About [DkR]

Important Information

About the Clan

[DkR] is a UK based online gaming clan which is currently dormant, waiting for a return to RPG gaming when Guild Wars 2 and Diablo III are released. We are currently recruiting for both of those games.

Although we aim to be competitive in the games we play, enjoyment and a strong sense of community and friendship are our priorities, and this will not change.

A sizeable proportion of those who join [DkR] are considered life-time members, and will always be welcome to participate in the clan even if they play in other clans at the same time. A number of our members have been part of [DkR] since its founding in 1999.

We try to arrange real-life meet-ups whenever possible, to further strengthen the sense of community.

Clan History

The Dark Reavers clan was founded in mid-1999 by Darkademic, DarkWinter and Metaphoric for the game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. This small RTS clan played Tiberian Sun for a few months, then decided to switch to Team Fortress Classic (a team-based multiplayer mod for Half-Life). The clan recruited many new members, with a roster of around 25 players at its peak, and had a great time playing TFC competitively. In November 2000, due to a declining interest in TFC and the ensuing difficulties arranging matches, the clan shut down and many members left for pastures new.

In the years following the end of the TFC clan, the remaining [DkR] members focused on playing various online RPGs, most notably Diablo II and Neverwinter Nights. [DkR] was technically more of a guild than a clan during this time, as there was no competitive element, however some great times were had playing these games. The members of [DkR] also played Command & Conquer Generals against each other, and had a small internal league.

In Febuary 2005, Darkademic decided that the time was right to return to the FPS gaming world and the clan began playing CounterStrike: Source. The [DkR] members DarkWinter, Metaphoric and Parquay had been operating the clan Nailed for around a month prior to [DkR]'s return and had already played several games. On the 6th of Febuary, Dark Winter and Parquay joined with Darkademic to reform [DkR], leaving Nailed in the capable hands of Metaphoric. Over the following six months, the clan played 28 matches, winning around half of them. Then, at the end of July 2005, the clan was closed temporarily due to Darkademic going to Hong Kong for 2 months. During Darkademic's hiatus, members from [DkR] and their old rivals Nailed joined together to form #ltts| (Lambs to the Slaughter).

Just over a month after Darkademic returned to the UK, [DkR] was set in motion once again. The clan reformed on the 31st of October 2005 and continued playing Counter-Strike: Source, bringing on board several new members from #ltts who had previously been part of Nailed. The clan played well over a hundred matches in the EnemyDown ladder, then in July 2006 many of the clan's members had grown tired of CS: Source leading to the CS:S clan being shut down permanently.

In a similar fashion to when the TFC clan shut down, [DkR] started to play online RPGs once again, this time Guild Wars, World of Warcraft, and briefly Warhammer Online. During this time, Team Fortress 2 and Fortress Forever were announced, and Darkademic intended to take [DkR] back to its roots by making a TF2/FF clan as soon as they were released. [DkR] had a long and successful stab at the aforementioned RPGs, however the competitive clan officially reopened on September 13th 2007; the release date of Fortress Forever, which marked a renewed focus on competitive FPS. Unforunately Fortress Forever wasn't successful as it was expected to be, so [DkR] focused solely on TF2.

Many members came and went over the following couple of years. The clan played competitively in the EnemyDown TF2 ladder at first, however due to a dwindling number of clans participating, the clan focused mainly on spontaneous matches arranged over IRC. The clan had its ups and downs, but ultimately a strong core community was formed and a lot of good times were had.

In the latter half of 2009, the TF2 clan closed due to a lack of free time on the part of the clan's leadership, making it nigh-on impossible to arrange matches. Since then, the clan has been relatively dormant, however the core members have been playing World of Wacraft, Command & Conquer 3, StarCraft II and Sins of a Solar Empire. The clan now aims to rebuild its once thiving community via Guild Wars 2 and Diablo III when they are finally released.