`Rosco' and `Hawk3' Victorious in The Advent Championships of the AMD PGL(TM)
E3 Crowds Witness Pro League's Second Season Finals in Atlanta
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The AMD(R) Professional Gamers'
League(TM) (PGL(TM)) today announced that it crowned its Season 2 champions at
The Advent Championships of the AMD PGL(TM). Held in InterAct's booth at the
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the final rounds of the PGL's inaugural
season pitted the top 16 computer gamers in North America against each other
in two game categories, Action and Strategy. The winner in the Action
category (represented by id Software's Quake(R) II) was Danny Alires, known by
his online screen name, "Rosco." The Strategy category (Cavedog
Entertainment's Total Annihilation(TM)) winner was Sean Flanagan, known online
as "Hawk3." Each category champion won $7,500 in cash and more than $5,000 in
prizes, including PCs powered by the revolutionary new AMD-K6-2. In all, more
than $65,000 in cash and prizes was awarded to the finalists, including eight
fully-loaded computers.
Consisting of a double-elimination, LAN-based tournament supported by the
3M Volition System, the two-day championship event was seen by thousands of
the attendees at E3, the computer and videogame industry's annual gathering
held this year in Atlanta, Georgia. For highlights and accounts of AMD PGL
finals event matches, visit http://www.pgl.com.
The 16 PGL Season 2 finalists (and their city of residence), in order of
their finish:
Quake(R) II Total Annihilation(TM)
1) Rosco - Chico, CA Hawk3 - Grand Forks, ND
2) Kuin - Montreal, CN Butcher7 - Chelmsford, CN
3) Makaveli - Livermore, California aLing - San Jose, CA
4) unowned - Irving, TX b00gieman - Dallas, TX
5) SlickSouL - East Meadow, NY Jet_link - Camarillo, CA
Freak - Chico, CA (tie) iKil4Lafs - Burbank, CA (tie)
7) Ren - Toronto, CN CViper - Harrisonville, MO
IceWolf - San Diego, CA (tie) Nodrules - Brentwood, NY (tie)
"The PGL did a fantastic job hosting its Season 2 championships at E3,"
said Sean "Hawk3" Flanagan, 19, the winner in the Strategy category. "The
set-up was outstanding, the spectators were totally into it, and playing at
the biggest arcade you've ever seen - times 100 - was a once-in-a-lifetime
experience!"
"We're delighted that our Advent line of speakers was the official sponsor
of the Advent Championships of the AMD PGL," said Gary Moritz, senior vice
president of marketing for InterAct Accessories. "For avid game enthusiasts,
a high-quality sound system is an integral part of the gaming experience. We
look forward to exposing even more of the gaming elite to our award-winning PC
audio solutions through our continued involvement as the official speakers of
the PGL."
All 16 finalists will also be featured in full-page print ads in the
August and September issues of Computer Gaming World magazine, and may also
appear in the "Inside the AMD PGL" segments featured on the nationally
syndicated television show, "TV.com."
To participate in the PGL, players must register for the league at
http://www.pgl.com and either subscribe to the TEN service or pay the PGL
entry fee of $9.95 per three-month season. Registration will open shortly for
PGL Season 3, with the month-long qualification period beginning in early
July.
InterAct Accessories, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Recoton
Corporation (Nasdaq: RCOT) of Lake Mary, FL. The InterAct Multimedia Products
division, headquartered in Lake Mary, manufactures and markets gaming and
sound products, cables, and accessories for multimedia personal computers.
The InterAct Game Products division, headquartered in Baltimore, MD,
manufactures and markets peripherals for Nintendo, Sega, 3DO, Sony, and
portable video game systems under the InterAct and Performance Brands. The
company's products are available through major toy, electronics, and computer
retailers worldwide.
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and
networked computer and communications markets. AMD produces processors, flash
memories, programmable logic devices, and products for communications and
networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California,
AMD had revenues of $2.4 billion in 1997. (NYSE: AMD)
The PGL is a property of Total Entertainment Network(TM) (TEN(TM)), the
premier entertainment network for game playing consumers on the Internet. TEN
has online rights to more than 35 games -- over half of which are TEN
exclusives -- by leading software publishers including 3D Realms
Entertainment, Apogee, Blizzard, Bungie Software, Cavedog Entertainment, Eidos
Interactive (formerly Domark), id Software, GT Interactive, Maxis, MicroProse,
Sierra Online/Papyrus, SSI and Westwood Studios. TEN received its initial
funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, with subsequent investors
including Ameritech; Goldman Sachs; Robertson, Stephens & Co.; Vertex
Management; Wasserstein Perella Ventures.
Total Entertainment Network, TEN, the Professional Gamers' League, PGL,
and the TEN logo are trademarks of T E Network, Inc. AMD is a registered
trademark of Advanced Micro Devices. Advent and Powered Partners are
registered trademarks of Recoton Corporation. Quake is a registered trademark
of id Software. Total Annihilation and Cavedog Entertainment are trademarks
of Humongous Entertainment. All other trademarks and registered trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
InterAct Accessories, Inc. is a subsidiary of Recoton Corporation, who is
a global leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of consumer
electronic accessories and loudspeakers. Recoton's over 4,000 products
feature highly functional accessories for audio, video, car audio, camcorder,
multi-media, computer, home office, cellular, and standard telephone, music,
video game products, and 900MHz wireless technology headphones and speakers.
The are sold under the Ambico(R), Ampersand(TM), AR(R)/Acoustic Research,
Calibron(R), Discwasher(R), Heco(R), InterAct(R), Parsec(R), Recoton(R),
Rembrandt(R), SoleControl(R), SoundQuest(R), and STD(R) brand names. The
Recoton Audio Group produces and markets audio components, high fidelity
loudspeakers, home theater speakers, car audio speakers and components which
are sold under the Advent(R), AR(R)/Acoustic Research, Jensen(R), MacAudio(R),
Magnat(R), NHT(R) (Now Hear This), Phase Linear(R) brand names.
SOURCE AMD Professional Gamers League
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CONTACT:
PGL Media: Garth Chouteau, 415-778-3774,
garth@pgl.net, or Lesley Mansford, 415-778-3704,
les@tenetwork.com
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