4Kings expands SC2 Division; acquires elevengaming - Page 11

On June 15 2011 05:55 coddan wrote:
Is that the same warden that used to play heroes of newerth?

On June 17 2011 00:20 v1dom wrote:
Thanks for all of the well wishes and support.

On a UK Based team expanding into NA-
4Kings was interested in expanding into NA because they believe it is currently experiencing the biggest growth in eSports, and currently has the most potential. Compared to the EU and KR scene, there may be less major "established" tournaments and scenes, but the growth of the scene has and is attracting the attention of organizations and sponsors alike outside North America's borders.

On people who make it a point to say they haven't heard of some or all of our players-
For those in Europe, I apologize. The new players on this team have not yet made a big splash on the international scene. We will be splitting our time on the EU ladder in the coming weeks, and in the future attending select international events. While this deal was inked too late for our North American friends to attend Dreamhack, MyWa - as well as some of the organization management will be attending the event later this week. Get acquainted! You will hear from the rest of us soon.

On people who say 4K wasn't what it was, speculate about their finances, say we're undeserving-
I don't think you'll get any arguement that 4Kings is not as "large" an organization as it was 5-6 years ago, financially or otherwise. Promises, deals, offers and letdowns of olde are at best hearsay, and more likely speculation and misunderstanding. The fact of the matter is both the players and the organization are pleased with the deal in place, and don't owe speculators and naysayers an explanation in regards to said deal.

Part of the reason we ex-elevengaming players decided to make this move were the opportunities that joining a larger organization would open. I shouldn't need to reiterate what's been said in other recent mergers - getting full sponsorship is incredibly difficult. Continuing to go at it alone, paying for trips out of pocket, in hopes of a pile of money falling out of the sky has proven a burden, and limited our prospects for advancing as a team. Some of you have made our point for us - winning local events and sending 2-3 people to MLGs just wasn't cutting it as far as getting "established" on the national and international scene. With this move, we hope that some of you who haven't heard of the players or the organization - will, and those who have see us advance to former and new heights.

Domino

On June 17 2011 11:03 Bosko wrote:
Uh, who cares? I haven't heard "4k" since i quit war3, why is this on the sc2 page?

On June 17 2011 09:34 Vimsey wrote:

Well ill quote it so maybe more will see.

Its not hearsay if you have interviews with players saying they werent paid at least not regularly and when they were supposed to be. It wasnt just the WC3 team either. Still I wish you well for the future as a former 4K fan and we all learn from our mistakes.

On June 17 2011 10:45 Shankapotamus wrote:
where is lith???

On June 15 2011 06:17 Alabasern wrote:
I hope Grubby chooses to forgo his silly team with his own moniker and join his old beast team!

This aside, I'm happy to see W3 pros transition.

Warden hwaiting!

4K Fighting!

On June 17 2011 19:40 Odeyuken wrote:


There are no WC3 pros in this team really. MyWa and DreAm have always been rather average, and the others are unknown to me.

Always pretty sad to see such prestigious tags (4K, SK...) with nothing more than decent lineups :/

On June 18 2011 09:56 Adebisi wrote:
Too bad the tag has to be FourK.

doesn't look nearly as pretty :[

On June 18 2011 13:53 LiLu wrote:
where am i

On June 17 2011 08:28 nGBeast wrote:


maybe produce quality UK players? only one thats semi decent is bling that I can think of and everyone on 4K is better then him.