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I bet you wonder why I have so few posts here at ROD, considering my early membership date in 2010, I have been posting a lot the last few years and so the discrepancy isn't as large as it once was. The reason was that I spent many hours at a NFC West trolling site called Spiked KoolAid, or SKA. We were savage with one another, but there was a lot of humor in the trolling.
Nothing was off limits. It was free speech personified, which includes offensive speech. It got so rough that after several years there, I finally had enough. There were a few opposing fans that I could not stand, one of which was the site owner, Chris Keal. But like I said, even though we went after each other verbally, he never banned me when he could have, so I respect that. ANYWAY, it brings me to a guy who was a 49er fan whose user name was BMT.
I found out today BMT died at age 31. I am fucking stunned. He was a viciously funny guy who could take a joke as well as deliver one at you. Heaven help me (or him) during Niner week if our team lost. We often did the most humiliating user name bets that we had to wear for a week or longer if we lost a bet, and it was a thing at SKA that put some zest in divisional games. I came to like Ronnie (BMT), over the years. He was of Native American ancestry, which of course made me call him an Injun (among other things). He was very proud of his heritage and worked for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as an accountant. He was also an aspiring MMA fighter. He was a tough guy, who I'd internet challenge to "come at me bro." He knew I was an old guy and so it was fun between us.
I lost contact with him when I left SKA. He didn't use twitter, but I knew another Rams fan who is a member here and at SKA, and so I found out today that BMT died and I am devastated. He was only 31 years old and in excellent shape. He had the world by the tail in many respects. I never met him face to face, but that doesn't matter to me. I can't believe that he's gone.
Rest in Peace, brother.
Ronnie is facing the camera in the ring.
Nothing was off limits. It was free speech personified, which includes offensive speech. It got so rough that after several years there, I finally had enough. There were a few opposing fans that I could not stand, one of which was the site owner, Chris Keal. But like I said, even though we went after each other verbally, he never banned me when he could have, so I respect that. ANYWAY, it brings me to a guy who was a 49er fan whose user name was BMT.
I found out today BMT died at age 31. I am fucking stunned. He was a viciously funny guy who could take a joke as well as deliver one at you. Heaven help me (or him) during Niner week if our team lost. We often did the most humiliating user name bets that we had to wear for a week or longer if we lost a bet, and it was a thing at SKA that put some zest in divisional games. I came to like Ronnie (BMT), over the years. He was of Native American ancestry, which of course made me call him an Injun (among other things). He was very proud of his heritage and worked for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as an accountant. He was also an aspiring MMA fighter. He was a tough guy, who I'd internet challenge to "come at me bro." He knew I was an old guy and so it was fun between us.
I lost contact with him when I left SKA. He didn't use twitter, but I knew another Rams fan who is a member here and at SKA, and so I found out today that BMT died and I am devastated. He was only 31 years old and in excellent shape. He had the world by the tail in many respects. I never met him face to face, but that doesn't matter to me. I can't believe that he's gone.
Rest in Peace, brother.
Ronnie is facing the camera in the ring.
