Sad news, Jordan Penpraze A.K.A. Thunderbird has died :(

[Gunz]

He was a great friend and great team mate! he will be sadly missed!

RIP Brother!

Condolences to his family.

http://www.news.com.au/national/jordan- ... 6493900935



*post hijack by Roach*:

His family has contacted us, to confirm the funeral will be held on the
23rd of October, in Melbourne.
The venue is not confirmed, however likely to be the MORNINGTON race course.

[SuperRoach]

Aye. We will feel the shock of this for a long time.

[grub]

Tragic news R.I.P champ

[Dagget_001]

Truly sad news, will be missed but never forgotten.

[MrSk]

Truly sad news, will be missed but never forgotten.

[SuperRoach]

There are so many screenshots of him both ingame, at H*EA*T meets and well everywhere.
Testing..
Seen here jumping up and down first at 1:24, and his first speaking role is at @1:45 talking about all the pizza hut noobs back in Battlefield 2, including his infamous nutzap and my gun camera.

[Dragazarth]

Very sad news, whenever he joined on mumble I would always have to stay on another round, he will be missed.

[S3Cs4uN8]

My condolences go out to his family, Gonna miss the chap, was a great guy to chat with and helped me into the clan.

[Nero]

Would still prefer to have a friend rather than know a dead hero.

[RG5023]

Is a sad, sad occasion. He was an and is, an awesome bloke.
Will miss him dearly.

Vale Jordan Penpraze alias Thunderbird.

My deepest sympathy to his family and friends.. (

[HURT-U-I-Will]

Guy's this is very sad news...

He was an absolute legend on our servers and always brought the best out in us Google's. He will be sadly missed. He was voted the best heli pilot ever on our discussion board not so long ago. My heart felt wishes to you all and his family.

Regards,

HURT-U-I-WILL

[gumby]

Ive been following this on the news having no idea who it was until now Tbird was one of nicest blokes ive come across on mumbles and was the reason I started a mumble server for our clan, he was a champion.

My condolences to the HEAT clan and most importantly his family.

Sincerely gutted

Gumbeh

[Suzuki007]

This is such sad news indeed:(

My condolences to TBirds family and friends,

Had lots of great games with TBird over the years especialy on our Google Atacama server,

Simply the best in the chopper bar none,

Will be sadly missed,

With a heavy heart R.I.P TBird.

Suzuki007.

[Haggis]

Condolelences to the family and clan.

Great bloke, 1 of the best.

R.I.P.mate

Haggis67

[ina666]

Very sad news.
Truly A great guy and awesome gamer.

The Bubblgum* clan sends our deepest condolences to friends and family.

R.I.P. Thunderbird.

Regards from Bubblegum* clan

ina666
Timbot
Bevo
Techno
Blueboy
Mango

[SuperRoach]

If anyone has photos of him, feel free to post them here. I'm slowly going through them now.

Just realised a few things - his quote is still in the top right, where he was telling someone off for having a low K/D aka a Roach score.

He's seen here at one of our H*EA*T meets:
http://imgur.com/49IV7.jpg
(It's a big picture so click to bring it up)

He's the middle blue top on the upper right, giving us the thumbs up.

[Batman_516]

Mother of god I don't even remember this photo. That's me on his left making everyone look skinny!

[SuperRoach]

Tuesday 23rd Mornington Racecourse at 2pm. Final details guys.

Thunderbird shows us his stunts on Operation firestorm at BF3 in it's first few days.
Testing..

The paypal information is roachish@gmail.com . I'm looking at wreath pricing still. I am thinking of getting it made in Melbourne at this point, and will post updates on here somehow too.

[Batman_516]

Honest mistake guys. The service will be held at Mornington Racecourse in MORNINGTON, not Flemington. Mornington is a 20 minute trip from Frankston. If we all catch a train to Frankston, we could maxi cab it there to save on cost.

[TheCleaningGlove]

horrible news to hear, still reeling from the whole thing, just doesnt sink in.

Ive booked my flights and will be arriving at 6am on Tuesday morning, looking forward to seeing you guys there and farewelling our mate properly.

See you guys soon

Glove

[Batman_516]

errr...6am melbourne time?

[TheCleaningGlove]

yeah man its the easiest way for me to do it, come in early and leave at the end of the day. Gives breathing room and time to get organised as well as free time in the morning to get shit done. Dont want to risk being delayed by shitty budget airlines either

[SuperRoach]

There is a family guest book if you would like to leave a note for his family.
http://www.legacy.com/guestbooks/herald ... 862&view=1


Heaps of photos from H*EA*T meet 2011, I'm forwarding them and the videos to Dan.


This one made me have to stop for the night.


From Left to right: Ohhbee, Daddster, Thunderbird.

[Batman_516]

P3PSI, Funky, Kingzy, Scooby and T-Bird


T-Bird, Scooby, Kingzy, and Funky at Bang! T-Bird had to pretty much carry me back to the hostel that night.

[SuperRoach]

Hi everyone. I just got back from the funeral.
I wanted to thank everyone that contributed, but also everyone that remember their time with Jordan in our clan. A lot of us will remember him for the lengthy chats he would be up for at any time.

He's an inspiration to all of us in the clan.

We had a wreath made up worthy of Jordan:

For reference of scale there is a persons hand a the top, it looked spectacular.

I won't share the card publicly (or the wreath message) as it has everyone's name on it, but it also includes from all of Clan H*EA*T and all of Google Clan.

I just got a message from his little brother that the card was awesome, and it made his mum cry.
Jacinta and Dan was a privilege to meet in person, Jacinta spotting me out from the crowd calling me Roach and having a chat with me. They are so strong to be handling it even at this point.

Thank you all in this tough time. If you have a glass of whatever you drink, I ask that you raise it and have one for Jordan, a fantastic buddy.

[lfunkyl]

Very nice words roach, I'm glad at least some of us were able to make it, Still even now it's hard to believe it's real... The Wreath looks good man, great pick.

R.I.P Jordan, it was an honour.

[MrSk]

Good job Roach.
I'll be having a beer for a mate of mine that passed away two years ago this weekend, i'll have one for T-Bird also.

[RG5023]

Thanks for all your time and effort SuperRoach, it is extremely appreciated.

My thoughts are with his family, friends and Clan brothers. Hope that nqbigfoot is holding up well, let him know that we at Google Clan, are thinking of him too.

Cheers to you Roach and the H*EA*T Clan.

RG

[Suzuki007]

I'm so sorry I did not get back in time to help add to donations,

Work had me pinned down,

I intended to help out and Roach if funds can still be added and help in some way if i'm not to late please let me know,

R.I.P Thunderbird.

[Capt.Cruncha]

hey guys, i just read this shit, and i almost went into tears reading this, i cant believe that hes gone ...

the onhly memory of him was at heat meet 2010....
when i had the idea of making the heat dog tags...
rip tbird