ADVISORY/Professional Gamers' League Season 3 Championship in San Francisco.
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RE: Kicker Idea -- Computer Gamers Now Have Opportunity to
Turn Pro
What: If you know any talented joystick jocks who are looking
to work their way through school or who want to quit
their day job to play computer games...they can now go
professional. And if they want to see the best computer
gamers in the world in action, tell them to go to the
Professional Gamers' League Championship this Thursday
Nov. 12 through Sat. Nov. 14, in San Francisco. More
than $70,000 in cash and nearly $50,000 in prizes will
be awarded to the best computer gamers who are flying
in from all over the country.
The only pro sports league for computer game
enthusiasts, the PGL is also celebrating its one-year
anniversary, and will be giving out PGL trading cards
and other merchandise to fans who attend the event.
Interested fans can also follow the action via live
Webcast, being provided by Pseudo Networks' All Games
Network (http://www.allgames.com).
Where: Club-i, San Francisco's hottest cybercafe located at
850 Folsom St.
When: Thursday, Nov. 12, 1998, 12 p.m.--6 p.m.: Quarter-final
Matches in Quake II (1-on-1 action competition),
Starcraft (1-on-1 strategy competition), Quake Teamplay
(4-on-4 action competition)
Friday, Nov. 13, 1998, 12 noon--8 p.m.: Semi-final
Matches
Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998, 10 a.m.--4:30 p.m.:
Championship Matches in all categories
Interviews: Thresh, Immortal and other top gamers
Nolan Bushnell, PGL commissioner and founder of Atari
(Pong)
PGL Executives
Computer gaming fans
Visuals: Gamers in competition
Crowds of fans
Screen shots of the games being played
B-roll and VNR package (Beta)
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