VIA Geared for Gaming in 2004

Cyberathlete Professional League Grapevine, Texas, USA - July 28 - August 1, 2004

VIA had the privilege to attend the Cyberathlete Professional League Championships July 28-Aug 1 in Grapevine Texas (just outside Dallas).

Launched June 26, 1997, the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) is the world's first computer games sports league; and having hosted final tournaments on five continents and official qualifying tournaments in over 50 countries, the CPL is the global leader in professional computer game competitions.

This year the finals brought together 4000 gamers from over 55 countries with championships in Counterstrike, Unreal Tournament 2004, Painkiller, Farcry, and Call of Duty with huge cash prizes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

For more information on CPL please go to their website at: www.thecpl.com

Images of All the Action!

The Gamers

There was a huge lineup for registration on the first day of CPL and 2000 gamers set up in BYOC.

Action finally got under way in the BYOC, where teams practiced for Counterstrike and other tournaments

A lot of happy young gamers atended CPL, but to breed real Cyberathletes it's wise to start 'em out as early as possible (right)

The VIA Booth

VIA's booth at CPL: Staff and set-up

A VIA Mini-ITX based HTPC system (left) and an Athlon64 system featuring the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset in a Custom Voodoo Case

A Shuttle XPC featuring the VIA K8M800 Chipset (left) and an Athlon64 system featuring the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset in a Custom Falcon Northwest Case

The Gaming Rigs

There were a lot of cool mods featured at CPL, and below are some of the winning entries

Lights and strange shapes: One of the winning case mods at CPL (right)

Two of the other winning entries in the case mod competitions

Heroes

The winners of the Counterstrike (left) and Painkiller tournaments

The final day saw all the winners featured on stage, while the first night was kicked off in proper fashion by live bands