History
Introduction
Sparta began as an alternate clan for Ocean, a place to store characters that weren’t being used in Ocean. Sparta used and popularized the Greek god names that ended in ¡¢. The clan was essentially used as a practice ground for the lower members of Ocean and a place to have fun and enjoy competition.
The Beginning
Due to leadership problems, Ocean slowly began to deteriorate and everyone decided to leave, Confucious thought that Sparta would be a great place to hang out until things were better, so Confucious, Shot, and ¤Ramp» joined back to Sparta and began to clanwar, they slowly worked their way up the ladder and maintained a superb ratio as the three strived to become better. As time went on, the clan began to fall apart due to inactivity. The three core members split up and went their separate ways while Confucious remained, Shot left to create his own clans and ¤Ramp» joined Flower.
The Next Generation
Confucious spoke to a few members of Ocean that he had been close friends with, after weeks of convincing, he pulled in Alinda, Daisuke¡¢, and Meow Mix and they became the next generation of Sparta.The four slowly clanwarred and worked their way up the ladder for months. The clan began to die out again. History repeated itself and Sparta was left inactive and the members all went their separate ways.
The Reunion
Tired of clanwarring without his close friends, Confucious decided to make a few alternate clans and to not represent Sparta with the next generation of Sparta. During this time, Shot’s clan Ares had risen up in ranking and Sparta and Ares slowly became rival clans, the two clans feuded constantly, each clan beat each other down. It was almost like an inter-clanwar of Ocean since most members had roots within that clan. Eventually, Confucious grew tired of always fighting against the people he was once close with. Confucious made an offer to Shot to close his clan, come back to Sparta, and make amends to what had been done wrong. Shot gladly agreed and the two formed an impeccable alliance, that would never be broken.
The Revival
Shot and Confucious began to clanwar often bringing popularity back for Sparta and making it noted that they were back. Confucious brought in his next generation of Sparta players and began to recruit new, highly skilled players. Former members and new faces began to appear and request to join. From then on Sparta became a tightly knit clan and their dominance of ijji Gunz almost seemed endless.
Questions and Answers
Q1. Who were the members who participated in the tournament? Which four were in the final match?
A1. Confucious, Shot, Omega, Rain
Q2. Did you think you could win the tournament without a problem, or did you see numerous tough clans blocking the victory?
A2. No I didn’t feel that we had an easy road ahead of us at that time. I believe our hard work, perserverance, and faith within ourselves is what placed us as one of the most heavily favored clans. There were many other top tier clans that were competing alongside us such as Forever, Magicians, Standard, Revived, Heroics, Abyss, Mutuality, Asthaparhim, Arashi, Back2Basics, and WingisMonky. These are clans that have been around and together much longer than we have.
Q3. What was your favorite match of the tournament (doesn’t have to be the final one)?
A3. Forever vs Sparta was my personal favorite because of our history as rival clans.
Q4. How important was teamwork to your victory? Vital, or did each members individual skill exceed the other teams teamwork?
A4. Teamwork was an essential part to our success in the tournament. Without it we would just be a random group of people thrown together for the tournament. Teamwork is vital to any great team, the individual skills of our members were all strong, we exceeded most teams just simply by our teamwork. I don’t believe in individuals, I view team play from each team member’s perspective, as opposed to living for myself, I live for my team.
Q5. Are you looking forward to entering a future tournament?
A5. Yes, definitely! Although we’ve had to make a roster change, Sparta will definitely be seen in the upcoming tournaments. The current team is Myself, Shot, and Omega, we’re still currently looking for a potential fourth. I’ve spoken to GM Xander and Devilito personally on numerous occasions and they stated that the next tournament is slated for October, 2008. They were also hoping for some time in the near future to have a Champions only tournament, where every clan that has won the previous tournaments compete against each other.
Q6. If you could change one thing about the ijji clan tournaments, what would it be?
A6. One thing I would change is the amount of ijji clan tournaments being held each year. Tournaments is usually what keeps Gunz alive and brings the competitive aspect of Gunz to a whole new level. A lot of veteran players return to participate and a lot of new faces step up to the plate. All of them taking a shot at the top spot in order to have bragging rights as the new number one clan. What’s better than that?
*As you can tell this is dated back from the previous tournament. Sparta will be reinterviewed within the next month for a fresh one.
