Coaxsys, Atari to Host Unreal Tournament 2003 Competition Featuring ``Fatal1ty'' at E3 Expo in Los Angeles.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers E3Expo 2003 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003 Tournament to Present Breakthrough, High Performance Platform for Home Networking over TV Coaxial Cable Coaxsys, Inc., a new provider of home networking systems via common cable TV-style coax wiring, and Atari today announced that the companies will host an Unreal(R) Tournament 2003 competition featuring the renowned Cyberathlete Professional League The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) is a professional sports tournament organization specializing in computer and console video games. Headquartered in Dallas, The CPL holds tournaments throughout the U.S. (CPL) Champion of the Year, Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, at the E3 Expo, May 14 - 16, in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . The tournament will showcase Coaxsys' groundbreaking home network solution that leverages existing TV coaxial cable to deliver Ethernet-rivaling speed. Coaxsys and Fatal1ty will be in booth number 6851 in Kentia Hall May 14 - 16, 2003. All E3 attendees and exhibitors are encouraged to visit the booth to participate. Gaming takes place each day from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Coaxsys will be giving away Pure Speed(TM) home networking systems and copies of Unreal Tournament  This article needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. 2003 for PC and Unreal Championship Unreal Championship, or "UC" is a first-person shooter video game co-developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. It was published by Infogrames and released on November 12 2002 for the Xbox. for Xbox. Fatal1ty has been ranked the number one seed with the CPL for three years straight and has been featured in dozens of articles. According to a recent article in Shift magazine, "In the annals of videogames, Kansas City's Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel is a bona fide [Latin, In good faith.] Honest; genuine; actual; authentic; acting without the intention of defrauding. A bona fide purchaser is one who purchases property for a valuable consideration that is inducement for entering into a contract and without suspicion of being superstar." Coaxsys will be introducing the Pure Speed network in their booth at E3. Pure Speed is a first-of-a-kind, coax-based solution that allows users with little or no technical know-how to install a high-speed network in minutes for substantially less money than other high-speed networking solutions. When launched in early Q3 2003, Coaxsys will deliver the industry's fastest home network solution with throughput rated at 100 mb/sec. The Pure Speed network will provide true 10 / 100 Ethernet over a home's existing coaxial cable. "Pure Speed is a revolutionary home networking solution that outperforms today's wireless, telephone, or power-line networks and we feel that some of the first adopters of this remarkable technology will be online gamers," said Michael D'Addio, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Coaxsys, Inc. "To demonstrate the true performance capabilities of Pure Speed, we decided to host a live online Unreal tournament and what better way to put it to the test than by hiring the world champion of Unreal." "Unreal Tournament 2003 is the definitive online competitive sport," said Jean-Philippe Agati, senior vice president and general manager of Atari's Los Angeles studio. "Coaxsys is making high speed home network connectivity easy to install and use, enabling gamers to easily to connect to each other without having to install special cabling or suffer through the lag sometimes associated with wireless networking systems." Pure Speed is ideal for anyone wants to enjoy the benefits of high-speed, next generation consumer electronics and appliances -- without the spending the time and money to install specialized Category 5 cable. The consumer market is at the front-end of a boom in connected consumer appliances, including PC-centric video servers, personal video recorders (PVRs), Video on Demand, and multi-player Internet gaming using either a PC or Microsoft's XBOX LIVE(R) or Sony's PlayStation Online(R). As of 1999 NCTA NCTA National Cable & Telecommunications Association (fka National Cable Television Association) NCTA National Cable Television Association (now the National Cable & Telecommunications Association) (National Cable Television Association) and Nielsen Media research estimated that 96.6% of America's television homes are wired for cable. About Johnathan Wendel Mr. Wendel is the #1 ranked videogame player for 2001 and 2002. Wendel is also the first videogame player to earn $100,000 in winnings in a single year, and the first to ever garner to have a six-figure endorsement deal. About Atari New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as Driver(TM), Enter the Matrix(TM), Neverwinter Nights(TM), Stuntman stunt·man n. A man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk. stuntman n → especialista m stuntman (TM), Test Drive(R), Unreal(R) Tournament 2003, and Unreal(R) Championship; and mass-market and children's games such as Backyard Sports(TM), Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM) and Dora the Explorer Dora the Explorer is an animated television series that is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network. A pilot episode for the series aired in 1999, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. (TM), Civilization(R), Dragon Ball Z “DBZ” redirects here. For the meteorological term, see dBZ (meteorology). Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ (R) and RollerCoaster Tycoon(R). Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company. of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com. About Coaxsys, Inc. Coaxsys, Inc. is a supplier of affordable, easy-to-install home networking products that use coaxial cable to transmit data throughout the household. The company has its headquarters in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . For more information on the company, visit www.coaxsys.com or call 408/878-0008. |
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