Killjoy Network
Killjoy Network was a community spawned in 2017 after a successful coup by the web side of the KSI.
Leading up to the events of it's creation, KSI had been under attack by Hydra on an almost weekly basis. As a part of these attacks, KSI Elderpoot 7 and KSI ToXiiC 7 were active in the clan XDG and strategically sent to cause issues in KSI's infrastructure.
Immediately upon rejoining the clan current Admin KSI Kered 7 gave Elderpoot and ToXiiC Web Admin roles. Elderpoot sharing an interest in Clan Ops, approached KSI BiGBT KC (Current CEO at the time) about taking on a division. After some talks with Kered and some reluctance, Elderpoot was given an opportunity over SR which was a division that had recently been attacked by Hydra and suffered significant loss. After about 3 months of trying to rebuild with no significant gain, BT suggested Elderpoot hand the division over to someone else and resume his web responsibilities.
Elderpoot not liking this decision, spent the next 2 months causing problems in the discord server, and actively trying to create dissent between members and leadership publicly. In the midst of the drama, it was discovered that Elderpoot had previously been in a clan that was currently attacking us shortly before he joined. BiGBT responded by removing Elderpoot from KSI, for his consistent attempts to affect clan morale and his connection to the clan XDG.
A few hours after that decision was made, Kered announced that he was overturning BT's decision in lieu of KSI JT 7 (KSI Webmaster/Co-Owner). This created a rift between the two primary leaders in KSI (BT/JT). The following days had XDG on the website actively campaigning against KSI leadership unchecked by Admins/Mods (Kered, Elderpoot, ToXiiC). The clan discord became an epicenter for drama, and a group chat called "Operation Paperclip" was made that invited several leaders, members and web department staffers.
This group chat was a staging area, where Kered and Elderpoot had come up with a plan to depose KSI clan leadership via coup making Kered and Elderpoot the primary clan leaders in KSI. Web staff were initially on board with many clan leaders/members leaving the chat because of it's dishonest approach. Word spread to BiGBT and other primary senior leaders and BiGBT reacted by blacklisting both Kered and Elderpoot for their attempt to overthrow Clan Ops leadership. This move was quickly reversed by JT having been friends with Kered. Doing so, Kered and Elderpoot accelerated their plan and locked current leadership out of all social media/streaming accounts, banned their accounts on the KSiGlobal.com website and announced publicly that they were the new leaders of KSI with Hydra actively endorsing the move on social media.
Following those actions, the clan side of KSI was left with no resources and 1200 members. The initial move was to make a new website KSINetwork.gg, having kept the KSI namesake being to be sympathetic to retaining members. After it's first initial month of operation and active support from Mr XGN (Owner of XGN clan), it was rebranded Killjoy Network. The decision to change the name came from having to start all socials/web aspects from scratch and the visual of 3 KSI clans just didn't seem like a functional option. The name Killjoy coming from Halo roots, which ties into KSI's original dominance during the Halo era. The domain was changed to Killjoy.gg and members excitedly began changing their gamertags.
The founding leaders of Killjoy Network were: KN BiGBT KC (President), KN GAME 7 (Vice President), Cali KN (Chief of Staff), KN R3APER 7 (Director) and KN Elkram 7 (Division Leader).
Formation of Xiled Syndicate (XS)
Shortly after KN began operating, BiGBT, GAME, Cali and Mr XGN had the idea to have several clans join forces by making a Network that promoted positive/progressive gaming. The clan scene had been rampant with "war based" communities that regularly attacked opposing clans, and after the events in KSI positive gaming clans felt like a minority in the space. Agreeing to take part in the XS Network, KN's domain was re-routed to the Xiled Syndicate website where all participating clans would engage. The founding clans in XS were as follows: XGN (Xiled Gaming Network), KN (Killjoy Network), TXO (The Xiled Ones) and BGL (Banished Legends Gaming). The Founding Owners of the Network were: Mr XGN, KN GAME 7XS, KN BiGBT KC, Cali KN, XGN Bree VII, BGL Caliber, BGL Rapid and XGN Orion VII.
The XS years (2018-2020)
KN continued to thrive through 2018 and 2019. Having peaked at around 1700 members and found a new sense of networking that the build lacked in KSI. Content and Social Media became a much bigger priority. Over time though the attacks from the outside started once again. This time KN not being the primary target of Hydra. Mr. XGN began to feud with the leaders of Hydra in response to their attacks. Several YouTube videos were posted, but the culture of XS took a massive hit. Out of paranoia, the blacklist grew on a weekly basis and the feud began to cause tension between the participating communities. In 2019, one of the KN founding leaders, Cali KN chose to step away from KN is hopes to calming the ongoing feud between Hydra and XS. After about 3 weeks, Cali was successfully able to get Hydra and Mr XGN into a meeting which lead to an agreement of peace and cooperation between the clans. It was a historic moment for the clan scene, seeing the constant warring between major clans had been an active thing since clans had begun. Cali did not return to KN and opted to join TSB in hopes of strengthening the agreement made.
The Leaders and members of KN did not initially take to this new arrangement well. Having been attacked by Hydra for a solid 6-7 years in KSI, it took time for most to adjust to the new environment in the clan scene.
Kindr3d Nations
Shortly after the ending of the feud between Hydra and XS, two leaders were not happy with Mr XGN having felt that their investments in XS were not being met, well also feeling he was dishonest with funds overall. Those leaders KN HUCK 7XS and KN BANE 7XS proposed that KN leave the XS network. After not receiving the support from other owners, they chose to break off of KN and create Kindr3d Nations (KN3).
