Fatal1ty Shootout details
by Kit

Tuesday, June 1 2004

Event was success at E3 this year.

Auravision today announced that the inaugural Fatal1ty Shootout (http://www.fatal1tyshootout.com) was an undisputable success at the E3 tradeshow in Los Angeles with huge spectator participation, press turnout and response of visitors and competitors. Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel destroyed all challengers, including several top pro gamers.

Sponsored by Auravision, ABIT Computer Corporation and MDDM Labs, the "shootout" was held over the three days of E3. Fatal1ty (Johnathan Wendel) took on 100 challengers, playing Unreal Tournament 2004 in four-minute matches. A $1,000 cash prize was offered to anyone who defeated him. Fatal1ty was unbeaten so no one claimed the prize. The cumulative score was Fatal1ty: 1,118 frags to Challengers: ­22. During the entire shootout only one challenger scored a frag, doing so in a five (Fatal1ty) to one (Challenger) match.

Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel and the challengers at the event played UT2K4 on the first Fatal1ty ­ PWX Systems, and visitors got to see the first concept versions of the new and revolutionary Fatal1tyBox cases and PWX power supplies. In addition, visitors got a first look at the coming ABIT ­ Fatal1ty motherboards and graphics cards.

Scott Thirlwell, Marketing Director for ABIT Computer Corp., was elated with the success of the first Fatal1ty Shootout. "The positive reaction from the crowd of spectators and challengers exceeded our high expectations. This is one more step toward the establishment of the Fatal1ty brand for professional gaming hardware. We couldn't be more pleased."

Fatal1ty was equally excited about the competition. "I had a blast," he said. "I got to meet and play against 100 people who were here to have fun, and maybe win a $1,000. I can't wait to do this again." He was also happy about the turnout from professional gamers and software developers.

"Thanks to Tex, Infinite, & Polosatiy for showing up to the Fatal1ty100 Shootout to compete... Also thanks to Cliff Belenzki, Ksharp, Rambo, Boms, and many others who dropped by to see what we were all about and hang out for a while... We look forward to seeing you all again at future Fatal1ty Shootout events!"

"We wanted people to visit our booth, meet Fatal1ty, and have fun competing against the best known gamer in the world," said Steve Gould, Vice President of Operations at Auravision. "Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves."

"This is what you want at a trade show such as E3," notes Dave Erickson of MDDM Labs. "As the developer of the PWX Gaming system, we wanted to see big crowds and introduce them to the Q4 launch of this powerful gaming computer. "We got what we wanted."

The next Fatal1ty Shootout is scheduled to be held at Computex, in Taipei, Taiwan on June 3 and another is planned for CES in January, 2005.

--- Kit