Fatal1ty Wins World Tour Stop In Singapore
USA's Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Wins 11th Major Championship at PainkilleR Leading Up To CPL Grand Finals in New York This November
(Woodland Hills, CA) - Auravision, Inc. announces that Fatal1ty, the world's best known PC gamer and five-time world CPL champion, won first place in Singapore, the most recent PainkilleR qualifying stop of the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL). After the final stop in Chile the last week of October, he'll be one of 32 who has qualified to compete in the Grand Finals in New York in November. Fatal1ty's wins have been achieved on five different games, an unheard of feat in videogaming.
Fatal1ty's final match in Singapore was against Sander "VoO" Kaasjager of The Netherlands, his opponent in each of the last five World Tour stop finals. The rivalry between VoO and Fatal1ty is the talk of the CPL Tour.
"It was a very exciting win in Singapore," notes Fatal1ty. "I really wanted to win this one on Creative's home turf, since Singapore is the home of Creative Labs, one of my licensed partners."
About CPL's PainkilleR Grand Finals
The Cyberathlete Professional League® (CPL)'s 2005 World Tour is set to host the final championships in New York City this November. The $1,000,000 World Tour, primarily sponsored by Intel, and co-sponsored by NVIDIA, is the world's largest, yearlong competitive tour spotlighting the fast growing sport of computer game competitions.
This year's tour kicked off in Istanbul, Turkey and has since made seven of a planned nine stops across the globe, all leading up to the final showdown, which will take place Tuesday, November 22 at the newly built Nokia Theatre in Times Square.
Preliminary matches will take place Sunday, November 20 and Monday, November 21, 2005 at the web2zone Cyber Center in New York City. The finals culminate on Tuesday, November 22 with a head-to-head competition between the top two finalists for a combined $250,000, the largest cash prize ever handed out in competitive video gaming for one match.
Further information is available at www.cplworldtour.com/finals/
About CPL
Launched June 26, 1997, the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) is the world's first computer game sports league. Having hosted live tournaments on five continents and official qualifying tournaments in over 50 countries, the CPL is the global leader in professional computer game competitions. Over the past eight years, the CPL has hosted 45 international main events with a total attendance of 50,000 gamers and has awarded $3,000,000 in prizes. For more information visit http://www.thecpl.com
About Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel
Johnathan first got involved in tournaments when he heard about CPL's Frag3 Tournament that took place in October 1999. He won third there and was invited to represent the USA in Stockholm two weeks later where he won undefeated, winning all 18 maps against the top players in the world. He has continued to dominate competitions all over the world, including The United States, Singapore, Korea, Brazil, Australia, France, Germany, Holland, and Russia.
He won the CPL Pentium 4 Winter Championship playing Unreal Tournament 2003, a victory which made him three time CPL Champion of the Year-and each year for victories in a different game. At the QuakeCon04, Fatal1ty captured the DOOM 3 Inaugural 1v1 Championship, capturing $25,000 in prize money. For more information, visit www.fatal1ty.com.
About Auravision, Inc.
Auravision is a pioneer in the field of personal interface devices and has literally changed the way consumers and business professionals look at the computer workstation. With its first introduction of an illuminated keyboard utilizing EluminX® technology, Auravision continues to lead the way in developing new computer peripherals and consumer electronic technologies designed to enhance the user's experience.
Auravision is the master licensor for Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, the world's leading gamer and three-time World Champion from the Cyberathlete Professional League. Leading companies have signed agreements to bring innovative products to market carrying the Fatal1ty brand in order to meet the needs of a growing gaming lifestyle. A number of products with the Fatal1ty brand are already in the marketplace.
For more information on Auravision and its EluminX technology, visit www.auravision.com or www.eluminx.com.