History Of MERC MERC was started in February of 2002 in Serious Sam SE. Although the founders, SALvation and Dark Psi, played Serious Sam ever since the demo of the First Edition, deathmatch was never a mode that held much interest with us. We spent hour after hour playing the cooperative version in FE. Even when we got bored of the normal co-op mode, we started making versions of our own. We started playing a form of Unreal's "domination", where we would go into the courtyard in Karnak and try to hold the far platform as long as possible. Who knows how many hours we wasted in that courtyard. When that would get boring, we would start a public server and then frag the noobs as they joined us. A couple of them got the point and tried to fight back but they were no match. It started almost the same way with Serious Sam SE. Co-op once again was our favorite form of play but we would always spend more time fragging each other than going through the levels. One night, when I was bored, I decided to play a little fragmatch and that's when the addiction began. After playing for a few hours straight, I convinced Dark Psi to give it a try. He had previously said that he would never play a fragmatch game because they were boring in FE. He was right, FE fragmatch sucked but SE had something different. More maps, skins, weapons, and secrets like backstabbing and hidden map tricks. This was definitely addicting stuff. In the first 2 weeks of playing fragmatch, we didn't lose a match. It was one of us always coming in first, even when we showed up late. I told Psi that we needed a way to let people know that we knew each other. We didn't team up in fights, but we wanted to show that people from the same team were the ones kicking ass. I suggested that we start a clan and name it MERC after the company Psi and I own, Mercario. He instantly loved the idea and made the clan tag, design, and colors. And thus, MERC was born. A few weeks later, Hellraizer, our first recruit joined. And the others followed. MERC continues to grow today. MERC will be growing into other games throughout the online world. When you least expect it, you will be fragged by a MERC...the best. -SALvation