Ocrana
| OCRANA | |
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| Abbreviation | ocr |
| operator | OCRANA GmbH |
| Manager |
 Christian "dEF" Seifert
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| Headquarters |
Bonn
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| founding year | 1996 |
| resolution | 2008 |
| Clan color | red |
| Homepage | www.ocrana.com |
| Former teams | |
Ocrana (in the proper spelling OCRANA ) was a successful German e-sports - Clan . On November 2, 1996, the clan founded on October 30, 1996 was officially registered as a Quake World clan with the software manufacturer id software . The registration number at id software was ID 761. At the end of 2008, Ocrana disbanded after an unsuccessful attempt to reconnect with professional esports.
The name Ocrana is a fantasy name, the resemblance to the Russian word "охрана" ( Ochrana ), an umbrella term for the secret services and secret police of Tsarist Russia, is purely coincidental.
Ocrana can be seen as the first German professional club in e-sports, even before SK Gaming (founded in 1997).
history
The early years
In October 1997, Ocrana secured first place in the German Clan League (DeCL) (today: Electronic Sports League ) in the computer game Quake and thus became the first German champion in e-sports. The clan also finished the following two seasons in first place.
In June 1999, Ocrana turned away from Quake to pursue other games. After a more or less uneventful year, 2000 saw some decisive changes. In June 2000, a sponsor was found on the web portal startseite.de, who financed trips to tournaments such as the CPL Championships in Dallas . In the course of this, the name OCRANA was registered with the German Patent and Trademark Office in July . In August an Unreal Tournament team was introduced and a section was also opened in Counter-Strike .
The heyday
In August 2002, D-Link became the clan's main sponsor. A few months later, ATI was joined by another important sponsor. At that time, Ocrana was one of the most successful German clans together with mTw and SK Gaming . New teams came, e.g. B. in Warcraft III , FIFA and Return to Castle Wolfenstein , and the teams from Ocrana participated in many major tournaments around the world.
Also in August 2002, the Finnish Counter-Strike team Ewok was integrated into the clan. It was the first non-German-speaking section at Ocrana. In July 2003, however, she left the clan again. In the same year, Ocrana's German Counter-Strike team took part in the World Cyber Games in South Korea .
In April 2004, D-Link ceded the position of main sponsor to ATI, but remained as a sponsor.
In July 2004 OCRANA magazine appeared , a free e-magazine with game tests. In addition to interviews and background reports from the Ocrana players, developers such as Gerald Köhler from EA Sports also had their say in the four editions .
In cooperation with Fujitsu Siemens Computers , a live-for-speed tournament series called Ocrana Racing Challenge was organized in 2005 , which was mainly aimed at amateur players.
The author Timo Schöber (screen athlete) had a very close relationship with OCRANA.
The move away from traditional e-sports
At the beginning of 2006 there was a drastic restructuring at Ocrana. All teams, with the exception of the Live for Speed and Pro Evolution Soccer teams , have been sacked, including the teams playing in the ESL Pro Series in Counter-Strike and FIFA. A GmbH was founded with which they wanted to limit themselves to sports games in the future, because first-person shooters did not see sufficient marketing potential. Projects like the Ocrana Racing Challenge should play an important role in the new direction of the clan.
In the summer of 2006, Ocrana organized a Pro Evolution Soccer Day in cooperation with the sports and youth department of the city of Nauheim , where the children and teenagers learned from the players how exciting sports games can be in professional terms.
The return and the end
In March 2007, the Live for Speed team left Ocrana for SK Gaming, with which the clan lost its last performers. It was then realized that the project had failed and that Ocrana had no future in this form. The management resigned and left the management of the clan to Christian "dEF" Seifert. Ocrana went back to his roots and resumed first person shooter teams, including in Counter-Strike, Call of Duty and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars .
In mid-2008, a FIFA team that played in the ESL Pro Series was finally taken over, and Ocrana also moved into the EPS in Counter-Strike: Source . Ocrana was back in the top German league after two and a half years. However, the new management did not succeed in re-establishing itself in e-sports in the long term and building stable structures. The big successes did not materialize and Ocrana said goodbye to inactivity.
present
Although Ocrana ceased to exist in its well-known form as the e-sports clan in 2008, one of the five founding fathers, Oliver 'BuLL' Paul, decided to continue using the name, the logo and the website some time later. Since then, Ocrana has been a guild for MMORPGs , above all for Guild Wars 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic . To this day (as of 2019) there does not seem to be any interest in a return to competitive e-sports, to which the clan owes its fame.
Successes (excerpt)
Quakeworld
- 1st place DeCL season 1997
- 1st place Q-Nite Berlin 1997
- 1st place DeCL season 1998 (1)
- 1st place DeCL season 1998 (2)
- 1st place Qonference Dortmund 1998
Quake 3 arena
- 1st place ClanBase Eurocup I, Group B 2000
- 1st place CPL qualification tournament 2000, France
- 2nd place DeCL season 2000
- 1st place WWCL Finals 2002
Unreal Tournament
UT 99
- 2nd place ClanBase Opencup UT 2000
- 2nd place Unreal League Germany CTF 2001
- 1st place Clanbase CTF Eurocup 2001
- 1st place CPL Euro 2001 BYOC, Netherlands
- 1st place CPL Euro 2001, Netherlands
- 1st place Clanbase TDM Eurocup 2002
- 1st place Clanbase CTF Eurocup 2002
- 1st place GameStar CTF tournament 2002
- 1st place Unreal League Germany CTF 2002
UT 2003, 2004
- 1st place kuh3liga CTF Invite Cup 2003
- 1st place ClanBase CTF Cup 2003
- 1st place UT 2004 CL 2005
- 1st place Unreal League Germany CTF 2003
Counter-Strike
- 1st place ClanBase Opencup CS 2000
- 2nd place Clanbase Counterstrike Challenge
- 1st place ESL Pro Series 2004, Season IV
- 2nd place ESL Pro Series 2004, season V
- 2nd place NGL Finals 2005
- 1st place ESL Pro Series 2005, Season VI
- 1st place GIGA Allstars 2005
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- 2nd place WWCL Finals 2002
- 1st place RtCW League 2002
- 6th place Quakecon 2002, Dallas, USA
- 1st place RtCW League 2003
- 7th place Quakecon 2003, Dallas, USA
Warcraft III
- 1st place ESPL Cup 2002
- 1st place ClanBase Eurocup 2002
- 1st place WC3L 2002
- 2nd place ESL Pro Series 2003, season II
- 2nd place ESL Pro Series 2003, season III
- 1st place WWCL Finals 2004
- 1st place ESL Pro Series 2004, Season IV
FIFA
Live for speed
- 1st place Endurance League 2004
- 2nd place ESL Pro Series 2004, season IV
- 1st place Endurance League 2005
- 1st place ESL Pro Series 2005, Season VI
- 2nd place ESL Pro Series 2005, Season VI
- 1st place ESL Pro Series 2006, Season VIII
- 2nd place ESL Pro Series 2006, Season IX
Call of Duty
- 1st place ClanBase COD Summercup 2004
- 1st place Clanbase Eurocup 2004
- 2nd place Clanbase Eurocup 2005
Halo (Xbox)
- 1st place WCG qualification 2004
- 2nd place WCG qualification 2004
- 4th place WCG 2004, San Francisco, USA
- 1st place Samsung European Championship 2005, CeBit
- 2nd place WCG qualification 2005
Pro Evolution Soccer
- 5th place Konami PES European Championship 2005, Italy
- 2nd place ESL Premiership 2006, season I
- 1st place ESL Premiership 2006, season II
- 1st place WWCL Finals 2006
- 1st place NGL Finals 2006
- 1st place Konami German Championship 2006
- 1st place Konami European Championship 2006, Ireland
Trackmania Nations
- 4th place ESWC 2006
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
- 2nd place i3d Beta Cup 2007
- 2nd place ESL International Demo Cup 2007
- 1st place ESL German Beta Cup 2007
- 2nd place ClanBase OpenBeta Cup 2007
- 2nd place QWL Open Beta Cup 2007
- 3rd place inquake Cup # 2 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b GIGA.de Ocrana celebrates its birthday
- ↑ Quake Hall of Fame Hall of Fame of German Clan Leagues ( Memento from July 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Gamestar.de Ocrana Racing Challenge
- ↑ Echo Online "Cheers and whistles from the virtual audience, electronic sport: In the Xpresso youth station, professional computer players give tips on football matches on the PC ( memento from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )