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From iNcontroL’s Twitter: To offer some solace in this time of grief: We've learned that Geoff passed quickly and painlessly from a blood clot in his lungs. He was with friends. He always urged and led us by example to take care of ourselves to the best of our ability. Remember to do that for him today. | ||
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ThomasjServo
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BADJJ
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Can only imagine what sort of hole a person of his statue leaves behind in his loved ones. | ||
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Alakaslam
United States17336 Posts
I react too late. Condolences- May his family be blessed through this time so they can process the loss in as healthy a way as is possible after such devastating loss | ||
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Goosebumps!
Netherlands30 Posts
It's just so sad that he is gone. He will be missed. | ||
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RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
Geoff was always one of my favorite casters and I still remember meeting him at MLG Columbus 2011. I haven't followed SC for a while but every time I did tune in I was glad when he was commentating. What a terrible loss. | ||
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Aiobhill
Germany283 Posts
Condolences to family and friends. | ||
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School47
Russian Federation7 Posts
Starcraft 2 will never be the same without you, thx a lot for everything you have done! Upd. And you, guys. you are the best community ever i know in my entire life! I didn't met any of you in real phisical world, but for me it is a big family. And Incontrol is a part of it. Because Soul is immortal. | ||
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Stijx
United States804 Posts
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spectreusmc
United States25 Posts
On July 25 2019 15:12 Thaniri wrote: It's weird. I didn't want to post in this thread because I have no involvement in the esports community other than watching tournaments. I shouldn't be emotionally impacted by someone I've never met. And yet, every time I open this thread I get strangely emotional about all the nice things that people are posting about InControl. What really got me is Day9's video remembering InControl. It was 2 and a half hours of weeping. And I watched the entire thing. I didn't pause to take a break or play games while listening. And it really emotionally struck a chord with me. There really is something special about tight knit communities like Starcraft. We all really are a family together. It takes a special kind of person to love Starcraft. And an even more special person to be such a community figurehead like InControl. I can't think of any other community where we bond over this insanely hard video game. Where we start each game with "gl hf" and end with "gg". How I can ask opponents on the ladder how I could have played better against their strategy and they will take the time to not only explain what to do but to play practice games with me. We have clan wars between passionate people who will never make a cent off of competitive Starcraft. There are casters for amateur tournaments with 5 twitch viewers and they still do it. This forum. The quality of the community is amazing and something to be admired. The fact that we get together to watch the best players in the world play Starcraft and get to see these personalities every day on stream just makes them feel like they really are our friends too. We sit alone behind our computer screens and get to listen as they crack jokes, talk about their lives and struggles, and live the esports life of fulltime Starcraft. Even though we may never have met him, he really was our friend online. And just the number of people with stories of great positive interactions with him online or at tournaments is heartwarming. I think Day9's stream remembering InControl really got to me because we are also important to the community figures of Starcraft. They read these forums. They reply to our posts and our DMs. If we are in their twitch streams we get to talk in real time. As much of an impact that they have on us, we have on them as a collective. While it should not have taken someone's death to motivate me, realizing that we're all human beings in this community together, and I knew it in my brain, but never in my heart, I am motivated to try to be as positive as possible when participating in all of my interactions with you guys in the future. Reading how much of an impact these small interactions with InControl has had on so many fans makes me wish I was 1/100th of the man that he was. I rambled a bit... But the point I wanted to make is that I have been inspired to become a better person by InControl. A man who I have never met. Never talked to other than "gl hf" and "gg". But having a small window to see into his life has really left an impression in my soul. I really enjoyed this post, so thank you very much for sharing. It really resonates with me as well. | ||
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Ardias
Russian Federation610 Posts
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iRk-ErlinGho
Norway6 Posts
 Thanks for the games we played, even thou a long time ago now. RIP | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44481 Posts
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dala
Sweden477 Posts
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reborn8u2
16 Posts
On July 26 2019 04:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Day9's video was so cathartic and amazing and I had such a good laugh-into-ugly-cry midgame and lategame. Incontrol is worth every tear. This is so sad. I saw his stream on the other day and he had 650+ viewers, he was at the top of the list. I remember just thinking it was good to see him on top again, I watched a bit of his stream then got the itch and downloaded sc2 (havent played in a while). When I logged in, Inc was still on my buddy list from years ago, I wanted to say hi but I also didn't want to bother him while he was playing, so I didn't. I remember thinking "damn, this guy kept a nobody like me on his list after all this time" I hope Anna has the support she needs during this horrible time. I never even met him irl and I shed tears. I can't even imagine how devastated she must be. I think TL should memorialize him forever, they should keep the new logo! | ||
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PariahSC
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
Community figures talk about Incontrol, and there is this word, "was". Surreal. | ||
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Steelghost1
43 Posts
We too can be a family, and Í am really proud of being a tiny part of it. | ||
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Amui
Canada10567 Posts
I saw the thread when it popped and my heart just sank. It's been a few days of processing and it still hurts. It's been years since I followed SC2 seriously, but I still tune in to tournaments occasionally and listening to Geoff was always a pleasure. Way back in the days of WOL, I ended up being in the same masters division as him(albeit much lower down, was never good enough to play him on ladder), and just decided to add him on a whim. I still play co-op from time to time, and every now and then I'd see his icon lit up and playing a game or something, and it's hard to think that it's never going to happen again. I remember listening to basically every single SotG and all the funny moments. So many hundreds of hours that were spent listening to his voice between the casts and podcasts and streams and so on. It's hard to think that somebody who I've never met, maybe interacted a couple times with on various streams or on TL in various threads, has had such a profound impact on me when he's gone. | ||
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ApBuLLet
United States604 Posts
It's crazy to think about it, but I've known of iNcontroL for 15 years now! My first brush with him was when I was a dumb 11 years old kid and I was shit talking a senior TL member who was criticizing a BW strategy guide written by a friend of mine. Of course he stepped in and put me in my place, telling me I was an idiot and that I should watch who I am talking to. I wasn't a big fan of him at the time, but he was totally right haha. Since then I've been a big iNcontroL fan. I watched and rooted for him at every SC2 event he competed in, always hoping he'd get that big breakout win he was striving for. While that never really happened, he was successful in so many other ways. He was a pioneer who played a significant role in building this community and the eSports scene we have today. With StarCraft specifically, he was a major part of so many iconic moments in the game's history. All of the HomeStory Cups, MLG's, NASL's, State of the Game's, Inside the Game's, Pylon Show's, you name it, they wouldn't have been the same without iNcontroL. He's truly an irreplaceable presence and we will miss him for sure. As much grief as we're all feeling as people who mostly admired Geoff from afar but didn't know him personally, I can only imagine what his family and friends are feeling. If there's anything we can do to help them I think it's to show them how much of an impact he had on so many people despite the relatively short period of time he was with us. He was taken far too soon, but he gave more the the world then most of us can hope to in a lifetime. | ||
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pawacoteng
4 Posts
This is only my second post, but I have to add my heartful thanks to Geoff's contributions to this world. It's a strange feeling. I'm a 40 year old man with a career and family. But here I am feeling grief and anger that someone I've never met is gone forever. Maybe it's because we were not just entertained by his jokes and antics. We were treated to witnessing his character arc. He was very open about how he matured and grew wiser. It was like he was reaching his final form after many mistakes and personal hardships. To his family and friends, my deepest condolences. To the SC2 community - we will mourn this titan and remember him always. | ||
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