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As part of the sponsorship agreement the Quake 4 tournament will be played on XPS M1710 laptop systems and the WSVG will �begin to feature gameplay on Dell plasma TVs and Dell UltraSharp LCD displays.� In addition, Michael Dell, chairman of Dell, will be on hand to present over $225,000 in cash and prizes to the Intel Summer Championship winners and discuss gaming with the victors.

�We welcome Dell as an official sponsor, and look forward to Michael Dell joining us at the upcoming event,� said Matt Ringel, CEO and President of Games Media Properties. �The Dell XPS lineup is synonymous with superb quality and performance and Dell�s participation in the World Series of Video Games is a great development for the entire gaming community.�

Dell will be on site displaying Dell�s latest XPS machines and holding a �Performance Shootout.� The Performance Shootout is a contest where the fastest machine benchmarked by the Dell engineers wins a 30-inch Dell UltraSharp 30007WFP Widescreen Digital Flat-Panel Monitor.

See the press release on the next page.

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hmmmmmmmm

lawl

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

Is this a joke?

Q4 on a laptop is going to be bad.

This comment was edited at 06/29/2006 6:17 PM

rawr

big news and i doubt it as a joke ;o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osru4ojkSw8

#4 actually the xps laptops are more than enough to play q4

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The XPS laptops are top of the line, I'm sure they can handle running Q4 smoothly.

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how come cpl couldn't ever get any sponsors like wsvg does...

what?

i find a huge difference trying to play on desktop then computer...

somethings like ggl trans atlantic showdown, and intel & dell is try to push gaming on laptop.

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and yes, it is laptop computer, with crt monitor + regular kb and mouse.

Dude I'm getting a Dell, not, I'm going to buy a Macbook Pro and run Bootcamp on it because the Dell laptops are fugly.

Anyway, I think this will be pretty bad for the gamers. Most of these guys are use to 19' monitors with high refresh rates, but a 17'(I'm guessing 17 is the max) and slow refresh? I don't know, I've heard good things about LCD's lately, but I'm not sure many of the gamers will like or can even play well with the change.

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Dell does have good deals for prebuilt PC's and their laptops are very nice as well. Maybe not enough options for the hardware in the PC, but cheap. I've heard a rumor that they will soon sell barebone PC's o_O, maybe that will change some minds on Dell.

This comment was edited at 06/29/2006 6:49 PM

HAHAHAHAHA dell HAHAHAHA

Just use ksharps

Dell Is Terrible

They can't be serious...

"I haven't failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

the laptos are nice
the lcd's on the other hand..........

lmfao anyone from the hardware section will appreciate dell engineers running benchmakrs on machines hahaha, i think someone should showup with some LN2 and a conroe and just say "give me the monitor"

ooo too funny

dell sponsorship would be good if they did not tie in their devices - q4 on laptops ? wtf

good counter #20 but lcdz? xps ofcourse however sometimes corps try to pull stuff over on the consumer thinking they don't know doodle. xps is an outrage for a rig imo. if they keep selling to the upper-class thats all fine n dandy but what about the poo fans man =)

This comment was edited at 06/29/2006 7:14 PM

sometimes you can be inspired by love but sometimes it can push you away

only reason i dont like dell is because of their proprietary stuff

but good sponsership

This comment was edited at 06/29/2006 7:02 PM

Q4 runs fine on an XPS, the prize money is more than enough reason for people to be satisfied. I doubt Dell would embarrass themselves with lackluster systems.

#20 It's not really the performance it's the:

17" Wide-Aspect UltraSharpTM TFT Active Matrix WUXGA (1920x1200) display with TrueLifeTM

or am I reading this wrong? Are they going to have seperate monitors?

This comment was edited at 06/29/2006 7:07 PM

q4 on laptops, I hope this is a joke, Q4 on PC's!!!! put a game like CS on laptops!!!!! wowowowowo

#eKeGaming @ Gamesurge

WSVG is good at getting sponsors, but they're kind of retarded.

please use a dell xps laptop then start say OWOWOWOW OH EM GE they are very nice and can handle q4 very nicely, i know becuase i have one =]

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A laptop is basically just a shuttle system in terms of how powerful they are. Still going to have it's own monitor and have people plugging their own keyboard and mouse. So what's the big deal here?

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They should use these: www.dell.com/ftw

The XPS laptops are insane. They will hook normal monitors and periphs up the Laptops. They will be no different than hooking into a normal tower. One of my players currently does that with his XPS and we've had zero issues. In the past, laptops of the XPS's insanity levels have had problems overheating, but the XPS laptops are flawless for gaming.

Michael Dell personally being at the Championship in Dallas is a bigger deal than of you realize. Dell is a major player in our sector now with this sponsorship and their purchase of the Alienware brand.

I for one am just as excited at the chance to meet Michael Dell as I am at the prize pool for first place. If the team wins, they get their cash, but I get to meet him and talk business.

Great move WSVG!

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ahha dell is very terrible, useless

lol Dell. nuff said I don't want to talk dirty :D (Sin Systems Savage SLI notebook > Dell XPS laptop :D any day.)

This comment was edited at 06/29/2006 7:47 PM

the laptops will be plugged into CRT monitors, like they were at TAS, i hope, and nice move on the money, but still CPL is my fave

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that might be true #29 but do they bring the kind of clout and name recognition to gaming that Dell does? doubtful.

This is incredible news for gaming. The more corporate leaders that support our sport the better.

Also, if you think the XPS laptops can't handle Q4 then you've never used one. They're probably more powerful than 95% of the desktops we all use to game.

Good move all around.

Gaming on a laptop isnt true gaming...

Dell is a good sponsor, but why laptop? atleast do the new XPS700 desktop...

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Finance is fine as long as they don't make any hardware deals :O

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yeah this really scared me, I thought we were gonna have to play on the laptop's screen, but with an additional monitor this sounds good.

very good pickup.

is he giving out an extra 225 thousand dollars or just there to hand out the reg prize money?

dell is fine ....but the fact that their hosting it on laptops is a downside , just becuase its very different playing on a laptop then a desktop [other then performance wise]

i think they should have done that with their desktop XPS line..instead of laptop but W.E ...wsvg is a complete joke anyways

and #8 , cpl owns wsvg...so yea......

If you are one in a million, there are at least 100 ppl exactly like you in china.

awesome, big sponsor bringing in some big money and recognition to esports.

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WOW HUGE SH*T

Even when I walk through a dark valley, I fear no harm for you are at my side" -PSALM 23:4

#39 I don't know where you get your information from, but you are oh so very mistaken

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wsvg just keeps getting worse and worse

goodbye quake 4

Dell= Bad
WSVG= Bad

Seems to be a perfect fit then.

people are too cynical. this will probably be a great tournament and Dell's sponsorship is just what esports needs to get off the ground. Michael Dell is probably a closet gamer or something :D. anyway, as long as the laptops are using separate CRT monitors that would work out, but it still seems a little crazy. The coolest part is that Michael Dell plans to talk to the winning team about gaming; this will give a great forum between sponsors and players. too bad it'll probably be wNv or NiP or fNatic winning though :D

My name is a joke on you guys :D

For everyone saying "Dell is terrible" look at the spec's of the laptops (and the desktops in the XPS line). They're amazing machines for gaming. I'm saving up for an M1710, myself.

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someone needs to build an LCD that looks great at 800 x 600 and ill be happy.

Its a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake.

Was I the only one to notice that AMD is the lead sponsor of The CPL while Dell is providing Intel based laptops?

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