity LA
12	Template:Flagicon	Nolsen "beisbol" Perez	Project Gotham Racing 3	San Francisco Optx

Round Three

Pick	Nationality(s)	Gamer(s)	Game	CGS Franchise
13	Template:Flagicon	Alessandro "stermy" Avallone	FIFA 07	San Francisco Optx
14	Template:Flagicon	Adande "sWooZie" Thorne	Dead or Alive 4	Complexity LA
15	Template:Flagicon	Kevin "chaos" Parrish	Project Gotham Racing 3	Dallas Venom
16	Template:Flagicon	Matt "Wizakor" Wood	FIFA 07	New York 3D
17	Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon	Evil Geniuses: (Lari, Stevenson, tr1p, sunman, da bears)	Counter Strike:Source	Chicago Chimera
18	Template:Flagicon	Katherine "Mystik" Gunn	Dead or Alive 4	Carolina Core

Round Four

Pick	Nationality(s)	Gamer(s)	Game	CGS Franchise
19	Template:Flagicon	Brent "Rex" Dimapilis	Project Gotham Racing 3	Carolina Core
20	Template:Flagicon	Marjorie "Kasumi Chan" Bartell	Dead or Alive 4	Chicago Chimera
21	Template:Flagicon	Barry "DoubleB" Brady	Project Gotham Racing 3	New York 3D
22	Template:Flagicon	Cynthia "Raspberry Tea" Escamilla	Dead or Alive 4	Dallas Venom
23	Template:Flagicon	Javier "chavisan" Gutierrez	Project Gotham Racing 3	Complexity LA
24	Template:Flagicon	Cardell "Dave Chapelle" Thomas	Dead or Alive 4	San Francisco Optx

Round Five

Pick	Nationality(s)	Gamer(s)	Game	CGS Franchise
25	Template:Flagicon	Erika "skitt1es" Galegor	Project Gotham Racing 3	San Francisco Optx
26	Template:Flagicon	Phillipe "KreeganBG" Stoyne	FIFA 07	Complexity LA
27	Template:Flagicon	Isidro "Novusnaim" Sifuentes	FIFA 07	Dallas Venom
28	Template:Flagicon	Jared "cali jared" Singer	Dead or Alive 4	New York 3D
29	Template:Flagicon	Jeremy "Black Mamba" Florence	Dead or Alive 4	Chicago Chimera
30	Template:Flagicon	Nick "peekay" DePalmer	FIFA 07	Carolina Core

Round Six

Pick	Nationality(s)	Gamer(s)	Game	CGS Franchise
31	Template:Flagicon	Team Pandemic: (masternook, s0nNy, Devour, DAFF, elusive)	Counter Strike: Source	Carolina Core
32	Template:Flagicon	Andrew "anomaly" Brock	FIFA 07	Chicago Chimera
33	Template:Flagicon	Tanya "coolsvilla" Underwood	Dead or Alive 4	New York 3D
34	Template:Flagicon	Patrick "Indigo Ferret" Wyrick	Project Gotham Racing 3	Dallas Venom
35	Template:Flagicon	Megan "Belle" Ceder	Dead or Alive 4	Complexity LA
36	Template:Flagicon	EFGaming: (clowN, mOE, Warmach1ne, p0s, phamtastik)	Counter Strike: Source	San Francisco Optx