The tournament was created Creating first as Kings of Capture Quake Tournament started Process_start by Michael `` Hawthorne '' Shearon , after contacting Communication Intergraph for possible sponsorship the tournament was folded Hold into what became Becoming Red Annihilation .

The tournament was then developed Coming_to_be and organized Arranging by Rob Esterling , executive director overseeing Intergraph Computer Systems 's commercial and consumer graphics group , and his Intergraph team including Jim Terzian , the tournament 's director and Victor Johnson , the team 's Art Director .

The tournament was then developed Coming_to_be and organized Arranging by Rob Esterling , executive director overseeing Intergraph Computer Systems 's commercial and consumer graphics group , and his Intergraph team including Jim Terzian , the tournament 's director and Victor Johnson , the team 's Art Director .

Intergraph brought in Bringing `` Quake '' developer id Software , 3D computer graphics chipset maker Rendition , and online gaming company Mpath Interactive as partners in Red Annihilation .

The top 16 players were flown Motion to Atlanta , Georgia for the concluding phase of the tournament , where they competed Competition inside the World Congress Center in a gaming arena Intergraph built Building on the floor of the Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 ) .

This phase of the competition Competition used Using vQuake , the hardware accelerated version of the game , played Competition on Intergraph PC computers equipped Supply with Rendition V1000-based Intense3D graphics accelerators .