Gnome Scat
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RIP.
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Today, Destiny-GAF is in mourning. The best of us is gone.
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Souldestroyer Reborn
Banned
Fucking hell I'm shocked.
I send my condolences to his family and I hope that they make it through these difficult times.
Drizz was a helluva dude from what I knew of him, ran many raids with, all of which were super pleasant and awesome.
I send my condolences to his family and I hope that they make it through these difficult times.
Drizz was a helluva dude from what I knew of him, ran many raids with, all of which were super pleasant and awesome.
Monster Zero
Junior Member
Never gave condolences on a forum before until now, dude was a legit good person, carried me and my scrubtastic friend through our first Skolas, laughing and helping while we manage to fuck up for hours until we did it. Dude was a legit saint, crazy how legitimate great people just pass like this, it sucks. RiP bro
Latvian Hitman
Member
Awful news. My heart goes out to anyone affected by his loss. RIP, Guardian.
The Lamonster
Member
Just a small bump to update Gaming side that the new Destiny |OT| is up in Community and our 42nd thread is a full tribute to Drizz:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1270014
Thanks Hawkian and others who contributed
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1270014
Thanks Hawkian and others who contributed
Took me a while to put together a post so here it is.
Drizz and I butted heads at first due to differing opinions on game design, but I loved how he was both a top skilled player and not an asshole to people, which is extremely rare in gaming. He helped tons of people learn the game. While I didn't get to play with him much, we interacted more in direct conversation. I'd drill him for how to get better at the game and he'd drill me for engine trivia to try and figure out if he could push certain things farther.
He was also always looking out for everyone. He was the defacto mod-ish person for the destiny threads here, in addition to his stewardship in Destiny itself. My first Mercury run was with him, and he was patient the entire way and never showed frustration with me, and we know he didn't with anyone else.
One time it got particularly heated over there, and I bounced out of the thread. He sent out a PM (edited to remove personal deets) to me, which he didn't even need to do, to tell me he wanted to see to see my posts again. I think he's the only forumer to do that to just about anyone on the internet, and I don't doubt he sent similar PMs to other people. He even playfully ribbed me over my "interesting" account when he played as my account for the second Trials emblem I wanted, because he was just that good and helpful and patient that he'd just play as you if you couldn't get the time to play Trials with him.
When I saw the news about his death, that's the first time in a long while I've actually felt my heart sink. We just saw him posting a couple days earlier. Those sudden deaths kind of freak me out, even moreso with CO poisoning. One day you're there, the next you're gone from a silent, invisible killer. Just from doing what thousands of people do every day, working on their own home. Don't know why he had to die. In the "that's not even fucking fair" lists of deaths, Drizzay is now a solid #1 on the list.
Not gonna even lie, the release of Rise of Iron just feels a bit empty now. For every new piece of information I don't get to read Drizz's reaction to it or his breakdown of all the details. The wind just isn't in those sails right now.
Since he enjoyed dgaf engine posts, I'd figure I would do something I know he would like, and have a little humor, so I wrote him a tribute in the form of an engine post:
"Drizzay is one of the kindest men on the planet. From his first revision, he was always engineered by his creator for kindness and compassion. The Drizzay engine always caches and remembers those that need him the most, and his runtime doesn't allow for any malicious code. He expanded his reach beyond the horizons of his own world and into the instances of other people. However, much like the Destiny engine, he always needed 8 hours overnight to compile new changes to his world. He will be missed."
Drizz and I butted heads at first due to differing opinions on game design, but I loved how he was both a top skilled player and not an asshole to people, which is extremely rare in gaming. He helped tons of people learn the game. While I didn't get to play with him much, we interacted more in direct conversation. I'd drill him for how to get better at the game and he'd drill me for engine trivia to try and figure out if he could push certain things farther.
He was also always looking out for everyone. He was the defacto mod-ish person for the destiny threads here, in addition to his stewardship in Destiny itself. My first Mercury run was with him, and he was patient the entire way and never showed frustration with me, and we know he didn't with anyone else.
One time it got particularly heated over there, and I bounced out of the thread. He sent out a PM (edited to remove personal deets) to me, which he didn't even need to do, to tell me he wanted to see to see my posts again. I think he's the only forumer to do that to just about anyone on the internet, and I don't doubt he sent similar PMs to other people. He even playfully ribbed me over my "interesting" account when he played as my account for the second Trials emblem I wanted, because he was just that good and helpful and patient that he'd just play as you if you couldn't get the time to play Trials with him.
When I saw the news about his death, that's the first time in a long while I've actually felt my heart sink. We just saw him posting a couple days earlier. Those sudden deaths kind of freak me out, even moreso with CO poisoning. One day you're there, the next you're gone from a silent, invisible killer. Just from doing what thousands of people do every day, working on their own home. Don't know why he had to die. In the "that's not even fucking fair" lists of deaths, Drizzay is now a solid #1 on the list.
Not gonna even lie, the release of Rise of Iron just feels a bit empty now. For every new piece of information I don't get to read Drizz's reaction to it or his breakdown of all the details. The wind just isn't in those sails right now.
Since he enjoyed dgaf engine posts, I'd figure I would do something I know he would like, and have a little humor, so I wrote him a tribute in the form of an engine post:
"Drizzay is one of the kindest men on the planet. From his first revision, he was always engineered by his creator for kindness and compassion. The Drizzay engine always caches and remembers those that need him the most, and his runtime doesn't allow for any malicious code. He expanded his reach beyond the horizons of his own world and into the instances of other people. However, much like the Destiny engine, he always needed 8 hours overnight to compile new changes to his world. He will be missed."
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Great post, Fyre.
