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Oakhill was more than a man. Between writing his world renowned blog, working his 300# bench press, dominating the boards in basketball, and defending his status as #2 Warcraft III random player, Oakhill always made time for his secret love: Brood War. Even with all his talents and interests, Oakhill was a dedicated father to two beautiful boys. The loss of their father is a devastating blow.
Though not talkative by nature, Oakhill was always gracious enough to share his opinions by popular demand. His insights into every matter were searing, and always concise and witty.
In spite of his obvious greatness, Oakhill was irreversibly modest. Oakhill's blogging was never about himself, but bettering this community. He would graciously accept compliments, but never talked of his own greatness.
Oakhill's last days were troubled: he battled worsening leukemia and was embroiled in controversy over his misunderstood commentary on Starcraft II. Nobody however, anticpated this abrupt departure. Perhaps Oakhill himself did, as in his last days he spoke eloquently and frequently of "Seeing over the last hill". He spoke of playing Starcraft II, sinking 3 pointers, and benching 400. Oakhill was in much pain his last few days, refusing all pain medication.
You can read about Oakhill's exploits and his softer, personal side in his autobiography, Oakhill: Man or Savior?. Though he never finished his autobiography, his magnum opus, the rough fragments reveal the man behind the legend.
I speak as just one man, one member of this mighty forum. My grief is real, but I don't speak for the community.
This Blog is meant in memory to Oakhill. Leave your comments, condelences, and Oakhill stories. Let this great community show how much Oakhill meant.
Signed
One Oakhill Fan
GeneralStan
 
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maybe it's because i'm really sleepy, but is he just banned or did he really die? are you trying to be funny? are you funny?
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On August 15 2008 01:50 geometryb wrote:
maybe it's because i'm really sleepy, but is he just banned or did he really die? are you trying to be funny? are you funny?
I'm a comedic genius rivalled only by Carlin, Hedberg, and Oakhill himself.
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oakhill.... T_T..... what happend?
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On August 15 2008 01:54 GeneralStan wrote:Show nested quote +On August 15 2008 01:50 geometryb wrote:
maybe it's because i'm really sleepy, but is he just banned or did he really die? are you trying to be funny? are you funny? I'm a comedic genius rivalled only by Carlin, Hedberg, and Oakhill himself.
Truly a hilarious man.
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On August 15 2008 01:57 ShmotZ wrote:
oakhill.... T_T..... what happend?
he made consistently shitty posts
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Was he IP-banned, or just banned?
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Actually, the raw writing of this blog was pretty good. Although I personally thought the specifics you used to describe Oakhill was a bit wordy, your overall writing flowed pretty smoothly. The latter parts of your writing looked more polished. Keep writing those.
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Graystache, nooooooooooo!!,,,, wait, oakhill?..
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hahah that logo is awesome. as is the autobiography title extolling his modesty
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I'm only trying to write in a style Oakhill himself would appreciate. I cower in the shadow of the great man. Yes my post is bombastic, but Oakhill lived in bombast and reveled in grandiloquence.
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May he keep on trolling in Ban-heaven.
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Canada7096 Posts
wtf? Do the mods have no sense of humour? Come on. Jesus christ. That guy was entertaining to read and no one took him seriously. I see no reason why he should of been permanently banned.
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but never talked of his own greatness.
That was all he did, lol.
The fact that your post mimics his writing style so easily shows how not hard it is to do 
Mastermind, he made a lot of low quality posts and contributed nothing. A lot of the time he'd make posts about his posts (showing graphs of his popularity). If he had been an active member in strategy and BroodWar forums, I'm sure there would have been leniency, if even praise. But as it was he was some random who liked to talk about himself. His garbage belongs on LiveJournal (or maybe he can get his own domain called "OakHill") and there's only so much anyone can read of it before getting bored or becoming obsessive for the sake of being obsessive.
PS: If you can't tell, I'm biased and I personally hated his blogs.
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This is a tragedy 
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On August 15 2008 01:52 blabber wrote:
he got banned
wtf really? nooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Fuck.... I just checked the banned thread. I don't think he should be banned. I mean that thread he made in sc2 was silly but it looks like he put a lot of time into it. We shouldn't be such nazi's about a guy who is just trying to play around a bit. Lighten up TL!
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That guy annoyed the crap out of me. I'm glad he's gone.
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RIP Oakhill
the borat of starcraft 2 discussion
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success! i am now the U.S. #2 WC3 random player!
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Russian Federation4235 Posts
On August 15 2008 02:48 Jonoman92 wrote:
Fuck.... I just checked the banned thread. I don't think he should be banned. I mean that thread he made in sc2 was silly but it looks like he put a lot of time into it. We shouldn't be such nazi's about a guy who is just trying to play around a bit. Lighten up TL!
Wtf, people don't get banned for investing absolutely no time into their posts, it happens every day. Why the hell should those time-investers have any kind of privilege?
Invest more than 120 seconds into your post and get banned, you content nazi.
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Russian Federation4235 Posts
A completely useless one-liner I didn't invest any time into.
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Actually, of all people, I'd like to see his ban turned around. He PMed this last night:
"I think we kind of got off on the wrong foot, do you want to train with me? We can be pretty good friends, you seem like a swell guy."
I don't care if it's false sincerity, but I don't think the charges were strong enough against him to merit a ban.
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Don't let his flattery fool you, naventus, he's just trying to get into your pants.
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Dude you scared the crap out of me, I thought he really died.
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plexa gave him a HUGe troll picture
thats more than i got when i was temped t.t
in other news, rpf was banned as well
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rpf's got 200 plus friends to care about him on facebook though!
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thank god rpf was banned (again)
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He wasn't actually~
Glad too, we need someone to laugh at!
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poor guy.... willl be missed.
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You know what? Oakhill didn't annoy me at all.
It was the stupid fucks that took him seriously that pissed me off to no end.
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On August 15 2008 07:00 H_ wrote:
It was the stupid fucks that took him seriously that pissed me off to no end.
He's actually serious.
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This is a sad day indeed. Actually it might not have been except for your nice OP. What a true Oakhill fan you are!
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I thought he was hilarious. Too bad, I enjoyed reading his blogs.
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Vatican City State11 Posts
I don't see what he did that caused him to get banned, other than posting ideas that other people thought were stupid. Call me biased, but I just can't see the reason for it.
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Russian Federation4235 Posts
You're not here for long.
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wish i could have killed him...
stupid leukemia!
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"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."
what is he talking about?
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