CriticalKat here.
So initially I was moved to come on the forums after I think about a year and a half since I left the game to say an official good bye to @Force Majeure , Brian, who was an L.E.S. member from probably the first day I opened LES. I know a lot of the old timers would remember him and I found out last night that he had passed away. I didn't think some one I had never met in person would emotionally impact me like that phone call last night did.
It is amazing how we play a video game and invest emotions in people we never really know in person. Now Brian was a bit more than just a gamer buddy because we also were friends outside of the game and even played some D&D runs etc. He was a really great guy and it is a HUGE loss to any one who had the pleasure of experiencing his friendship.
I also looked at my hami raid records a bit ago and he bubbled 92 of the old hami raids for me back in the day so not only were we SG mates but he was ALWAYS willing to help out with different events, base raids, hami raids etc on Champion.
Now being I came to post this I then realized that COH is closing down and being it has been forever since I checked the forums I almost missed the opportunity to say good bye. When I left COH 18ish months ago I only said goodbye to a tiny number of people who I have real life contact with outside of the game. There are literally hundreds of others I have gamed with over the years that I didn't say bye to and I want to take this opportunity to say bye now. To all the people I enjoyed playing with and chances are you know who you are, thank you. To all the people who participated in or helped with any events, hami raids, pvpec, SG events, base raids, pvp events ect, thank you. I do mean everyone, even the handful of people I at different times was at odds with about various things. COH, and specifically Champion provides some great memories for me.
<3 Champion!
