This page has been dedicated to our fellow Unrealer and friend, Keithian Thomas.  He died on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at Charlotte Medical Center.  I may of not been one of his closest friends, but he was one of the guys from Long's class and it's hard not to forget anyone from that class.  We all didn't have to put up a fake front in that class, we could just be ourselves.  None of us would hide the fact that we were little PC gamer geeks in there and we loved playing Unreal Tournament in Long's class.

Keithian was hesitant at first with joining us geeky white kids playing UT [lol] but with the addition of Shawn [Juicy], he soon sided with the rest of us.  He began to enjoy the game and became very good at it.  I would know it too...because I kept seeing "Killed by Be_Ez" on my screen in the latter part of Long's class in '04.  Be_Ez was his name in Unreal and he always used the Nali skin cause he liked hitting the Nali voice taunts "Habouji!".  Me and him used to have long mini matches during CTF games because it took forever for one of us to die while fighting each other, we normally died by our own flak in the end or me smacking the wall with a rocket.  Keithian and AJ[From Hell] were the top fighters for the Red team, me and Long always tried to avoid Be_Ez at all cost.  For some reason, Long and I just couldn't get his moves down so he would be the main one to kill us.  With Juicy carrying the flag and Be_Ez covering him..the Blue team could do nothing to stop them from scoring.

He was also a great all around guy, he would always come in Long's with jokes and threats to beat the crap out of the "Whores" during that days game.  He didn't care if the Red team lost, just as long as most of his kills were from Long and me.

I know he will be greatly missed by many a friend and family.  I don't think anyone from Long's class will ever forget the guy, I know I won't.  I wish everyone the best in these hard times and God bless.

-Oblivion[CW] aka Shaver-

Screen Shots:
We played many games in Long's class and I did manage to take screen shots of a lot of them.  Here is my collection I have of Be_Ez playing with us in those games.
RickJames vs Be_Ez
RickJames vs Be_Ez
RickJames vs Be_Ez
RickJames vs Be_Ez
CTF-1st Period 1.16.04
CTF-1st Period 1.16.04
CTF-1st Period 1.22.04
CTF-1st Period 2.5.04
CTF-1st Period vs. 3rd 2.6.04
CTF-3rd Period 2.6.04
CTF-4th Period 2.6.04
CTF-4th Period 2.10.04
CTF-1st Period 2.11.04
CTF-1st Period 2.16.04
CTF-1st Period 2.16.04
CTF-2nd Period 2.20.04
CTF-1st Period 2.23.04
CTF-1st Period 2.23.04
CTF-3rd Period 2.23.04
CTF-1st Period 3.4.04
CTF-3rd Period 3.11.04
CTF-4th Period 3.11.04
CTF-4th Period 3.11.04
CTF-4th Period 3.11.04
CTF-1st Period 3.19.04
CTF-1st Period 3.24.04
CTF-1st Period 4.7.04
CTF-1st Period 4.7.04
CTF-1st Period 4.8.04
CTF-1st Period 4.8.04
CTF-1st Period 4.19.04
CTF-1st Period 4.19.04
CTF-1st Period 4.19.04
CTF-1st Period 4.20.04
CTF-1st Period 4.21.04
CTF-1st Period 4.22.04
CTF-1st Period 4.23.04
CTF-3rd Period 4.23.04
CTF-3rd Period 4.23.04
CTF-1st Period 4.28.04
CTF-1st Period 5.7.04
CTF-1st Period 5.11.04
CTF-3rd Period 5.20.04
CTF-1st Period 5.21.04
CTF-1st Period  5.24.04
CTF-1st Period 5.24.04
CTF-1st Period 5.24.04

Respects:
Eddie (Bandit[CW]):
Hey I meet this fine young man one time, which was in Long's class and first it's sad he was so young and next I'm sorry to have missed out more chances to play against him and challenge his anti Whore campaign.  Anyway I send my respect to his family and friends.

Edward:
I will forever miss covering him while he scores....and then hits V and 3 to say "haboruji!" The LAN parties will never be the same by not hearing him saying I'll kick your ass today Long, and his quiet but very strong character not only in the game but in life itself. This is just so sad to even write this paragraph about my red team bud, but it's life and that is how it goes.

Deidre:
Keithian was a very sweet and hilarious person. I loved him soo much as a friend. He was in a lot of my classes in high school. He was always joking around....he always had me laughing. Hahaa, in Chemistry, we would always compete to see who got the higher grade. He was VERY smart. We'd always make the same though. He will be greatly missed. I hope that everyone keeps his family in their prayers, especially his grandmother, Mrs. Connie. She was in my Bio163 class, and she was such a wonderful lady. God bless you all and take care.

AJ (From_Hell):
Its hard to comprehend why the man upstairs would take such a unique and talented person.  I know myself and others will miss him dearly.

Makia Jacobs:
I knew Keithian since I was a freshman. His personality captured anyone the instant he met them. He always put a smile on my face during the times I thought I couldn’t smile, and made me laugh when I never could find anything to laugh about. He taught me how to easy up and stop making my life so difficult. During the times when people would joke around with me in Long’s class, he would always be a friend and take up for me. When I couldn’t get a word that Long was talking about, and I thought I was the dumbest in the class (lol) he would take the time out to help me, just as long as I did most of the writing. He was also really smart. I spent so much time studying and stressing, and he would just chill and get an A on most of the tests we took. Words can’t express the sorrow that I feel right now. I am just glad that I got a chance to know him, because never knowing him would have been worst. My deepest regards to his family and closest friends. We are going to make it through this struggle together, just BE EZ!

Josh ([CW]Ravie):
Wow, the news really just hit me hard. Keithian is the first person in my age group to pass away that I actually had a connection to. I always thought about the day, five or so years down the road, when everyone that was in Long's class could just reunite for a day and have a reunion of playing unreal. If we actually do that, we have to leave a seat empty for be_ez, cause he'll be there in spirit.
Long's class was great because you got to see all these people come new into Unreal, and over the year, just mature into the some of the best players. Keithian was one of the main ones to show such fast progress in the game. I'll miss our fire-fights, and how much he hated it when i jumped around like a crack-head. frag one for be_ez...

Respects Thread:
I have setup a forum thread for anyone who wishes to pay their respects or just to talk about the good times we had in Long's class playing with Keithian.  I'm sure it will mean a lot to his friends and others, thanks.
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