MLG, short for Major League Gaming, became shorthand online for a style of over-the-top gaming montage parody that flourished on YouTube in the 2010s, built around airhorns, hitmarkers, dramatic zooms and ironic edits of skilled gameplay. Fans turned those recurring sounds into ringtones so the joke could leave the video and follow them into everyday life. The format has stayed popular because it is instantly understood by gamers, works without any context, and still signals that something ridiculous or impressive is about to happen.