NWP Gaming

Infobox e-Sports Club

location = United States of America
gm = Andrew Machalek
flagicon|USA Cody Aykroyd
gmc = USA
founded = 1997
country = USA
website = http://clan-nwp.com

NWP Gaming is an e-Sports gaming team from the United States. It was founded in 1997 by two gamers, Steven 'p0rk' Hechtman and Red 'Zithowa' Daly living in Washington DC. It's currently being managed by Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek and Cody 'MOP' Aykroyd.

History

NWP Gaming was formed in 1997 as an American "Quake" clan named NWP by Steven 'p0rk' Hechtman and Red 'Zithowa' Daly. The two were later joined by Jase 'DarkSpoon' Payne, Chad 'China', and Danny 'Destruction' Semac and went on to take third place in their first official TDM match in Quake 2 during QuakeCON later that year.

On May 23rd, 1998 NWP was joined by newcomer Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek, an up and coming favorite in competitive 1 vs 1 matches in the Quake series. Later that same year NWP was joined by David 'Spydar' Rogers and Cody 'MOP' Aykroyd, and the name was changed from NWP to NWP Gaming.

On January 1st, 2001 NWP Gaming formed its Counter Strike division, and went on to place within the top tier in various 5on5 tournaments and competitive matches, winning over $45,000 in prizes during the remainder of that year. NWP Gaming has since won over fourteen tournament titles, including top place in the St. Louis CPL Invitational for both Counter Strike and Soldier of Fortune in 2002, and placing 3rd in the Midwest Gaming Leage for Quake 3 in 2003.

On August 19th, 2004 NWP Gaming dismissed its Starcraft and Warcraft 2 teams, ending each with near perfect records and putting all of its recourses into Warcraft 3. Also in 2003, NWP Gaming went on to three new games, Call of Duty, Doom3, and Painkiller, placing top 3 in both Call of Duty and Doom 3. NWP Gaming did not have such luck in Painkiller, but however did manage to pull 6th place in the world in 2005.

In 2006, NWP Gaming went on to take first prize in the St. Louis Invitational for Quake 4, as well as 5th place at the WSVG in Louisville, KY and 3rd place WSVG Intel Summer Event in Dallas, TX.

On March 26, 2008, NWP Gaming dismissed its Call of Duty 2 team and World of Warcraft team, and on April 13th, dismissed its Super Smash Bros. team. On October 10, 2008, NWP Gaming dismissed its long running team, having won 37 matches and losing just one in its six years.

Current roster

"Counter-Strike"

* Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek
* Cody 'MOP' Aykroyd
* Jase 'DarkSpoon' Payne
* Danny 'Destruction' Semac
* Kyle 'LimpPimp' Plonsky

"Call of Duty 4"

* Chad 'China' Unknown
* Patrick 'RootBeer' Donnovan
* David 'Spydar' Rogers
* William 'Nine' Andrews
* Greg 'Narcronics' Bray

"Halo 3"

* Grey 'Creative' Unknown
* Michael 'Son of Gump' Unknown
* Saman 'Saman' Hoshyar
* Joe 'The 49er' Rosa
* Steven 'ShockWave' Lee

"Warcraft III / DotA"

* James 'NinjaGator' Hutsler
* Garrett 'Boombostik' Watson
* Frank 'CooManFoo' Weiss
* Jordan 'Snoop' Bales

"Quake 4 / Unreal 3"

* Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek
* Ryan 'LeadBullet' Raner
* Josh 'Rikku' Unknown
* Rikki 'Revenant100' D'Angelo
* Mike 'Bukowski' Unknown

Notable alumni

* Red "Zithowa" Daly
* Steven "p0rk" Hechtman

Notable achievements

NWP has placed in the top 5 at the following major international tournaments:

"Counter-Strike"

* 1st CPL: St. Louis Invitational 2002
* 1st CPL: Summer Championships 2004
* 1st Electronic Sports World Championship: Summer Series 2005
* 2nd CPL: Winter Championships 2003
* 3rd World Cyber Games 2003
* 4th WCG SEC 2007
* 4th CPL: Summer Championships 2002
* 5th CPL: Winter Championships 2002
* 5th Electronic Sports World Cup 2003

World Championships

* Cyberathlete Professional League (2004)

Zonerank Rankings

* Top Ranking: 2nd (01-2003) [ [http://www.zonerank.com/ ZoneRank] ]
* Current Ranking: Unranked

"Call of Duty"

* 3rd Million Man Lan: Louisville 2003
* 3rd Ion Gamers: Summer Event 2004
* 4th CPL Winter 2003
* 4th CPL Summer 2004

Deathmatch

* 1st St. Louis CPL Invitational 2006 - Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Quake 4")
* 2nd CPL Frag3 Qualifier 1999 – Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Quake 3")
* 2nd Eastern Quake League 2000 – Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Quake 3")
* 3rd CPL Frag3 Finals 1999 – Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Quake 3")
* 3rd CPL Frag3 TDM 1999 – team ("Quake 3")
* 3rd QuestCON 2000 – Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Quake 3")
* 3rd CPL Frag4 TDM 2000 – team ("Quake 3")
* 3rd QuakeCON 2001 – Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Quake 3")
* 3rd QIL4 TDM 2001 – team ("Quake 3")
* 3rd QuakeCon 2004 – Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Doom 3")
* 3rd QuakeCon 2006 – Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Quake 4")
* 4th CPL Winter 2001 – Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Aliens vs. Predator 2")
* 4th KODE5 Finals 2006 – Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Quake 4")
* 5th CPL World Tour 2005 – Andrew 'Diddlez' Machalek ("Painkiller")

World Championships

* World Cyber Games (2004, "Unreal Tournament 2003")
* Electronic Sports World Cup (2004, "Unreal Tournament 2003")

"Warcraft III"

* 1st Warcraft 3 Champions League V 2006 – Team
* 2nd KODE5 2006- flagicon|USA James "NinjaGator" Hutsler
* 2nd CPL Summer 2005 – team
* 3rd NGL One Season I 2006 – Team
* 5th World Cyber Games 2006 – flagicon|USA Garrett "Boombostik" Watson

World Championships

* World Cyber Games (2004)
* Electronic Sports World Cup (2004)

"World of Warcraft"

* 1st world kill of Kalecgos
* 1st world kill of Brutallus
* 1st world kill of Eredar Twins
* 1st world kill of Felmyst
* 1st world kill of M'uru
* 1st world kill of Kil'jaeden – "(final boss of .)"

External links

* [http://www.clan-nwp.com Official NWP Gaming Website]