Impulse 9

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United States Impulse 9
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4on4 team Information
Short team:
I9
Founded:
1996
Founder:
Status:
Inactive


Impulse 9 was one of the first known gaming teams (clans) in eSports history. Impulse 9 was a team comprised of students from the University of Kansas.


History

"It started in January of '96, pre-Quake, when Spleenripper and I, in anticipation of Quake, got our systems and hooked up a LAN; we built them specifically with Quake in mind," says Dr. Rigormortis.

"Qtest came out in, what, mid-March? And we initially only had 3 machines on our LAN... but everyone at the I9 bunker (Me, Spleenripper, Entropy, KillCreek, Smirnov, Ratmonkey, Bad-Ass-Mofo, and Hellkitty) initially took turns fighting in LAN games... Soon everyone was getting their own systems and well before Quake came out we were spending six to eight hours playing...."
- Dr.Rigormortis


And from this core of talented game-players came legendary, Impulse 9.


The team would achieve fame when one of their players Tom Entropy Kimzey made it into the grand final of the 1997 Red Annihilation Tournament. Entropy would face off against Dennis Thresh Fong where Entropy was smashed in a 14-1 defeat to Fong. Entropy's representation for Impulse 9 and his runner-up position meant it was the first known achievement for an online gaming team.

Members

Former members



Achievements

Year Place Event
1996 A33rd Elite 8 ClanRing
1996 A11st ClanRing Tournament 1 Online

External links

muppetclan.com/history

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