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I am so sorry that Starfire won't be gaming with us anymore, he was a really fun guy and proud to be a member of >XI< and tried so hard even as his skills began to fail him. The last thing I remember him saying to me was "Where are they Phuck? I can't see any of them" on a big sniper map and because the wife was sleeping 5 feet away from me since I play in the Master Bedroom I wasn't able to give him any intel. But it was becoming clear he was starting to really have some issues but wouldn't give up his weekends with the Gang. I am glad he is no longer suffering and is now in Heaven hanging out with some of the finest gamers and human beings to ever walk this planet. Our Fallen members list reads like a who's who of great folks who loved Gaming a ton and >XI< even more. RIP My Friend you will be missed more than you will ever know. My Love and Prayers go out to his Wife and Family and everyone who considered Starfire a Friend

Nice time spent fishing is always wonderful. The Wife and I are leaving next week for our Best friends Home on the eastern side of the Cascades about 25 miles south of the Canadian Border in the lower Okanogan Basin. She is bringing her Horse so the girls can go trail riding in real wilderness and I have got all 3 poles ready with fresh 4lb test ultra clear Fluorocarbon line that appears to be super strong and very thin compared to Monofilament that I used for years but is easy for fish to see and shy away from. I will post pictures of the different fishing spots I hit during the week as well as any fish I might be able to catch.

Opening Day of Low Lake Trout fishing was the 23 of April. First 2 pictures are of the 2lb 14oz. 19 inch Rainbow I caught fishing off a dock. End of the day Fish and picture of the lake I enjoy spending mornings drowning worms and drinking coffee that is just 15 minutes no lie from my house. Nice Pictures and smiles the fish are a bonus. "A bad day of fishing beats a great day at work every time"

This is the Wife's and my song. Was very popular when we started dating, she Loved her music, I thought she was hot so I was cool with it. We related to the lyrics since some of the people at the place we hung out back then were busy bodies and didn't think we would last because I had a reputation as a player with no intention of getting married. Needless to say we stopped hanging out and spent our time home together building a loving relationship that is not perfect but works for us. I don't drink anymore and have never thought of cheating on the best person to ever enter my life. Thanks for the memories of our early days and reminding me just how LUCKY I am to have found my life partner for better or even my worst (although she never forgets those days) and we made it and are so better together now than we could have ever expected. Again Thanks Jim you made my night

Just because of the dancer in the white dress with the black leather belt that shows up around 20 seconds in to this video. She was a Smoke show who knew how to move her body...

Does anyone remember "BUTTPLUG" as a player early on? If so tell us what you know about them and that will show us old guys just how long you have been hanging around here. I also wonder if "Colin" ever took that chicken out of the oven...

You are correct @Crack plus they also had another co-worker named Grizz that played as well and @swissxi ran the website if memory serves me right. They also had a name they used that the three of them would play under and I can't remember the name but I think it started with a "B" maybe @Ruggerxi will remind us. But I do remember the fake name also gave them a chance to hit on the female players lol, mostly Kilroy because he was a lonely fellow back then. Remember his big trip down south to meet Blackcat and he was going to be gone a week and 2 days later he was back. She did some false advertising lmao for sure. He said he didn't even recognize her at the Airport. Those where the days when laughing was done more than giving each other shit like now

Was either of the drivers given a ticket after the accident? I am sure you got a full Police report so you can get your truck replaced? Our 2021 Chevrolet Z-71 RST Crew Cab with 6.2L 420HP is the best truck I have owned and can't imagine my family being in a accident while driving it. I would hate to have to replace a Truck that is only 7 months old but I could if needed but I can't replace my family members or repair all types of injuries, but your pictures should remind us all that you can't replace Family or fix them should they be permanently injured. My question about a ticket issued goes to who may be legally at fault like the Tesla speeding to get thru the light since they can speed up very quickly and difficult for a driver to punch it and keep it under the posted speed limit. Breaking the speed limit to blow thru a yellow light in most States is against the law and the speeding violation would have happened first and would be the primary violation. Hope they continue to heal and feel better

Boy I guess even on April 1st you still don't have a sense of humor unless you are telling the joke you feel is funny. I would have thought that you had chewed that old bone up long ago and let it go however it appears this is not the case. Shame I had hoped for more considering I am a member of this Clan and have several logical reasons for being on here and posting. You on the other hand are a "registered user" or what is referred to as a Troll we know. Peace Rob and let it go

I had heard Putzer had moved out here to hook up with Thunkgun one of our first back stabbing traitors and a rumor she was playing on our servers now and then. She seemed like a nice lady who was lonely back then. Merc always thought you were a hack lol and the same went for anyone who beat him any time let along on a regular basis. He about crapped his pants the few times I beat his score with my old PC. He also thought @Crack and @pitbullpete and @Dirk Diggler were hacks as well. I had to explain to him about the ping difference and that he didn't always have to win or would win and to do so would kill the server. We talked @Ruggerxi in to running a COD2 server clone from the West Coast for us to get low ping and we crushed people but the server didn't get enough play to keep but it proved that us old West Coast Evening Players could play with the best. I also remember winning a 3 on 3 tourney and got a hat or shirt but the details are very fuzzy but I was on a really good team as I remember and I used every tripwire I could to help as best as I could. Great Memories

This might make you feel better @RobMc, everyone loves Kittens

I became a Member at the request of @Ruggerxi in Sept. 2006 since my old clan had folded and our leader used Swiss to help run the website and Rugger knew him and they said try out the XI servers they are just like the =ESC= servers at the time using the "Extreme Hardcore MOD". I was part of a group of "Free Agents" who didn't want tags after our last experience and the infighting in =ESC= even though "Highfighter" was a cool dude. We had been playing on XI servers daily since about March, XI only had 2 COD2 servers and the 10 man server you needed a password for. Rugger had just started the requirement for filling out a application and had been asking me many times and I told him if we don't have to fill out a form then WWII Mercenary, Putzer, and I would all join together which we did. When COD4 and Crysis came out we needed dedicated Admins for our growing server list and since I had already been catching hackers and Aim-bots for quite some time and most of the Admins were moving to other games Rugger asked me to become the Head COD2 Admin which I wasn't sure about given the fact that I don't take shit well from others but Admins still got respect back then and you could be kicked for a while if you went off on a Admin. None the less I accepted and am still one of the Admins for our COD2 servers and helped recruit too many of you to count. This Family has grown far beyond what any of us expected but Rugger had a dream and with his calm guidance we are now the "Largest PC Gaming Clan in the World". I am just a few months shy of getting my 16yr tags and will never forget C-Bags and Killroy wanting to challenge me 1 on 1 on the 10 man server just after I joined thinking they would smoke me on their "Private" Server and I tied C-Bags and Killroy got on the fridge on Gobrats and I lost by 2 having never played the map and my ping being triple. I earned major respect from them and those watching that day and had some laughs with some guys who helped start all this and learned that they were a lot of fun. Thanks for helping me remember the beginning days and how far we have grown. I miss many of you who don't come back and play COD2 anymore and you are always encouraged to come back to the Original Servers anytime for a whoopin lol

Not pissed I would say SHOCKED is more like it but he is a GREAT QB but each off-season for the past several seasons it has all been about Russ and his Money, the O line, letting him throw the ball more, trade me to these 4 teams etc. He can't run as well or as much as he used to and I guarantee that after next season the folks in Denver will hear him asking for a new contract even though when he signed his current deal he was the top paid QB. Don't get me wrong he is a HOF QB when his career is over but we needed to get younger and we will suck for a few years but at least we got something in return for a great player, team mate, leader, member of the community but all that comes with a ton of "I am not loved, respected protected" DRAMA. I suspect that we will have a few other players leaving before the draft.

Chernobyl is located on the shortest route from Belarus to Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv and runs along a logical line of attack for the Russian forces invading Ukraine. Plus the thought is that because of the Radiation in that area it would allow the Russians to move through the area and not have to worry about attack since explosions would throw massive amounts of toxic material in to the air and causing damage on a global scale they could claim wasn't their doing. Leaders rarely care about their troops dying in battle or after battle. Just look at here where we spend so much money on weapons and yet we have to see commercials for Wounded Warrior Project and others to help Vet's when our Government won't and doesn't have the courage to take care of our troops that came home alive ever.

Cancer SUCKS ASS but LOVE is what makes such a sad situation that we can't control bearable at best. My prayers go out to your entire Family and to everyone who Loved you Pops and all those he touched during his life. You must remember he didn't leave you, he just had to become your Guardian Angel and he will visit you often. You will over time learn to recognize the signal he sends you when he is around like his favorite bird showing up or that rainbow that appears when you wish you could call him. I have lost so many people I LOVE to that dreaded beast and it takes a piece of me each time. But I know every time I think about them it is because they have come to visit me and that feeling I get is their way of letting me know they are in Heaven and will be there waiting when it is my time. Thank God that Hospice Care has become a option for people who are facing the end of their time on this plain before they go to be beside God and reunited with their Loved Ones and can spend their final days with dignity and with some sort of control of what treatment they get and can be with loved ones "except covid times". I think Hospice workers are hero's because they know how important each person is to someone and they deal with loss just like we do but they still give love and compassion to our loved ones instead of them being alone in some Hospital that is extra busy, loud, and not focused on dealing with patients passing over a slower time like Hospice is. Stay Strong and I hope sharing your Love of your Pops helps with your grief right now. We are always here for you any way we can and I will light one up for him tonight as I look to the stars

The ones that were ordered over a year ago and are stuck somewhere on a boat, off a coast, in a port, on a dock, in a truck that is stopped on a bridge making a statement, at a overworked Amazon warehouse, alongside a train track in LA in a trash pile, or my favorite stolen off a front porch near you. So if we started making shit in Merica we could reduce supply chain issues by almost 50%, the other issues are self inflicted. If it will never arrive it doesn't matter where it is made. Just sayin

My understanding is this "Freedom Convoy" is a protest about vaccination requirements for Cross Border Drivers between Canada and the US for Canadian Drivers since they don't speak for the US drivers. However it seems to have become a protest about Covid-19 restrictions in general since of the roughly 120,000 Canadian licensed truck drivers who regularly server cross-border routes, approximately 85% were already fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by January 2022 so this new requirement affects about 16,000 drivers who have zero empathy towards their community or fellow man. So we should just assume they will obey traffic and safety laws because they care? The Border between our countries was closed for about 18 months except for essential travel and Truckers. Not vaccinated people wanting to see family, not Covid-19 survivors with that stronger immunity anti-vaxers claim is the golden ticket, not sports teams with millions of dollars to spend on medical teams and testing, and too many others to mention but you are standing up for freedom. How about you stand up for the fact that you live in a Country that as a whole has given you the freedom to voice your opinion against the Government of 2 Countries since it is a requirement that Canadians and Americans coming into the US today to be fully vaccinated or they can't come in. Do you think you could be a part of this "Freedom Convoy" in Russia right now? I have lost friends to Covid-19, I had a good friend from XI have his final days here greatly shortened by Covid-19, I was one of the first 1,000 people in the USA who got a positive Covid-19 test in March 2020 when the world was being told it is just a little flu and will go away in Spring 2020 and it took 12 days while being quarantined to get my positive test results back and still am dealing with lung issues to this day. I had a Cardiac event in late June of 2020 and was in Hospital first getting a Angiogram and then in the I.C.U. for 2 days all alone. My wife couldn't visit me or wait during my procedure or even talk to my doctors and act as a advocate. Hit from behind by a Semi-Truck while I was dead stopped and he was doing 30mph in Oct. 2020 and same thing again, I go to ER alone and no advocate even though I had been knocked out and don't remember much of that afternoon. Still dealing with rehab during a pandemic with all sorts of hoops to jump thru and do you see me parking my Truck in the ER bay at my local hospital? Do you have to take a Drug Test for your job dude?