4Kings

4Kings or Four Kings is a professional esports organization once based in the United Kingdom and currently operating in the United States.[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 as well as Jason Potter being general manager.[2][3]

For biblical view of history of ancient Israel and Judah, see Books of Kings.
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)
LocationUnited States of America
ManagerAndreas "Fisk" Johansson
Philip Wride
Zommy. Currently a new owner has taken over and is running the Team again Tyler (Kraazy) Knoll

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. They retired the team in 2013 until the new owner purchased the team in 2022. The team is currently in the process of building a becoming what it used to be. The new owners is Tyler “4K Kraazy” Knoll and Marc "4K Mediic" Daniel II.

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.
  3. "The Gaming Gaffa: How do you run an eSport team?". Red Bull. Retrieved 2021-03-18.


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