4Kings

4Kings or Four Kings was a professional esports organization based in the United Kingdom.[1] The team had players competing in Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Quake III, Warcraft III, Unreal Tournament, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2 and Shootmania. One of the most famous members of 4Kings is Warcraft III player Grubby. Philip Wride was a manager of the team.[2]

4Kings
Short name4K^
DivisionsCall of Duty
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Source
FIFA
Quake
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Shootmania
Team Fortress 2
Unreal Tournament 3
Warcraft III
World of Warcraft
Founded1997 (1997)
Folded2013 (2013)
LocationUnited Kingdom
ManagerAndreas "Fisk" Johansson
Philip Wride
Zommy

History

4Kings was formed as Quake 1 clan playing in the Quake World client.

Under the management of Zommy the clan grew expanding into new games such as Quake III, Warcraft III, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Counter-Strike be one of the most recognised esports teams in the world at the time.

References

  1. Ward, Mark (4 July 2003). "UK gamers shoot for a million". BBC. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. Ward, Mark (3 October 2007). "Are games about to hit prime time?". BBC. Retrieved 15 December 2015.


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