iGames & iZ3D Gear Up for Tournament Series
Posted by: EG Admin on April 10, 2007 9:18:54 AM (78 Reads)

• 24+ North American Game Centers To Host Counter-Strike 1.6
• Open LAN Center & Online Tournaments with $7.5K in the Balance
• Competitions Organized by iGames in Association with CEVO

iGames, the world's leading game center organization, today announced its first-ever series of tournaments sponsored by iZ3D, to be held this spring and summer at 24+ iGames member centers across North America. The total prize pool for both events will be worth over $7,500 in cash and prizes.

The first competition, the iZ3D $5K Counter-Strike 1.6 Open Tournament, will be held Saturday and Sunday, May 5-6, and will feature the best local LAN teams fragging it out on one of today's most popular competitive games, Counter-Strike 1.6. Organized by iGames in association with CEVO (www.cevolved.com), the event will take place at eight ( elite iGames member centers including:

* CyberHub (Levittown, PA)
* Euphenet Cyber Cafev3 (San Jose,CA)
* Extreme PC Gaming (Temecula, CA)
* FunkyLAN (Lexington, KY)
* Gigabits LAN Center (Orlando, FL)
* New Media ArenA (Marietta, GA)
* Xtreme Gaming CyberCafe (San Antonio, TX)
* X3O Gaming Center (Rockville, MD)

The first day of tournament will consist of 5v5 double-elimination matches between all registered teams at each game center. At the end of the day, the top placing five-person team at each of the 8 host locations will be invited to participate in the online tournament on Day 2. At the end of Day 2, the winning team will be awarded $1,500 in cash. All eight teams will receive cash prizes as follows:

Placement Among Winning Teams Tournament Prizes (in US Dollars)

1st $1,500 Team total
2nd $1,000 Team total
3rd $600 Team total
4th $500 Team total
5th $400 Team total
6th $400 Team total
7th $300 Team total
8th $300 Team total

"This campaign is focused on bringing the excitement of eSports to the grassroots level," said Mark Nielsen, Executive Director of iGames. "We consider it the perfect opportunity for iZ3D to promote their revolutionary product “ the first 3D monitor for gamers. We are very excited to count them as one of our top partners for 2007."

"iGames and their 500+ member centers have run hundreds of local and online tournaments. Their infrastructure and longstanding relationship with their tech-savvy customers provide the perfect setting for us to reach the influencers of the hardcore gamer community," explained David Chechelashvilli, Vice President of Marketing for iZ3D LLC.
. "We know that once they experience the intense immersion and thrill that our 3D stereoscopic systems add to their favorite games, they'll tell their friends they wouldn't want to game any other way."

The second iZ3D-sponsored tournament will take place on July 14-15, with a prize pool of over $2,500 in cash. Exact tournament format and prize structure will be announced in the upcoming weeks.

To register for the iZ3D $5K Counter-Strike 1.6 Open Tournament and to find out more about the events including official and game play rules, visit www.igames.org

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