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Haven't been on to play too often lately because of the warmer weather. But wanted to say hi and leave this pic for all of ya..

Family photo? XIfest

Smoke one for me my friend

My start in this clan was very early on. I played with this idiot in many games online came to know him and his family. Bud sr, Mrs bud, bud jr, bud light and most of all his family is very warm and loving. When My wife and I got married we were going to New York to see my extended family and passing through Chicago on the way there. We stopped to meet the BUD family and they offered us a room to stay for the night. We talked til the wee hours of the night and I learned of Buds SR love for this clan. In fact he had a sign that he made and I asked if I could have it and he said sure. Most of you know this sign because we use it in all of our group shots at >XI< FEST. This family is forever in my heart and with me everytime I go to >XI< FEST. If you do not believe that ask the members that have gone because I always tell them we need to get the Group picture. I am heartbroken for our lost brother and am always here for his family if they need anything because they are family. I share my memories with you in the pictures now.

yes it will, I'm going to hook up with merlin to talk about spawn placement on the map to play freeze tag

That's a great human right there! Well done.

Let start with your clan name? SGT_Smeg COD4 Moderator Do you have any nicknames? Personal or in game? Oh I have been called a lot of things, right @ShadyBrady?! But none seem to stick. So no.... When and where were you born? Born in Washington D.C. in 1962 When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to get into law enforcement. Thank goodness I didn't.....if I were a cop you'd probably be reading about me in the news. Where have you lived? Virginia my entire life What got you into gaming? I have been interested in games on computers since my father got his first PC back in 1983. I have never gotten into console gaming like XBOX, Wii, etc. Your first game you played? Duke Nukem using dial up modem's with friends I worked with. And what do you play now? COD4 exclusively and occasionally COD2 Why did you join XI? The people. I used to float around the COD4 servers but the people at XI just made me feel welcome. Well everyone except @ANGU5. What a jerk. What do you get from being in this clan? Is it weird to say I get withdrawals when I have to skip a few nights of playing? I love this clan and the people in it. They are like my second family. What is your favorite hobby? Photography and boating What is your favorite travel destination? Wow this is a tough one. Florida Keys is at the top of my list. Are you married? Yes. Will be 37 years in October. Can't imagine life without my wife, Jona. Do you have children? Yes, one son and one grandson. Thomas who is 31 and his son Tilian who will be 3 in October What kind of pets do you have, if any? What are their names? Dogs. Rusty (Jack Russell Terrier) and Koi (a Sato rescue dog from Puerto Rico) Are you a sports fan? If so, what is your favorite team? No, I never watch professional sports. It used to be the Washington Redskins until they went woke. What causes are you passionate about? Giving back to my community Do you volunteer? If so, where? My wife and I volunteer with our local fire company. We are both life members going on 15 years. I served as the Vice President of the fire company for 7 years, now we focus primarily on Life, Safety & Education hosting community events teaching about fire safety. We are both passionate about scouting. Our son is an Eagle scout and as Scoutmaster of my sons troop, I mentored 24 Eagle scouts and was the recipient of the Scoutmaster Award Of Merit. We no longer volunteer as scout leaders, but it was a big part of our lives. What is an interesting fact about you? Nothing in particular. What you see is what you get with me. People can usually tell everything they want (or don't want) to know about me within the first 10 minutes of meeting me. I am very down to earth, respectful and have never met a stranger. Have you continued your education past college or university with career development seminars or classes? What kind? I went to technical / trade school. I have, however, been in many technical training courses as part of my corporate training development to support their operations. Did you know what profession you wanted to work in when you started college? I did not go to college other than a few night classes. I stopped taking classes. It wasn't helping my career and it just wasn't my thing. Did you belong to any professional organizations? No What is your current job title? Senior SAN (Storage Area Network) Engineer. Did you win any awards or recognitions during your education? No Where do you work? I work for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation. We are a large chain of hospitals and clinics throughout Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. What other job titles have you had in your career? Too many to list. All centered around the various positions in IT that I have held Where else have you worked? I worked at the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for 18 years. These are the people with the label on the 'Nature Made Vitamins'. Other than that I have worked for many companies around Washington D.C that were contractors to the United States government and U.S. military branches. Why did you choose to work in your industry? IT is very interesting and challenging. It is an industry that has many different paths to take, career wise. It also pays well. It is also a very cut throat industry, working many hours when everyone else is off such as nights, weekends and holidays. Why do you like your job? I like being challenged. Work is boring if you're not being challenged. I like technical things, and working on the infrastructure of a datacenter is the basis for everything that happens in that datacenter. No servers or databases or applications that people use will work without the infrastructure that I put in place. How would you describe your career? My career in IT has been amazing. I learned to program mainframes on punch cards back in the 1980s. Anyone that has ever used punch card machines and run that deck through a card reader knows just how far things have come with regard to computers. I have had the ability to reinvent myself many times over my career. Sometimes by choice and sometimes because I was laid off because a contract I was on was lost. I have gone from mainframe programmer to open systems (Unix) System Administrator, to Enterprise Backup Engineer to Storage Area Network (SAN) engineer. The opportunities in IT are literally limitless. What are some accomplishments you've achieved during your career? Too many to list. Mostly personal goals achieved and many company recognitions. The list would bore you to death. Describe a time that your career was rewarding. One of the most rewarding times in my volunteer career at my fire company was receiving the Loudoun County Combined Fire-Rescue System award for exceptional leadership for new members system wide. This is an award that was presented to me by the Loudoun County fire rescue leadership. This award is presented to one person every year who is chosen from the thousands of career and volunteer fire staff within the combined system. It made me feel like I really made a difference, and I am very proud of that recognition. If you could give a younger person career advice, what would it be? You are the only thing getting in your way. All you have to do is have the tenacity and willingness to learn. Put forth the effort to learn. Forget about instant gratification and keeping up with the joneses. That will come in time. Be willing to be the low man on the totem pole and work your way up. Dedication and perseverance will get you everywhere you want to go in life. Don't be the guy who has all the answers. Don't come in with a cocky personality with a know it all attitude. Just don't. Be willing to put in the time, the hard work, the sweat equity into your career and it will serve you well. What is your favorite thing about your career or industry? My favorite thing is working with a team that is as dedicated as I am, doing the right thing and taking pride in what I do. I love working with a group that has different responsibilities in IT than I do, yet we all have the same goal. Brainstorming ideas (because there is always more than one way to get a job done) and coming to an agreement on the best path forward.....and then implementing that to a successful completion is just so awesome. What is a valuable lesson you learned in your career? I learned that being humble, being open minded, listening and learning is all that you need to succeed. What do you hope to accomplish in your career? I am done with accomplishments. I love what I do now and I look forward to hopefully retiring in 4 years or so. Are you involved in any professional/ non-profit/sports organizations? If so, do you have a title or rank within these organizations? No What is your favorite sport? Is fishing a sport? Do you play any sports? Is fishing a sport? If you were granted 1 wish, what would you wish for? To retire and travel (mostly on the boat) with my wife If you won a very large amount of money what would you do? Buy a bigger boat

Welcome to the Xtreme Idiots Member Spotlight! Let start with your clan name? Rugger Do you have any nicknames? Personal or in game? No nicknames When and where were you born? August 1976 in Minnesota When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? professional athlete Where have you lived? Only Minnesota, but I want out of this shit state What got you into gaming? My friends got me into it at a very young age. Your first game you played? Probably Oregon trail And what do you play now? COD4, COD5 and COD2 Why did you join XI? I created the clan in 2006, I started it because I wanted to create a place where people could be themselves, and say what they wanted. This place isn't for everyone but for some its a perfect fit. What do you get from being in this clan? I got a place where I could be myself. What is your favorite hobby? Bowling and golfing. Recently got back into trading cards, specifically the 1986 Fleer basketball set What is your favorite travel destination? Las Vegas Are you married? Yes 1 time since 2000 Do you have children? 1 Step Son What kind of pets do you have, if any? What are their names? We had 4 when we married 1 dog and 3 cats and we just lost our last cat last year. Not sure I want to feel that heartbreak again so we are not getting another animal at the present time. Are you a sports fan? If so, what is your favorite team? Big sports fan, Minnesota Vikings are my team, even though they suck, I just hope they make the Super Bowl 1 time before I die What causes are you passionate about? This Clan Do you volunteer? If so, where? I volunteer my time taking care of a bunch of Idiots What is an interesting fact about you? I was one of the people that create >XI< Xtreme Idiots, and the last of them still around What is your current job title? Tool Grinder Did you win any awards or recognitions during your education? Where do you work? Complete Tool Grinding What other job titles have you had in your career? IT Where else have you worked? Arbys, Ge Capital Why did you choose to work in your industry? Friend got me in and I loved it so I stayed. Why do you like your job? Something always new to figure out. How would you describe your career? I make carbide tooling for the medical field. The tools I make are used to create all sorts of medical things from knee replacements to heart valves and pace makers. What are some accomplishments you've achieved during your career? Started out as a delivery guy, now I run 3 CNC grinders Describe a time that your career was rewarding. At yearly bonus time If you could give a younger person career advice, what would it be? Be open to different things, you just never you what you might like What is your favorite thing about your career or industry? Knowing what I make is helping save peoples lives or making them feel better What is a valuable lesson you learned in your career? Patience What do you hope to accomplish in your career? Early retirement lol Are you involved in any professional/ non-profit/sports organizations? If so, do you have a title or rank within these organizations? Bowling and Golf leagues What is your favorite sport? Tie between golf and bowling If you were granted 1 wish, what would you wish for? To go back in time If you won a very large amount of money what would you do? Buy a bunch of land and build houses for all my family members so we all could be close to each other.

Congrats......And great name....I am NOT a youngster and as soon as I saw that I knew it was LRB..... Nice....Have lots of fun and boat safe there are allot of credit card captains out there......(more money than brains)

Let start with your clan name? Biotech(-MOD) Do you have any nicknames? Personal or in game? personal no in game they just call me bio When and where were you born? 3th december 1965 in a town called Genk ( Limburg, Belgium) When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Fighterpilot Where have you lived? in the town i was born , Genk (my family goes back to the 16hundreds in this town ) What got you into gaming? my first computer a VIC 20 back in early eighties Your first game you played? i can't remember but i bet i played it for hours and hours And what do you play now? CODWaW offcourse and then i like flying using my VR headset ( WW I fighters, microsoft flight sim, ilyushin sturmovic etc) Why did you join XI? i have played for several years on the XI server, i liked the freezetag mod and the people playing it What do you get from being in this clan? friendship and always a good time and chat What is your favorite hobby? Electronics What is your favorite travel destination? I love the place i was born and raised, so i don't have a real desire to travel Are you married? nope Do you have children? nope What kind of pets do you have, if any? What are their names? well i always had a dog, labradors but after the passing of my last dog i can't stand loosing another one again the last dog's name was Billy ( after Billy the Kid because he was such a raskal ) Are you a sports fan? If so, what is your favorite team? nope What causes are you passionate about? Elektronics Do you volunteer? If so, where? nope What is an interesting fact about you? i don't have any, i gues i'm just boring Have you continued your education past college or university with career development seminars or classes? What kind? ooo boy, don't get me started. after college i went to work for Philips industrial activities, i was the process analist for the CD RW so that took alot of extra training, then in the hospital i had to get several licenses in different medical equipment ( and they have the be renewed from time to time ) so it is a constant learning Did you know what profession you wanted to work in when you started college? i wanted to design computersystems for robotics and automatisation ( which i also studied ) Did you belong to any professional organizations? i'm not really sure what you mean with this question. But like i said earlier i worked for Philips, and i work in one of the biggest hospitals in our country What is your current job title? well they changed it into medical technologist but i still prefer the title biotechnical engineer Did you win any awards or recognitions during your education? yes , i won a prize at graduation for my thesis Where do you work? i work in the operatingrooms at a hospital What other job titles have you had in your career? process analist Where else have you worked? i worked in my fathers firm for a few years, then Philips and the hospital ziekenhuis oost limburg Why did you choose to work in your industry? after Philips i was fed up working for stockholders and wanted to do something more usefull Why do you like your job? i can use my knowledge to help others How would you describe your career? demanding, exciting, and you never know what the next day will be like What are some accomplishments you've achieved during your career? with Philips i did the initial tests on the first 1000 DVD recorders ever produced and i'm still proud of that. in the hospital i designed and build a nursecall system for paralyzed persons. Describe a time that your career was rewarding. when i'm called in the OR by a surgeon during operation to fix a problem If you could give a younger person career advice, what would it be? go with what you are good at, even if your parents or teachers want to push you in a different direction. Afterall , you will be doing that job for a long long time. So you better feel good about what you do What is your favorite thing about your career or industry? teasing the nurses What is a valuable lesson you learned in your career? do not tease nurses What do you hope to accomplish in your career? ehmmm reaching my retirement ?? Are you involved in any professional/ non-profit/sports organizations? If so, do you have a title or rank within these organizations? nope What is your favorite sport? don't have one Do you play any sports? nope If you were granted 1 wish, what would you wish for? eternal happiness If you won a very large amount of money what would you do? hide it from Essie

thanks!

R.I.P. Bud Sr. My sincerest condolences and thoughts and prayers to his family

Wing-It

R I P my friend

Many thanks Markoff!

Nailed it!!

God Bless you for the volunteering work you do .

VERY nicely done - congrats!!

i need some please.

ooooh points

An amazing life up to now. A great choice for member of the month. Congrats

@SGTSmeg Thanks for sharing and thank for all the volunteering you do!

Will that be able to be modified for freeze tag on cod5? We really would enjoy some new maps.

That was a nice read. Thanks for everything Rugger.

Oinks for points!

Oinks for points!

Our condolences go out to the family. Giggles, XRINGCUTTER and Angel

My condolences to his friends and family. I did not know the man well but I can feel the love in everyone's comments. Rest in peace fellow gamer. God bless you and keep you.

BudSr Obituary notice https://www.brustfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Thadeus--E-Porter?obId=27877868#/celebrationWall

I could only think of the most beautiful name ever . ”Jenny” P.s or wife’s name, she keeps name you keep boat .

One more:

My goodness, this hits me like a truck. I am in tears,.. I can hardly type/write, sorry. It seems like I am always behind in what I want to do as in contacts. I know, I can't or couldn't help them, but gosh I dearly wished that. I feel so sorry for him, Kelley and the family over there. He and his family always there to help and in the past. BudSR was always in for fun and gaming. I still have game recordings with him on my Youtube. And things I got gifted after my place burned down. I will cherish them. My old friends falling one by one. I know he doesn't suffer anymore. BudSR, I love you man and I always will. Rest in Peace, my dear friend. I miss you. .... Video: Crysis 2 Demo; BudSR voice around 10 seconds in;

Appreciate you Rugger...

Answer to this would be. "I'm married"

rugger is so hot

Where the hell is Minnesoooota Great to know ya @Ruggerxi Great Idea @BlackRose, thank you!

It is a great idea! Some genius may have suggested it. :0

It is with very sad news I report that BudSr aka Thad Porter passed away this morning Message from his wife Kelley on facebook "To all family and friends who have had us in their prayers these last few months I give a heartfelt thank you! My sweet husband passed away peacefully this morning around 4:30 surrounded by all my love. My heart is broken." Please continue to keep her, his family and friends in your thoughts and Prayers