4Kings or Four Kings is a professional esports organization once based in the

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and currently operating in the

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. The team had players competing in ''

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'', '' Enemy Territory: Quake Wars'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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,'' ''

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'' and '' Shootmania''. One of the most famous members of 4Kings is ''

'' player

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. Philip Wride was a manager of the team as well as Jason Potter being general manager.

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 ''

'', ''

and

'' 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

1997 establishments in England 2013 disestablishments in England Esports teams based in England Defunct and inactive Call of Duty teams Defunct and inactive Counter-Strike teams Defunct and inactive FIFA (video game series) teams Defunct and inactive League of Legends teams Quake teams Warcraft III teams World of Warcraft teams Esports teams established in 1997 Esports teams disestablished in 2013 {{Esports-organization-stub