IKK says Goodbye...
"Its been such a long time, I think I should be going....and time doesn't wait for me, it keeps on rolling....
Sail on - on a distant highway... I've gotta be chasing a dream I've gotta be on my way....."

Im sad to announce that the Ice Kold Killaz have now shut its doors. I know it came as as huge surprise to some of our members, and I apologize for that, but life is an uncertain thing, and the road branches in many directions.

I must say I have been extremely proud to have been a part of this clan, and everything it has stood for in the 2 years of its existence. I would like at this time, on the behalf of the core members, to say THANK YOU to everyone who played and stayed with us. We truly appreciated the loyalty and it was a pleasure playing with everyone. We all learned alot together.

I still remember being a newb looking for a home, and former founding member PSYCHO opening his clans door, and the guys opening their hearts. They have become a family to myself, and I believe they feel the same way. I will always remember the times we had here, the heartache, and the victories. but most of all I will remember the most important thing:

The Friendships.

Those friendships we formed with each other are important to me, and give me joy, and I am sure the rest feel the same way. I hope that those friendships remain even though we move on to other endeavors. Some of us will continue playing together, some to different clans, others will fade from the TFC scene. and I'm sure we will run into each other once in a while and rehash the past. In fact I hope that happens. But always remember we played this game the way we saw it should be, in fun, friendship, and in gamesmanship.

IKK will always be dear to me, and I will never replace the 2 years I spent here in my heart. it is going to be strange NOT to have that tag in front of my name, I promise you that. But never say never, as Gunnar would say.

So for the last time, I sign off as Co-leader and a member of the Ice Kold Killaz. Heres to the future.

Great Game, IKK.

|IKK| What_the_Hell?

With dittos from:
|IKK| Beretta
|IKK| Gunnar
|IKK| Slayer
|IKK| Tone-Loc
|IKK| Blade
|IKK| Flak

Week of 11-11 thru 11-17...
Tomorrow night the Ice Kold Killaz make their return to the Ironglove League official as we take on The Sovereign. SvN is the bastard offspring of Clan Canibal sans HeadHunter and his tactical influence. I am curious to see how we fare, especially on my personal favorite map... Mulch_Trench! w00t!

On the other league night we have SoL - Scream Out Loud, in STA Silver action. We have seen SoL in the past, and they seem to still have the old re0built TNP core we last saw them with. This should be interesting indeed.

Don't forget league night practice always starts 2 hours prior to match time.

GG Bronze, GL and HF to Silver and the IGL...
IKK successfully defended it's STA Bronze title for the 2nd and final time this past week vs. Revolution Clan. With that win, and with the league realigning again anyway, we are once again dusting out our old STA Silver locker. The whole IKK revival in the STA has put us squarely in the middle of a lot of new faces. Although 4 of the 6 Bronze teams we faced, plus many we didn't, are joining us in Silver, there are only a smattering of former opponents in this new 31 team division. Should be very interesting to say the least...

As if STA Silver was not enough, IKK takes the plunge and finally makes its way back to the Ironglove League. Once again we put out the IKK doormat to the "big dogs" of the IGL and the TFC community, in hopes of repeating the success building that we experienced as a 1+ year, veteran member of the league from May of 2000 through June of this year, before leaving the league as a precursor to our summer "vacation" from 9v9 TFC league play. It's mighty nice to be home again, and we start play on 11-11-01 on... mulch_trench!! Life is good. :)

IKK made it to Round 2 of the San Dawgs Invitational III, before suffering an eliminating loss at the hands of one of TFC's greatest clans in PF.Pyroclastic Flow. It marked our first ever meeting against PF, even though we were league-mates for over a year in the IGL. I have to say, I think we shocked everyone in our performance, but noone was shocked more than us. We hung in there for a long time, even leading at some points, only to loose in the end 160-110. It was a great match, and IKK will certainly support the SDI in any future editions as well. Perhaps we might even join the PFL-8 as we enjoy the format of this type of match play so well! GG PF! GG SDI!

RSVP. Tux optional...
Once again the Ice Kold Killaz have been invited to the 3rd San Dawgs Invitaional Tournament. IKK has proudly participated in first 2 incarnations, and were more than happy to RSVP to our good friends at SD in Xris, and the former |IKK|AssGoblin himself.. SnakeEyez. Our first round match will be played this Tursday evening @9PM Eastern vs. Clan Versus.

Don't forget our upcoming scrims and practices. Sunday night we have a scrim with our usual dance partner now, iR @8PM Eastern. The maps to be scrimmed will be Openfire and Canalzone2. This will help us prepare for our STA Bronze Title defense against SoCal the next evening. Don't forget, practice on gamenights is always 2 hours prior to the match.

More info about the SDi-3...
The map chosen for this tournament is Well. All participants in every round will play the same map. It is 16 teams with single elimination, and teams face off in one 45 minute match per round. It's strictly 4O vs. 4D, with no attacking whatsoever allowed between the two offensive teams. PB is required for all rounds. The final 3 rounds will have all matches played on SD's Dawg Pound server, with HLTV in use and broadcasting of all matches in those rounds by GameCast Radio. The winner will receive in addition to pride and bragging rites, a custom created championship logo by, IKK's very own, What_the_Hell? to display on their website. Also, the winner will get $15,000 in "clan cash" which is used by the sponsor the Ironglove League, along with an invitation to join the IGL, if not already a winner.

IKK STA Bronze Champs!
IKK made it's first nice achievement of its return bid, by beating M| Mimic last night for the STA Bronze Title on Canalzone2. An all cap in round 1 gave the team the cushion it needed to settle in and win it all, especially considering the round 2 rumblefest that Mimic came back with. GG to Mimic, for a good solid match. GG to the IKK'ers...

Next up in the STA Bronze, a title defense against SoCal, who took out Clan CRACK in the Title Shot match. Once again we get Canalzone2. Next stop... Silver?

STA Bronze Title Shot...
IKK has earned it's first title shot berth since the reactiviation of the clan a few weeks ago in standard TFC league play. This Monday night we face |DN|Deez Nuttz on Monkey_l for a chance to play the winner of the Knights of the Harsh Ream vs. The Lynch Mob for the STA Bronze Title. Win or loose, the map the following week will shift to Canalzone2, the old Valve capture point classic.

IKK earned the right to play for the STA Bronze Title Shot by defeating clan TiTz in a close one, by the total score of 30-20. Monkey_l can be a defensive wet-dream so we can expect more of the same this week.

This Sunday night we have scheduled a scrimmage for 8:30 PM Eastern. The maps will be CZ2 and Openfire. The action actually begins at 7:30 PM Eastern where the clan is required to assemble in IRC. From there we will conduct a quick practice, in order to cover position and class usage for the maps to be played.

The IKK website will be changing hosts in the near future. After a brief discussion by the High Council, our current host, Pro-gamers.com, cannot provide us the type of services we desire. We have been with this web host for more than a year now, and has provided us well considering the cost! Look for the switch to take place officially sometime toward the end of the month.

Baby steps...
IKK defeated nLv-No Longer Valid on shutdown by a total score of 420-20 on Shutdown2 last week. This week looks to be a tougher match against the The Intangible TFC Zealots, or TiTz, as they like to cleverly refer to themselves. TiTz has been around the block a few times, and are no pushovers. Should be a great matchup on Monkey_l.

Practice on match night is always 2 hours prior to the scheduled start of the match. Which means that practice STARTS at 7:30 Eastern.

Mixed Emotions...
Well, in what should be a happy time for IKK, it's hard to be truly happy. As the Ice Kold Killaz prepare to make their return to full 9v9 league play this Monday night, the ever-haunting memories of September 11th always seem to pop-up and set my feet in firm reality.

As it always seems to be, our country has now been forced into action. Our imminent actions are polarizing the world as much as it seems to be uniting it. Lately, and hopefully in the future, words of reason have been spoken. Assuring that this is not a war of ideals, cultures, or religions. It's not the World vs. Islam. Islam has nothing to do with our enemies. It's much more simpler than that in it's idealology. It's Right vs. Wrong. It's Good vs. Evil. Make no mistake however, the path to this point in time, and the road ahead, is infinitely complex, and wrought with peril. The potential for mistakes, for hypocrisy, chaos, confusion, and carnage, for all these are much greater now than at any point in history.

While fear and anger grip at those of us relegated to watch the news and go to our 9-to-5's, we must be more vigilant. All the potential I spoke of earlier resides more within our own borders, our cities, and our neighborhoods, than anywhere else in the world. Every injustice, every lash of rage, every misguided action htat occurs in our own country will be more closely scrutinized and magnified, and have larger ramifications for the world. Every infraction dealt upon those that are simply different than us, every life that is so stupidly taken, out of some perverted sense of patriotism, will ripple across the globe and fuel the very enemy that we have pledged to remove from the Earth.

Already the senseless acts have occurred. An immigrant from India was killed in his place of business because he wore a turban. He was not even muslim. This is not a sad isolated incident. Since that New Day of Infamy, over and over, it has and is happening. The ignorance and lack of education in this country is seeping to the top. It can only get worse if left unchecked. Why? Because our military wil not be the only one attacking the enemy. The first cowardly blow they dealt us, will suredly not be the last. It may prove to be the most damaging, but more American civilians WILL die before its all over. How could we expect less?

Do not let those that died on the 11th, or in any attack before that and in the future, or any of the soldiers, American or otherwise, that will surely die seeking Infinite Justice... don't let it be in vain.

Week of 8-27 thru 9-2...
IKK's STA 5v5 Gold squad will face off against the Mighty Few on Tuesday Aug. 21st @9:30 PM Eastern. MF seems to be made up of quite a few old Ai guys (Danger, Phan, and Oloff just name a few...). If you don;t know who Ai was, just know that they were pretty damn good. As always, we have 5v5 practice on gamenight @8PM Eastern. Let's go for 2 in a row. All IKK are invited to participate in practice, and possibly play in the match.

Our main TFC sqaud will officially begin wiping the sleep from it's eyes on Monday Aug. 20th, as we begin our new regular practice schedule. Practice starts promptly @8:30 Eastern.

Week of 8-19 thru 8-25...
IKK's STA 5v5 Gold squad will face off against the Mighty Few on Tuesday Aug. 21st @9:30 PM Eastern. MF seems to be made up of quite a few old Ai guys (Danger, Phan, and Oloff just name a few...). If you don;t know who Ai was, just know that they were pretty damn good. As always, we have 5v5 practice on gamenight @8PM Eastern. Let's go for 2 in a row. All IKK are invited to participate in practice, and possibly play in the match.

Our main TFC sqaud will officially begin wiping the sleep from it's eyes on Monday Aug. 20th, as we begin our new regular practice schedule. Practice starts promptly @8:30 Eastern.

"DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK..." - L.L. Cool J.
IKK is now holding practices. Monday and Wednesdays at 8:30 PM Eastern, in preparation for our return to active 9v9 TFC league action.

Why not call it a comeback? 'Cause we never went anywhere. Yeah we took a breather, but we started a little 5v5 team, and got ourselves in STA's 5v5 Gold division. We won our two screening matches and this past Monday beat Black Sun in a crazy knuckle-whitener, in our into match to Gold competition. This makes our 5v5 squad UNDEFEATED! How does one contact Team Germany anyway? :p