Founded in 2006 as the Chicago Knight Warriors, [CKW] was based in Battlefield 2. In 2007 the clan expanded into Half-Life with Counter Strike 1.6 and Source. The clan expanded further, to multi-platform by beginning of 2008.

In August of 2008, due to internal conflicts, [CKW] split its original Battlefield division and Counter Strike Division. The original thread can be found here: http://ckwgaming.com/oldforums/index.php?topic=3197.0

The CS division kept the name and tag; while the founders and Battlefield division became =GNH= or the Global Night Hawks.

With general disapproval of the new name, it was changed once again. This time the clan took on a more adult friendly =TDM= or Two Drink Minimum. However, the younger members still remained-and with further conflict the name was changed one last time.

The new name was =DNR= or Dark Night Ravens. With the clan content with their name, it attempted to resurrect its Battlefield servers, which had been constantly full under the [CKW] name. Server popularity was hit or miss, the diminishing player base of an aging Battlefield 2 did not help. Soon the original founders moved away from Battlefield all together- eventually canceling the dual-quad core dedicated server the clan had operated off of since 2007.

[CKW]/=GNH=/=TDM=/=DNR= was finally dead. The founders moved on and referred to [CKW] as a lost cause.

A group Battlefield Division members broke off and formed =xXx= and still operate at http://www.triplexgaming.tk

The clan resembled a bunch of lost homeless people, minus the cardboard boxes and lack of direction.

The CS division had kept the [CKW] tag alive, and actually at the time, were still operating under the tag. However, they were a fraction of the size they used to be, as they were forced to move to standard server when the plug was pulled on the dedicated one.

This is where the current chapter of [CKW] starts.

Three veteran members of [CKW] -2 from the CS division and 1 from the Battlefield Division were talking in a Ventrilo server. The server had been the actual vent server since 2008 and had a lot of history surrounding it. It was currently unnamed, due to the recent break up. The three members decided [CKW] deserved better than rot in the dark and tubular world of the internet cemetary. -Nah, just kidding. We just wanted to be dictators. :P

Remembering the good times, Kevin, David and Nick began resurrecting the clan.

The Battlefield Division-with most of its members having known the clan since its inception, and the CS division reformed with one rule: Simplicity. A new dedicated server was ordered, this website was redesigned, and new life was breathed back into the clan.

With just a fraction of our player base, we are back up and running. Its hard joining our Battlefield 2 Servers remembering the times when it was so full, you had to ask a fellow admin to kick someone so you could join.

However, as hard as it is admit, Battlefield 2 is dieing. It's been said for years, but with the release of Bad Company 2, 75% of the player base vanished.

[CKW] was founded at the height of Battlefield 2, and with the upcoming Battlefield 3, it seems [CKW] is repeating itself. How ever, one thing will always remain: Our true clan spirit- A tight nit group of players with one common binding quality; the want to enjoy gaming.

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed the walk down nostalgia/memory lane. The_Sniper_NM | Nick Massios

Our old forums can be found here: http://ckwgaming.com/oldforums/ along with our old website http://www.ckwgaming.com/oldindex.html