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Total Prize Pool	150’000 RUB	(~5’500 USD)
1st	45’000 RUB	(~1’700 USD)
2nd	35’000 RUB	(~1’300 USD)
3rd	25’000 RUB	(~930 USD)
4th	15’000 RUB	(~560 USD)
5th-6th	10’000 RUB	(~370 USD)
7th-8th	5’000 RUB	(~190 USD)

• Quake IV 1.2, Q4MAX
  

System:

• Full Double Elimination
  

• Best of 3

«4GAME» –The first and the only gaming center dedicated to the needs of professional gamers in Russia. A two-story building complex conveniently located next to the AEC (All-Russian Exhibit Center) is the ideal setting for a high-scale e-sports tournament.
On the first floor you can find a cafe/bar for 60 guests and a unique "Cybersport-Arena." The "Arena" is composed of 10 computers located on an elevated stage and 10 plasma screens, which ensures that the spectators will not miss a single bit of action.

Three days have passed now since the opening of the center, and by now we have a lot more information then we had when Counter Strike coverage was being put together(you can read more about that here).

The official site have ]already been launched and with it a lot more information was released. Now we know that that the banner was infact lying, and there are not a hundred, but "only" 80 computers of the following specifications:

Proccessor:	Athlon 64 3800+
Memory:	1024 Mb DDR400 PC3200
Graphics:	nVidia GeForce 7800 GT
Internet:	100Mbps

Digital imagery also exploded all over the internet, exposing the very guts of the 4GAME gaming center.



Cosy, modern, professional. All you can wish for. Except maybe better seats for spectators.

All images courtecy cyberfight.ru

ASUS Winter 2003
The first ever ASUS Cup featured only one discipline- Quake 3 2x2 TDM, and was dominated by the home team- ASUS|c58. The incredible duet of uNkind, the WCG 2002 champion, and Cooller- who just in a couple of month will win the 2003's ESWC.

1st	ASUS|c58 (uNkind, Cooller)	2xASUS V9280S graphics card
2nd	ASUS|c58 (Polosatiy, noBap)	2xASUS V9180 graphics card
3rd	ForZe (Mikes, ShadZy)	2xASUS P4PE Series motherboard

ASUS Spring 2003
The second tournament was dedicated to solo gaming, with Cooller coming out on top of his Russian adversary and ally in one- uNkind.

1st	esu.Cooller	100 USD + ASUS V9560 Geforce FX 5600
2nd	ASUS|c58*uNkind	150 USD
3rd	b100.Death	100 USD

ASUS Summer 2003
Evil wins his first ASUS cup, marking the beginning of his in-game feud with Cooller.

1st	R^Evil	200 USD + ASUS v9950 Ultra
2nd	Samsung-Fortune.MTS	250 USD
3rd	c58-Morfez	150 USD
4th	b100.Death	100 USD
5th-6th	MT-Easyfrag	50 USD
5th-6th	rC'Leon	50 USD

By then ESWC was already over and Cooller, proudly showing off his new shiny title, was challenged to a game versus uNkind, the world champion version WCG, in a Best of 3 showmatch. Cooller wins and gets 300 USD richer. uNkind takes home 100.

Cooller	2 : 1	uNkind
	25: 6	@pro-q3dm6
	5:6	@ztn3tourney1
	19:6	@pro-q3tourney4

ASUS Winter 2004 It's been a year since the first ASUS, and this one is special. For the first time on this tournament a delegation from neighboring country is present. Voodoo4, a Belarussian computer cafe sponsored team put on a more then successful show- Keeper placed 2nd over Cooller, Madby shared 5th with Leon.

1st	c58ASUS-Evil	100 USD + ASUS ATI 9800XT
2nd	v4.Keeper	150 USD
3rd	[4z]Cooller	100 USD
4th	c58ASUS-jibo	70 USD
5th-6th	Olympic.Madby	40 USD
5th-6th	rC.Leon	40 USD

After the tournament a showmatch was hosted in Q3 4x4TDM, where the Belarussians have been destroyed by the ASUS|Cyberfight team.

Voodoo 4 line-up: Keep3r, Eraser, madby, MadMouse
ASUS|Cyberfight line-up: jibo, evil, Morfez, prozed, Polosatiy (c)

Voodoo 4	0 : 5	ASUS|Cyberfight
	86 : 145	@cpm4
	107: 131	@dm7
	81 : 191	@dm6
	88 : 137	@dm14
	113 : 150	@ospdm5

ASUS Spring 2003
The springtime ASUS was dedicated to Quake, and nothing but Quake. Six different disciplines, two different games, it was a Quake festival that truly makes the heart of a fan jump in excitement.

1st	ASUS*c58-Morfez	590USD + ASUS 9600XT 128Mb graphics card
2nd	territory.ru-Cooller	290 USD + ASUS 9600XT 128Mb graphics card
3rd	b100.Death	170 USD + ASUS 9600XT 128Mb graphics card
4th	ASUS*c58-Evil	50USD + ASUS 9600XT 128Mb graphics card
5th-6th	ASUS*c58-Jibo	50 USD
5th-6th	enemy.by-Orion	50 USD

ASUS Summer 2004
Jibo takes home the crown; Evil finishes 3rd. Cooller doesn’t even make it into top 6, being eliminated by rC-Leon.

1st	ASUS*c58-Jibo	ASUS 9600XT + 200 USD
2nd	rC-Dept	ASUS A8V Deluxe + 100 USD
3rd	ASUS*c58-Evil	175 USD
4th	MiF-Maloy	125 USD
5th-6th	rC-Leon	50 USD
5th-6th	v4-enemy	50 USD

ASUS Autum 2004
Once more it is a showdown between Evil and Cooller, and once more Evil comes out on top, making it his 4th victory, to Cooller’s three.

1st	asus.c58*evil	250 USD +*
2nd	territory.ru - cooller	100 USD+*
3rd	epicenter-hamzik	150 USD
4th	Snoop	80 USD
5th-6th	CyberWorldNike	60 USD
5th-6th	mc'DeluX	60 USD

*ASUS V9520 Home Theater/P 128Mb
ASUS Winter 2005
Evil takes his 5th victory, Cooller robs us of another brilliant match between him and Evil, losing to makiaveli and HamZik.

1st	Rush3D-Evil	ASUS S-presso PC
2nd	Rush3D-Jibo	ASUS EAX600XT HTVD + 3000 RUB(~110 USD)
3rd	rC.Dept.inf	4500 RUB(~165 USD)
4th	DAMAGER	3000 RUB(~110 USD)
5th-6th	Ep1center-HamZiK	1500 RUB(~55 USD)
5th-6th	rC-Leon	1500 RUB(~55 USD)

ASUS Spring 2005
Last spring it was another 4x4TDM tournament, won by the legendary forZe team lead by Mikes, with the surprise guest appearance of uNkind who came back to claim the title for one last time. The team of the champions- Rush3D, which included Cooller, Jibo and Evil, placed only third.

1st	ForZe	6 000 RUB(~220 USD)
	mikes (c), shad2y, lord, uNkind
2nd	profittah	5 000 RUB(~180 USD)
	dimas (c), Ins, Sapego, high
3rd	Rush3D.ru	3 500 RUB(~130 USD)
	Makaveli (c), Cooller, Evil, Jibo
4th	LancerTeam	2 500 RUB(~90 USD)
	yasn1y (c), sw0osh, nporaMep, decay, k1ck
5th-6th	tr	1500 RUB(~55 USD)
	satur9 (c), taran2L, diamond, taiko, shaft4uk
5th-6th	DarkSide	1500 RUB(~55 USD)
	Diavo1o (c), HappY, Biot3ch, Garin1ch, Viper

ASUS Summer 2005 Cooller adds one more victory to his very long list of achievements, paired up with another ASUS champion the Chinese-Russian Jibo.

1st	Rush3D.ultra (Cooller/Jibo)	10 000 RUB(~370 USD)
2nd	(Hamzik/Snoop)	7 000 RUB(~260 USD)
3rd	Sexylady (Enemy/Taran2L)	5 000 RUB(~180 USD)
4th	Rush3D.red (Makaveli/Evil)	3000 RUB(~110 USD)
5th-6th	rage-1 (Snorlax/Genocid)	1500 RUB(~55 USD)
5th-6th	forZe (Mikes/Shad2y)	1500 RUB(~55 USD)

ASUS Autumn 2005
Autumn tournament turned out to be extremely interesting, as it included both Quake 3 and, for the first time in its history, Quake 4. Quake 3 tournament once again ended in an Evil versus Cooller showdown, where Evil came out victorious. But when it came down to Quake 4, Evil did not make the transition yet, and refrained from participation. In his absence no one could stop Cooller, who swiftly took down the first place.

1st	DS.d2.Evil	12 000 RUB(~440 USD)
2nd	mouz.Cooller	7 000 RUB(~260 USD)
3rd	ustu.Snoop	5 000 RUB(~180 USD)
4th	Zebra.Volga-Nike	3 000 RUB(~110 USD)
5th-6th	Begrip`Jibo`r3d	1500 RUB(~55 USD)
5th-6th	zebra/Hamzik	1500 RUB(~55 USD)

ASUS Winter 2006
The Winter ASUS was another Quake-fest, featuring two Quake disciplines, Male and Female 1x1. In the male discipline new talent for the first time shined on the Quake scene, the Belarussian Cypher who placed 5th-6th, will soon go on to defeat Cooller in the finals of GigaGames 2006 tournament.

1st	AOpen.mouz.Cooller	55 000 RUB(~2030 USD) + *
2nd	e-Mobile*Hunter	40 000 RUB(~1440 USD) + *
3rd	Playground`Jibo`r3d	25 000 RUB(~920 USD) + *
4th	Playground.Hamzik	15 000 RUB(~560 USD)
5th-6th	mouz.Mikes	10 000 RUB(~360 USD)
5th-6th	CosmosTV-Cypher*V4	10 000 RUB(~360 USD)
7th-8th	a-Losers*MSI.d1ablo	5 000 RUB(~180 USD)
7th-8th	Taran2l-madby	5 000 RUB(~180 USD)

The female tournament welcomed the famous Girls of Destruction team, which is considered by many to be the best female team in the world. However this time the Russian Quetz managed to steal the victory from god's Barbie.

1st	Quetz	3000 USD + *
2nd	god:Barbie	2000 USD + *
3rd	Fly CC	1000 USD + *
4th	god:Missie	bag from Crumpler

*-gaming package from Razer and ZBoard.

apo5tol is a Russian-American from Philadelphia who came to Russia to participate in ASUS Cup. In his time in USA apo5tol has led the renowned American-based Russian Quake 3 clan CCCP, which in its time was quite successful in 4v4 TDM. After one of his victories at ASUS Cup, cyberfight.ru representitive sat down with apo5tol and asked him a couple of questions.


cyberfight.ru: Hi. Introduce yourself to our readers.
apo5tol: My name is Leha Altshuller, or as they call me in USA, Alex.

cyberfight.ru: How was your flight? Did anything interesting happen on the way?
apo5tol: I travel to Russia about 3-4 times a year, so by now I am used to long flights. The flight attendants already begin to recognize me when I fly Moscow- New York. I do it only because I have to, I hate the planes. I think it is a big waste of time. Can’t wait for them to put beds in trans-Atlantic flights=)

cyberfight.ru: Is this your first time participating in a Russian tournament? Are you satisfied with the way ASUS Spring 2006 was held? What other tournament would you compare it to?
apo5tol: Yes it is my first Russian tournament, at least when it comes to Q4. I had an idea what ASUS is, and knew who I can expect here, so no surprises. I liked the way ASUS was organized. This gaming center was perfect for a tournament of this size- spacious rooms, a lot of space around the gaming seats as well. Although I would prefer to play on CRT monitors, but LCD wasn’t that bad either. I can compare this tournament to CPL, and only to CPL, no other tourney has such a magnitude. But I like ASUS better- everyone here speaks Russian. :)


cyberfight.ru: Did you prepare for this tournament? Who were your sparring partners?
apo5tol: At home, in Philadelphia I usually play games against Socrates, Clamp, Decrat and such, but internet isn’t the same as LAN. On LAN you have different strategies, you shoot differently… In Russia my family lives in Nizhniy Novgorod and I have no one to spar against. That’s why the week before the tournament I moved in with Cooller. Apart from him I trained with Jibo and Hamzik. But unfortunately I still couldn’t prepare enough, to get myself to my full capabilities. I hope by the time of ESWC Russia I will be playing better.

cyberfight.ru:Tell us about the games.
apo5tol: The only match that is worth mentioning is my games against Lexer, which I, to my disappointment lost 1-2, all 3 games on Galang. It is hard to establish particular reason why I lost, probably because I just didn’t have enough experience playing LAN. All other games were pretty easy, but we’ll see how it will turn out in the end.

cyberfight.ru: What do you think is the difference between American and Russian Quake style?
apo5tol: In USA everyone plays defensively. The score on Phrantic is often something like 5-3 or 7-2. Here people play completely different, everyone is charging like crazy, with any gun they have. You have to adapt. In USA players just love rail, and often hit 3-4 in a row, here it happens far less often. It doesn’t mean that in Russia people can’t use rail, but that the game is more balanced. All in all I like Russian style much more.

cyberfight.ru: Who do you think will win ASUS Cup?
apo5tol: Cooller. Period.

cyberfight.ru: Thank you for the interview and good luck in upcoming games!
apo5tol: Thank you! I hope we will meet again on upcoming tournaments!