Death of a Hero - Player Death

Very sad. Condolences to his family.

Tonight, I'll say a prayer for a man who was one of "us".

That was a little harsh Fleeting.

I took the fact that very few seem to have known him, yet posted with messages of condolance, as an indicator of the community we share. Though he may not have been well known, he was one of our own. He played CoH, and presumably loved it, that gives him something in common with each and every one of us here. All of us are bound together, however thin and tenuous a binding it is, by the fact that we all choose to spend our free time playing this game.

Posting a message of condolance for someone you did not know is not the same as going to their funeral to get out of school. I would not presume that I would be welcome at the man's funeral, as I have never met him. That does not mean I can't sympathize with the loss his family and friends are going through.

With that said, my condolances and sympathy go out to Alan's family and his friends. He has made the final log out, and will be missed.

My condolences.

It's always heartbreaking to hear of the loss of a member of our community. My deepest condolences to Alan's family and friends.

Real classy, Fleeting.

I didn't know him either, but I do express my condolences in a cosmic sense. I do care when other players have bad things happen to them, and even if I have no idea who they are, I still wish them all the best.

If I ever die during my run in the game, I hope everyone remembers me well. Please don't get too maudlin, though, I'd want everyone to have a big party. I've already told my family that I want to either be cremated or buried in something comfortable. Not that I suppose it matters, but the other part of my request is that the most formal I want anyone to dress at my funeral/visitation/wake/whatever is to be in blue jeans and maybe a golf or polo shirt. No ties, suits, dress pants, or dress shirts allowed. And if I'm in a suit or something, I'd probably look pretty silly being so overdressed.

I should probably put in my will something about notifying people here. The wiki should be pretty well taken care of, I do have another administrator who has root-level access to everything.

My condolences as well. While I may not have had the pleasure of meeting your friend, the loss of those close to us is something we can all sympathize with.

very sad indeed

I never met him but i am sorry for your loss.

My best wishes for his family.

[QUOTE=TonyV;2137366]I should probably put in my will something about notifying people here.QUOTE]

I think I should do something like that, too, though I'd hope I still have a long way to go before needing something like a will. But I don't know any my SG-mates in real life, and none of my real-world friends play this game, so there would be no way of notifying my SG, or the CoX community in general, if something unfotunate happened to me and I ended up in a hospital bed unconscious, or with no internet access.

But to the point of the original post, even though I've never met any of the other players of this game in person, there are many among them that I consider friends, and though I never met the subject of the original post, even in-game, it's still sad to see a fellow gamer leave this world. Also, I lost my father to gall bladder cancer a mere three weeks ago, so I know what it's like to lose a loved one. From one mourner to another, you have my condolences.

While I did not know your friend, my prayers and those of my family go out to his and to you and yours for losing a friend

I am sorry, though I did not know him for your loss.