On Saturday, June 26, 2004 the CPL will celebrate its 7th birthday. In observance of the seventh anniversary since the CPL was launched in 1997, Hitachi and the CPL staff invite you to join us in an online celebration.
The festivities will begin at 7pm Central in channel #HappyBirthdayCPL (GameSurge IRC network) with the Hitachi Scavenger Hunt. The first 100 participants to complete the scavenger hunt will be eligible to play in the CPL Trivia Contest. Only the most hard-core CPL enthusiast will win this contest, for which Hitachi is providing the prize: A Deskstar 180GXP 180GB Drive.

Following the scavenger hunt and trivia contest, CPL staff and tournament managers for the Cyberathlete Extreme Championships event will challenge 5 randomly chosen community members to a CPL Staff vs. Community Counter-Strike match. Win or lose, the 5 players will receive messenger style computer bags, courtesy of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.

Team Sportscast Network will provide coverage of the entire event, including broadcast coverage to accompany HLTV for the CPL Staff vs. Community Counter-Strike match. TsN will also be unveiling their latest technology in broadcast coverage, the Playcenter. The Playcenter has been in development for approximately a year and is guaranteed to bring online match coverage to the next level.

Rules and procedures for the Hitachi sponsored CPL IRC Birthday Party can be viewed on the CPL forums.