Page 1 of 1
Rocketboy inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:16 am
by Apoptosis
Rocketboy inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records
Meng “Rocketboy” Yang, a professional gamer part of Team Razer, will be inducted into the Gamer’s Edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. Rocketboy is honored with having won the largest cash purse by an individual for a single game.
On October 15, 2004, Rocketboy was awarded $1,000,000 RMB (US$125,000) for defeating Jonathon "Fatal1ty" Wendel during the ACOM Fatal1ty Shootout at the Great Wall of China.
Specializing in FPS games like Quake and Counter-Strike, RocketBoy is an established authority in progaming in China and worldwide competitive leagues. For more information on Rocketboy and the rest of Team Razer, please visit the team.razerzone.com web page or contact the Razer Public Relations team to arrange an interview.
RAZER SPONSORS WORLD CYBER GAMES 2007 GRAND FINAL
Razer, the leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming and lifestyle electronic peripherals, today announced its participation as one of the key sponsors of the World Cyber Games (WCG) 2007 Grand Final, being held from October 4 – 7, 2007 in Seattle, Washington. Razer will be equipping each of the official gaming PCs to be used during the competition with the Razer DeathAdder gaming mouse and Razer Tarantula gaming keyboard.
Razer’s sponsorship of the World Cyber Games once again underscores its commitment to continue supporting the professional gaming community. For the WCG 2007 Grand Final, Razer has been named the exclusive category sponsor in four areas – including being the Official Mouse and Official Keyboard supplier for the event. Professional gamers from around the world will be equipped with the latest in cutting edge gaming technology from Razer.
“Razer is excited to be a sponsor of the World Cyber Games – it is the ultimate venue for us to feature our DeathAdder 3G 1800 DPI mouse since hardcore gamers depend on its range of capabilities, and the technology driving it, to win,” said Robert “Razerguy” Krakoff, president of Razer. “The DeathAdder is one of the most precise, responsive and smooth mice on the market, while the Tarantula keyboard is the world’s fastest and smartest keyboard. We are anxious to see the response from our real fans – the competitive gamers.”
Gamers interested in seeing the latest in gaming technology and gaming peripherals will be able to visit the Razer booth in the WCG exhibition area and go hands-on with the latest Razer products as well as other products with ‘Powered by Razer’ technologies.
Re: Rocketboy inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:51 am
by Digital Puppy
Mmm...Money!
Re: Rocketboy inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:08 am
by dicecca112
Fatality does not look happy in that picture
Re: Rocketboy inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:08 pm
by vicaphit
wasn't this contest posted here on LR? Thats cool that we get a followup
Re: Rocketboy inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:11 am
by bubba
dicecca112 wrote:Fatality does not look happy in that picture
He just got beat and was out 125K, I'd look a tad unhappy too
Re: Rocketboy inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:26 am
by Apoptosis
bubba wrote:dicecca112 wrote:Fatality does not look happy in that picture
He just got beat and was out 125K, I'd look a tad unhappy too
Ah Johnathan didn't lose the money... ABIT fronted the money and this contest is part of the reason ABIT went under and was bought out. Many in the industry (myself included) believe that this was rigged for publicity by the fatal1ty crew and ABIT was kept in the dark about it. It gets complex, but he that's just part of the industry...
Re: Rocketboy inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:27 am
by DMB2000uk
Abit was bought out?
*edit* I just checked the relevant dates, and it happened years ago >_<
Dan
Re: Rocketboy inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:11 pm
by Apoptosis
yeah --- this event happened on October 15, 2004 and shortly after ABIT ran out of money... The budget for 2004 and 1H 2005 was already reserved and set though... Then in June 2005 ABIT needed funds badly so they brought in Wan Hai Industries as an investor to help bail them out... The next 6 months were tough and by the start of 2006 even the investor saw ABIT as shaky. Then just days later on January 25, 2006, ABIT announced that USI intended to purchase ABIT Computer's motherboard business and brand....
It wasn't just this event it was the rumored 10 year contract with Fatal1ty, huge six figure bonus at his signing and spending nearly $500,000 on a single event (ACON4) and spending tons to get Fatal1ty to where he is at today... ABIT was the first deal inked with Fatal1ty and while it sky rocketed him it killed the old ABIT. To spill a few more beans when ABIT went under so did the fatal1ty contract and Fatal1ty and crew were able to get out of the deal they inked with ABIT on video cards as they were unhappy with it anyway. ABIT never was big into GPU's and never released top end cards unless you count the Ti4600 days many years ago. With ABIT gone and the contract dissolved they were able to sign XFX as their NVIDIA provider of GPU's. ABIT was retained for motherboards.