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@Sammy

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Where is that emoji in which I can whip out my dong so Pete can suck on it.

Why don't you like us Sammy...

This is more of a story of me keeping the poor woman on her toes. I was five or perhaps six years old. She wouldn't let me go out to play with my friends until I finished my homework and locked me in my room. We lived on the 5th floor in a residential suite. I had a window with no child protection bars (good old days) that opened next to an outside water/sewer pipe. I finished my home work, tried calling her but she was busy in the kitchen which was downstairs so she couldn't hear me. I tried everything I could to unlock/break the door but to no avail. Then I remembered watching Rambo repelling down on a hill with a rope in an action movie. The movie scene made an impression on me and as a child I thought it to be possible and true. I had an idea, I could do the same with that pipe. The challenge was to reach it without losing grip in the window. I was too young to know how this was the stupidest idea ever. I leaned out the window extended my leg to use my toe as friction point between the wall and the pipe. Then when I was confident I leaped in grabbing the pipe with my both my hands and putting my feet on the wall. I was so proud that I did that. I slowly descended down went to the bike locker got my bike and had a merry time with my buddies. I was not allowed to stay out after sunset so I came back and now I wanted to figure out how to go back up there. I climbed 2 times and fell half-way thru the first floor. The third time I reached just about the first floor and fell again, fucking gravity. I believe this was a 6-7 foot fall. I felt a current go thru my legs when I landed on the ground, it was cemented ground. At this point somehow some sense came to me that if I fall from the 2nd or third floor I might die. On the other hand my mom may or may not kill me for this. I was willing to take that bet. So I go home, I ring the bell, she opens the door and I am just ready to get my ass beaten up. To my surprise she greets me with a smile, "Oh you're back, good. Go wash up and I will bring milk and cookies to your room". For a moment I couldn't believe it, but then without showing any reaction I quietly chased up the stairs thinking I got away with it. Just as I reached the top step, she came back running up to me. I think it finally hit her. She grabbed my hand and took my outside my room. The door was locked, yes they had a lock outside my room as I used to sneak out. She looked at me and looked at the lock and as asked me how did I escape. Now, she taught me never to lie, even if it hurts you, a good person will always speak the truth. For whatever reason lessons such as those stuck with me. However, I wasn't that brave to, so I said "I was very quiet". She's starting to lose her mind, I think at this point she had begun to consider the "impossible" but was in denial. She unlocked the door to my room, kept checking the door up and down and then the open window caught her attention. She had that look on her face, that said no-way. She looked out, looked around, looked at the door and in a timid voice asked me, "Did you go out the window?" I was caught, couldn't diplomat my way out of this, so I came clean and described the entire adventure. She had tears running down her cheeks, she suddenly started slapping my face but it didn't hurt. Then she hugged me so tight that actually hurt. Then she says to me, "don't you ever do that to my heart again. You can go play any time you want, I just need to know that you're Ok". I told her that I tried calling her but she didn't come up so I solved my problem a different way. Sufficed to say mom dad never locked me again and then put bars on my window. It wasn't the last time I did something like this, falling of a 10-foot roof, getting my arm pierced by the metal rods on a security fence, getting electrocuted, sneaking in to a military compound, chased by wild hogs while trying to hunt then with my homemade bow & arrow, falling of my bike going downhill etc etc. I didn't make her life easy but she still gave me room to grow, to travel, and explore. Every time something bad happened I just remember how she always cared and loved me, her sweet face would calm my woes. The strongest love that exists in this world is between a mother and her child. I am thankful I grew up knowing what that feels like. If you read it this far, thank you. Also, thank you everyone for sharing your experience and the kind words, they were comforting. With Much Love, ~iBoomBoom

--- Creating a separate thread --- As some of you may know my mom passed away on October 10th, 2017. She suffered a heart attack but survived and stayed with us for 4 more days. She suffered a second one in the hospital that took her away from us. She would've been 61 had she lived 5 more days. It has been very tough for us to cope with this loss. She was the bravest person I knew, she taught me perseverance, patience, and kindness. To always look at the positive side, and give people the benefit of the doubt. She waited forever for me to get married and to have kids. I am glad she got to spend 2 months with my son, I take solace in knowing that she had that happiness. I miss her every day, driving home, having dinner, appreciating art; that was her favorite thing to do. These days I often find myself with teary eyes, like a little boy, it just hits me and my heart feels so crushed in that moment. I feel like she was taken too soon but it's God's will and I have to make peace with it somehow. I pretend to be normal perhaps that's how everyone deals with it, I dont know what to do I am very numb on the inside these days. I appreciate the heartfelt condolences and kind words of comfort from my XI family. Thank you all. P.S. I do apologize for cursing more than normal in-game, its not about you, rest assured.

@Sammy stick to the subject title Mr, also there is no wall.

Mule do you use a headset with your onboard audio card or is it a PCIe card installed internally? It appears your device is not being detected by your motherboard. To rule out OS issue, create a Ubuntu USB disk and do a liveboot without installing the OS. if it plays sounds then your hardware is OK and its a Windows issue. https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#0

Simply put: https://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/net-neutrality https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/323681 These were the key points from Obama on supporting net neutrality. @fireurza - I don't follow as to what you understood from what I said. I will let Wikipedia do the talking... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_States This is a decent read too, though I skimmed thru it. https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/30/commission-impossible-how-and-why-the-fcc-created-net-neutrality/

Net neutrality was introduced so that internet access stays the way it has been since. Comcast and Verizon want to control access to the services going on their network. Basically, Net Neutrality made it so Internet becomes a utility service, equal access to all. Now nothing can legally stop service providers from creating service tiers not just bandwidth tiers, but what services you shall access from their network. You may have to buy a Social package, Streaming package, bundle it all up that crap. A former Verizon lawyer gets the job of FCC Chairman and does the very thing that Verizon+Comcast was denied in 2015. How can you not see the problem here? Since, when has any business done things for the greater good of the people. Business interest always comes first.

if you ever change it to people standing there while driving the car, the server will die faster than activation of the said killstreak.

@Sammy I think I have mentioned this in-game as well. There is this delta between when you press the Killstreak activation key for RCXD, Predator etc and when you're in the Killstreak. It's about 1.5 seconds as far as a rough measurement goes. In this state we neither have a weapon to shoot nor are we in the safety of the Killstreak. Many a times, I have been shot or blown up while halfway to the Killstreak activation. Is this your intention to leave the player vulnerable or something that perhaps was overlooked? In past we would circumvent this by doing a conjunct move of running and jumping after we press the activation key (thank you whiners). Since you removed that we have no means to protect ourselves except to go look for a hiding place for killstreak activation. This is not so affordable when you're the last one left, or your team is down in numbers. Can you make the killstreak activation quicker? I have a video recording of this happening if you like. Thanks!

The N-word.

Oh come on you know he doesn't know what he's talking about. Quit harassing him.

lol ... why would that make you think of me...

Great match, great sportsmanship. Good Game guys. Video of our match: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/178790426

" identity of there own" their* You're welcome. Sincerely, Grammar Nazi.

One of our teammates has a surgery coming up. I am registering two standbys. iBoomBoom @Sharpe @ReaPeR ----------------- Standbys ----------------- @Uranium @azzkikr

@AyaqGuyaq, on contraire I would appreciate if someone did.

I would've streamed mine, will still try but I don't think my temporary GPU can handle it.

@Ruggerxi, are you going to spec all the matches?

By the way who's organizing the tournament, I mean keeping track of team matches, winners/losers, progress, essentially moderating the whole event?