Pro-gaming er ved at blive realitet, og for nogen er det allerede. Verdensberømte Clan 9 har netop startet en amerikansk afdeling af deres klan/firma.
Så skete det! Den professionelle clan9, som slog Amerikas bedste klan DeathRow på LAN i Stockholm, for et par år siden, har nu startet en US afdeling. De fleste af Clan9s spillere har været en del aktive på 1on1 scenen, og man har da heller ikke set en stor turnering uden der var en gut med [9]-prefixet. De har som regel klaret sig godt, og nu har de altså også åbnet en US afdeling.
Clan9 kom i går med deres pressrelease, som meddelte at de 3 Amerikanske spillere, Makaveli (DeathRow), Vise (clan Kapitol) og c3 (Demolition) havde forladt deres claner, til fordel for Clan9. Samtidig var Clan9 blevet oprettet som firma (Clan9 Ltd.). Deres amerikanske team kommer derfor til at bestå af: Makaveli (som blev nr. 2 til RazerCPL) Vise, og c3. I starten af september flyver Sujoy og Hakeem dog over, for også at blive den del af Clan9 USA sammen med Mak, Vise og c3. Den præcise pressrelease kan læses herunder.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 29 /PRNewswire/ — Clan 9 AB (Http://www.clan9.com), the world famous Quake gaming clan, today announced the formation of a US division to be headed up by existing Swedish members Sujoy and Hakeem. The team, known as Clan 9 (US), will become active immediately, although Sujoy and Hakeem will only be arriving in California in early September.
“This is a great opportunity for the expansion of Clan 9, and we look forward to reducing the gap between Europe and America geographically with this move,” said Alexander “Paralyzer” Arsenijevic, Clan 9’s leader. Clan 9 AB will gain a 25% stake in the new company, Clan 9 Ltd, as a result of the new venture.
“We have currently signed up 3 additional members for the team: Makaveli, c3 and visE – formerly of clans Deathrow, Demolition and clan Kapitol respectively – who will complete the team of 5. We will have our base of operations in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.” said Amir “Hakeem” Haleem.
New recruit Tim “c3” Cowan also commented on the speculation regarding his reasons for leaving his former clan, Demolition: “I would just like to make it clear that I had left DM before I was approached by Clan 9. The same also goes for Makaveli (Victor Cuadra) who left DR due to internal reasons – after we were approached by Clan 9 it seemed the obvious choice”.
Dan “visE” Larsen will be relocating to California along with Hakeem and Sujoy, and as such was unable to continue to compete with his East Coast based Clan, cK.
Clan 9 Europe and Clan 9 USA are both reachable via the web at http://www.clan9.com/, or IRC in #9 on irc.barrysworld.com (Europe) and irc.enterthegame.com (US).
CONTACT:
Amir Haleem
Clan 9 US Operations Manager
hakeem@clan9.com
Mon ikke vi kan regne med at se et par 9s I toppen til CPL EU? I think so. Dette er vidst kun begyndelsen på seriøs progaming inden for claner. Nu mangler vi bare at se nogle store events, som Clan9 kan deltage i som klan.


























Makaveli er ikk med alligevel =[
Han fik nok et tilbud om en ferrari af tresh
Jow, nu har han sq fundet ud af at han er med alligevel…