The [HOP] House of Pain Clan was founded May 12, 1997 by Lord Velen, who later changed his name to Sp|tf|re. [HOP] has been a clan for many years and is very powerful with it's members and leaders. When Lord Velen founded [HOP], it took him about a year to get it up and running with members, which was consisted of his most trusted friends and the only game that was played was Diaspora (until it was shut down). Then we started to look into other games and Half-Life, TFC, Unreal Tournament, and Quake 3 popped up. After the clan had its first war in TFC, which of course they won, the [HOP] members were becoming confident, including Lord Velen, of their new clan. [HOP]'s old logo was [HOP]...(name of members) until TFC's update patch dissalowed the use of three periods. Then, [HOP] had a clan meeting and the High Council (now known as the Captain rank) had decided that the new clan insignea would be [HOP] and it still is. Everyone that is a frequent player of TFC will know the clan name [HOP] House of Pain because it has become a symbol of real gaming. Last year, [HOP] had expanded it's territory to many other multiplayer games and continues to grace the servers of the old games. [HOP] will continue to dominate games because of the strength and integrity of their clan leaders which will lead the way for the coming generation of gamers, which means that we will never quit, no matter how hard the task at hand is.

Written by [HOP]Sp|tf|re; Updated by [HOP]Sp|tf|re 7/4/02