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Infernal Gamers

This feature is written by iG.newHABIT but formatted, designed and published by the GosuGamers Crew. Notice therefore that these opinions and statements represent the author and not the site as a whole. Also please keep in mind that the feature is written in the clan's own point-of-view.

INFERNAL GAMERS WAS FOUNDED IN THE BEGINNING OF 2003 by Italy iG.shun and Italy iG.Sgravo right after clan LsD. died. Back then, in the beginning the only actually good player was United States iG.Assem, who later on moved to Korea to become a professional gamer. "iG.Sgravo didnt really run the clan that good, actually... He totally blew it! He became very desperate with the lack of good players, so he started to promise people money if they played for iG." iG.newHABIT explains, co-writer of this article. But later on, as time went by, the players started to demand their money which they were promised, no money came. Sgravo was lying straight in their gaming faces. After a while, Netherlands iG.BingBong also a active player in iG. was re-elected for the new clanleader, which made Sgravo furious so he resetted the team at WGTour and none has seen him since then. BingBong went on being very manner and recruiting good players without the money promises that Sgravo had done; which caused iG. to get a very VERY bad reputation within the gaming community.

Gundam-small.jpgWHILE THIS WAS GOING ON, IN 2003, IG. HAD ACTUALLY accomplished some goals they had set up, Korea iG.reason ( V-Gundam ) won the WSL tournament against YellOw in the finals, 3-0 was the score. Gundam later then didnt do much more for iG. for the time being, since the money promised to him, was never to be recieved; he only got money from the WSL victory and none from Sgravo.

Bulgaria IG.ZELIAS WENT TO THE WORLD CYBER GAMES AND DID pretty well over in Korea, he was in Group G which consisted of the following players; Cameleon, Cafone, Zelias, Carls, Aspeak, Sktb and Gerich. Zelias did relatively well, finishing second in his group, Gerich taking the number one spot; Zelias then faced SuKeR in the playoffs! That game ended quickly with a 2-0 victory for SuKeR. After the WCG, alot of players started questioning Sgravo about him not paying his players. It resulted with them many of them leaving, one by one. This put iG.'s in alot of trouble and the reputation sank dramatically. Since Infernal Gamers was a part of Play.iT, we also shared our webpage, since it was a section like many others in the Play.iT organisation. Though when this happened, they decided to make iG. an independent team, that would have nothing to do with Play.iT considering iG's reputation.

iG. playing in


WGTCL Division 3b
BWCL Premier League
ONCE A CLAN HAS HAD AN AWFUL REPUTATION, IT WILL take years for it to go away, no matter how hard they game and act as a mature clan should. In time, iG.BingBong had to leave for work, and iG. got put on ice, wether it was gonna get started again was uncertain. But after a year of working BingBong decided to get this bitch back up again ( as he himself would say it ) and iG. was back up in the middle of 2004. With the help from iG.Catz, France iG.BunDy, Korea iG.yongsun (KimWanChul) and Korea iG.Saying (SaSin)best-t). The team registered once again at WGTour since Sgravo resetted the team before he got kicked out. France iG.Fever then arrived and created a website out of pure kindness.

iG.Fever has from that time until today created 3 different websites and he is also a active WGTour admin. iG. has alot of things to thank this French fellow for! And indeed he is one of the best people you can find on Battle.net.
NOW WHEN IG. WAS UP AND RUNNING ONCE AGAIN, playing WGTour and recruiting wildly, they encountered some of the old reputations and it struck them hard. Good thing BinGBonG is the person he is, he kept the team together and made everyone think about the current instead of the past. That's what a clanleader is supposed to do, keep the team going and bring them both joy and challenges.

IN THE MIDDLE OF 2004 Sweden IG.NEWHABIT JOINED as a new recruiter for the iG. team, it was his way to help BingBong take a little rest from his 2 years struggling with a team he was so in love with. Another cold shower hit BingBong, 3 players left and Denmark iG.Smeagol was caught hacking. That was one of the hardest blows the team ever faced, but they still managed to stand togheter. In the same time. iG.reason came back under the nick iG.joe and several other players joined the team aswell, such as Korea GyuL_NamoO, Korea ByuL_NamoO, and Russia Escape[s2]. With WanChul being in the military didn't really stop him from playing on his free weekends for the team.

erling.jpgWHEN WCG 2004 WAS ABOUT TO ENTER ITS QUALIFYING STAGES, alot of iG. players did their best and Brazil iG.Master was the one who qualified for his country and went to San Fransisco. He got in Group H where both Legionnaire and Grrr... were playing. He ended with a 1-3 score and wasn't able to get further than the group playoffs. After WCG2004 Master took a little break, and so did Brazil iG.Odin. The recruitment were still going on and suddenly one day a Norwegian bomb struck the team, it was Norway ErlinG (picture) and Norway Fury who joined iG. iG.Fury being a old member who had been playing the Nordic WCG in Stockholm Sweden had also had a little break from WCG just like Master, though ErlinG was a real suprise for some, he is a very good terran gamer and considered to have one of the top TvZ in Europe. When this top recruitment was finished, another bomb struck us aswell. This time with a Swedish adress! It was former MgZ)KaaZ AKA KaaZ(TE) who joined iG. and now plays under the nick Sweden iG.KaaZ. Additionally, the hand grenade Greece iG.Crack, previously a member of (TE) joined at about the same time.

WELL, AFTER THIS TIME OF HAPPINESS AND JOY, EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL, open recruitment for those last spots in the team and players were tested and later on kicked since they didnt keep up with the iG. team. Then another player arrived, telling us he would like to be a Infernal Gamer, and this boy was called Clawson(TE)! Clawson, who won the Finnish WCG and also went to San Fransisco. He got placed in Group F with players like YioSen[Rush], Shweq, LG)Darki. He only lost against YioSen and he went on to the 32 player Playoffs. There he had to meet up with Android_3d which he lost 0:2.

Finland IG.ARCNEON (CLAWSON) IS NOW THE LATEST RECRUITMENT AND he is now the last player we decided to openly recruit. The team is now finally completed, recruitment closed and the familly is getting along tremendously well! We keep our replay archive at our homepage updated all the time, if you are looking for iG. replays and other korean players just pay our homepage a visit.
Both news and player list is always under updates and the forum is running nicely. So if you want a good time, pay the forums a visit!

Interview with iG.BingBong, leader of Infernal Gamers
You have been active with iG. a long time now, any special hours when you've felt that you really wanted to let this team go and take a rest?
- Yes, sometimes it takes so much energy for example 1 day 3 players left and Smeagol hacked too... He was kicked out and after that I really had a bad feeling about the team.

The team is now formed, how do you feel about the current team?
- The team is really great now, we are having alot of fun togheter and it feels like a familly!

During all the time you've "worked" with iG. , have you had any help or have you been a One-man-army guy?
- Most of the help I had was from iG.Fever and iG.newHABIT helping me now =] ow in the old days shun!

You and BunDy share the position as clanleaders, how's that partnership working out?
- BunDy isnt that much online anymore as a leader, so it's one-sided partnership. : )
Interview with iG.newHABIT, official recruiter and player
Hi newHABIT. What is your role in iG. and how did you end up being an Infernal Gamer?
- My main role is being the official Recruiter, though everyone has something to say about every new trialee we have. It's basicly me they get in contact first then I talk to team and be the middle hand and also keep an eye on the trialee

I just basically got in contact with iG.BingBong after a friend of mine join iG. ( iG.CoolT ) and I showed some replays and a few games, and POFF I got in.. I almost shat my pants when he said I could join.

You joined in the middle of 2004, coming from NrT-. How would you say these two clans differ from each other?
- I dont think they differe so much.. The only big difference is the skill level. Though the "familly" feeling is just as strong in iG. as in NrT- . These 2 teames get along well and that's why I got so pleased when I got my first impressions of iG. NrT- is a very good and mannered team which aint to be underestimated.

Recently you've been doing a lot of recruits, and now the "family" is full, as written in the article. What is your next step, now that you are full?
- Deciding who's gonna be Mom and dad... I suppose I am the annoying little sister with braces and a ugly teddybar ( which would suit BingBong very well ).

Well, it's just to get along well and go straight up to the top. Maybe some huge group-ascii-hug or something. ; )

You don't hear very much of iG. around the community, why do you think it is that? Is it because of your bad reputation from the past?
- Hmm... I havent really gave that a thought, we practise alot in either PGtour or West, mostly west. And not that many people do check out west on a regular basic. We'd rather be kept silence and spoken of as a dumb clan, rather then speak and prove everyone wrong ; )

Those who havent heard anything coming from iG.ArCNeoN is either deaf, blind or dead T_T He is the most noisy player i've met , and a smiley abuser aswell...

Do you think that he is the member that gives you the most publicity? Who are yor key players?
- Hard to say who is out key player.. We abuse every player as much as we can ; )... ArCNeoN is just a freak in iG. like everyone else. That's what make iG. such a nice team. None is normal minded. :) So, the player I think of as a key player must be BingBong. Never underestimate him.

If you were to play a clan fight, and you would have to give it your absolutely best, how would the lineup look like?
- The easiest decision would be the 2v2, it's iG.Paulo and iG.David. They are a awesome 2on2 team which has prooven to be the best when it matters. For 1on1 it's harder. Depends on the other team's race percent. If it's alot of Zerg players the Koreans would play, such as iG.Joe, iG.ByuL_NamoO , iG.GyuL_NamoO. The other two would be ArCNeoN and ErlinG.

That's what I would chose, but as said, bingbong and bundy also might have other suggestions.
Links
http://igamers.free.fr - Home of Infernal Gamers
http://www.wgtour.com - Infernal Gamers at WGTour.com
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