Dallas Venom 25, San Francisco Optx 21
The last place team from the 2007 season, Dallas Venom, displayed remarkable improvement as the team moved into a clear-cut second place Friday night after defeating San Francisco Optx 25-21. Dallas’ number one draft pick, Justin "Muffinman" Anderson cruised to a first place finish in Forza Motorsport 2 with teammate Kevin "Chaos" Parish just behind him, giving Dallas a 6-1 victory. The match was topped off by Manny "Master" Rodriguez, Venom’s Male Dead or Alive 4 (DOA4) player who remained undefeated after beating San Francisco’s Chris "NinjaCW" Harris 5-2. With Dallas’ 25-21 victory over San Francisco, the team moved to a 5-2 record, just behind the 6-1 New York 3D.

Carolina Core 31, Chicago Chimera 17
In a rematch of one of the greatest rivalries of CGS thus far, 2007 World Final runner-up, Carolina Core got revenge on World Champion Chicago Chimera in a 31-17 victory. The match started off strong for Carolina as Ryan "Offbeat Ninja" Ward defeated the 2007 MVP, Jeremy "BlackMamba" Florence of Chimera 5-3 in Men’s DOA4. Carolina’s Kat "Mystik" Gunn added to Ward’s win with a dominating 5-1 victory over Chicago’s Marjorie "Kasumi Chan" Bartell in Women’s DOA4. Carolina’s victory was secured when the Core’s Counter-Strike: Source squad took down Chimera in an impressive 12-6 win. Carolina’s 31-17 victory over Chicago gave the team a 4-3 overall record, tied for 3rd place with 4-3 San Francisco.

Beginning Monday, June 16th, Championship Gaming Series’ North American regular season will continue at Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California. Competitions will be broadcast live on DIRECTV’s The 101 starting at 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST.

To register for free tickets to live CGS competitions at Barker Hanger, visit www.jampackedtv.com.

Upcoming Matches on June 16, 2008
Dallas Venom vs. San Francisco Optx - 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST- Live on DIRECTV’s The 101
Chicago Chimera vs. Carolina Core - 11:30 PM EST / 8:30 PM PST - Live on DIRECTV’s The 101

Overall Standings:

New York        6 - 1
Dallas          5 - 2
San Francisco   4 - 3
Carolina        4 - 3
Chicago         2 - 5
Los Angeles     0 - 7

For additional coverage, including webcasts of the North American regular season, visit www.thecgs.com.

Counter-Strike: Source SourceTV demos for Dallas vs. San Francisco and Chicago vs. Carolina are available by request.

Results from June 13:

TEAM SCORE
Dallas Venom 25, San Francisco Optx 21

DOA Male
Master (Manny Rodriguez)                (Dal)   5
NinjaCW (Chris Harris)                  (SF)    2

DOA Female
Phoenix (Michelle Pleet)                (Dal)   1
Vanessa (Vanessa Arteaga)               (SF)    5

FIFA
Barmoa (Bardia Moayedi)                 (Dal)   3
stermy^ (Alessandro Avallone)           (SF)    4

Forza
MuffinMan (Justin Anderson)             (Dal)   4 (1st)
Chaos (Kevin Parish)                    (Dal)   2 (2nd)
Sackamonjaro (Kevin Uribe)              (SF)    1 (3rd)
Miximup (Chad Neil)                     (SF)    0 (4th)

Counter-Strike: Source
Venom                                   (Dal)   10
Optx                                    (SF)    9

TEAM SCORE
Carolina Core 31, Chicago Chimera 17

DOA Male
BlackMamba (Jeremy Florence)            (Chi)   3
Offbeat Ninja (Ryan Ward)               (Car)   5

DOA Female
Kasumi Chan (Marjorie Bartell)          (Chi)   1
Mystik (Kat Gunn)                       (Car)   5

FIFA
Eafra (Yfran Garcia)                    (Chi)   5
Anomaly (Andrew Brock)                  (Car)   4

Forza
General E. Live (Eric Early)            (Car)   4 (1st)
JaSon-X (Jason Exelby)                  (Chi)   2 (2nd)
Phantom (Joe Tackett)                   (Car)   1 (3rd)
Ch0mpr (Wesley Cwiklo)                  (Chi)   0 (4th)

Counter-Strike: Source
Chimera                                 (Chi)   6
Core                                    (Car)   12