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Quake / Re: Seattle FFA Frag Night In Memory of Pepp
« Last post by rikwad on February 08, 2025, 10:34:23 PM » Unexpected and sad news. Thank you for your time, knowledge and generous spirit Pepp.
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poetry / essays / short stories? / Re: Quotes
« Last post by |iR|Focalor on February 08, 2025, 10:31:19 PM »I've been slowly reading through the Meditations of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius lately. The father of Stoicism, he was a "philosopher emperor", and perhaps Rome's only reasonable, fair, and decent emperor. Emperors were effectively dictators, so many of them tended to be considered tyrants in some way. I especially liked this quote, so I made a pic for it.
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Quake / Re: Seattle FFA Frag Night In Memory of Pepp
« Last post by |iR|Focalor on February 08, 2025, 08:52:25 PM »I first met him around the time I showed up to TS in 2007. Back then I had just joined clan EoM, and he would drop into our weekly FFA meets. Used to spend mornings back in maybe 2015-ish or before playing FFA with him, Travolta, and a few others I can't remember off the top of my head at the moment (he had a regular crew he played with) on the Mutant server, occasionally one of the Xatrix mod servers, or the then recently forgotten Vanilla server which we all tried to promote and keep alive as long as we could. I beat him some, he beat me some, he was fun to play against. In more recent years, we antagonized each other arguing about politics and such, but I definitely still liked the guy and it was all in good fun. He was a cool dude, will miss him.
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Quake / Re: Seattle FFA Frag Night In Memory of Pepp
« Last post by Sgt. Dick on February 08, 2025, 08:01:21 PM »I have not played in quite a while, but I check in here from time to time.
This is terrible news. I have known Pepp for many years and he was always a great person to talk to and play against.
This is terrible news. I have known Pepp for many years and he was always a great person to talk to and play against.
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Quake / Re: Seattle FFA Frag Night In Memory of Pepp
« Last post by cse on February 08, 2025, 01:04:04 AM »Very sad to hear this news recently 
Pepp was a really nice guy and great to chat with. He was passionate about Quake2 and the community. He will certainly be missed.
Thanks for the memories and good times. Rest in peace, brother.
Pepp was a really nice guy and great to chat with. He was passionate about Quake2 and the community. He will certainly be missed.
Thanks for the memories and good times. Rest in peace, brother.
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Quake / Seattle FFA Frag Night In Memory of Pepp
« Last post by RailWolf on February 07, 2025, 10:43:58 PM »Long time Quake II player pepp has passed away on Feb 5th, 2025 after some health battles in the hospital.
He managed the Seattle FFA server which been around for many years. Come by Seattle FFA server Saturday night 2/8/25 to frag and chat in memory of our quake buddy, pepp.
Rest In Peace Pepp
He managed the Seattle FFA server which been around for many years. Come by Seattle FFA server Saturday night 2/8/25 to frag and chat in memory of our quake buddy, pepp.
Rest In Peace Pepp
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art, music, etc. / Re: Live Performances
« Last post by |iR|Focalor on February 06, 2025, 04:01:34 PM »One of my favorite groups from the 1960's...
Blind Faith
...a "supergroup" featuring guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker from Cream, and Steve Winwood on vocals/keyboard from Spencer Davis Group, as well as Ric Grech on bass who would go on to join Steve Winwood in the band Traffic. Unfortunately they only put out one single album and only ever played a handful of live dates. I wish they could've stayed together long enough to put out a couple more albums. I thought the combo of Steve Winwood on vocals paired with the guitar and drum sounds of Cream was really great.
Here's a solo acoustic performance by Steve Winwood of Can't Find My Way Home. You might think he chose the fireplace as just a photogenic place to perform it, but I think it's more likely that it was a cleverly chosen location that along with the mic selection and placement helped maximize the bass projection of his guitar to make it sound fuller and more dramatic when the verses start over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoSn2Y-b6wI&ab_channel=SteveWinwood
Blind Faith
...a "supergroup" featuring guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker from Cream, and Steve Winwood on vocals/keyboard from Spencer Davis Group, as well as Ric Grech on bass who would go on to join Steve Winwood in the band Traffic. Unfortunately they only put out one single album and only ever played a handful of live dates. I wish they could've stayed together long enough to put out a couple more albums. I thought the combo of Steve Winwood on vocals paired with the guitar and drum sounds of Cream was really great.
Here's a solo acoustic performance by Steve Winwood of Can't Find My Way Home. You might think he chose the fireplace as just a photogenic place to perform it, but I think it's more likely that it was a cleverly chosen location that along with the mic selection and placement helped maximize the bass projection of his guitar to make it sound fuller and more dramatic when the verses start over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoSn2Y-b6wI&ab_channel=SteveWinwood
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art, music, etc. / Ozzy Osbourne
« Last post by |iR|Focalor on February 05, 2025, 03:15:34 PM »"ONE LAST TIME... THE FINAL SHOW..."
Yeah well... we've all heard that one before. It's always "the last tour"... until the next one happens.
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath announce final show
At this point, do we even accurately remember when the FIRST TIME that the LAST TIME was supposed to happen? I can't remember if after Randy Rhoads died there was any talk of Ozzy hanging it up. But I do definitely remember that after No More Tears came out in 1991, that tour afterwards was supposed to be his "farewell tour" (the tour itself was called "No More Tours"), which resulted in the 1993 live album Live & Loud, which I thought was a fantastic live album. It really showed just how great of a guitar player Zakk Wylde really was. On the Live & Loud version of Shot in the Dark (originally from The Ultimate Sin, 1986, guitar: Jake E Lee), Zakk played it a tad bit different from Jake E Lee's version, and I always thought Zakk's choice of notes flowed smoother and sounded better.
But then in 1995, he comes out with Ozzmosis. Then the tour after THAT was supposed to be the final tour. Then in 1998 he releases his greatest hits album, Ozzman Cometh, which featured the track that became a hit, Back on Earth. I remember the video got a good amount of play on MTV - the video was a spoof of the old 1922 silent vampire film Nosferatu. The song was actually an unreleased track from the Ozzmosis album, and at the time Ozzman Cometh came out, Zakk Wylde had started his own thing as Black Label Society, so thats when guitarist Joe Holmes joined. I remember seeing Joe Holmes in a live performance Ozzy did on MTV to promote the Ozzman Cometh Greatest Hits album. At that point, Ozzy's voice was GONE. He sounded awful. And I guess they hadn't quite gotten to the point where live digital pitch correction was possible like nowdays, because it sounded BAD. I remember thinking, "God damn, I wish he would've retired, I really don't like remembering him this way."
After that... the 90's were over and I kinda lost interest in Ozzy and lost track of what he was doing. I was a super-duper Ozzy fan in the 90's, collecting all of his albums, listening to them ALL THE TIME. I just looked in my mp3 collection, and I do have the 4 albums that came after Ozzman Cometh (Down to Earth - 2001, Under Cover - 2005, Black Rain - 2007, Scream - 2010), but I honestly couldn't name one single song from any of those albums because I've almost NEVER listened to them.
Part of me wishes he really would've retired for good back in the late 90's. I get why he hasn't. For a musician, music is always there in your head, in your blood, and you can't just turn it off. You can try, but it's still there.
Ozzy ain't getting any younger. He isn't in the best health anymore. Is this "THE LAST" tour, or is this just "the last one... until the next one"... again? I say he'll be back. And this thread is here so that when he does come back, I can point to it and say "Told ya so."
Yeah well... we've all heard that one before. It's always "the last tour"... until the next one happens.
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath announce final show
At this point, do we even accurately remember when the FIRST TIME that the LAST TIME was supposed to happen? I can't remember if after Randy Rhoads died there was any talk of Ozzy hanging it up. But I do definitely remember that after No More Tears came out in 1991, that tour afterwards was supposed to be his "farewell tour" (the tour itself was called "No More Tours"), which resulted in the 1993 live album Live & Loud, which I thought was a fantastic live album. It really showed just how great of a guitar player Zakk Wylde really was. On the Live & Loud version of Shot in the Dark (originally from The Ultimate Sin, 1986, guitar: Jake E Lee), Zakk played it a tad bit different from Jake E Lee's version, and I always thought Zakk's choice of notes flowed smoother and sounded better.
But then in 1995, he comes out with Ozzmosis. Then the tour after THAT was supposed to be the final tour. Then in 1998 he releases his greatest hits album, Ozzman Cometh, which featured the track that became a hit, Back on Earth. I remember the video got a good amount of play on MTV - the video was a spoof of the old 1922 silent vampire film Nosferatu. The song was actually an unreleased track from the Ozzmosis album, and at the time Ozzman Cometh came out, Zakk Wylde had started his own thing as Black Label Society, so thats when guitarist Joe Holmes joined. I remember seeing Joe Holmes in a live performance Ozzy did on MTV to promote the Ozzman Cometh Greatest Hits album. At that point, Ozzy's voice was GONE. He sounded awful. And I guess they hadn't quite gotten to the point where live digital pitch correction was possible like nowdays, because it sounded BAD. I remember thinking, "God damn, I wish he would've retired, I really don't like remembering him this way."
After that... the 90's were over and I kinda lost interest in Ozzy and lost track of what he was doing. I was a super-duper Ozzy fan in the 90's, collecting all of his albums, listening to them ALL THE TIME. I just looked in my mp3 collection, and I do have the 4 albums that came after Ozzman Cometh (Down to Earth - 2001, Under Cover - 2005, Black Rain - 2007, Scream - 2010), but I honestly couldn't name one single song from any of those albums because I've almost NEVER listened to them.
Part of me wishes he really would've retired for good back in the late 90's. I get why he hasn't. For a musician, music is always there in your head, in your blood, and you can't just turn it off. You can try, but it's still there.
Ozzy ain't getting any younger. He isn't in the best health anymore. Is this "THE LAST" tour, or is this just "the last one... until the next one"... again? I say he'll be back. And this thread is here so that when he does come back, I can point to it and say "Told ya so."
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art, music, etc. / Re: Cooking
« Last post by |iR|Focalor on February 03, 2025, 05:19:30 PM »I made sloppy joes tonight.
I had a really good sloppy joe recipe, but I seem to have lost it. The old way I made them for years was pretty boring and uninspiring...
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*1lb ground beef
*1/2 onion diced
Brown the onions, then add the beef, cook, drain the grease in a bowl and colander.
Put it back in the pan (obviously)
Add ketchup and hot sauce. I never had a set amount, I'd just kinda eyeball it.
Simmer til it thickens a little.
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See? Boring.
This recipe seemed pretty similar to the newer one that I lost.
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*1lb ground beef
*1/2 onion diced
*1 can of your favorite beer, I use Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
- I use big non-stick fry pan, but I sprayed a light layer of canola oil in the bottom so the onions stick less (not entirely necessary).
- Burner on medium or a hair past med. Dump in the diced onions. When the onions start sizzling, make sure to spread them out in a nice even layer.
- Pour some beer in, enough to half-submerge the layer of onions. Let it boil. May need to add splashes as the onions cook. You want the onions a nice golden and carmel brown color with no beer left boiling in the pan when you add the beef. If you burn them a little bit boiling out all the beer, not really a problem, they'll still taste fine.
- Add beef. Cook beef. When beef is fully cooked, drain grease off in bowl and colander.
- Put beef+onions back in pan. Add the following ingredients for the sauce:
*1 15oz. can Red Gold brand tomato sauce (or whatever brand you prefer, just remember, cheap shit makes shitty food)
*1/3 cup Heinz ketchup
*1 tablespoon Lea & Perrins worcestershire sauce
*2 tablespoon Woeber's Sweet & Spicy mustard (or whatever brand of spicy brown mustard you prefer)
*1 teaspoon chili powder
*1 teaspoon Domino light brown sugar
(I'm pretty sure the recipe I had also had some garlic powder and onion powder but I forget the exact amounts. I didn't feel like it was necessary, so this time I only add a sprinkle of garlic powder to the onions as I was browning them.)
- Set your burner back to a tad above medium, stir it all together really well. Continue stirring and cooking for another 10 minutes, not letting it burn. If it's a bit too soupy and watery, adjust your heat to start the mix kinda boiling and keep stirring to keep it from sticking or burning. Once it's at the thickness you want, turn the heat all the way down to low just to keep it warm for serving, or turn it off if you want.
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Nathan's makes a Kosher Dill Sandwich Slice, they are seasoned pickles sliced length-wise. Usually I have them on the side, sometimes I put one IN the sandwich on top of the meat.
Woeber's Sweet and Spicy mustard - might be hard to find. I'm not really sure how popular it is. I can't find it at Publix, usually I only see it at Ingles, which is an independent Southeast regional grocery store only found in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia. I HIGHLY recommend trying it though. It's super good stuff.
Beer boiling the onions: pretty much any recipe where ground beef with onions is the base of it, I do the onions in beer. Makes everything better.
I get these packs of Hebrew National Beef Knockwurst at the store, they're about 7 or 8 bucks a pack, you get 4 links. It's basically a big fat higher quality extra jumbo beef hotdog (like the ones they used to have at baseball games). I'll pan fry those in beer and onions too. They smell like beer battered onion rings - obviously - but still, that's just one of the greatest smells in the world. You plop the knockwurst on a top-sliced bun, add a little layer of the browned onions, add your ketchup and mustard. Better than the ball park.
Beer. It's not just for drinking anymore.
I had a really good sloppy joe recipe, but I seem to have lost it. The old way I made them for years was pretty boring and uninspiring...
----------
*1lb ground beef
*1/2 onion diced
Brown the onions, then add the beef, cook, drain the grease in a bowl and colander.
Put it back in the pan (obviously)
Add ketchup and hot sauce. I never had a set amount, I'd just kinda eyeball it.
Simmer til it thickens a little.
--------
See? Boring.
This recipe seemed pretty similar to the newer one that I lost.
-----------------------
*1lb ground beef
*1/2 onion diced
*1 can of your favorite beer, I use Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
- I use big non-stick fry pan, but I sprayed a light layer of canola oil in the bottom so the onions stick less (not entirely necessary).
- Burner on medium or a hair past med. Dump in the diced onions. When the onions start sizzling, make sure to spread them out in a nice even layer.
- Pour some beer in, enough to half-submerge the layer of onions. Let it boil. May need to add splashes as the onions cook. You want the onions a nice golden and carmel brown color with no beer left boiling in the pan when you add the beef. If you burn them a little bit boiling out all the beer, not really a problem, they'll still taste fine.
- Add beef. Cook beef. When beef is fully cooked, drain grease off in bowl and colander.
- Put beef+onions back in pan. Add the following ingredients for the sauce:
*1 15oz. can Red Gold brand tomato sauce (or whatever brand you prefer, just remember, cheap shit makes shitty food)
*1/3 cup Heinz ketchup
*1 tablespoon Lea & Perrins worcestershire sauce
*2 tablespoon Woeber's Sweet & Spicy mustard (or whatever brand of spicy brown mustard you prefer)
*1 teaspoon chili powder
*1 teaspoon Domino light brown sugar
(I'm pretty sure the recipe I had also had some garlic powder and onion powder but I forget the exact amounts. I didn't feel like it was necessary, so this time I only add a sprinkle of garlic powder to the onions as I was browning them.)
- Set your burner back to a tad above medium, stir it all together really well. Continue stirring and cooking for another 10 minutes, not letting it burn. If it's a bit too soupy and watery, adjust your heat to start the mix kinda boiling and keep stirring to keep it from sticking or burning. Once it's at the thickness you want, turn the heat all the way down to low just to keep it warm for serving, or turn it off if you want.
------------------------------------------
Nathan's makes a Kosher Dill Sandwich Slice, they are seasoned pickles sliced length-wise. Usually I have them on the side, sometimes I put one IN the sandwich on top of the meat.
Woeber's Sweet and Spicy mustard - might be hard to find. I'm not really sure how popular it is. I can't find it at Publix, usually I only see it at Ingles, which is an independent Southeast regional grocery store only found in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia. I HIGHLY recommend trying it though. It's super good stuff.
Beer boiling the onions: pretty much any recipe where ground beef with onions is the base of it, I do the onions in beer. Makes everything better.
I get these packs of Hebrew National Beef Knockwurst at the store, they're about 7 or 8 bucks a pack, you get 4 links. It's basically a big fat higher quality extra jumbo beef hotdog (like the ones they used to have at baseball games). I'll pan fry those in beer and onions too. They smell like beer battered onion rings - obviously - but still, that's just one of the greatest smells in the world. You plop the knockwurst on a top-sliced bun, add a little layer of the browned onions, add your ketchup and mustard. Better than the ball park.
Beer. It's not just for drinking anymore.
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