iGames Announces Winners of Intel $5K Open, Sponsored by Intel, in Association with CEVO
First in Series of Six National eSports Events: $40K Competitions Taking Place This Summer at 40+ Game Centers Featuring Today's Top Competitive Games
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, June 28, 2006-iGames, the
world's leading game center organization, today announced the
results of the Intel $5K Open, held Saturday and Sunday, June
24-25. Sponsored by Intel, in Association with CEVO, the
Intel $5K Open was the opening round of iGames' first-ever
Intel-sponsored competitions, comprising a 6-month series of
tournaments and other special events to be held at 40+ iGames
member centers across North America, featuring today's top
competitive games, including Counter-Strike 1.6 and
Call of Duty® 2.
After a hard-fought day of 5v5 competition during the
Saturday LAN competition, each center was able to name a team
that would be competing in the WAN portion of the event on
Sunday. Starting as early as 7:00 am for the Hawaiian team
ZoneGaming, eight teams set forward to compete and claim the
title of Intel $5K CS Open Champion and walk away with the
$1,500.00 1st place prize.
As the day progressed, there were several upsets, and several
matches went into overtime. By nightfall, only United 5 and
Confederacy were still standing. Confederacy won the upper
bracket after winning two tough matches versus MugNMouse and
Basikz earlier that day, while United 5, after loosing to
Basikz in the 2nd round of the upper bracket, had to scrape
back into the hunt after a near overtime win vs. phatfish in
the lower bracket 3rd round. In the end, coming back from the
osers' bracketUnited 5 was able to pull out the victory over
Confederacy by winning two matches in a row, and thus claim
the championship and the $1,500.00 1st prize.
1st Place $1,500.00
(Sin City - Nevada)
2nd Place $1,000.00
(interPeer - New Jersey)
3rd Place $600.00 - Basikz (euphNET - California)
4th Place $500.00 - MugnMouse (Xtreme Player Zone -
Texas)
5th Place $400.00 - phatfish (NETplay - North Carolina)
6th Place $400.00 - ZoneGaming (PC Gamerz - Hawaii)
7th Place $300.00 - NLi (Head 2 Head - Ontario)
8th Place $300.00 - Ensane (eBash - Indiana)
Saturday Runner Ups
$200.00 - Platinum Gaming (eBash - Indiana)
$200.00 - vio (euphNET - California)
$200.00 - Hygo (Head 2 Head - Ontario)
$200.00 - BurntPink (interPeer -- New Jersey)
$200.00 - So Sick (PC Gamerz - Hawaii)
$200.00 - EXCELLO (Sin City - Nevada)
$200.00 - redZone (NETplay - North Carolina)
The Intel events began in June and will run monthly through
November. To find out more about the event and other upcoming
events in the Intel series, visit www.igames.org or contact the iGames events team
at events@igames.org. For rules, competition
structure, and prize allocation visit: www.cevolved.com.
Game centers interested in participating in the program can
email events@igames.org.
About iGames
iGames, Inc. offers a wide range of services to help
independent and franchised game centers. iGames' mission is
to promote and develop the growth of the game center
industry. Its services unite game centers with the goal of
establishing them as the driving force enabling the
interactive entertainment industry to become the number one
form of entertainment around the world. iGames has
established strong relationships with industry leaders to
provide a wide variety of products, services and programs to
member game centers and gamers including software licensing,
hardware discounts, exclusive game premieres, tournaments,
and game nights. Today the company counts well over 500
centers and 1.2 million gamers, initiating and co-organizing
more than 200 events a year. To learn more about iGames, go
to www.igames.org.
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Press Contact:
Bill Lessard
iGames
(914) 476-6089
wlessard@igames.org