The end of an era is upon us, and it’s safe to say the writing has been on the wall for over a year. 4Kings, one of UK’s foremost superteams, has disbanded its Warcraft III division, leaving Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen and Daniel “LiiLD.C” Claesson clanless.
The official reason given for disbanding was “a lack of players and other things.” The squad has been steadily losing star players since Nov. 2006, when Dae “FoV” Hui Cho left the team.
FoV’s departure to Beijing E-ports Team signaled an inability for 4K to compete on the free market for its own players. According to Warcraft III superfan/expert and former GGL contributor Jos “Zerter” Buyvoets, this was the true beginning of the end for 4K’s WC3 squad.
Despite FoV’s absence, 4K still had a bevy of stars on its roster until Olav “Creolophus” Undheim decided to retire after winning WCG 2007. Undheim’s decision was right for him, but wrong for the team.
“Creo going inactive probably ‘did it’ as it put a lot of pressure on Yoan ‘ToD’ Merlo and Grubby who failed to qualify for the WC3L finals without him,” said Zerter. Continued…
The Player Awards for the Warcraft 3 Champions League season XII have been announced during the WC3L finals in Cologne last weekend. SK Gaming’s June “Lyn” Park was named Most Valuable Player, HyoSub “FoCuS” Eom (Meet Your Makers) won the Most Improved Player title and Jang “WhO” Du Sub (Beijing eSports Team) got the Rookie of the Season award. 
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With the Warcraft 3 Champions League less than two weeks away, SK Gaming has presented an interview with manager Ko “Reis” Min-Sik as the first harbinger of the hype that awaits fans of RTS games.
After the retirement of Olav “Creolophus” Undheim from competitive Warcraft 3, Four Kings, one of the best WC3 teams in the world, had a very gap-toothed smile for some time. The answer to that is a Night Elf player from Sweden, Daniel “LiLD.C” Claesson.
