to yas all..

[Jed]

It was pointed out to me very recently that yes.....(Paddy)clan doesnt really exist anymore.....well yes...as a group of gamers, no it doesnt. It will of course exist in our memories for its highs and its lows depending on your point of view....but I thought it best to mark the occasion of its "final farewell" with a few words. 9 years ago a twenty something "computer cripple" managed to eventually work out that by clicking the wee telephone symbol on the "desktop" (whatever that was) would make some funny noises and then pages would magically "appear".....class....girls etc....but after a few hours of this he decides to try out the game his bro got him for christmas....after a few hours of that and the occasional "rocket jump" he meets another person....and he is from Ireland toooo??.....the clan was born. since then a lot of people have come and go....I have screamed in anger at various pc screens and cried with laughter at some of the oddest teamspeak quotes in history....but overall i found the whole thing rather pleasant!.
I feel that here i must make a couple of mentions....to CelticTiger for starting the whole thing off....a spotty 16 year old from Dublin who probably has 5 kids by now. To my m8 Karma for being there from the start, and who still flies with me online today. To Ouchy and Kanon for their "down to earth" (Orcadian/Scottish) approach and to rabbits for his pathetic attempts to keep us all smiling even when some of us were chewing our keyboards in frustration.

I have enjoyed your company, lads....the ventrillo server is being switched off in 4 weeks....I wont be posting here again....thankyou all.....have great lives!...

your m8,

Jed(Paddy)

[kusanagi]

[stu]

its a sad day tbh well for those of u who have my xfire and msn stay intouch lads and for those who dont have my xfire/msn take it easy lads hope everything turns out rosey for yas.was fun playing with paddy but i spose all good things must come to an end

[rabbits]

WTF? no explanation or reason?..
Hi guys not been here for a while.
Where do i begin?..Well probs @ the beginning..If it wasnt for (Paddy) clan i would probs not be gaming online the way i do now..Paddy was my 2nd home for years and only due to innactivity in games (1st person shooter) i reluctantly left..But i discoverred something all those years ago..
Online friendship..now if this post ever makes it to youtube or some random forum in a badgers hole and all the people out there are asking.."really?..an online friendship?"
then the answer is yes
I met some of the nicest, most arrogent, annoying and most of all, Friendly bunch of peeps ever in Paddy. My wife used to shout at me @ 3am if i was ever going to come to bed etc etc.
But in all honesty, my best ever playing days were in Paddy..
Loads of people to thank in that department,
Rogue, Ouch, Kanon, Wal, Karma(the moaning git) Jazzy, MAC and all the other peeps i cant be arsed with mentioning..
But (in all honesty) To you Jed..
I will never forget the tears streaming down my face and the laughs we used to have..also the annoying remarks you used to make against other people (mostly me) and the fun we used to have..
I hope the reasons you are quiting are justified
i.e. Karma hasnt promised you a belgian tit wank if you post a fake retirement or you are a secret wow player and want ( for reasons that could be understood) to remain an annonymous player for the rest of your years.
But you take care mate
Thank you for all the fun i ever had in Paddy
And good luck in whatever you decide to do from now on!!
P.S.




Never buy a car from this dodgy Fooker!!

Whoahaa

[Macus]

Kinda sad to read this but I suppose an official decomissioning thread had to come sometime.

I haven't played any games online for a couple of months now and since a recent format I haven't installed any either. I literally binned my WoW CD to stop me from playing it again. I only have 3 favourites on my browser and paddyclan forums are one of them so I suppose that says something....even though I never really post here I visit the site almost every time I'm online. I pretty much became inactive as a Paddy after cod 1 died. Theres been a few other games we've attempted, css, cod2, that starwars game which made us all addicted to the music played in the bar scene from the film (worst game ever?), but none of them lived up to the enthusiasm we had for cod 1 and the atmosphere within the clan at the time.

Since then, although we "kept in touch", I pretty much got sucked into the world of warcraft and with that I turned into an anti-social Bas-tard as far as Paddy clan was concerned. My biggest mistake ever!

I'll never forget the good times in Paddy clan and like some others said above, I was close to pissing my pants at some of the laughs we had on vent over the years. Good luck to you all and I hope to keep in touch with those that I can.

Mac

[jazzy]

no no no no .
this sucks folks:(((((
always thought that paddys would be here for ever.

[Rogue]

(Paddy) Clan will never go away.

Im still wearing tags ill be a One Man Clan if needs be.

[domino]

Hey hey,

Here a message from the man of the clan: DoMiNo
Just came in to say hi: "Hi"
It was fun in the Paddy's, and I hope that the current clan I'm in will stay alive as long as the Paddy's.

Greetz,
DoMiNo

[celtictiger]

Ah f**ks sake lads i came across an ef link tonight and it got me all sentemental.....was so happy when i found this forum on google and now i feel like crying (except ill probably use my last kleenix to have a wank with after i typed this in all honesty)

Its been what, 7 years now?? Cant believe it. What a clan guys....i dont think ill ever have the privilege of meeting such funny gents again.

So many happy memories...Jed i remember when i first talked to you like yesterday...it was on ctf_and1...i dont know why this sticks out in my mind (secret desire ive managed to keep hidden all these years?? Probably.)

Winning our first game against the maquis, thinking we are the "coq of the walk".... then getting absolutley destroying by mas clan a week later. Tossers

I dont really play online anymore...since ef i just get bored of games after a few weeks. Figures : so long on that piece of nuts 56k modem and then i finally get a decent connection and the game i spend the most time playing is lord of the rings online!

I wish we could hold one of those american style reunions and i could get really drunk and ask jed to marry me but alas i dont think this is going to happen.

Right off to google Rachel Bilson...

Best of luck everyone!

Simon / Celtic Tiger(Paddy!)

[CrashNBurn]

what a sad sad day even though im well over a month late lol

I remember the good old days starting back in STEF,the (Paddy) guys were always people to look upto! and I remember thinking to myself that I wanted to be part of that while playing for =APA=

I was so glad I was allowed to join the ranks back then,I met some great people and had some even greater laughs,it's such a shame that we couldn't just reform really but at the end of the day (well my personal oppinion) is that theres no real stand out games like there used to (I'm tired of all the war nuts lol)

Well I'm still about anyway mainly playing WOW on a private server (chaoscrusade),Guild Wars (very rarely) and the odd game of COD4 when my graphics card decides that it can be bothered going over 15FPS lol

Well If anyone wants to add me on MSN that would be great,would love to get back in touch with some of the guys that knew me my address is still the same (really should change it) marknann at hotmail dot co dot uk

if not good luck to all and I hope life treats you well

Crash/Widdy signing out

Mark

[Jed]

Should point out that most of us now hang out at www.syndicatesquadron.net now....not a clan as such...but gamers that hang around together waitin for the "next big thing".....most of us are still around....cyas there!