Pandemonium Memorial
![[Image: brinkstruck.jpg]](https://mkwii.com/pics/pae/brinkstruck.jpg)
History
RNS April 2nd, 2011 - February 27th, 2012.
In late March of 2011, a group of former n2o (Nitrous Oxide) teammates decided to leave their current clans and rejoin together to make a new and improved n2o. Ken, Flare, and Zak communicated the idea on skype. Ken was the one who initially decided to bring the 'family' back together. Flare brainstormed a few ideas for the clan name, he then came up with Pandemonium which clicked instantly. Zak later created the tag - ρæ. By April 1st 2011, Ken recruited former n2o members Fearz and Error. With Aruba being Zak's brother, he was contacted to be the main ally/backup for wars. On April 2nd 2011, Ken created the ρæ clan thread on mariokartwii.com (the old site, not this one) officially setting the birth date of Pandemonium. Shortly afterwards, Sparky was recruited, being the last of the n2o 'family' to become part of ρæ.
In the first couple of months, the war lineup of ρæ stayed consistent. Ken, Zak, Flare, Fearz, and Error was the usual five with Aruba switching spots to any 5th that couldn't war at the time. Sometime in May, Focus joined. Focus played in a handful of wars but decided to quit MKWii a few weeks after joining. June was a big month for ρæ. Multiple players were recruited, WCL Season 9 was played (began sometime in mid June). Sometime in early June, Raiga was recruited. He only stayed in the clan for around a week then left right before WCL Season 9 began. Registration for WCL Season 9 consisted of: Ken, Flare, Zak, Fearz, Error, Callum, and Sparky. ρæ was placed into Division 8. With the 30+ usual GP's by Flare, epic bagging by Sparky, leadership by Ken, and everyone else doing their roles, ρæ captured the Division 8 Championship with an impressive 9-1 record. Flare was rewarded Division 8 MVP with an average GP score of 35.6.
After WCL Season 9 (which ended in early/mid July), Vito, Zero, and Sunaco were all recruited in July. Due to the new talent, ρæ quickly moved up in the MKWii community ranks. ρæ's family core was growing rapidly. On July 24, Yasha was recruited, Ryno was recruited as well sometime in late July. WCL Season 10 started on Aug 14. With Callum out of WCL due to work, everybody had to pick up the pace. Flare, once again, went balls to the walls and showed the league why he deserved another Division MVP. With Flare scoring an amazing 38.7 points per GP and everybody stepping up their game, ρæ swept the floor with the competition thus being crowned Division 5 Champions. ρæ's record was 8-2, Flare captured back to back MVP's. At that time, ρæ's talent was on par with lower Division 2/higher Division 3. With the increase success in WCL/wars and having the infamous Callum in ρæ, much of the MKWii community started to display hatred toward ρæ.
During early August, Nutmeg was recruited. WCL Season 10 ended sometime in mid September. Also some members activity dropped due to school or new life obligations. Star was recruited in September, and by that time, much of the MKWii community called ρæ a hacking/cheating clan. The WCL staff at that point wanted to do anything to keep ρæ out of season 11. Torn joined ρæ in early October. With a lineup consisting of Zak, Aruba, Callum, and Torn, winning wars became a hobby.
In mid October, Zak did some trolling in a pro WW with the Invisible Code. Eirik, a mod of WCL staff, notified the admins. Bash (owner of WCL) then banned Zak from WCL. Bash then discovered that Callum played as an alt in Season 9 and decided to ban ρæ entirely from Season 11. ρæ and other players were displeased as Eirik was caught hacking in a war but was somehow a WCL staff member, while Zak only hacked in a WW for troll, and was banned from WCL forever. While all of this was going on, ρæ was in a close battle for the MKC Season 4 World Championship.
During registration for MKC Season 4, ρæ was placed into Division 3. However, a team dropped out of Division 1 and ρæ contacted MKC admin Titan for permission to take the empty slot. Titan allowed ρæ to compete in Division 1. Instantly, every team of Division 1 laughed at this, and predicted ρæ would lose every game of the season. Champion favorites Flow called for ρæ to be removed from Division 1 due to lack of talent. ρæ would defy all odds and beat Flow in the last match of the season to pass them on the overall standings to win the World Championship. There was some uncertainty though as to whether or not ρæ would be rewarded the banner with all the controversy going around with the WCL staff. Regardless of the controversy, ρæ was given the banner and officially declared World Champions.
After MKC, close friend Owstin was recruited. By this time, Error and Sparky were retired from ρæ. Others started to become inactive. During November, Zak transitioned to part-time play. Aruba couldn't ally nearly as much as before. Ken was losing interest in MKWii, same with others. When Shwam joined in late January 2012, Ken, Flare, Yasha, Vito and Ryno were all retired. After Ken retired in January, Zak took over as main leader. Fearz, Star, and Zero were then placed as co-leaders and mild recruitment took place. In early February, Crusher and his sister, Tiffeh, joined ρæ. Unfortunately, with Zak and head co-leader Fearz becoming more inactive, a secret skype chat (consisting of Zak, Fearz, Aruba, Callum, Ken, and Flare) was made to discuss the future of ρæ. For a small period during late February, talk about a new main leader was discussed. But, due to no viable options and the clan's overall inactivity, it was time to disband ρæ. On February 27th 2012, upon agreement of the members/retirees within the skype chat, ρæ was officially ended. All other members were notified, and Zak later updated the thread to create a Hall of Fame and Awards list. On Sept 20th 2016, the Pandemonium Memorial was created on Zak's MKWii.org website.
As of 2024, the Memorial resides here in MarioKartWii.com.
ρæ is family
Former Members
![[Image: us.png]](https://mkwii.com/pics/flags/us.png)
Ken (founder)
Ken is the main founder and first leader of Pandemonium. His leadership skills help keep communication fluid and clear on skype war calls. He knew how to motivate members when trailing in wars.
Zak (co-founder)
Zak is one of the co-founders of Pandemonium. He was ρæ's main leader after Ken retired. Zak was an avid softmodder who helped much of ρæ play on ISO's.
![[Image: ca.png]](https://mkwii.com/pics/flags/ca.png)
Flare (co-founder)
Flare (the other co-founder) was the best racing talent in ρæ's history. In some wars, on his own, he pulled ρæ's ass out of the gutter. He is WCL Season 9 Div 8 MVP, and Season 10 Div 5 MVP.
Aruba (main ally)
Aruba is Zak's brother. Aruba was by far the most skilled driver to war for ρæ. With his experience in Division 1 teams, he always knew how to help weaknesses in ρæ's war strategies.
Fearz
Fearz was the "lol" member of the clan. He also owned a Brinks Truck with 26's on it. No ρæ WW session would be right without his humor. Sometimes, he talked about ketchup stains and stamps.
![[Image: ie.png]](https://mkwii.com/pics/flags/ie.png)
Sparky
Sparky was the goat bagger. If you needed a shock, call Sparky.
![[Image: gb.png]](https://mkwii.com/pics/flags/gb.png)
Callum
Callum was the "hacker". He was the world's most hated. He kept things in ρæ true to the hood.
Error
Error was the wheeler. He was in mad love with Yoshi, lol. Error always stuck his tongue out in every IRL picture of himself.
Vito
Vito was the quiet one. But he did make a lot of button noises in Skype calls.
Star
Star was another hacker which the community hated. If it wasn't for him, Invisible code wouldn't even be a thing today.
Zero
His Mom's homemade meatloaf was the best. He was also another boss front runner. You know, big guns like Vietcong.
Sunaco
Sunaco!!!!!!!!!!!!
Owstin
Owstin was the pro-cuber. Seriously, 5 second solves like there is no tomorrow.
Yasha
Yasha was a IRL friend of KingVik. KingVik contacted ρæ to recruit Yasha. Yasha's trust held more weight than gold.
![[Image: pr.png]](https://mkwii.com/pics/flags/pr.png)
Torn
Torn was the foreigner, lol! Slash Trevz. I got 99 ρæblems.
Nutmeg
Nutmeg was a legit boss coder/hacker. Was the 3rd person ever to get the "White Line" via Hacks.
Ryno
Ryno was the role player. Always consistent and did his job in wars.
Focus
We got the right to rap about this shit.
Raiga
Raiga was a solid front runner. After he left ρæ, he was later caught TASing his time trials.
Shwam
Shwam was the laid back one.
Crusher
Crusher was a young prospect. After ρæ died, Crusher would develop into a top tier Time Trialer, now known as rcs.
Tiffeh
Crusher's sister.
Some Old War Vids/Pics
Total War Count - 241 (excludes sub-clan wars done on or after June 1st, 2011)
Link to zip file of some old War Pics - https://drive.google.com/open?id=14Nt3KO...Tt2okNiOks
sha256 checksum value - abc962bc860e066c685ed8735b5d079f0e4adc4f4cdeaa5b11f62d520c89d340
Link to an old FW war video (big shoutout to Star for keeping this all these years, I think it's from Oct 2011) - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zMEhZT...49zY18M-3e
sha256 checksum value - a91d70e483a6346d598fa66ab0bcdcbbe0a1311f36fbc7ff9d0a244568f63b25
Awards
![[Image: paemkcbanner.PNG]](https://mkwii.com/pics/pae/paemkcbanner.PNG)
![[Image: s10div5champs.PNG]](https://mkwii.com/pics/pae/s10div5champs.PNG)
![[Image: WCLSeason10Div5.png]](https://mkwii.com/pics/pae/WCLSeason10Div5.png)
![[Image: D8Pandemonium.PNG]](https://mkwii.com/pics/pae/D8Pandemonium.PNG)
![[Image: WCLSeason9Div8.png]](https://mkwii.com/pics/pae/WCLSeason9Div8.png)
History
RNS April 2nd, 2011 - February 27th, 2012.
In late March of 2011, a group of former n2o (Nitrous Oxide) teammates decided to leave their current clans and rejoin together to make a new and improved n2o. Ken, Flare, and Zak communicated the idea on skype. Ken was the one who initially decided to bring the 'family' back together. Flare brainstormed a few ideas for the clan name, he then came up with Pandemonium which clicked instantly. Zak later created the tag - ρæ. By April 1st 2011, Ken recruited former n2o members Fearz and Error. With Aruba being Zak's brother, he was contacted to be the main ally/backup for wars. On April 2nd 2011, Ken created the ρæ clan thread on mariokartwii.com (the old site, not this one) officially setting the birth date of Pandemonium. Shortly afterwards, Sparky was recruited, being the last of the n2o 'family' to become part of ρæ.
In the first couple of months, the war lineup of ρæ stayed consistent. Ken, Zak, Flare, Fearz, and Error was the usual five with Aruba switching spots to any 5th that couldn't war at the time. Sometime in May, Focus joined. Focus played in a handful of wars but decided to quit MKWii a few weeks after joining. June was a big month for ρæ. Multiple players were recruited, WCL Season 9 was played (began sometime in mid June). Sometime in early June, Raiga was recruited. He only stayed in the clan for around a week then left right before WCL Season 9 began. Registration for WCL Season 9 consisted of: Ken, Flare, Zak, Fearz, Error, Callum, and Sparky. ρæ was placed into Division 8. With the 30+ usual GP's by Flare, epic bagging by Sparky, leadership by Ken, and everyone else doing their roles, ρæ captured the Division 8 Championship with an impressive 9-1 record. Flare was rewarded Division 8 MVP with an average GP score of 35.6.
After WCL Season 9 (which ended in early/mid July), Vito, Zero, and Sunaco were all recruited in July. Due to the new talent, ρæ quickly moved up in the MKWii community ranks. ρæ's family core was growing rapidly. On July 24, Yasha was recruited, Ryno was recruited as well sometime in late July. WCL Season 10 started on Aug 14. With Callum out of WCL due to work, everybody had to pick up the pace. Flare, once again, went balls to the walls and showed the league why he deserved another Division MVP. With Flare scoring an amazing 38.7 points per GP and everybody stepping up their game, ρæ swept the floor with the competition thus being crowned Division 5 Champions. ρæ's record was 8-2, Flare captured back to back MVP's. At that time, ρæ's talent was on par with lower Division 2/higher Division 3. With the increase success in WCL/wars and having the infamous Callum in ρæ, much of the MKWii community started to display hatred toward ρæ.
During early August, Nutmeg was recruited. WCL Season 10 ended sometime in mid September. Also some members activity dropped due to school or new life obligations. Star was recruited in September, and by that time, much of the MKWii community called ρæ a hacking/cheating clan. The WCL staff at that point wanted to do anything to keep ρæ out of season 11. Torn joined ρæ in early October. With a lineup consisting of Zak, Aruba, Callum, and Torn, winning wars became a hobby.
In mid October, Zak did some trolling in a pro WW with the Invisible Code. Eirik, a mod of WCL staff, notified the admins. Bash (owner of WCL) then banned Zak from WCL. Bash then discovered that Callum played as an alt in Season 9 and decided to ban ρæ entirely from Season 11. ρæ and other players were displeased as Eirik was caught hacking in a war but was somehow a WCL staff member, while Zak only hacked in a WW for troll, and was banned from WCL forever. While all of this was going on, ρæ was in a close battle for the MKC Season 4 World Championship.
During registration for MKC Season 4, ρæ was placed into Division 3. However, a team dropped out of Division 1 and ρæ contacted MKC admin Titan for permission to take the empty slot. Titan allowed ρæ to compete in Division 1. Instantly, every team of Division 1 laughed at this, and predicted ρæ would lose every game of the season. Champion favorites Flow called for ρæ to be removed from Division 1 due to lack of talent. ρæ would defy all odds and beat Flow in the last match of the season to pass them on the overall standings to win the World Championship. There was some uncertainty though as to whether or not ρæ would be rewarded the banner with all the controversy going around with the WCL staff. Regardless of the controversy, ρæ was given the banner and officially declared World Champions.
After MKC, close friend Owstin was recruited. By this time, Error and Sparky were retired from ρæ. Others started to become inactive. During November, Zak transitioned to part-time play. Aruba couldn't ally nearly as much as before. Ken was losing interest in MKWii, same with others. When Shwam joined in late January 2012, Ken, Flare, Yasha, Vito and Ryno were all retired. After Ken retired in January, Zak took over as main leader. Fearz, Star, and Zero were then placed as co-leaders and mild recruitment took place. In early February, Crusher and his sister, Tiffeh, joined ρæ. Unfortunately, with Zak and head co-leader Fearz becoming more inactive, a secret skype chat (consisting of Zak, Fearz, Aruba, Callum, Ken, and Flare) was made to discuss the future of ρæ. For a small period during late February, talk about a new main leader was discussed. But, due to no viable options and the clan's overall inactivity, it was time to disband ρæ. On February 27th 2012, upon agreement of the members/retirees within the skype chat, ρæ was officially ended. All other members were notified, and Zak later updated the thread to create a Hall of Fame and Awards list. On Sept 20th 2016, the Pandemonium Memorial was created on Zak's MKWii.org website.
As of 2024, the Memorial resides here in MarioKartWii.com.
ρæ is family
Former Members
Ken (founder)Ken is the main founder and first leader of Pandemonium. His leadership skills help keep communication fluid and clear on skype war calls. He knew how to motivate members when trailing in wars.
Zak (co-founder)Zak is one of the co-founders of Pandemonium. He was ρæ's main leader after Ken retired. Zak was an avid softmodder who helped much of ρæ play on ISO's.
Flare (co-founder)Flare (the other co-founder) was the best racing talent in ρæ's history. In some wars, on his own, he pulled ρæ's ass out of the gutter. He is WCL Season 9 Div 8 MVP, and Season 10 Div 5 MVP.
Aruba (main ally)Aruba is Zak's brother. Aruba was by far the most skilled driver to war for ρæ. With his experience in Division 1 teams, he always knew how to help weaknesses in ρæ's war strategies.
FearzFearz was the "lol" member of the clan. He also owned a Brinks Truck with 26's on it. No ρæ WW session would be right without his humor. Sometimes, he talked about ketchup stains and stamps.
SparkySparky was the goat bagger. If you needed a shock, call Sparky.
CallumCallum was the "hacker". He was the world's most hated. He kept things in ρæ true to the hood.
ErrorError was the wheeler. He was in mad love with Yoshi, lol. Error always stuck his tongue out in every IRL picture of himself.
VitoVito was the quiet one. But he did make a lot of button noises in Skype calls.
StarStar was another hacker which the community hated. If it wasn't for him, Invisible code wouldn't even be a thing today.
ZeroHis Mom's homemade meatloaf was the best. He was also another boss front runner. You know, big guns like Vietcong.
SunacoSunaco!!!!!!!!!!!!
OwstinOwstin was the pro-cuber. Seriously, 5 second solves like there is no tomorrow.
YashaYasha was a IRL friend of KingVik. KingVik contacted ρæ to recruit Yasha. Yasha's trust held more weight than gold.
TornTorn was the foreigner, lol! Slash Trevz. I got 99 ρæblems.
NutmegNutmeg was a legit boss coder/hacker. Was the 3rd person ever to get the "White Line" via Hacks.
RynoRyno was the role player. Always consistent and did his job in wars.
FocusWe got the right to rap about this shit.
RaigaRaiga was a solid front runner. After he left ρæ, he was later caught TASing his time trials.
ShwamShwam was the laid back one.
CrusherCrusher was a young prospect. After ρæ died, Crusher would develop into a top tier Time Trialer, now known as rcs.
TiffehCrusher's sister.
Some Old War Vids/Pics
Total War Count - 241 (excludes sub-clan wars done on or after June 1st, 2011)
Link to zip file of some old War Pics - https://drive.google.com/open?id=14Nt3KO...Tt2okNiOks
sha256 checksum value - abc962bc860e066c685ed8735b5d079f0e4adc4f4cdeaa5b11f62d520c89d340
Link to an old FW war video (big shoutout to Star for keeping this all these years, I think it's from Oct 2011) - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zMEhZT...49zY18M-3e
sha256 checksum value - a91d70e483a6346d598fa66ab0bcdcbbe0a1311f36fbc7ff9d0a244568f63b25
Awards