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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

R I P my friend

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

Hi m8 i haven't got cod4 or mod tools installed, but after i finished in in cod5 i could take it back to chalk and then look at it again .....

It is true. Except curves and anything using a grid size less than 1 .

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

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

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.

thats awesome!!!

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

Great addition!

That was a nice read. Thanks for everything Rugger.

Oinks for points!

Oinks for points!

Hello all! im Mikel, from www.soldiersandrangers.org website admin and clan server admin, and i wish to thank to Merlin and members of Xtreme Idiots for use my maps in yours servers and of course if i can help with something like a fail or glitch in any of my maps, (as Merlin Coment to me about Gijon map) of course im open to fix them and as Merlin knows, all my work is avalible to be used for the community of Cod Waw. So, greetings and hopefully we will see in your server or mines, to play and maybe get some class of friendship between clans and people. Of course, i will play when i can in yours servers if i am allowed to do it. So see you in Battle or Forums or TS!! Good Hunting all And Good Frags!

send pm to @Ruggerxi

it was nice seeing you in game today Mikel. And we at COD WaW would love to see more of you in game

New rotation maps are map mp_78compound map mp_agx_castle map mp_agx_market map mp_bahnhof map mp_beuvron map mp_communique map mp_contrav2 map mp_cw_rocket map mp_ddd_wet map mp_dogville map mp_enigmaoff map mp_homeroom map mp_lao_cai map mp_panzerschlacht_02e map mp_remagen map mp_snr_gijon_cod map mp_stronghold map mp_yomi

thank you Skuz

New rotation maps map mp_1078carentan map mp_78tokyorose map mp_ambush map mp_db_snowypark map mp_anzio_beach map mp_contra map mp_cw_brecourt_storm map mp_anbinh map mp_ddd_wet map mp_gb_karkand map mp_hospital map mp_hunt_winter map mp_kiev map mp_lao_cai map mp_makin map mp_mohdv2 map mp_radiorelay map mp_ratsbedroom map mp_snr_freedom2 map mp_snr_st_mengs map mp_snr_treblink

thank you Skuz

Thanks you skuzzzz

Thanks Skuzapo!

Thank You Skuzapo!

Thank-you Skuzpo

Thanks for your nice welcome and good words about my stuff. It will be a pleasure share time and maps and games with people so nice as Xtreme Idiots are and people like Merlin, always have my consideration and thanks. Greetings!

Hello Mikel, Welcome to our forums. Your maps are very nice and well liked, everyone enjoys new maps when they come out. And feel free to check out our servers, you'll find a listing down along the left side of the home page. Cheers and will chat soon.

I Love you my BROTHER for so many things like following your dream to make this not just the best Gaming Clan ever but also the largest PC Gaming Clan in the world. You stuck it out when people were coming at your character and saying cruel things about your motivations for growing this clan and they were false then @Ruggerxi and history has shown you are a man of real integrity and on of the coolest heads I have ever known. You have settle more personal battles than any person should ever have to and dealt with way to much drama (Sorry). This Clan would not be what it is or even around for 17 plus years. It would be a memory with your dedication and vision that it could work. Please accept my THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US STILL HERE< THOSE WHO LEFT US LOVING YOU AND EVERYONE WHO HAS PLAYED MORE THAN JUST A FEW ROUNDS ON OUR SERVERS. i HOPE WE COME UP WITH A "MEMBER OF THE YEAR" AWARD AND YOU GET IT FIRST AND IT IS NAMED AFTER YOU. PS Most people dont know our servers have never been down because we didn't pay the bills or money was mis-spent. In fact I bet we still have funds in a account to cover any rainy days or changes we want to make but our monthly donations won't cover in the short term. YOU ROCK MY FRIEND and tell C-Bags I said to blow me and he never beat me it was a tie

YEAH RUGGER!!! I remember years ago when you would come into the XID server and play every once in awhile. That was years ago when you first started up your clan and the XI tag was similar to the XID tag and I wondered about the XI clan. Well done RUGGER!

This is really awesome. Rugger....first thing...thanks for creating the clan. What a great group of assholes I love to game with. Second.....thanks for doing what you do. My son had a rod put in his broken leg a year ago and your tooling probably made that possible. You've made our lives better. Good luck in MN. Best wishes!

Now go back and use the internet and search Minnesota cold snow and biting bugs.