SEATTLE, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks(R), Inc., the world's largest publisher of casual games, today crowned Jim Kramer, the National SCRABBLE Open champion, the winner of its SCRABBLE Man vs. Machine competition in Seattle. Kramer used his SCRABBLE talents to beat the artificial intelligence in the game developed by RealNetworks, and win $10,000. Kramer lost the first two-out-of-three games and won the second. The tension was high among the crowd, as it seemed that the computer would win the third game, but Kramer pulled ahead and won by a single point on his last play of the game!
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WHO:
-- Jim Kramer, the 2006 national SCRABBLE Open Champion
-- RealNetworks, Inc.
WHAT:
-- Jim Kramer wins the RealNetworks' RealArcade SCRABBLE Man vs. Machine
Challenge, winning $10,000
WHEN:
-- Friday, November 17, 2006
WHERE:
-- Seattle's Westlake Center, Westlake Plaza
VISUAL:
-- See attached photos
About RealNetworks, Inc.
RealNetworks, Inc. is the leading creator of digital media services and software including Rhapsody, RealPlayer(R) 10, and casual PC and mobile games. RealNetworks has more than 2.2 million paid subscribers to its premium digital media http://www.real.com/ . Broadcasters, network operators, media companies and enterprises use RealNetworks' products and services to create and deliver digital media to PCs, mobile phones and consumer electronics devices. RealNetworks' corporate information is located at http://www.realnetworks.com/company .
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