R.I.P P!ke

I guess pike is dead =\ for those who know him, one of the coolest guys ever. Someone found him dead with a needle in his arm today.

I'm going to miss that guy, was always fun playing pubs with him.

RIP Pike.

For realz?!

for reals herb =\

yeah thats really messed up, I hate to hear about something like this. He was one of the coolest people in the dm community, unlike this guy... how did you find out about this anyways?

p!ke, i'm gonna miss you man. you were one hell of a guy. thanks for showing me the ropes in l4d, and thanks for the talks. may your soul have rest.

I used to play with him, he was very friendly and an overall nice guy.

rip

RIP man played a few games with you every now and then, you were a cool guy, sad thing

yeah thats really messed up, I hate to hear about something like this. He was one of the coolest people in the dm community, unlike this guy... how did you find out about this anyways?

A good friend of his got a call about it. He let me know.

RIP. this was a nice and good person. hope well to all his loved ones.

wow..so sad..i knew this guy too, played several pub games with him

we'll miss u bro

R.I.P from Chile

WOW.. spoke to Pike maybe 2 nights ago and told him we wanted him back in DM, he was kinda down about the game, told him we would always be his friends and if he needed a clan to call home, since KF is not competitive, we would love to have him or just come play and be silly. He was an awesome funny guy with great spunk, I am sorry to hear this I know he loved his kids so much. Love you Pike and will be missing you tremendously!

Much love man. I remember when he first started playing DM and he tried out for 911. Good times. You'll be missed bud.

good friend youll be missed indeed pike loved talkin to ya man and good games R.I.P

Gonna miss seeing you in the arena kicking everyones ass! R.I.P man!

Holy Crap!, I just talked to him maybe a week ago.
He was so excited cause he was moving to Alaska and he couldnt wait.
Damn what a shame. He has 2 kids that he leaves behind.
Wow........just wow.

rofl im sooo not believing this, talked to him like, 2 days ago

yea cant say this didn't cross my mind,,..dunno, edge says it's real, so. i sure hope this is not some bad joke.

man that would be one fucked up joke.

miss ya p!ke, much love-

n3cr0

P!ke was a long time friend of mine.

Within the last year he was having a hard time finding work, got a good job and lost it due to an accident. He got hooked on painkillers of all sorts after that, god bless America's doctors and Prescription companys.

With the financial issues and habit, he loss custody of his children and moved in with his parents not to long ago. I recall him trying to re-download his games on dial-up

We spoke not to long ago, but not for long. I recall making up an excuse to leave the conversation because it was turning into quite the novel. Something I won't forget or live down now. I bailed on a friend.

May god have mercy on all our souls. Blessed be P!ke.
Thanks to edge for bringing this to our attention.

Steam Profile === 22 hours last log in.

I call your bluff.

x fingers.

I don't think its a joke. His facebook page has like 30 comments on it about his death. R.I.P. He was a cool cat.

Sad, I never had the honor to play with him, sounds like a great guy and will be very much missed! God rest his soul!

Link

I don't think its a joke. His facebook page has like 30 comments on it about his death. R.I.P. He was a cool cat.

please link his facebook, i think it would be nice if we all went and paid our respects for his family and RL friends to see.

RIP bro.

D:

Hell of a good guy from what i've seen, sorry to hear this is true.

I don't think its a joke. His facebook page has like 30 comments on it about his death. R.I.P. He was a cool cat.

please link his facebook, i think it would be nice if we all went and paid our respects for his family and RL friends to see.

RIP bro.

Its set to friends only unfortunately http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/thomasrpike?ref=nf

http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/52366507.html

http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/52366507.html

Ah didnt know he lived near my city, RIP Wisconsin brothern

kinda puts all this bull shit into prospective. didnt know him that well at all. only talked to him a few times, but it still cuts deep. i really hope he died peacefully, and i wish his family all the best.

edge or who ever, most funeral homes now have online "guest books" where ppl can go and pay their respects. if you find this info in the coming days, would you please post it. ty.

I didn't really know him, even in game. Just the name. It's very sad indeed though. Too young...much too young...

shame sorry to hear that

Wow!! So sorry to here, he was always cool and always seem to have fun when we were on the servers.

God Bless his family!!! RIP Pike.

Just goes to show that doing drugs = bad. Especially if you have 2 daughters. I feel sorry for them.

Just goes to show that doing drugs = bad. Especially if you have 2 daughters. I feel sorry for them.

it certainly does..BUT...from personal experience, addiction is not a "something i want to do", its a sickness. it takes over your brain.

Very Very sad news. I enjoyed playing with Pike, though i only spoke with him a couple of times.
Its a ****ing shame

Didn't get to know this guy but it sounds like he was loved, RIP

Just goes to show that doing drugs = bad. Especially if you have 2 daughters. I feel sorry for them.

Let's try not to get off topic here. This is honestly serious stuff. No need for arguments in this thread.

Just goes to show that doing drugs = bad. Especially if you have 2 daughters. I feel sorry for them.

Let's try not to get off topic here. This is honestly serious stuff. No need for arguments in this thread.

How is this off topic? He died with a needle in his arm according to edge. He has 2 daughters. I feel sorry that they are not going to grow up with their father. I find it very on topic. Im not saying he wasnt a nice guy, cause he was a very nice guy. Im simply saying my condolences go out to his family, especially his 2 girls.

Just goes to show that doing drugs = bad. Especially if you have 2 daughters. I feel sorry for them.

Let's try not to get off topic here. This is honestly serious stuff. No need for arguments in this thread.

How is this off topic? He died with a needle in his arm according to edge. He has 2 daughters. I feel sorry that they are not going to grow up with their father. I find it very on topic. Im not saying he wasnt a nice guy, cause he was a very nice guy. Im simply saying my condolences go out to his family, especially his 2 girls.

Agreed, he will be missed by them and he was one of the nicest guys you'd meet in DM until you pissed him off haha. "Fuck you edge" -- Pike 2009 xD. but in all seriousness cool guy, i'm asking around more to see if I can't figure out exactly what happened, but I'm trying to not push any buttons. Well see.

Edit -- It was a party he was at, some friends shot him up and then they chilled for the night. Friends went out for breakfast and he stayed behind, tried to do it himself and it didn't go so well =\.

damn, rest in peace p!ke.

gonna miss the good times in DM and more recently l4d.

I haven't talked to him in a long time, He was a close friend of mine back in the day and I even helped teach him to bhop when he was new to it. there is nothing I can type to express how pissed off and sad I am right now.

Wow! This is just really terrible news! I have only played with Pike occasionally but he was always a great, well manner, and fun person! Yes, this puts many things into perspective! The [FF] Freedom Fighters offer our condolences to his family, friends and will really miss our old friend! God bless his soul!

Can't remember that much of him what clan(s) was he in so i can refresh my memory a bit. But from what i do remember i had never had a problem with him and he seemed like a great guy R.I.P

Can't remember that much of him what clan(s) was he in so i can refresh my memory a bit. But from what i do remember i had never had a problem with him and he seemed like a great guy R.I.P

He was on the cal team nino setup for us, wrw2 and in khaos / synergy till he quti dm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtB-YN03 ... re=related

holy shit this is terrible news

P!ke was a friend, teammate, and awesome dude. RIP man.

He was on the cal team nino setup for us, wrw2 and in khaos / synergy till he quti dm.

he also played for Team Veracity for a season of Warzone.

im gonna leave this here for you pike. my favorite AIC song. and Layne Staley passed away the same way you did. i wish you could hear this. i didnt know you and i wish i did. i just whiped a tear from my face. God bless your soul brother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfFtyOpw ... re=related

Everyone from 911 sends out condolences to his family and friends, as well as the Warzone league, this month is recognized to him, http://www.hl2dm-warzone.com/

Anyone know if he is any frag vids? Might be nice to fire it up just for a look and a bit of remembrance.

Looks like he was registered here... 1 post only though.

http://www.hl2dm-university.com/forum/p ... file&u=738

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7deClndzQw

Shame, Pike was a good guy. After a little direction and confidence he picked up his game in hl2dm after several 1v1s. Always run a server in either hl2dm or l4d. Friendly to all and had plenty of friends in game both games.

tom was probably my best friend in the dm and l4d community. I would call him every few days when I was bored as shit at work. He was always a good friend...

rip man.

Rest in peace p1ke...he was a a cool guy and played the game with a lot of passion whether it was DM or L4D...but my heart goes out to his family and friends who suffer this loss more greatly...

sad to hear this news as was only an acquaintance of him...

Wow I was having a great day and now it's the worst day of this year. I barely knew the guy and it feels like I've lost a brother. I guess that just goes to show how much I care about each & every single person on this forum/that plays DM (yes even the assholes) just because I interact with them so much. I love you; all of you.

Goodbye P!ke. May you rest in peace.

Anyone know if he is any frag vids? Might be nice to fire it up just for a look and a bit of remembrance.

He was in conflicts AIDS. His badass voice appears in the video to i believe.

Wow I was having a great day and now it's the worst day of this year. I barely knew the guy and it feels like I've lost a brother. I guess that just goes to show how much I care about each & every single person on this forum/that plays DM (yes even the assholes) just because I interact with them so much. I love you; all of you.

Goodbye P!ke. May you rest in peace.

well said bro. i feel the same way about all you guys and girls.

He will definatly be missed by many of us. He was a good guy, friend, team mate and clan mate.

Too young...much too young...

No kidding, I didn't realize he was that young! He left us all way too soon!

The police arrested someone for providing the drugs

http://dev.www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/52443247.html

he was in our clan for a while. was well liked as he was good, fair player and a nice guy. we used to chat quite a bit, remember him talkin about the probs with his ex and trying to get custody of his kids. sadly when he left we didnt chat so much, now and again we would and sometimes he would drop into our servers for a bit. used to hate his shotty tho xD

its a damn shame and i feel pretty cut up about it

R.I.P P!ke

Damn what a mess, that guy is probably one of his friends.

Can't stop thinking about him..

I miss you, bro.

Wow I was having a great day and now it's the worst day of this year. I barely knew the guy and it feels like I've lost a brother. I guess that just goes to show how much I care about each & every single person on this forum/that plays DM (yes even the assholes) just because I interact with them so much. I love you; all of you.

Goodbye P!ke. May you rest in peace.

well said bro. i feel the same way about all you guys and girls.

I agree with you both. I mean we all have people through the HL2DM who we don't get along with, but as much as we get pissed at people around here, I don't think any of us would want to see this tragedy. I brought this up on our forums as well. There's such a wide variety of personalities here, levels of maturity are all over the board, but seeing some of the posts in this thread leads me to believe several of us do have respect for other players in the game. P!ke was a great guy with two beautiful little girls, things we sometimes don't realize in this game, is life away from it. He will be missed greatly!!! Grieving is done differently by all, so I hope all who are saddened by this, have a quick healing!

p1ke would not create this kind of situation for sure. He was on our team a while back (maybe it was his first team, not sure) and talk about an ideal teammate. Packed with ambition, he went from not being able to hit a wall with smg nades to nailing opponents across the map with xbow wallshots. He often stopped by to say hi and - man! -what a fresh whiff of air:

• "Yooooo! How's it hangin'!"

Great loss.

The police arrested someone for providing the drugs

http://dev.www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/52443247.html

sounds like a bad dose to me. prolly was cut with some fucked up shit.

i didnt know him that well, but this is common with heroin users that get clean and then relapse. they use as much as they were using b4 they got clean and their tolerance is no where near what it was, so they OD. im sure it was one of those 2 that killed him. FUCK. ive known so many ppl that have had heroin issues, and a lot of them are no longer here. its such a fucked up drug. its a "chaser" drug. you constantly chase that original high until you dont even use to get high, you use to not be dope sick.

It was his first time trying heroin. It's very strange, he had always said he would never touch that shit.

something is missing from this story. how the hell could they have found that dealer and the method of what happened so quick? the dealer shoots him up, then either pike OD's right there, and the dealer takes off, or the dealer shoots him up and then leaves and pike has a seasure or something. either way, how would they know who gave it to him? plus, who found him? another thing that is weird is that the dealer gave him a "melted down pill" of morphine or methadone. that makes no sense. any dealer wants to give the new person a really good hit, usually for free, to get the person hooked. after a while, the dealer will sell crap doses. something is not right here.

It was his first time trying heroin. It's very strange, he had always said he would never touch that shit.

how do you know that?

It was his first time trying heroin. It's very strange, he had always said he would never touch that shit.

well last time we talked to him he did seem down , so it could mean he was goin tru bad times and wouldnt have thought about takin it or not in the spot

its what i was told by one of his close friends

the night before his friend(s) shot him up. the next morning he tried to do it himself while everyone else went out for breakfast. they came back and found him dead.

RIP Pike. I didn't play all that much in dm with you, but all the matches we did were a lot of fun. Really great person to be around.

From what we understand, it was a party and they were doing some drugs at the party.

I was talking to him that night and he said gotta go friends here we are going to party, I am totally heartbroken about this and yes he seemed down to me as well.

RIP pike. you were a good guy.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/52443247.html -- Full Article

and more
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-090803 ... 1826.story

his family needs donations it seems, maybe we can help out someway.

and more
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-090803 ... 1826.story

thats messed up....

i used to play 2v2s with pike a while back, he was great guy.

and more
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-090803 ... 1826.story

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Wow....Pike sure has made a big impression and a lot of good friends in this gaming community. I am the one that helped him to get the hl2dm game for the first time and to help him set it up and taught him the very basics. Even then I knew by the way he played and his attitude that he was very determined and a fast learner...that is why I recruited him right away into ELEA (at the time I was a member there.) We were fairly close friends for a while until he left ELEA to go out on his own...then I kinda lost touch with being a friend and now I regret that. I was able to speak to him for a min the night of the party. I had invited him to come play hl2dm, but he said he couldn't right then because he had to go somewhere. Maybe I should have asked more details then, but I had no idea that it was something this serious. The next I heard he was gone.

R.I.P. Pike

wow. that is just sad beyond words.

Wow....Pike sure has made a big impression and a lot of good friends in this gaming community. I am the one that helped him to get the hl2dm game for the first time and to help him set it up and taught him the very basics. Even then I knew by the way he played and his attitude that he was very determined and a fast learner...that is why I recruited him right away into ELEA (at the time I was a member there.) We were fairly close friends for a while until he left ELEA to go out on his own...then I kinda lost touch with being a friend and now I regret that. I was able to speak to him for a min the night of the party. I had invited him to come play hl2dm, but he said he couldn't right then because he had to go somewhere. Maybe I should have asked more details then, but I had no idea that it was something this serious. The next I heard he was gone.

R.I.P. Pike

seems a lot of ppl talked to him that night. you cant blame yourselves. i talk to EE members daily. if they say they have to go, i hardly, if ever, ask where they are going. if they tell me, fine, if not, its really none of my business. you guys and girls that were close to him shouldnt feel responsible. i think we should take this as a valueable lesson that you never know what the future holds and that we should chearish everyday. mostly never take for granted the friendships we have all made here.

his family needs donations it seems, maybe we can help out someway.

I think it's a good idea, but I don't know how much we will be able to come up with. Anyone here want to work on this?

I found his myspace and its not private. It's really sad to see some of the stuff he wrote knowing hes gone now. Wish i got to know him better..You could tell that he was a really good person! R.I.P man!
http://www.myspace.com/tompiker

i'd be up for donating some cash so p!ke can have a good send off, its a great idea!! maybes a friends or family member has paypal or something like that??

i dont have 2 nickles to rub together atm, but if something is set up i will give as much as i can. wont be much, but i guess every little bit helps.

I sent a message to a person on his myspace I assume maybe related. Asking if there was a way to send a donation, paypal or whatever? I also sent her the links to here so she could see what we have written and Chemical's honor post with the !.

Hopefully we can help in someway. I am sure in these tough times any amount people can give would be appreciated.

Wow, i dont know what to say. Im shook up about this because like most of us i helped him out when he first started playing the game. He was cool, he learned stuff so quick and became good. He was the most chill person ever. I didnt know him in real life only through dm. I didnt realize how much i care for fellow dm'ers. I send my love to his family and his loved ones. Rest in peace brother.

http://www.fox6now.com/videobeta/watch/ ... 89f8fd9b67

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Man thats depressing....

http://www.fox6now.com/videobeta/watch/ ... 89f8fd9b67

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i cant get those links to play for some reason.

Pike was a great player, real cool guy, he frequented our servers a few years ago when we first started our clan... He will be greatly missed. The entire STK Clan sends our condolences to his family.

STK PureChaos

Shit news... only just found out from the TSGK forum. AgC lost a close friend and brother of a clan member earlier this year to a brain tumour. Life really does suck at times.

In the deep dark hours in the UK when I couldnt sleep, i used to play Pikes Mid West Server and always had some good games with the guy. He always sounded wrecked on the Mic, but never failed to put a smile on my face.

To his family, know that his company and unique personality was appreciated and enjoyed as far afield as europe via this game. The world seemingly looses another gamer and good guy, but more importantly, a father. My thoughts and prayers are with those close to him, and as a father of two daughters myself, especially his girls.

Wow.. I just got my computer back up and running and saw this. What a tragedy. p!ke was an amazing guy with so much to offer. He never failed to brighten up my day when talking with him. He always had a good attitude and wanted to get better at the game. I think this just makes me realize that I care for every single one of you and wish the very best in all your lives. May his soul rest in peace.

http://www.fox6now.com/videobeta/watch/ ... 89f8fd9b67

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HOLY SHIT. That's shocking.

He was a good friend on steam.... not just dm but basically if I logged on he was there... Tom, Rachkir, and myself for a long time all talked shit about each other... hated one another for a while and somehow managed to stay friends.
I told him I'd be getting a computer to match his for COD6. I helped him spec that thing out over a 2 month span.... him calling me about this or that... sending me links. I just about wrang his neck during the 8 hours between 10pm and 6am we spent on the phone putting that thing together.
If I had any regret it would be how I left the L4D team him and I created. It wasn't good enough for me. To play with friends and have fun wasn't good enough... I wanted to be lete. Pretty much only now I can see that he was a loyal friend. If I asked him for something... to do something... pretty much anything. He would have.
As far as him having problems... yeah. I knew about all that. Hell I helped him build that pc and we talked everyday. This is when he was working. He talked about pills. I dunno. I could have said something...even if he told me to fuck myself and laughed he might have thought about it later. Pills scare me anyway... surprised me. My sister has drug problems. Her daughter keeps her in line... but only while she's around. I think this could be a big part of it too. Something that would have boiled over long ago had it not been for him having the kids with him.

Anyway man, P!ke, you'll be in my friends list 100,000 days offline my friend. Just wish you were P!ke instead of US Beef. When I go I will have to make sure my steam name is in order.

I sent the following request into steam. I jammed it into their support page about 5 or 6 different ways. Hopefully, it'll come through.


I have a friend in my friends list, Thomas R. Pike II aka P!ke, http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197997137576 . This past weekend Tom passed away unexpectedly and quite tragically. http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-090803 ... 1826.story

What I'd like to ask, on behalf of his friends and community of gamers is 2 things if you can do this and/or pass it along.
Firstly, if you could, change his steam name back to "P!ke", as it now reads US beef. He had that name in only a passing comedic gesture and we'd all like to see it returned back to what we know him by. Second, if you would allow his account to continue as is or in some locked state as a tribute. I am not aware of how long an account exists if inactive. I was surprised to find mine after 2 years of not playing.

Thanks for taking the time to read this unorthodox request,

Michael "mLIQUID" *********

Well somehow the account got changed

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197997137576