Amid ongoing turmoil at the organization, the official websites for FaZe Clan have gone offline. But co-founder ClipZ isn’t letting the organization’s history disappear with them. The former streamer has launched faze4ever.com—a community-driven archive preserving over a decade of gaming culture before it’s lost forever.
“I noticed the @FaZeClan website(s) were taken down so I decided to make one for the community to preserve the FaZe history before anything else is deleted,” ClipZ announced on Twitter, unveiling the passion project to the gaming community.
FaZe4ever.com — A Digital Time Capsule
The archive is already impressive in scope. FaZe4ever.com currently documents over 300 historical FaZe members, catalogs $21 million in esports tournament prize money, and hosts more than 1,800 YouTube videos that chronicle the group’s rise from a Call of Duty trickshotting group to a global esports and entertainment powerhouse.
But ClipZ isn’t stopping there. In follow-up tweets, he outlined ambitious plans to expand the archive further, including a complete merch collection showcasing every item FaZe ever released, a comprehensive roster history, and current social media links for all former members so fans can continue supporting them.
The response has been overwhelming. Within hours of launch, the site experienced such heavy traffic that it hit API limits for YouTube video embeds. “Youtube Vids wont reset until around 8pm EST. still currently on free tier of the API so we have to wait until it resets,” ClipZ explained, adding gratitude for the community’s support: “Thanks so much for all the love and keep the feedback coming. already adding things i missed!”
Many former FaZe collaborators have rallied around the project, including former Head of Production Jeffrey Cleary, who reached out to ClipZ offering to contribute photos and videos for the archive.
The Need for Digital Preservation in Esports and Gaming
The archive launch comes amid major upheaval at FaZe Clan, with multiple high-profile streamers recently departing the organization following reported contract disputes with new management. While the esports division remains unaffected, the creator side of FaZe—the very foundation ClipZ helped build—faces an uncertain future.
The fact that ClipZ felt compelled to independently preserve FaZe’s legacy speaks volumes, especially as organizations regularly step further away from their past with rebrandings and ownership changes. With FaZe’s official websites now dark and questions swirling about the brand’s direction under new leadership, ClipZ’s archive may become the definitive record of what FaZe Clan represented during its cultural peak.
For ClipZ, who helped build FaZe in its earliest days, this is personal. The archive represents not just statistics and videos, but the stories of hundreds of creators, players, and community members who contributed to FaZe’s cultural impact on gaming.
ClipZ’s call for community input has already sparked engagement, with fans suggesting additional data points and sharing forgotten pieces of FaZe history. The collaborative approach ensures the archive becomes a living document, crowdsourced by those who lived through FaZe’s evolution—similar to how community-driven projects like Liquipedia have become essential resources for preserving competitive gaming history across multiple titles.
As esports matures as an industry, faze4ever.com serves as a reminder of the importance of digital preservation. Organizations rise and fall, websites go dark, and without deliberate archival efforts, years of history can vanish overnight. For now though, ClipZ continues building, one page at a time, racing to preserve a legacy before it’s forgotten.
