The i33 Contenders: 4K^corp

Heya Sam, thanks for joining me, could you please introduce yourself to the readers?

"My names Sam Peoples, I'm 19 and I live in Essex. I've been playing games for about 5 years, but only in Europe for 2. I've been in Four Kings since November and it the organisation is impressive to be a part of, it's fantastic."

It has been a bumpy ride for 4Kings since the beginning concering line ups, do you think this has affected any of the core members such as yourself?

"The original lineup was created by palmz which was palmz, crow, wiz, junior and myself. The lineup inevitably didn't reach expectations and changes were made, and this was the pattern that repeated itself a few times until now. Of course with these changes happening it was hard for the team because when it took 1 step forward, it took 2 steps back.

Personally, it hasn't affected my mentality of wanting to win but it has affected how other people look at me and the team. They see it, as you describe in another question, as a '5 minute team', with fair reason; but instead of this branding having a negative effect, it gives the team more drive to prove them wrong."

Four Kings officially welcomed wiz, Geordie and vasquez mid February, following the departure of palmz, pain, skipz and RcO the end of January. Is this the best 4K line-up so far and why?

"Without a shadow of a doubt, this is the strongest lineup that 4K has had so far. For any team to be successful it needs to be the whole package, and this is the only lineup so far which has been. Contrasting personalities lead to a good balance in the team, and it creates an extremely enjoyable environment to play in which makes it much easier for the team to play together."

There has been a lot of debate concerning the state of the UK scene, its immaturity and the non stop roster changes. What would you say to critics who suggest that this new look 4-kings is another 'five minute' line up?

"I have no intention of making any lineup changes anytime soon. This team, as I said previously, is the best lineup yet and I have every confidence that the others share my mentality that this team will be extremely successful in the upcoming months."

How do you feel the team has progressed over the past month? Are you fully prepared for i33?

"Without a doubt the team has progressed leaps and bounds but as every team does, we've hit roadblocks along the way. In regards to us being fully prepared, I don't think that we have had enough time to fully prepare ourselves but we are all confident that the minor roadblocks will disappear on lan and everything will fall into place."

Your current team have alot experience in Call of Duty 2 both on and offline. How do you think you will fare against the top teams in Call of Duty 4 and what are the team's expectations for i33?

"This team has the ability to fare well with any European team that there is at the moment, it's only weakness is its youth in comparison to other teams and whether this is something that will affect us at I33 will soon be seen. The teams expectation is to perform well as a team, of course ideally we want to win everything like any other competitor but as long as we manage to push ourselves forward as a team, we will be happy."

Just yesterday Multiplay officially released the seeds for the upcoming i-Series event. Four Kings have been seeded seventh, behind Dignitas, TLR, fnatic, TEK9, Roskilde and EG. What is your personal opinion of the seedings? Happy or expected to be placed higher?

"As it stands, it's fair for us to be seeded 7th. Of course we are not happy about it, but the lineups youth gives a fair reason for us to be 7th. In my opinion, I think that 5/6th would of been a fairer assumption but in the end, you have to beat every team to win a LAN, so seeds are inevitably futile."

Thanks again for your time Sam, we from TEK-9.net would like to wish you guys the best of luck at i33. Any last words or shout outs you would like to add?

I'd like to say good luck to everyone thats going to I33 and hope that it's a smooth event! Also a shoutout to our new headsponsor Packard Bell, and our other supporters Steelseries and Multiplay, and a shoutout to Big Ben for pes.