Gamer RIP from the MOHAA-SH days

jumpy · 1 Jun 2012 at 23:36

Don't usually start threads, especially ones like these....

RIP to a gamer friend of mine from back in the days of Medal Of Honor Spearhead.

Back with the old clans NER, NER-UK and EBA-UK and others from the Spearhead League and before.

I know there's at least one or two people on these forums who might remember those days and the community.

Winter (Peter Olsson) was a good clan mate and gamer friend - It strikes me as strange how online friendships evolve and fade out when groups of gamers move on and communities disperse to other pass-times; somehow those friendships always seem to be 'in the now' moment even over a period of years. Perhaps that's what makes them unique.
Even in our diversions from conventional reality, to an online persona and faceted life, real life finds a way in eventually.

Suffice to say, I heard today that one of my old clan mates died of liver and intestinal cancer on the 26/05/12. Apparently he only found out two months before that he was ill.

Too fast, much too fast.

I had many good times with Winter, and even though, to his family, I might seem a stranger, I called him a friend.

See ya, Winter, mate.

G-MAN2004 · 1 Jun 2012 at 23:51

RIP.

I still keep in touch with a few people from the Spearhead clan days. Great memories.

Kamwah · 1 Jun 2012 at 23:55

I remember the good ol' MOHAA days when it was the bees knees of the FPS genre.

I understand what you mean as one of my longest friends of near enough 10 years came from playing CoD together in a clan and he lives in North Carolina. There's people I still chat to every so often from before I knew him but I speak to him nearly everyday and at this point I'd more or less call him family.

Gaming communities are a weird thing indeed.

RIP.

MarkLP · 1 Jun 2012 at 23:55

Is that Cpt.Winters from NER?

That sucks remember playing matches against him

King Damager · 1 Jun 2012 at 23:56

Don't know of him, but RIP.

In an online clan I was in (Along with a couple of other members on here), we have had four people die in about a five year clan duration.

kd

Pawnless Endgame · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:06

I didn't know about SH, but I do remember MOHAA as being Allied Assult. Early 2002 I was playing it, fond memories.

Sorry to hear of the loss, RIP Winter. I met and made some close friends in WoW, both staying as online friends and some became real-life. The great thing is that none of us play WoW any more but we (both online and real life) still talk almost daily.

m4rk84 · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:08

I remember him if it was 'Cpt.Winters' may he RIP.

Good days back with MoHAA:SH, great game in its time.

Sefirosu · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:08

RIP

It's weird when people you play with die. A guy I played against in WoW got hit by a car in his early 20s. I never actually spoke to him (you can't) but he was a well-known figure on the server in Vanilla. It's so strange to think that he's just suddenly gone.

jumpy · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:10

MarkLP said:
Is that Cpt.Winters from NER?

That sucks remember playing matches against him

Winter was a captain iirc (but not his tag based on the Band Of Brothers character). I remember he was definitely there when NER became NER-UK and the associated subdivisions -SCA, -BNL (benelux), -HQ etc, also after the split from NER ('new european regiment' when it changed to a multi-gaming clan) to form separate clan identities and what eventually became EBA (european brothers in arms).

I still know one or two people from back then; but less than I'd like to given how much time we all spent together with fun and banter. I can still hear Winter ****** and blinding in his second language now

MarkLP · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:13

Yeah I'm sure it was him, I remember playing matches against him NER-UK vs {D.D} good old lol_v2 and The Bridge.

Brings back some memories, I'd love to get in contact with some of the guys back then. Like you say you end up becoming good mates!

TNGL · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:14

I don't know him, but RIP, mate.

touch · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:16

RIP

The weird thing about friends online is that you dont really know what happens to them unless they have IRL friends who know about their online life.
I've known a few people over the years who log off one day never to be seen again. Hopefully they just found a girlfriend/different game/different hobby or something, but nobody knows for sure.

SilverTongue · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:16

Holy **** I remeber Winter when we used to play, I was in =[tbj]= and -={RR}=-

Rest in peace Winter, you were a great guy

jumpy · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:18

MarkLP said:
Yeah I'm sure it was him, I remember playing matches against him NER-UK vs {D.D} good old lol_v2 and The Bridge.

Brings back some memories, I'd love to get in contact with some of the guys back then. Like you say you end up becoming good mates!

lol no way... {D.D} Who were you? I was [NER-UK]Greenwire (and previous tag derivations).

MarkLP · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:29

I was Sh@rk, cousin of Nix. Wish I'd kept in contact with some of the guys

jumpy · 2 Jun 2012 at 00:49

ah, happy days... I'm sure I remember your tag, and a trawl up through other clans... 2a {AA} [VS-UK] (vs-uk abbey beta was a great map) [AIR] [TS] {RR} ....there's a list on Xfire as long as your arm of names and tags that I only just remember hehe

Stumble Bum · 2 Jun 2012 at 02:04

It's all about [WLA] in Moh:aa

MadMan-JaMeS · 2 Jun 2012 at 08:52

i was in an swedish clan in MoH:AA top 5 normally.

#px|clan MadMan-JaMeS was me

shifty_uk · 2 Jun 2012 at 09:00

Horrible way to go

I know what you mean about in the moment online friendships. Wish I'd still kept in touch with some folks.

I was in [3CDO] clan on Spearhead.

Probably my favourite multiplayer game of all time.

kinetic747 · 2 Jun 2012 at 09:03

RIP mate from an old {NF} clan member.