HenryG hints at reviving iconic esports org 4Kings DreamHackCounter-Strike community figure Henry \u2018HenryG\u2019 Greer has dropped a strong hint that he will bring back 4Kings, a historical British esports organization. The former CS:GO commentator caught the esports world by surprise on November 4 as he tweeted asking who held the rights to the iconic 4Kings name and brand. Asking for a friend\u2026.Who currently owns the rights to the ‘4Kings’ name\/brand? \ud83e\udd14 \u2014 HenryG (@HenryGcsgo) November 4, 2021 In subsequent tweets, HenryG said \u201cit would be a travesty if it [4Kings] never made it back\u201d and that he\u2019s working on securing the rights to the brand. \u201cI\u2019m on it,\u201d he wrote. Who were 4Kings? Founded in 1997, 4Kings were one of the biggest and most successful multigaming organizations in Europe during the early years of esports. They were a founding member of the now-defunct G7 Teams, an association of esports organizations that competed in Counter-Strike. Between 2001 and 2006, 4Kings were a regular presence in the biggest CS 1.6 tournaments and the home of players like Marc Mangiacapra, Ola \u2018elemeNt\u2019 Moum, Mattias \u2018Snajdan\u2019 Andersen, and Joona \u2018natu\u2019 Lepp\u00e4nen. Their British CS:Source squad, featuring HenryG himself, competed in the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) under the London Mint franchise. 4Kings also boasted one of the best Warcraft 3 divisions in the world at one point, with players such as Manuel \u2018Grubby\u2019 Schenkhuizen, Yoan \u2018ToD\u2019 Merlo and Sebastian \u2018FuRy\u2019 Pesic all competing under their banner. The last time the 4Kings name made headlines was in August 2013, when the organization parted ways with their CS:GO squad. HenryG\u2019s return to esports? HenryG took a step back from esports earlier in 2021 following the disbandment of his Cloud9 \u2018Colossus\u2019 project. As the General Manager of the North American organization\u2019s CS:GO division, he came under fire for the team\u2019s lack of success. Despite Cloud9\u2019s sizable investment in the project, the team struggled to make their mark in the CS:GO scene and lasted only six months. After disbanding the squad, the North American organization decided to put their CS:GO operations on hold, stating that \u201cremote training isn\u2019t conducive for building an organization in the way Cloud9 usually does\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HenryG hints at reviving iconic esports org 4Kings DreamHackCounter-Strike community figure Henry \u2018HenryG\u2019 Greer has dropped a strong hint that he will bring back 4Kings, a historical British esports organization. The former CS:GO commentator caught the esports world by surprise on November 4 as he tweeted asking who held the rights to the iconic 4Kings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}