Pig and Payne started playing CS around 1999 when they were in high school. Henry, aka Payne, hated CS at first and did not see what the point of playing it is. But after playing Max Payne, he was hooked on the rush of killing and gave CS a second chance and took the game more seriously. Wilson, aka Pig, started playing CS around the same time. He, like Payne, was into RTS and RPGs before CS. He took on the handle The Pig after playing Stronghold, an RTS game. The Stronghold character The Pig was known for his brute force and rushing style in Stronghold which Wilson later adapted and emulated in his CS game play. About 5 years ago, they played on 700mHz Ibm t20 Thinkpads with 8mB video cards, but even with such poor equipment, they developed top CS skills in a few months by playing daily with CAL I clan players (E=MC2) in their server until their skills eventually matched and exceeded some of the E=MC2 clan members. They were then invited to join E=MC2 but the invitation later created a fraction within the clan that eventually led to the clan being disbanded. Some members welcomed them, others thought Pig and Payne used cheats and banned them a few times before the clan leader unbanned them, some members didn't care, and others claimed they just didn't want any new members outside of Boston in the clan. After the demise of the clan, Pig and Payne started playing in separate servers. They were invited to several clans and asked to give tips on how to improve CS skills. That is when World of Pwnage was created.