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The story: Back when I played WoW (I played for 3-4 years, i don't remember anymore) I was introduced by a mutual friend to a guy named timmy. That was 2 or 2.5 years ago. I don't remember my first reaction to him, but we grew to be friends. We played WoW, and a few other games, together for a while (five of us + others from time to time) and it was good times.
He shot himself yesterday. I didn't know until this morning, when he was taken off of life support (as near as I can gather, that's what happened). I don't want to go into why or any details, because I don't know them. All I know is that I wish I had gotten to know him more while I had the chance. I wish I had talked to him more recently. I wish a lot of things, really, but most of all I wish I could have some expectation of ever talking to him again. I wish I knew why he did what he did, but I can't and won't ever know.
I just wanted to say that somewhere. Few of my friends knew him, so I needed somewhere to say it.
This was probably incoherent on some level, but I don't care. Whatever.
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Trouble behind the eyes. No one should have to go through that. Cherish what you have of him as you will always have it and no one can touch that.
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shit. deep condolences dude
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Just enjoy the times you have with the people you know. You can't possibly spend time with everyone you know 24/7 but when you do find yourself playing sc with your friends or even skypeing with old friends or family, just take a moment to enjoy what you have while you have it.
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Wow,.. This thread was a shocker, I thought it was going to be about something else.. O_O?
Did you know Timmy in real life? how do you know he did that?
As ella_guru said, cherish what you have of him, sorry for your lose...
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feel for you. Well done for sharing
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That is terrible. I wish you and his family/friends all the best.
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I'm sorry to hear that. My condolences, man....
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feel sorry for you man, my codolences to you man
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On June 27 2010 11:00 NuKedUFirst wrote:
Did you know Timmy in real life? how do you know he did that?
facebook.
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i'm sorry man. It's unfortunate we almost never take the time to deepen our gaming friendships, even if it means just having the occasional deep conversation. In many ways, a lot of gamers are in the same demographical/psychological boat, with similar troubles and a similar mechanism (gaming) in ignoring those troubles. Something like this should give pause, even for a minute, to genuinely ask "how are you" to our gaming friends, something that seems so simple and yet hardly anyone has time for in the busy world of playing video games.
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heres hoping that it was all a dream
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I want to thank everyone who has offered their sympathies. It was not what I was looking for when I wrote this (I'm not sure exactly what was, perhaps just venting), but it's appreciated.
On June 27 2010 11:25 d_so wrote:
i'm sorry man. It's unfortunate we almost never take the time to deepen our gaming friendships, even if it means just having the occasional deep conversation. In many ways, a lot of gamers are in the same demographical/psychological boat, with similar troubles and a similar mechanism (gaming) in ignoring those troubles. Something like this should give pause, even for a minute, to genuinely ask "how are you" to our gaming friends, something that seems so simple and yet hardly anyone has time for in the busy world of playing video games.
This in particular is very much appreciated. Very true words.
On June 27 2010 11:25 ffz wrote:
heres hoping that it was all a dream
It was not.
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heres hoping that it was all a dream Thats not needed at all. A friend of his kills himself and you joke around? Thats just not right...
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If he isn't far away from you, geographically, then you should go and pay your respects. My condolences : (
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On June 27 2010 11:48 chongu wrote:
If he isn't far away from you, geographically, then you should go and pay your respects. My condolences : (
I wish I could. He's in Michigan and I'm in Maryland, so it's quite impossible.
Edit: not that it's impossible, I just can't manage to make it up there.
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My condolances, definitely... people you know only online can have just as great an impact as real life friends. Shame this happened.
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I guess he felt it was better if he did that, so in the end I feel he did what he had to do. Depression is a hard thing to fight, especially when you feel like you have enough.
I feel for you man. It's too bad that he couldn't continue to fight through it.
I hope writing a blog helped, even if it's the smallest bit.
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On June 27 2010 12:15 Khol wrote:
I guess he felt it was better if he did that, so in the end I feel he did what he had to do. Depression is a hard thing to fight, especially when you feel like you have enough.
I feel for you man. It's too bad that he couldn't continue to fight through it.
I hope writing a blog helped, even if it's the smallest bit.
This is not exactly why he did what he did (i only know the circumstances under which he did it), but I can't imagine it didn't have some influence on why he did it. Thank you.
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