Jax Money Crew
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| location = United States
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| founded = {{Start date and age|2003}}
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| manager = Alex "JaX" Conroy
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| website = {{url|http://www.jmcgaming.com}}
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JaX Money Crew (JMC) was an American professional esports team that had players competing in Counter-Strike 1.6 and FIFA 07. They competed under the name Dallas Venom as a franchise of the DirecTV Championship Gaming Series in 2007 and 2008. Afterwards with the same Counter-Strike roster it reverted to the name Jax Money Crew.{{cite web|url=http://www.hltv.org/news/1956-jax-money-crew-are-back|title=Jax Money Crew are back |author=8Ball|website=HLTV.org|date=December 27, 2008|accessdate=June 23, 2015}} The manager of the team was Alex "Jax" Conroy who founded the team while living in Southport, Connecticut.
History
JMC was founded in 2003 by Alex "Jax" Conroy in Southport, Connecticut.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/11913-JaX_Money_Crew_With_Changes|title=SK Gaming | Content: JaX Money Crew with Changes}} The team originally started in the CyberAthlete League Open (CAL-O) division, placing a seat in CAL-Main in the summer of 2004. The team achieved 3rd place at CPL Winter 2005.{{cite book|title=Game Boys|first=Michael|last=Kane|year=2009|publisher=Plume}} After the next year they placed 8th at CPL Winter 2006. The organization played under the name of Dallas Venom as a franchise of the DirecTV Championship Gaming Series in 2007 and 2008. The team picked up Dead or Alive 4, FIFA 08 and Forza Motorsport players to compete in CGS competitions in those events. After the folding of the CGS Alex Conroy announced that Jax Money Crew would be returning. The team returned with the same Counter-Strike roster and reverted to the name Jax Money Crew.{{cite web|url=http://www.hltv.org/news/1956-jax-money-crew-are-back|title=Jax Money Crew are back |author=8Ball|website=HLTV.org|date=December 27, 2008|accessdate=June 23, 2015}} JMC merged with compLexity Gaming after the demise of the CGS.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hltv.org/news/3467-north-american-player-of-the-decade|title = North American Player of the Decade}}{{cite web|url=http://www.complexitygaming.com/news/2593/ |title=Happy Birthday JaX! |date=March 30, 2011 |author=aMies |accessdate=June 27, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630044359/http://www.complexitygaming.com/news/2593/ |archivedate=June 30, 2015 }}
References
- {{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CTPB&p_theme=ctpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11A18D858456DAE8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Not just fun and games |last=Sheyner|first=Gennady |date=June 29, 2007 |work=Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT) |publisher=|accessdate=January 12, 2009}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/43606/|title=Counter-Strike: Jax Money Crew 2009|last=Hamama|first=Randy|date=December 26, 2008|work=GotFrag eSports|publisher=GOTFRAG.COM LLC|accessdate=January 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119135601/http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/43606|archivedate=January 19, 2009}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.hltv.org/?pageid=35&newsid=1956|title=Jax Money Crew are back |last=|first=|date=December 27, 2008 |work=HLTV.org |publisher=|accessdate=January 12, 2009}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.readmore.de/index.php?cont=news&id=4305|title=Jax Money Crew holt Volcano, Method und sunman |last=|first=|date=December 27, 2008 |work=readmore.de|publisher=|language=German|accessdate=January 12, 2009}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/20876-JMC_back_with_Sunman_Method_Volcano|title=JMC back with Sunman, Method, Volcano |last=| first=|date=December 2008 |work=SK Gaming|publisher=|language=|accessdate=January 12, 2009}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.fragbite.se/?newsID=14965|title=JaX Money Crew tillbaka till 1.6 med gamla profiler |last=|first=| date=December 27, 2008 |work=Fragbite |publisher=|language=Swedish|accessdate=January 12, 2009}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/47194/ |title=JMC Reveals Lineup |date=December 27, 2008 |work=cadred.org |accessdate=January 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230051605/http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/47194/ |archivedate=December 30, 2008 }}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.negitaku.org/news/10036/|title=Counter-Strike Jax Money Crew が 2009 年の豪華ラインナップを発表 |last=|first=| date=December 27, 2008 |work=Negitaku.org e-Sports |publisher=|language=|accessdate=January 12, 2009}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110920082917/http://www.jmcgaming.com/ Jax Money Crew official website]
{{Professional Counter-Strike competition}}
Category:Defunct and inactive Counter-Strike teams
Category:Esports teams based in the United States
Category:Sports clubs and teams in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex