Crack Clan with a shrewd replacement for their flagship squad
It’s been a long time since the glory days of Scandinavian powerhouse Crack Clan roster that was once the main threat to a then all-conquering Team Dignitas. The remnants of those days are still going strong in the modern Power Gaming, but since the split the fortunes of Crack Clan’s rosters have been mixed at best.
Most promising was ‘Psunfragga!’ era squad which made waves in a few Esports Heaven cups and broke through to secure a well-deserved place in the remodelled Division 1 of ETF2L Season 8, but their potential went unfulfilled with an early season fold cutting short their dreams of glory.
Never disheartened, the Crack Clan organisation have swooped down in the off-season to pick up Season 8’s slow burners, MTF.Paroxysm. Many were impressed by their bouncebackability after they recovered from an abysmal start to the season with a string of victories to secure a spot in the Premiership play-offs, beating Visualize Your Enmity in a three-map nail-biter.
The tension was ramped up to excruciating levels for their Premiership bid against Gamerzone.dk makeshift line-up. Again they went the full three-map distance only to be denied by the scattergun of Gabriel 'longás' Longás with seconds remaining on the Gravelpit stopwatch, forcing an exclaimation of “so undeserved” from their infamous leader, ‘Demsii’; so close and yet so far.
So Paroxysm leave behind Luxembourgish org, MTF, who themselves have also been supporting the scene for the longest of times, in favour of the green pastures of Crack Clan. It seems quite possible that they will make the trip to the competitive Mecca of Newbury for Multiplay’s i43 LAN in August.
Statement from Crack Clan Paroxysm captain, 'Demsii'
We’re very happy with the opportunity that has been given to us. Personally I already have had a good impression from cc// due to some of it’s former members and we’re happy to associate even further with them.
As a team we have been been together for almost 2 years now. Every team obviously have it’s ups and downs, but we’re still going strong and are very dedicated. We are quite multicultural, having players from all over Europe. Jorman and I have been playing soldier together a while now, with Darkman complimenting us when we’re away. Prozak and Droso have become a nice scout pair together after Hykleri moved to a backup spot. Misa has been our medic for a long time now and we’ve added Psunfragga to play when Misa is working. Spary is our newest active addition as demoman. We have Cheez, Monkiainen and Norris being longstanding members of our team and they will be joining us at Crack Clan.
After an unfortunate playoff against Gamerzone for a Premiership spot in ETF2L, we’ll most likely be playing Division 1 again. We have sent a strong message to premiership teams that we can compete with the top level we will be looking to gain automatic promotion to Premiership at the end of the upcoming season by coming top of the tables.
Statement from Crack Clan Founder & CEO, 'cc//dox'
We just keep on keeping on with Team Fortress 2 and I am positively thrilled to see that the community continues to attract the kind of individuals that are much more than just skilled players. We’re all excited about tagging this crew up and continuing to build and support unequivocally fantastic experiences that will contribute to our legacy.
Crack Clan Paroxysm are:
'Demsii'
'Jorman'
'Prozak'
'Drosophile'
'Spary'
'Misa'
'Darkman' Backup
'Hykleri' Backup
'Psunfragga!' Backup
'Cheez' Inactive
'Monkiainen' Inactive
'Norris' Inactive
Originally published on Cadred.org on Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:31:50 +0000 by James J. McDonnell.
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