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R.I.P. Electro

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he was for sure huddle instigator a lot of times :lol:

definitely gonna miss him

Yeah, I never met him in person, but that's how we became "friends" here on the Huddle.

We had basically been arguing in several different threads. It was like everytime he saw me post, he'd make it a point to tell me how much of an idiot I was.

Then I finally flew off the handle a little bit, and to my surprise he immediately apologized, threw me an e-beer, and repped me. I don't think we ever argued after that. From then on, he repped me frequently and was really quite nice to me.

As I said, I've never met him in person. But from my experience it seemed Electro was really just "shocking souls for fun." I don't think he ever really wanted to hurt anyone's feelings, and it seemed like if he thought he did he would do his best to let you know he wasn't really serious.

I'll miss seeing the guy around here, for sure.

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What I posted in The Lounge thread:

I never met him in person (still haven't been to a huddle tailgate yet after all these years, but hopefully will this one), but I always loved his posts. This sounds weird, but before the server had crashed after that ATL game last year and made us all "start over" with our accounts, me and 9Lives were friends and would constantly make jokes on the other's joke and such lol. I've calmed down a little bit on here the last few years though.

I didn't even know he had changed his name to electro until a couple months ago...

Regardless, he was a cool guy and he made some pretty amusing posts lol. Definitely sad to hear all this. And I agree about the news articles, how inconsiderate and classless can they be? This is a human life.

Regardless of the circumstance, a man lost his life. They've got to honor that, but instead they choose to cater to their commie, go-green, save the whales, a horse died audience because that's what's cool now. They have no idea what he was going through to reach that point of despair, so I doubt he would have allowed that to happen to those animals had he been in a stable frame of mind.

I don't want to share my views on what Clif did, but instead, I would like to pay my respects to him. Like I said, he was an awesome guy on here and a great poster. Wish I would've had the chance to meet him in person. And as others have said, if anyone on here is feeling low, let somebody know... I guarantee you someone will be there to help you up.

My prayers and thoughts go out to the family and friends.

RIP Clif, you will be missed. BTW, his 9Lives avatar was hall of fame status.

Wow, while I was extremely sad for the poster Electro after I heard this news, all this time I never knew he was 9lives. It hits me even hard now because I didn't know I had actually met him before in 2008 at the Cardinals v Panthers regular season game. I have to agree with everyone else, it was my first tailgate ever and as soon as I got there he helped me out with everything and let me meet all the huddle regulars. He was kind of like my guide at the tailgate even thought it was my first time meeting him, this makes this new of a fellow huddler's passing even more difficult to deal with. My thoughts go out to the family and friends of Clifton.

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I posted this in The Lounge. I need to stay out of there cause it will really show I have no life.

I knew Clifton for 7 years, since our Super Bowl. Met him on another Panther board, recognized his blue wig from his avatar, introduced myself at the next game, and was in tailgating heaven since. Man, was he technologically challenged. Constantly calling me with, “How do I do this?”, “Did you see what that guy said to me?” etc, etc. He started out on the internet taking everything very personal …. You can imagine how that worked out if you ever met him ….

He quit that site (but kept in touch with a lot of the people especially with fantasy football) and just didn’t know what to do with himself. I talked him into joining the Huddle knowing he wouldn’t feel so “attacked” here. He fit right in. I also talked him into trying out the Huddle tailgate. We had tried a small lot up the hill from the Huddle tailgate and it didn’t quite work out.

So, yes, you can blame me for bringing Electro/9Lives to the Huddle. It’s all my fault. Believe me, it took a lot of convincing at first. But as Clifton always did, he fully immersed himself. That man never did anything halfway. It was all or nothing.

Having said that, and knowing how much he loved his girls (you too, Susan) and enjoyed life, I can understand how difficult his final decision must have been. I don’t condone ending your own life but I can fully appreciate where he was, how he felt about himself, about his animals. Like I said, it was all or nothing. He was a very independent man. For how much we talked, he never told me how badly he was doing. Damn, I would’ve talked him into seeing a doctor early. My 6 uncles on my mom’s side all passed from cancer because they went to the doctor too late.

Which should be Clifton’s legacy to every Huddle man: See your doctor regularly, get a full exam periodically. If you feel things have changed in any way, see your doctor! You won’t be a wimp, you’ll be smart.

I’m so going to miss you, Clifton, my friend. As people have said here, you’d do anything to help anybody ….. even a Cowboy fan, I’m sure. Anything, no questions asked. Oh, the stories I could tell from knowing you for only 7 years. You brightened my life. He helped me after my heart surgery, calling often to see how I was doing. I’m so sorry I hadn’t made it to the tailgate in 2 years to see him, I’ve felt lucky just making it to the game. But we still talked.

I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it. It’s taken me forever to write this, I keep crying.

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Wow, while I was extremely sad for the poster Electro after I heard this news, all this time I never knew he was 9lives. It hits me even hard now because I didn't know I had actually met him before in 2008 at the Cardinals v Panthers regular season game. I have to agree with everyone else, it was my first tailgate ever and as soon as I got there he helped me out with everything and let me meet all the huddle regulars. He was kind of like my guide at the tailgate even thought it was my first time meeting him, this makes this new of a fellow huddler's passing even more difficult to deal with. My thoughts go out to the family and friends of Clifton.

I never knew he was 9lives as well. 9lives was one of my top fav posters as well as electro. So it makes since it was the same person lol.

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i could tell he got his kicks from antagonizing people. half the time i thought he was pretty funny and the other half i thought he was an annoying prick but even then he'd make me laugh.

he didn't seem to really care what other people thought...he just marched to the beat of his own drum.

i hate that all this happened to him and that there is so much controversy around the situation. his family don't need to be dealing with all of that. they just lost one of the most important people in their life and many in here lost a friend. i'm not going to get involved in what happened with those horses or how he left this world. none of that really matters. only thing that is of any concern now is that his family is hurting and for them i grieve.

thoughts and prayers go out to those who knew him best. may you find peace in this time.

btw...does anyone have his avatar from when he was 9lives? for some reason i always liked that one. i wouldn't mind throwing that in my sig.

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Yea, I didn't know he was 9lives either.. I remember he had this huge ordeal over a couch that somebody gave him and took it back or something, and I sent him a PM about it, and I believe that really helped him realize that it was just a piece of furniture.. and he seemed back to his old self.

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