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Challenge three times CPL Gaming World Champion Jonathan Wendell (AKA Fatal1ty) and win £1000 in just 4 minutes.

ABIT UK – August 18th 2004 – On the 3rd September, ABIT Computer’s quest to find the next Gaming World Champions reaches London’s Leicester Square. ABIT Computers have organised a PC Festival in the heart of the capital, with a challenge to win £1000 in just 4 minutes! With most of the hardcore gamers in town for ECTS and Gamestars, the timing couldn’t be better.

Three times CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) Gaming World Champion Jonathan Wendell has laid down a challenge to members of the public, offering 4 minutes each to defeat him at Doom 3 and scoop the £1000 bounty. Additional prizes, including motherboards, will also be awarded based on a frag scoring system.

Wendell, arriving in the UK fresh from his victory in the NVIDIA Doom 3 Inaugural Deathmatch Championship at QuakeCon, is working closely with ABIT to design new high-performance products as part of ABIT’s ‘total gaming’ concept. Further details of the custom-engineered products, and the chance to interview ‘Fatal1ty’, will be available to media attendees at the Leicester Square press briefing, which will be taking place at 3pm.

Highlights of the festival also include:

• An opportunity for the public to get information on the latest PC technology in an open and relaxed environment with some of the UK’s top PC manufacturers
• Live Overclocking competition in association with VIA.
• Intel presentation on the Digital Home.

ABIT partners in this event current Intel, VIA, ATI, Demonite, Realtime Distribution and Scan.co.uk

Note to the editors

• Festival Sponsors include: Intel, VIA, ATI, Demonite, Realtime Distribution, Scan.co.uk
• Event starts 11am finishes approx. 5pm (3rd September)
• Closed press briefing taking place at 3pm
• Location: North West side of Leicester Square, in front of Empire cinema
• Entry is on a first come, first served basis
• COMPETITION RULES:
  Competition only open to people aged 18 years or older. Only one attempt per entrant permitted. Entrants will be required to register with ABIT on the day. Cash prizes awarded by cheque at close of the event. In the event of any dispute, the decision of the referee is final.

About ABIT Computer Corporation
“Built for Gamers by Gamers” is more than a slogan - ABIT motherboards and graphic cards are the established favourite among PC enthusiasts and pro gamers. Our unique approach to hardware design puts the user in the driver’s seat, delivering features that give users the flexibility to tweak and tune their systems to their satisfaction, while at the same time, ensuring complete stability.

ABIT Engineers – computer enthusiasts with a passion for technology – develop innovation after innovation, squeezing every ounce of performance possible out of available technologies. This excellence in engineering, combined with the industry’s highest standards of quality, reliability, and stability, allows ABIT to deliver BulletProof Technology to the end user. From SoftMenu™ jumperless technology to µGuru™ interactive system management, our engineers use their technical know-how and passion for hardware to consistently develop products that not only meet the needs of even the most demanding PC enthusiast, but raise the bar by which all motherboards and graphic cards are judged.

For more information, visit www.abit.com.tw and www.abitgamer.com

About Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel
Johnathan first got involved in tournaments when he heard about a CPL’s Frag3 Tournament that took place in October 1999. He won three times there and was invited to represent the USA in Stockholm. Two weeks later where he was still undefeated, winning all 18 maps against the top players in the world. He continued to dominate competitions all over the world, including in Singapore, St. Louis, Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Korea, Germany, Australia, Holland and Brazil, to name just a few.

At QuakeCon 2002, he faced off against his rival ZeRo4 in one of the most highly anticipated matches of the year and ended up winning the match in a 14-(-1) flawless victory. He went on to place third overall in the event and fourth at the World Cyber Games USA a few months later. To top it all off, he won CPL Pentium 4 Winter Champions event in December for Unreal Tournament 2003, a victory which netted the CPL Champion of the Year for the third year in a row - each Championship was for victories in a different game. For more information, visit www.fatal1ty.com.

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