The Vicious Vikings
The very first Norwegian Quake clan and also the longest running. Dominant in the Norwegian Quake scene in the 90s, not by being best, but by arranging ten AskerLANs and playing over 200 matches in virtually every competition and tournament there was. Made a short comeback in 2005 in the 5th season of European Quake League.
Information
- Founded: August 28th, 1996 by
BM
- Disbanded: 2001
- Nationality: Norwegian
- Clan prefix: <VV>
- Clan colors: 1 2
- IRC channel: #vicious_vikings (QuakeNet)
- Website: Old home page (working)
History
Norway's first Quake clan was formed by a small group of friends who had grown up in the same neighborhood, playing lots of Doom II via LAN between their houses - and Quake since the test-release. BM took the initiative to form the clan.
The Vicious Vikings was never the best or the most successful Norwegian clan, but one of the most influential ones, mainly because they were arranging the infamous AskerLANs and playing matches virtually every week for three years. In 1996 it was rated as third best in Norway, behind Carnage Clan and Spawn Clan. Three years later they were 3rd in North-European Clan League, thus arguably the third best clan in Northern Europe.
From the summer of 1996 to the fall of 1999 VV played more than 200 clan matches. Unlike todays TB3, the matches were (usually) decided over a two-legged tie, the winning clan determined by aggregate score. VV had the unusual map choice of E4M3, which often proved an advantage against supposedly better clans. VV perfected the E4M3 team play and won big against many clans who's players were of individually superior skill. By controlling a few key points on the large map, VV could time and control all four (!) Quads and at the same time RA, YA and GA fairly easy. The few spawns would often made the frag count pretty high, which of course was essential to winning matches on aggregate score. This quote from a match report after VV had met the swedish clan Seven Deadly Sins in July 1997 is telling: «It did not look like 7DS had ever played E4M3 before; most of the time they were either lost or without weapons, which made them easy targets.»
The Vicious Vikings peaked in 1999, finishing 3rd in the North-European Clan League (NECL) Division A, winning against clans like 
Schroet Kommando, 
Teddy Bears, 
Demonic Core, Orkney Clan and 
Nasty Beasts Inc. The league was won by 
Clan Z.
Along with the general QuakeWorld scene, VV's activity slowly declined during the fall of 1999 and 2000, when many players moved on to Counter-Strike and Quake III Arena, but still played the occasional match until 2001, when it was dissolved. A few former players resurrected the clan for a comeback in EQL in 2007, but it was short-lived.
Three former members are still active as of 2014: 
Rikoll, Trygve and Erlend.
Members
Original members
Other members
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Demos
Achievements
- 1999: 3rd in NECL (North-European Clan League) Division A (won by Clan Z)
