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FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE Team Pandemic Announces Expansion into World of Warcraft Maumelle, Arkansas - March 18th, 2007 – TeamPandemic, LLC., one of North America's hottest professional gaming teams, would like to announce their acquisition of a World of Warcraft division. The team will be made up of seven individuals from the legendary Notorious guild from the Tichondrius server. The team is currently competing in the official Blizzard 5v5 Arena tournament under the name "Power Trip." They are currently in first place playing within BattleGroup 9 (Bloodlust). The decision to add a World of Warcraft team was one that the Team Pandemic has been pondering over for some time now. When Blizzard announced their official 5v5 Arena tournament, the team started scouting out for a team. After looking at over 50 possible combinations, Team Pandemic has chosen this group of players from Notorious because their potential in the PVP sector of World of Warcraft has no limit. With 8.5 million current subscribers to World of Warcraft and Blizzard's flawless track record in competitive gaming with titles such as Starcraft and Warcraft 2/3, the future for competitive gaming in World of Warcraft is a reality. Mark Dolven, President of TeamPandemic LLC, had this to say: "I am very excited to see the Team Pandemic brand expanded in to the World of Warcraft universe. The group of guys that we have been able to recruit are the best in the business. We cannot wait to see what they accomplish for themselves as part of our teams. We will provide them with every tool they need to become the best World of Warcraft team in the world. The sky is the limit for these guys." Jared "Iamvhell" Coulston, one of the members of the new Pandemic World of Warcraft Division, had this to say: "Joining Team Pandemic gives us the opportunity to grow as both a team and individuals to reach our goals of proving that we have what it takes to both participate and be successful at a tournament level." Official Team Pandemic World of Warcraft Roster: Joseph "Noktyn" Romano - Warrior (LEADER) David "Sck" Quick - Paladin Chris "Reznap" Pacini - Hunter Jared "Iamvhell" Coulston - Priest Greg "Ecilam" Risselada - Mage Mason "Nitrana" Groendal - Rogue Nathan "Kintt" Quinn - Priest The Pandemic World of Warcraft division will continue to compete in the Ladders portion of the Blizzard 5v5 Arena Tournament until April 15th. The team will then hope to have qualified for the Qualifiers stage of the tournament where the top teams from each of the Battlegrounds compete in another ladder. This portion of the qualifier round will take place from April 20th to May 4th. The top eight teams from this stage will then qualify for the Live Regionals. Team Pandemic will also look to compete in any live LAN events that may surface in 2007. If a live event takes place, expect to see Team Pandemic there. About Team Pandemic: Team Pandemic is a three year old professional gaming organization that has currently has divisions in Counter-Strike, Call of Duty 2, Warcraft 3: DotA and World of Warcraft. In 2006, the team competed in various tournaments and won over $40,000 in cash and prizes. In 2007, the team will be again competing in all of the major professional gaming events including, but not limited to the World Series of Video Games, Electronic Sports World Cup, World Cyber Games and the CyberAthlete Professional League World Tour. Team Pandemic is currently supported by its corporate partners Plantronics, SUBWAY, NationVoice.com and GoDaddy.com. The team is currently incorporated as TeamPandemic, LLC under the laws of the State of Arkansas. Official Site: http://www.teampandemic.net Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/pandemicteam External Links: World of Warcraft Official 5v5 Arena Tournament Power Trip Armory Profile Former Power Trip Web Site Page:
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