Midgar's first loss came at the hands of Attack, Punish, resist [APr] by a small frag margin (2 frags to be exact). From that point on, [APr] and Midgar (and later Vahalla) would have a good relationship in TF; good enough in fact to have alot of APr's core players come to {VH} when APr went inactive in the summer of '98. Midgar entered the Dragon Warz III tournament as well as the newly devised Iron Glove League within the first month if its' formation. Once in tournament play however, Midgar got a rude awakening to life in the big leagues. Enduring loss after loss to clans like Djedi, Dogs of Wars, Dark Nation, Wolves Moon, and Gangrene, [Mid] was rapidly becoming an untenable clan. By January of '98, [Mid] had a match record of 9-11 and a total record of 15-17. Many of the clan members were dejected, and a few had decided to call it quits with the clan. At that point, a few of the elder clansmen and myself decided to rehab the clan. We were sick of being kicked around by LPB-super clans, and moreover, we realized that a number of us just wanted to have fun, while others wanted to be a competetive clan. The idea of being a competetive clan won out, and we revamped the clan, and changed its' name to Valhalla (as many of us were warriors who had been killed many a time).

Two things happend when Valhalla was created: the roster radically changed, and we absorbed two clans: Flawless in eXecution [FiX] and TechBots [TB] (who had beaten us by 20 frags in our first scrim as VH). Valhalla was out to revenge itself against those clans that had beaten it, starting with [FiX], which we did with the amazing sniping of our old HPB sniper JacobMarley ..... now an LPB, known as {VH}Thrymm. Valhalla roared out of the gates, with a Top 10 showing in the Team Fortress Open II, going an impressive 7-1 (#6 in the rankings of the day). This set the tone for the impressive record {VH} was to attain. In Valhalla's long run of excellence, we attended Dwarz III & IV, IGL, Dragon Maw, Wells of Chaos, and the ASTFL. In 1998, Valhalla claimed the ASTFL I Championship, led the WoC throughout its' first season, and won the Dragon Warz Earth title. We also revenged ourselves by eventually beating DoW, DN, Djedi, and CG. Our finest moment as a clan came when we beat an impressive Ministry of Pain ]MP[ in June of '98. This win has exorcised the demons of the past, and showed all the clan mambers that we could compete with any clan.

In the spring of '98, {VH} faced losing most of its' LPBs (by this time {VH} was a 90% LPB clan). Our answer came in the form of absorbing another clan....this time, Low Pingin Freaks (an internet cafe basd clan from Indiana). With this new blood, {VH} continued on through the summer in full force. Around July of '98, [APr] went inactive due to member losses for summer vacation, and many of the remaining core group came to Valhalla, including their leader, [APr]Prophet. By september of '98, [APr] went active again, and we lost a few good members to colleges without internet connections (sheesh). Our leader (me), was planning on getting married and was expecting their first child. With all the tumult, it was decided that the clan should disband rather than try and replace the person that had been match scheduler, coordinator, and web pimp for a year. In October of '98, on the first birthday of the clan, Valhalla disbanded. Our final record was 78-26. In the future, there has been talk of bringing Valhalla back for TF2 or other "team" game, so you may not have seen the last of {VH} quite yet. Thanks to everyone who helped make Valhalla one of the very best clans in TF.

I would like to express my special thanks to Cloud Strife, without whom there would not of been a [Mid] or {VH}. I would also like to express my special thanks to ICEGOD/Forseti, who was my constant source of help throughout Midgar's and Valhalla's history. And I would also like to thank Pastor/TyrAegir, and Zoalord/Gargoyle, who made leading {VH} a great experience. Other thanks go out to [APr]Prophet whose advice was invaluable, and [TsB]Dao Lin, who was probably the finest clan leader I have ever met. Lastly I would like to thank all the clan; every member who has crossed our threshold for a long or short period of time. All of you guys made Valhalla what it was. For those of you who stuck it out, you came to see what building a top clan was like, and for those of you that left, you gave us the motivation to always be better. Thank you all!

-{VH}Odin