A moment of silence...

Today, I found out that Ranvier and I have lost a dear friend. Pennies, as we affectionately called him; His name was Steel Reserve 211 High Gravity 8.1%. He forever will be remembered for the cherished moments that we shared playing Call of Duty late into the night.

A dear friend that will be missed for the times when two, was good, three, was pushing it and four, you were done for. 

Our friend has been removed from the shelves, according to the beer salesman I talked to, because of a drop in sales and replaced with 6.0%. While I do agree that you must sell what you must sell to make money, although...this was swill to begin with and no point changing a good/bad thing. We loved it for it's qualities and accepted his imperfections. For that he will always be missed and he will pass into the history of the SWS lore as the beer of choice for random nights of debauchery playing COD.

R.I.P. "Pennies" Steel Reserve 211 8.1% 6/29/2011

You will be missed for your honest qualities and a taste no beer could compete with.

APB! We play tonight!

All Points Bulletin...Ranvier and Regenfall would like to invite you to the 40 month anniversary of the founding of the SWS. Many days have passed since it's first appearance on the scene when two gentleman formed this simple clan or gang as it was called on the game Saint's Row 2. We needed a name and I spouted SWS of as a name for the most awesome of clans that was ever formed on the Box.

Tonight we celebrate with our brethren, while we play Call of Duty: BLOPS. Join Us! We will be drinking only the finest spirits available to our meager budgets...40oz(s) of Steel Reserve...get it 40oz-40 month anniversary? huh? huh? Join Us! Yay, Pennies!

Here We Go Again!

Part 3 DLC. The Annihilation Map Pack coming June 28. They look like a another round of very cool maps and another grab at our pocketbooks as dollar signs roll in the eyes of Activision Execs.

A New Chapter

My Brothers of the Southwestern Stranglers/Shit We Suck/Skanks With Syphilis!

It is with great pride that I bring to you most wondrous News: a new Chapter has been opened in the Legend of our march towards world domination and Immortality! The chapter begins with two Words - Words of great Power and Fearsomeness - that were bestowed upon our faithful Clan by a Warrior Prophet. Yea, I speak of Ranvier! In the midst of a most bloody Battle, his eyes glowed with the Warrior Spirit of Ares and Athena, and he spake unto us:

ROAST BEEF!

And lo! the Soldiers heard him, and yea did they rejoice and fill their enemies with 5.56 NATO ammunition. And they were victorious. And they went on a 14 match win streak. And during the Final Killcam of each and every one of those matches, they spoke the Words with egregious Energy and Attitude:

HOW YOU LIKE THAT ROAST BEEF?

WATCH THIS ROAST BEEF!

YEAH, YOU SLICE THAT ROAST BEEF!

These Words, my brothers, are our Key to the Gates of Immortality! For we shall speak them, and they whom we fight shall Remember them, and Fear them, and they shall know that they lost to the SWS!

So say we all!

ROAST BEEF!

ROAST BEEF!

ROAST BEEF!

Redacted: I am sorry but I was wrong. ( In reference to the November 2010 post, 'What happens in the SWS, stays in the SWS.'

What Is Going On? Why Is It SO Hot Out?

Hello again faithful readers!  I thought I would drop by this old dusty blog that no one reads anymore and see how you all are doing?  This is usually the time of year that video gaming, and by proxy, the SWS drops off a little bit.  Some of us are on college break and probably trying to get a job, or complaining about how we wished we were back at school.  Concert tours start to ramp up and baseball gets going.  Others find our way from our dark basements into this strange place that smells funny and is very bright and usually rather hot, I believe I have heard this space referred to as “outside”.