Goodbye my friends... I am retiring for a while...

[Reaper]

I know many of you may not know me, but the long time members will be able to fill you in a bit on my past.  I am one of the sites original members, as well as one of the original Admins and good friends with the site's creator (Cyber/System)

Little did you all know that I have recently joined the United States Air Force and will be gone some time this summer to start my work in the military.  I know I haven't been the most active on here, but I have been lurking here for a long time now, and have seen the site change a lot since the days of the simplemachines forum.

I'm not going into a whole long story about the history of AM and my part in it, but I would like to say good bye for now to the friends I have made, as well as to Kicks (just kidding buddy).

I may still be around from time to time, but will probably not be making any ventures into the world of AM for a good while now.  If anyone wants to keep in contact with me, or is interested in learning anything about my life/the world of the USAF just let me know.  I use Skype (rare but still use it) as well as AOL Instant Messenger.  Leave your name here if you want me to add you to the list.

To Robin, you can remove my moderation/administration abilities if you wish, in case my password ever got hacked (cough Shawn cough).  If you ever need me you got me on Facebook buddy

Until next time, goodbye.
-First Lieutenant Rick 'Reaper' Maffei, USAF

[robin1989]

farewell rick and we wish you the best of luck in your new ventures and if your ever flying in the uk do a low swoop over my house ( my parents up lol).

[Modded Matt]

reaper, we dont know eachother well, but there will be a place here for you here. in what fassion is up to you. I wish you well and hope the best for you in whatever life throws your way. 

paint acidmods.com on the side of a missle and upload it to us if you ever get the chance.

[PspKicks316]

Ditto on the missile tagging.

We'll miss you man. Do a great job out there!

[laxboy]

same here with the missle but as i never knew you that well but still good luck with the airforce. you able to tell us what you going to do?

[aZiZ1]

reaper, we dont know eachother well, but there will be a place here for you here. in what fassion is up to you. I wish you well and hope the best for you in whatever life throws your way. 

paint acidmods.com on the side of a missle and upload it to us if you ever get the chance.

you would be god in my book.
Alot of my friends have joined the military and the airforce, i myself have really wanted to but i cant due to a disability, I have nothing but respect for those that serve their nation. Till next time bud.

[aquatsr]

Stay safe, man.

[SN!P3R]

Bye bud! I herd you ate a couple quarters the day you registered, was so cash!

[dedafmonteur]

I'm so not gonna say bye.



Goodbye dude, although we never talked a lot....your still a good kid...lol

[Reaper]

Well the first nuke already has a name, my friend Sean wants me to name it "my nigga Sean" so they can post in the newspapers that "my nigga Sean wiped out [insert country here]" but I'll see what I can do about an AcidMods missile.

you able to tell us what you going to do?

Going to be training to be a fighter pilot, they said you had to be a little crazy in order to do well in training, I showed them I was over-qualified in that area

I'll be in from time to time around here for the next few days but my life has become PT at home as well as volunteering in my community before I leave it for good.

[laxboy]

lol good luck pulling 12 g's im a student pilot atm in a cherokee love to fly man

[dedafmonteur]

Nuke's....lol
you guys still have nuke's?
yelling: Freedom of speach is the new weapon these days.....wich is lame


k back on topic:

call the nuke:  buttsex.
buttsex wiped out [insert country here]"

[froggy]

asta la vista

[Luke]

Good Luck rick, don't die on us

[SN!P3R]

Call it



The Game.

[jrfhoutx]

Good luck Rick, hope the best for you, don't let em brainwash you... lol.

Oh, and go ahead and name the bomb "my nigga Sean" just name the plane "AcidMods" that way they can put in the paper "While piloting AcidMods, 1st Lt. Reaper dropped my nigga Sean on [insert country here] creating massive amounts of devastation"...

[FreeK]

bye babe.

i mean.....DUDE.

dont worry...ill keep up that poke war on facebook.

[~:Dhruv:~]

Reaper .. i guess we never got around to knowing each other well. But we will miss your presence here on AM.

I hope you do really well in the forces. Stay Safe buddy !

[Kilokk]

bye reaper! good luck with your ventures in the military! 

thanks for all the help you gave me man.

[ryan0]

Keep safe dude,I'm joining the Irish military myself next year.

[dedafmonteur]

Irish military?

not trying to be rude, but they have one?

[jrfhoutx]

Irish military?

not trying to be rude, but they have one?

yes, they do, and not only could they kick the crap out of those pansies in the Dutch military, but they could call up the IRA and car bomb them into oblivion...

[ryan0]

Irish military?

not trying to be rude, but they have one?

Yep we do,at the forefront of peacekeeping in Syria,Darfur,the Lebanon,as well as other parts of Africa and in the middle East,extremely high standard of training.Sure you won't see much real action,but I'm more of a pacifist,I'd rather live this life without taking anyone elses personally!
(Also the Irish army invented the concept of Guerrilla warfare,leaders such as Che Guevera modeled their tactics on those that the Irish used)




Seriously Reaper,stay safe,we will welcome you back with open arms whenever you want to come back,so don't go dyin' on us now!!

[dedafmonteur]

yes, they do, and not only could they kick the crap out of those pansies in the Dutch military, but they could call up the IRA and car bomb them into oblivion...

I would love to see that.
You do know the dutch have some of the best special forces right? I dont want to brag but it's the truth.
Loads of americans/germans and french people come here to learn to fly a fighter yet, dono why though.

oh, and the best military in the world is not america or china....it's france.
The French Foreign Legion, you DO NOT wahtn to stumble on them....trust me. I've been to their trainingcamp once (close to a summer house from my uncle)


btw, IRA is not like the military and you cant just call them dude....

[Reaper]

Loads of americans/germans and french people come here to learn to fly a fighter yet, dono why though.

I've never heard that ever, what program is it called...

oh, and the best military in the world is not america or china....it's france.

Yes, that's why France is leading the way in not only military expenditure, but also activity... not to mention their vast history of military victories

bye reaper! good luck with your ventures in the military! 

thanks for all the help you gave me man.

No problem man!  Thanks!

Keep safe dude,I'm joining the Irish military myself next year.

You too man!  Remember to have some fun with it too!

[jrfhoutx]

Yes, that's why France is leading the way in not only military expenditure, but also activity... not to mention their vast history of military victories

LMAO... that's great... lol... I will give the french credit for one thing though, without the french we might still be british...


for starters learn to take a joke, . there is a difference between military and 'special forces' and the FFL falls into the 'special forces' category (it's a special detachment of the french military created specifically to circumvent french laws and allow foreigners to serve in the french military). Yes the FFL is an amazing special forces group, but again is not necessarily the best, nor do they make the french military 'the best'. I don't think that anyone can really say which military is 'the best'. you can say who is the largest, or who is the best funded, because those are tangible. the only way to determine which military is 'the best' is to literally pit them against each other, and no one wants to or is willing to do that in order to stake claim to such a ridiculous title as 'the best military'... as for stumbling on the FFL, no I wouldn't want to, nor would I want to with any military's special forces division...

I don't want to get into a 'who's military is better' argument as that gets no one anywhere... you are comparing single military divisions to one another under the claim that this makes an entire military force 'the best' and that is not so. when comparing military forces one must take into consideration all factors (and accounting for all branches of that country's military forces ie. army navy air force), meaning military activity, manpower, equipment, tactics, ability to project military forces beyond their own borders/boundaries, and the ability to fund, grow, support and implement these factors in actual usage. Now if you do that, there is an answer, and the answer is clear...




btw, I'm not an idiot (I think by now you would know that), I know what the the goddamn IRA is, I'm :censored:ing Irish for god's sake, and I know that you can't just 'call them up', it's a :censored:ing joke you douchebag. oh and don't let the IRA hear you say that they're not a military force or they will :censored:ing carbomb your ass...

[alentris]

I would just like to say that the U.S. Military would destroy any other military on this earth. 'Nuff said.

[dedafmonteur]

IRA = fai.......bring it on sister!...lol

Reaper, ive got no idea what it's called, i just know loads of french/german and us people are flying here in the F16.


and jrf, relax dude.... im not mad or anything, im just in love with u....i can't help it.


btw reaper, how long will your training take?

[ryan0]

ok Deda,I mean no offence,but seriously,but ask anyone,the Irish military are the best fighters in the world,we might not have super flashy technology,but if we were the size of the american army you'd all be speaking Gaelic.
We invented guerrilla warfare,the only reason America hasn't won the war in Iraq is because the Iraqi's copied our fighting style.
We have won the world sharpshooting championships years in a row,our special forces train all around the world with squads like seal team 6.

Sorry dude,but the Dutch army just doesn't hold a candle to the Irish,and I'm not saying that because I am Irish,I'm saying it because it's the truth...

The MODERN IRA is fail,but the OLD IRA (which my grandfather was in) were a group dedicated only to the cause of Irish freedom and Catholic emancipation,while now the are just drug runners and terrorists.

[dedafmonteur]

ryan, the french are the best.
im not saying our army is, our normal army sucks. they piss there pant most of the time.
we got loads of nutjobs in the special forces, they are good. the rest is just a gigantic failure.

[jrfhoutx]

Oh, yes, the french are the best...

[Reaper]

We invented guerrilla warfare,the only reason America hasn't won the war in Iraq is because the Iraqi's copied our fighting style.

You mean the Irish were the first ones to dress like civilians and use civs as human shields?

Reaper, ive got no idea what it's called, i just know loads of french/german and us people are flying here in the F16.

btw reaper, how long will your training take?

I don't think we even have a base over there, lol.  And the total training for me in particular will be as follows... 8 1/2 weeks of Basic training, 13 1/2 weeks of officer training and then a little over a year for Pilot School... not all in a row as I am also enlisted into an Aeronautical Engineering college program with them