CPL Summer Event Press Release

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Even more big-time news outlets are now covering the CPL as it gears up towards the CPL Pentium 4 Summer Event. The Cyberathlete Professional League web site lists such major news as CBS MarketWatch, CNET.com, News.com, DallasNews.com, Finance Canada, Lycos, NBC6.com, NewsAlert.com, PR Newswire, Silicon Valley Business Ink, TheEagle.com, and Yahoo! as all carrying the press release for the event. You can get your eyes on the release below.[break="click here for the entire press release"]Cyberathlete Professional League Kicks-Off Summer Championship Event

7/16/02 8:00 AM

Source: PR Newswire



DALLAS, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Intense competition. Ardent fans and spectators. Major sponsors and big money. Yes, it's time for The Cyberathlete Professional League's Pentium(R) 4 Processor Summer Championship 2002 Event.



The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL), the global leader in competitive computer gaming, announced today the final details of its highly anticipated Pentium 4 Processor Summer Championship 2002 Event. The five-day event will take place Saturday, July 20, to Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dallas, Texas.

Over 3,500 people are registered to attend, approximately 85 percent representing all 50 of the United States and 15 percent representing 63 countries including Canada, Germany, Brazil, Sweden, United Kingdom and Venezuela. With $100,000 in prize money, the competition is expected to be fierce.



"With the CPL's Pentium 4 Summer Championship's record level attendance and big name sponsors, we are one step closer to elevating professional computer gaming to a full-fledged sport," said Angel Munoz, founder and president of the CPL. "Teams from all over the world will aggressively pursue their dream of pro-gaming -- a great way to celebrate what is now our fifth anniversary in the sport."



Intel Corporation, a lead sponsor of the CPL, will provide more than 120 high-performance Pentium 4 processor-based systems.



"As with any professional sport, a professional gamer needs not only world class skill and dedication, but the best equipment to gain a competitive advantage. Professional gamers need to have total faith and trust in their equipment, so they can be 'in the zone' and focused on the game," said Brian Fravel, consumer desktop products manager, Intel. "With the Pentium 4 processor, we provide the world's fastest desktop processor with world-class performance for these world-class competitors, leaving nothing to chance."



Tournament Game



The main tournament game will be the popular Half-Life modification Counter-Strike version 1.5, developed by Valve Software (http://www.valvesoftware.com). More than 600 gamers will be competing. Total cash prize for the Counter-Strike tournament is $100,000.



"It's an honor to have Counter-Strike selected for the CPL Summer Championships," said Doug Lombardi, director of marketing at Valve Software. "The 2001 season was an incredible success, capped off with a world class Counter-Strike finals last December. We're looking forward to taking things to the next level in 2002."



The Cyberathlete Professional League's Pentium 4 Summer Event will also host a music concert, a computer case competition, workshops, a large spectator arena with four 100" projection screens and an 800-computer BYOC area. The complete event schedule is located at: http://www.thecpl.com/schedule/



Sponsors



The Summer Event is sponsored by Intel and co-sponsored by Plantronics, Micro Exchange, BAWLS, SoundMax, Xabre and NetFire.com. Merchandise sponsors include: Logitech, Altec Lansing, Belkin and Netgear.



The Cyberathlete Professional League



Launched on June 26, 1997, the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) was the first organization in the world to establish computer game competitions as a viable spectator sport. Today, the CPL is the world's leading professional computer gamers league, holding massive live events in the United States, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, Holland, Singapore, Australia and Brazil. The Cyberathlete Professional League events offer: computer game tournaments with cash prizes up to $150,000 per game, music concerts, computer case competitions, exhibitions, spectator areas, workshops and large BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) areas. The Cyberathlete Professional League website is located at: http://www.thecpl.com

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[Sonus]

Anybody know how you can watch this event on HLTV? Or where I should say. IPs anyone?

[-Dice]

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[Gpig]

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[-Dice]

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[Polishnerd]

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[Bokuho]

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[NightSh4de]

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[cartmandude101]

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