And The Winners Are, Continued
The Quake III championship had other surprises, including the presence of Lexer from Russia. From what we were told, it was uncertain whether he would make the trip to the U.S. to play. Many highly favored competitors stood in Lexer's path on his journey to win $20,000.
Lexer played very well, almost like a man on a mission. He did encounter some tough players, and he mowed them down almost as if they were not there. We wanted to talk with Lexer about his rise to victory at Quakecon 2002, but unfortunately, he does not speak very much English. He did tell us that he was thrilled to be able to come to the U.S. for Quakecon, and he wanted us to thank id Software and ATI for giving him the chance to play for such a valuable prize.
Many of you have written to ask who won the ATI Ultimate Custom Painted Computer System. ATI drew the winning name out in the BYOC area at about 10:30 P.M. Texas time before the Saturday night party got into full swing. For some reason, the person who won the system was not there to claim it, so we have no pictures of the winner picking it up. ATI is shipping the system back to their headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and they are going to contact the winner and arrange for delivery. It makes you wonder why they didn't require the winner to be present to win, but with all of the legal requirements that exist, perhaps this was the better route.