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Four Kings is a dinosaur in the English gaming scene and strongly recognised as a world leader in the eSport industry, having had some of the best Counter-Strike 1.6 and Warcraft players under their wings such as Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen, Marc 'Mangiacapra' Mangiacapra and Jonas 'GoodFella' Virtanen. However, the last few years have been rather bleak for them as they drew less and less attention and as recently as last week announced the departure of their CEO.
Early this morning, (or late last night, depending on how you see it) around 00:20 CET, Four Kings shut down its website for a split second with the following statement of new Swedish CEO Andreas Johansson:
The website is expected to shut down later on today which will display the exact same message. Andréas reassured SK Gaming that Four-Kings will be back next year. When I asked, why the abrupt end to 4K after only joining as CEO, this is what he had to say:
Four Kings is to hold its TrackMania Nations Forever and FIFA09 team, however, due to the Counter Strike: Source's team contract running out soon, the decision has been made not to renew them until further notice.
Early this morning, (or late last night, depending on how you see it) around 00:20 CET, Four Kings shut down its website for a split second with the following statement of new Swedish CEO Andreas Johansson:
"First up, I'd like to introduce myself, I'm Andréas Johansson also known as "Fisk". Just a couple of days ago, I took the spot as CEO here at 4Kings, to, and am going to control everything here with a new, steady hand.
Let me explain, here at 4Kings we've been bugged by alot of internal problems through the past few months, it's ended with us being in the situation that we are in now. From this point on, we have released the Counterstrike: Source team, they are currently being transferred to a their new organisation and we wish the very best for the team, we can only say thank you for your time, commitment, and dedication to 4Kings and goodluck in the future.
We will no longer be active this year, however this is not the end. To our fans, players, and staff, we share this promise we shall return stronger, more resilient, and essentially worth your support. We shall return, In this time we'll rebuild from the foundations up and make people remember who we are, we're 4Kings, Gaming Royalty.
Thank you very much for your time.
Best regards
Andréas 'Fisk' Johansson"
Let me explain, here at 4Kings we've been bugged by alot of internal problems through the past few months, it's ended with us being in the situation that we are in now. From this point on, we have released the Counterstrike: Source team, they are currently being transferred to a their new organisation and we wish the very best for the team, we can only say thank you for your time, commitment, and dedication to 4Kings and goodluck in the future.
We will no longer be active this year, however this is not the end. To our fans, players, and staff, we share this promise we shall return stronger, more resilient, and essentially worth your support. We shall return, In this time we'll rebuild from the foundations up and make people remember who we are, we're 4Kings, Gaming Royalty.
Thank you very much for your time.
Best regards
Andréas 'Fisk' Johansson"
The website is expected to shut down later on today which will display the exact same message. Andréas reassured SK Gaming that Four-Kings will be back next year. When I asked, why the abrupt end to 4K after only joining as CEO, this is what he had to say:
"I together with the rest of 4Kings staff and management, felt that, instead of dragging around with old socks, which is old contracts, sponsors, website and futher on, took the decision that, we should make a complete restart by making a fully new website and make it into the greater good and thus temporarily close down Four-Kings."
Four Kings is to hold its TrackMania Nations Forever and FIFA09 team, however, due to the Counter Strike: Source's team contract running out soon, the decision has been made not to renew them until further notice.
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