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I have COD4 but can't play it. Because it runs on a 3 axis format every time I tried to play it I would get motion sick, same with COD5 which I actually enjoyed a bit more but with the gun moving in a different direction it was really affecting my balance and made me break out in cold sweats and becoming dizzy and queasy. I have a long history of migraine headaches and got motion sickness when traveling by car as a kid so the Dr's tell me that it is best I avoid games that make me not feel good. It is a complete bummer as the graphics advances and storys and all make me want to play newer titles but I just can't risk it. I am not avoiding everyone else in the clan or stuck in the turn of the Century game titles it is just the only ones I like that I can play for several hours at a clip on the weekends just like when COD2 came out. COD4 and COD5 after about 30 minutes I have to completely stop gaming and lay down and take a medication that makes me sleepy or I end up with a migraine and sometimes retching.

I have a older desk that my PC goes on and has a printer that takes up space so I can't go that big. That Monitor is bigger than the TV I have mounted on the wall over the dresser we watch from Bed. I doubt I will be able to get a monitor any bigger than this one to even fit and still have my eyes focused on the center of the screen. I am pretty sure many of the guys I play against run much bigger screens because they claim to see shit I just can't see especially on the sniper maps but I can still see movement and things that aren't supposed to be there and shadows of bodies etc. Wish I had a dedicated room to set up the way I want in order to really game with surround sound I could crack up to feel the rumble, sound proofing so I could use my mic, huge screen, secondary monitor for R-Con, Gaming Chair for maximum comfort etc.

My Wife has given me the OK to maybe upgrade the monitor for my Gaming PC. I currently am using a older Viotek curved 31 inch monitor that has a few spots on the screen where it is a pinhole of white light. Not in a horrible area but still. This monitor was given to me used by a friend of my sons when he went to jail. Long story but figured giving his shit away was better than it going in the trash. We stored his tools and important things he owned. He is out but homeless so we sill keep storing his stuff until he gets on his feet. Just the right thing to do. Anyway I just saw a LG 35inch Ultrawide Curved Monitor that I think will be a big upgrade for my COD2 playing and the YouTube videos I watch etc. I don't do much else yet on my PC but wondering if anyone else has used this model or opinions on curved Monitors. I am getting older and the eyes aren't as good as they used to be and I sit about 3ft from screen so I think feeling immersed more in the game might help me be able to kill that hacker @Dirk Diggler. Fucking Bunny Hopper. Here is a link to the MFG site https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-35wn65c-b-ultrawide-monitor . I have found a brand new one from Costco.com for like $279.00 and free shipping to my house and free returns for 1 year. Thanks for reading this and any advice including Dirks, he knows Computers and codes and settings I am sure.

i SUSPECT THIS WILL OCCUR ONCE IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE PROPER SECTION SO THEY CAN SEE IT. CAN I SEE BAN APPEALS FOR SERVERS THAT I AM NOT A ADMIN FOR? NEVER LOOKED

Yeah @PainKiller we all really owe you a huge thank you for your dedication to the servers and to making our weekends fun when we game. Remember that you can never talk as much as Dirk so you are fine unless you and @window are on the same team then your team is going to lose most of the time or you are trying to get to a glitch. You were our first Jr member and we had several long debates about the Idea but because it was you and you are such a nice person we took the chance. You have proved over the years what those of us who gamed with you knew long ago, you are a kind good hearted person who has your friends backs always. I am glad to be able to consider you my friend and remember I don't care who is doing the maps and server settings I am always going to bitch about something because it is my nature to point out shit. Doesn't mean I am right just means I bitch and if it is major it can be fixed before it becomes a problem. Nice Read BTW (Look it isn't in all caps)

Remember this is your home, where your family lives and breathes. Water can be tricky in the fact that it seeks it's own level meaning it spreads in odd ways and when confined it will flow up meaning the drywall will be damp above the water line or stained area. A small flood needs to be handled the exact same way as a large one is but the smaller scale makes many think easy, quick, and cheap. I would suggest that you consider that Pro's usually cut as much drywall away for good access and to make reinstallation easier and you will get better results. Something no one has mentioned yet is priming and painting your new walls. That project may cost you more in time and money because of your wife is like mine all the walls must match 100% so no blending allowed. Good luck and also take away all sink stoppers for the next few years adult only tool.

I agree 100%

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

@MtDeW that is very kind of you to make something very nice and to give it away for free. I hope some >XI< member is lucky enough to have such a fine upgrade. I got a new PC just a few years ago when some things were becoming harder to get like new high end graphics cards but for my budget and needs the one I found at Best Buy does more than I could ask it to do. I remember very well the PC the Clan built for me back in like 2010 that I used until it had a hard drive fail and a new one was suggested since it could be fixed but would still be old and slow but it was all mine from my friends and that really meant something me and always will. Even after 14 years of ups and downs, wins and losses "Friends" blowups and makeups with almost all (HXTR) (SPIV) not gonna happen after too many attempts. I hope you will be drawn to the right person who can enjoy their new treasure and I look forward to seeing pictures of the meet up. BRAVO DUDE BRAVO

I first wish to thank everyone who has offered prayers and kind words during a very trying time. Late Monday night 3/20 or early Tuesday 3/21 after not feeling so hot for a few days I woke up with horrible pain in my chest and it felt like someone had parked a 1968 Buick on my chest that was so bad it woke me up. I was also sweating bullets and having trouble breathing. I woke my wife up ot of a sound sleep to tell her to get me my nitro pill and to call 911 and she started panicking. She gets horrible panic attacks and seeing her like that made it so much worse. The EMT's showed up after I had taken a second nitro and they confirmed I was having a big heart attack. They rushed me to the ER about 1.5 miles away and within a hour after several doses of Morphine I was in surgery and having angioplasty and a stent put in my fully 100% blocked right Coronary Artery. However this couldn't have come at a worse time as I had changed jobs 45 days prior and have no health coverage or earned time off. It looks so far that I may qualify for supplemental coverage from the State of Wa. under a new law but I still have to figure out how to cover our bills on much less income this month. I don't really need the added stress but hey this is the facts. I honest believe that it was your prayers, my friends and families prayers and all the positive energy sent my way that helped me survive something many don't get to because they never wake up or are too far from a quality hospital. They had defib pads on me before they left my bedroom because they thought I might not make the trip of 1.5 miles without my heart stopping. I am making progress and even played a little this weekend after being sent home to recover. I was allowed to return to my new job today and it was a little tough but got bills to pay. Thanks Again So Very Much to everyone for helping me and making me smile with those amazing words of encouragement. They meant so much to me and my wife. If anything changes I will send @loaderXI a message but lets hope the new meds and no more cigarettes will help a old man get a few more miles out of this ride. >XI< is the biggest most amazing Family anyone could ever be part of and please remember that from someone who has been around here a long long time and never plans to leave

@Markoff do you draw those Sigs your self? Or do you use a program that supplies the basic characters? I am very curious

Saying Prayers for another of the early members of >XI<. He was a hoot both in game and out of game and loved his NASCAR and Halloween. Miss him playing but super glad to hear he is getting better, he is a young man compared to most of us OG's

Classic Auto-Rock during my teenage years. Many of their songs would be blasting on my step Dads 8 track in his 4X4 Chevy Truck when we would go up near the Rubicon Trail in Northern California. Such great memories and he is gone way too soon. Thank God I lived in areas of California that played great music on the AM stations which you could get anywhere and then came the FM Rock Stations. My heros are passing before my eyes just like many of my friends. RIP Robbie

Went out Saturday January 7th after playing some COD2 TDM at about 10:30 and had my limit by 11:20am. Pictures to follow

I have a 15 inch cast iron frying pan I use for this sort of thing and a few others. Most of these Rainbow Trout are over 1lb which for where I live they are well above average. I know that where you live @Labob you would use fish this size as bait however remember a good Angler can catch anything with a little research or local knowledge. I plan to pan fry them after breading them in egg and seasoned flour in medium high heated veg. oil and only turning them once. About 5 minutes a side is good enough if you let them sit for a few minutes before server, because they keep cooking as they rest and no heat to burn the breading. Lot's of way to cook Trout and these sell in the store around here for $12.00 a pound whole fish with head.

Some pictures of my morning Trout Fishing with my Buddy who I have been teaching this Season how to Trout Fish. I got to the lake at 7am and set up at my normal spot close to my car so I don't have to carry shit too far and didn't get even a nibble as I waited for the sun to come up just after 8am and for my buddy to arrive shortly after 8. Once he arrived he pointed to a spot that was several hundred yards walk around the Lake that he had been having great success at the past several weekends while I have been home sick or taking care of my wife who got even sicker (She is getting better). The first picture is at 7:15 the 3rd picture is at 8:45 at the spot we walked to and I had my poles in the water and the last 2 pictures are at 10:08 as we were packing up the walk back to our Cars. Limit here is 5 per Fisherman per Day with 2 poles allowed with the right endorsement (extra $10. fee when you buy your license) and since we are using bait we have to keep ever fish we catch. All these fish were between 1 and 1.5 lbs and 12 to 15 inches long. His stringer is the one with the yellow float on it mine is the old one that is at least 20 years old.

On 12/31/21 I went with our Son to help him purchase his New Truck. He has had a deposit on it since mid June 2021 and been waiting for it to arrive and it finally did at the Dealership he found it at 100 miles from our house. Nice thing was it had everything he wanted on it and they are a smaller community that is less affluent then where we live so they were willing to offer a much cheaper price compared to places close to us. We got lucky because I was able to use my Costco membership to save him $1,000.00 plus got top dollar for his trade with a buy bid from my employer, a nice deal on his warranty coverage and GM gave us 2.9% interest for 72 months which is huge because Bank Rates for Auto Loans are 5% to 7% APR right now with excellent credit for 72 months right now which kept his payment comfortable for him and saved him maybe $8,000.00 over the term of the Loan. This Truck is fully loaded with all the bells and whistles so he is super excited and so is my Wife since she uses it to haul her Horse when she goes riding with her Girlfriends or we go on Vacation.

So it looks like you are trying to say @StormCrow like Strudel instead of Pie like the rest of us. Not that is anything wrong with that

That was my thought as well since those are just 2 letters and used in lots of places so can't see the game banning X or I together. Besides if this COD release is like a lot of others people won't be playing it a year from now. I hope not but I have seen so many new COD servers come and go over the 15 plus years I have been here

And Barts laugh was always priceless and he could defuse a disagreement like no one else. I also want to say thank you to everyone that showed up and a "Special Thank You" to all of you who I was able to game with. I don't talk in game currently because of the way my PC is set up and the fact that my wife is sleeping when I play and I would wake her up. Anyone who is married will understand my situation on some level. It was so great to see so many of you and wished you could stop by more often. Hell I even played Shotties and Pistol Maps and I hate them both but had to spend time dying for you all. Thanks Thanks Thanks

Sounds like Amway to me

And when Tesla died the Government went to his Hotel Room he had lived in for years and boxed up all of his research papers and everything they could find and took it never to be seen by the public again. Who knows what we have today like wireless cell phone charging etc that is because of his understanding of the energy our planet produces by itself. Many people don't even know about the Van Allen Belt or think about all the electricity around us every day unless they see lightning or have static on their clothes. We learn more about physics every day like the fact that light is both a particle and a wave, go figure. But the success of the experiment was that it was the first time they created a net energy gain meaning we got more from it then we used to get the reaction. Fusion has zero radioactive waste and is the same process used by our sun and every other star. The times they are a changin for the times they are a changin. And at almost light speed now compared to when we were kids

I also got the privilege to speak to him on the phone and when his wife called me and explained what he was doing I was in tears feeling so blessed that he felt as much for me as I did for him. He was an incredible human being that was funny as hell with a heart too large to explain for those who didn't have the opportunity to know him. I have shed thousands of tears for names on this list. I can't claim to have known them all because I only play COD2 but they were and always will be Family. I will be there for more time then most of you wish but that's what I do when I am remembering or honoring >XI<. @loaderXI has the server already up and running on the Master Server. So we can go on in the next few days and log in and download all maps and make any deletions so we are all ready to go come Saturday. I went in and the first map running opened right up for me. If anyone needs a Keycode I have 2 sets of discs I don't use and still have the codes just DM me for the codes. But it is super cheap on Steam