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document.writeln(tmp); </script> <table border="0" height="688" width="548"> <tr><td> <div style="position:absolute; top:0; left:0;"><img src="bgimg/bg00003.jpg"/></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:45.801;left:56.272;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14.229;font-weight: bold;color: #ffffff;">93</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:13.213;font-weight: bold;color: #231f20;">S</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.570;font-weight: bold;color: #231f20;">ECTION</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:13.213;font-weight: bold;color: #231f20;">II:</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12.711;color: #231f20;">S</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">EQUELS</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:48.520;left:201.399;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">AND</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:46.681;left:226.617;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12.711;color: #231f20;">S</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">OPHOMORE</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12.711;color: #231f20;">O</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">UTINGS</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14.229;font-weight: bold;color: #ffffff;">93</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:79.002;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">U</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8.131;color: #231f20;">NREAL</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">T</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8.131;color: #231f20;">OURNAMENT</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;"> s</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">menus</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">to</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">use</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">sys-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:93.232;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">tem.</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:121.691;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Jack</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ût</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">into</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">team</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">perfectly,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">bringing</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">a</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">com-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:135.920;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">plete</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">solution</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">for</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">interface</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">menus</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">as</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:150.149;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">well</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">as</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">his</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">own</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">independent</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">programming</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ini-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:164.379;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">tiative.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Weekly</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">meetings</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">infused</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">order</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">into</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">our</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:178.608;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">chaotic</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">corporate</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">structure.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Everyone</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">would</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:192.837;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">debate</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">yell</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">about</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">what</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">features</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">were</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">cool</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:79.003;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Cedric</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;"> Inoxx </span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Fiorentino</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">designed</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">CTF-Face,</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:93.233;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">an</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">extremely</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">popular</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Capture</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Flag</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">map.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">I</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:107.462;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">added</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Multi-Kill</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">system</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">after</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">a</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">short</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">discus-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:121.692;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">sion</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">with</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">lead</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">designer</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Cliff</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Bleszinski</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">sparked</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:135.921;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">idea,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Jack</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">implemented</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">decals</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">shortly</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:150.150;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">before</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">we</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">shipped.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">It</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">was</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">this</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">individual</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">creativ-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:164.380;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ity</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">that</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ultimately</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">bound</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">team</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">together.</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:178.609;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Each</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">new</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">feature</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">infused</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">everyone</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">with</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:192.838;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">enthusiasm</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">to</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">add</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">more.</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:207.067;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">what</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">features</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">sucked.</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:221.297;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Once</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ûrst</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">batch</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">of</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">new</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">player</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">models,</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:235.526;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">The</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">assignment</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">of</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">major</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">features</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">was</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">largely</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:249.755;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">automatic.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Tim</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Sweeney</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:263.984;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">worked</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">on</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">improving</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">net</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:278.214;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">code</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">engine</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ûxes.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Steve</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:292.443;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Polge</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">wrote</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">original</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">AI</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:306.672;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">code</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">focused</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">on</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">adding</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:320.902;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">player</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">orders</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">other</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:335.131;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">improvements</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">(in</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">addition</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">to</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:349.361;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ûlling</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">out</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">new</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">game</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:363.590;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">types).</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Jack</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">had</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">window-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:377.819;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ing</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">system</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">a</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">lot</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">of</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">menus</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:392.049;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">to</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">work</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">on.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Programmer</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Erik</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:406.278;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">de</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Neve</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">was</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">in</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Europe</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">put-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:420.508;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ting</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">together</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">level-of-detail</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:434.737;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">code</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">as</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">well</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">as</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">experimenting</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:448.966;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">with</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">next-generation</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">technol-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:463.196;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ogy.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">I</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">worked</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">on</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">single-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:477.425;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">player</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">game,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">game-play</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">fea-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:491.654;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">tures,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">scoreboards,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">HUDs,</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:505.884;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">special</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">level</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">actors,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">tutorials,</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:235.527;left:287.197;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">weapon</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">models,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">maps</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">was</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">completed</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">we</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:249.755;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">realized</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">we</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">had</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">a</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">game</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">quite</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:263.983;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">different</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">from</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">U</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8.131;color: #231f20;">NREAL</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Feed-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:278.213;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">back</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">from</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">U</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8.131;color: #231f20;">NREAL</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">death-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:292.442;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">match</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">community</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">(including</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:306.671;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">highly</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">vocal</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Q</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8.131;color: #231f20;">UAKE</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">com-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:320.901;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">munity s</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">complaints)</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">also</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:335.130;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">drove</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">our</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">designs.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Subtle</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:349.360;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">alterations</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">to</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">player</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">move-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:363.589;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ment</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">control</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">changed</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:377.818;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">feel</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">of</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">game</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">completely.</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:392.048;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Some</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">changes</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">in</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">game</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:406.277;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">play such</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">as</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">whether</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">to</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:420.506;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">enable</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">weapon-stay</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">in</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">single</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:434.736;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">player were</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">controversial,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">so</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:448.965;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">we</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">held</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">polls</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">on</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">popular</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:463.195;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">U</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8.131;color: #231f20;">NREAL</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">message</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">boards.</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:491.653;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Throughout</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">spring</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:505.883;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">summer</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">of</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">1999,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Epic</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">was</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:520.113;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">wrote</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">a</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">lot</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">of</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">game s</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:534.342;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">story</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">character</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">back-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:548.572;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ground</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">content.</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:577.031;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">The</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">best</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">features</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">were</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">added</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:591.260;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">entirely</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">by</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">initiative</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">of</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:605.489;left:57.596;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">individuals.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Level</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">designer</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:525.409;left:209.142;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">The</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">characters</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">in</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">U</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8.538;color: #231f20;">NREAL</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:538.114;left:209.142;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">T</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8.538;color: #231f20;">OURNAMENT</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">were</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">designed</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">to</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:550.818;left:209.142;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">be</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">futuristic</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">pit</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">ûghters.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">The</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:563.523;left:209.142;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">selection</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">of</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">characters</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">include</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:576.228;left:209.142;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">ex-military</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">specialists,</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:588.932;left:209.142;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">criminals,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">and</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">alien</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">warriors</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:601.637;left:209.142;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">such</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">as</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">Necris</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">Phayder</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:614.342;left:209.142;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">Assassin</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">pictured</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.677;color: #231f20;">above.</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:520.112;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">pursuing</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">contract</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">renegotia-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:534.341;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">tions</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">with</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">GT</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Interactive.</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:548.571;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">Everyone</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">believed</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">the</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">game</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:562.800;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">could</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">ship</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">at</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">any</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">time,</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">so</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:577.030;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">development</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">became</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">stop-</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:591.259;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and-go.</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">We</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">would</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">be</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">in</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">a</span> </nobr></div> <div style="position:absolute;top:605.488;left:365.187;"><nobr> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">code</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">lockdown</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">one</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">week</span> <span style="font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.164;color: #231f20;">and</span> </nobr></div> </td></tr> </table> 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