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HEAT.NET College Gaming League Closes Second Season, Revs Up for Third

University of Southern California students capped off HEATCIGL's yearlong gaming season with its white-knuckle victory over second-place students from Carnegie Mellon University in the College Gaming Championships on May 6, 2000. Captained by sophomore Mark Van Lommel, the team members, Gordon Luk, Eddie Huang, Matt Blitz and Joe Bako, took home a handsome trophy and the top prize of $5,000 in the single-day championship playoff that pitted two finalists against each other in winner-take-all finals competition.

HEATCIGL awarded prizes worth $30,000 to students throughout its second season. Other top prizes and winners included:

$5,000 Online Gaming College All-Stars Tournament - The West Coast Division walked off with $600 for each team member in this year's all-star tournament on HEAT.NET. West Coast Team members included Dave MacElhaney of University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Gordon Luk and Eddie Huang of University of Southern California and prizes totaled $5,000; and $5,000 ``Excellence in Gaming'' College Scholarship - Michael White, a sophomore at West Virginia University, was awarded the first-ever ``Excellence in Gaming'' College Scholarship this year for his outstanding play in HEAT.NET's college league. White will use the $5,000 stipend to continue his studies in Pre-Information Business Management.

HEAT CIGL Growing

HEAT CIGL signed on more than 3,400 students from colleges and universities in the United States and Canada during the 1999-2000 gaming season, bringing the total to more than 7,000 members since 1998. With more that 1,100 registered schools, HEATCIGL is the largest college gaming community in the world.

HEATCIGL is now planning for its third full season, which kicks off next fall. Sponsorship opportunities are available to businesses and organizations interested in reaching a dynamic and rapidly growing online college gaming community. For more information, contact: Dan Nopar at 415.701.4228 or at sales@heat.net.

About HEAT.NET

HEAT.NET (www.heat.net) is the world's largest core online gaming community (3 million) with support for the largest selection of multi-player PC games (over 140). HEAT.NET offers hundreds of competitive online gaming events and unique competitive features including the only rewards system for online gamers (frequent player points known as Degrees). HEAT.NET offers a free membership, which provides free access to all games, except 10SIX, the first persistent action/strategy game. HEAT also has a paid Premium membership, which allows players to redeem their frequent player points for prizes and make purchases in the HEAT.NET store, and a paid 10SIX Subscription, which allows subscribers to play 10SIX. HEAT.NET also operates the HEAT Collegiate Internet Gaming League (www.heatcigl.net) which features representatives from hundreds of colleges and universities in North America.

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