Prior to the official formation of the Fraud Krew, Newchallenger.net ran the Poverty Gaming Series featuring Godzilla: Save The Earth, TMNT: Tournament Fighters, Street Fighter EX2+, and Garou: Mark of the Wolves. In a recap video Matt McMuscles of the Super Best Friends claimed that the Jet Jaguar mirror matches were better than the time he proposed to his wife, and that MAGFest had the best tournaments because of TMNT.