Total Entertainment Network(TM) Drops Subscription Requirement
                 for AMD(TM) Professional Gamers' League(TM)

$9.95 League Entry Fee Will Provide Up To 3 Months of Access to TEN-Hosted PGL

    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Total Entertainment Network
(TEN(TM)) today announced that it will not require a TEN subscription for the
new AMD(TM) Professional Gamers' League(TM)(PGL(TM)), the first pro sports
league for computer game players (see 10/15 press release).  Instead, gamers
who are not TEN subscribers can pay a one-time entry fee of $9.95 for an
entire three-month season, giving them access to PGL-specific games and a shot
at the $62,500 in cash and prizes available in Season 1. With the TEN service
as the host network of the PGL, the league will waive the entry fee for
current TEN subscribers.
    The PGL, which has already secured more than $1.5 million in sponsorship
funding, will award more than $250,000 in cash and prizes in its first year.
The two game categories in the PGL's inaugural season will be action
(represented by id Software's mega-hit Quake(TM)) and strategy (Westwood
Studio's best-selling Command & Conquer: Red Alert).  New games and game
categories will be added in subsequent seasons.
    The new $9.95 entry fee will allow access only to PGL-specific titles, and
must be renewed for each three-month PGL season.  With the addition of a new
game category planned for each successive PGL season, the entry fee will
provide access to more games/game genres over time.
    "A entry fee of some kind is required to participate in league
competition, for a number of reasons," said Joe Perez, manager of league
operations and co-founder of the PGL.  "First, it ensures that everyone
registering for the league is serious; if we made participating completely
free, we'd be overrun with 'tire-kickers' and other less-than-committed people
piling into the PGL arenas, detracting from the experience that real gamers
expect.  Second, the human and technology resources required to establish and
maintain the PGL are significant; we're purchasing a number of new servers and
hiring a dedicated staff to support league operations.  The PGL entry fee will
help defray some of those costs."
    "$10 for a chance at $10,000?  That's a no-brainer," said Rui Magro, an
online game fan and one of the top Red Alert players in North America.  "Even
if I finish fourth in the RA division of the league, I stand to win several
thousand dollars in cash and prizes; and the chance to play against the best
strategy gamers in the country is worth the price of admission all by itself."
    For more player information on the PGL, go to www.pgl.net, or check the
news area of the TEN network.  For additional press information on the PGL,
contact PGL press secretary Garth Chouteau at (415) 778-3774; email:
garth@pgl.net.
    TEN  and PGL screen shots are available in digital format upon request.
Total Entertainment Network, TEN, Professional Gamers' League, PGL, and the
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Micro Devices. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.

SOURCE  Total Entertainment Network
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    /CONTACT: Garth Chouteau of Total Entertainment Network, 415-778-3774/