4Kings

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4Kings

Short name	4K^
Divisions	Call 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
Founded	1997 (1997)
Disbanded	2013 (2013)
Location	United Kingdom
Manager	Andreas "Fisk" Johansson Philip Wride Zommy

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.^[2] One of the most famous members of 4Kings is Warcraft III player Grubby. Philip Wride was a manager of the team as well as Jason Potter being general manager.^[3]^[4]

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[]

^ Ward, Mark (4 July 2003). "UK gamers shoot for a million". BBC. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^ "SK Gaming | Content: The rise and fall of Four Kings". www.sk-gaming.com. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
^ Ward, Mark (3 October 2007). "Are games about to hit prime time?". BBC. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^ "The Gaming Gaffa: How do you run an eSport team?". Red Bull. Retrieved 2021-03-18.

External links[]

4Kings on Twitter

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