GillianSeed79
Member
People also don't usually have to bury their 18-year-old kid who died a horrible death. Why does it matter that this is the way they choose too remember him?
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Tragic death leads family to memoralize son with MW3 urn.
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People also don't usually have to bury their 18-year-old kid who died a horrible death. Why does it matter that this is the way they choose too remember him?
When any of you taking the piss out of his family for getting those MW3 tattoos or the urn lose a member of your family in a such fucking horrifying way in addition losing your house and everything you own, be sure to come back here and remind us how cool you were for not being so "tacky" afterwards.
Nealand Liquor
Member
Pretty sad that some kid dies and his mourning and distraught family grasps at any straw they can muster for comfort, then a bunch of childish shallow dickbeards take the opportunity to mock the poor boy and his family. Pretty damned classless gaf
There is no normal way to mourn about the loss of a loved one. Whatever helps you with the loss is good. Whether it's tacky or not, that shouldn't matter.
Riposte
Member
They must feel so terrible as they read all these posts.
Society should be told that it can go fuck itself sometimes.
This is one of those times.
Windom Earle
Member
Loving the teeth of the mom!
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Ask the person who posted the thread. It's the relation to COD that makes it worthy of a thread on NeoGAF, so it has some importance and clearly it was intended to be the subject of discussion, right?
Night_Trekker
Member
Could they at least have picked something that he liked that wouldn't make his death look old hat in a year?
Like, a SotC urn. That would be... well, maybe not "acceptable," but you know what I'm getting at.
Anyway, what a depressing story. Poor kid.
No, nothing will ever beat the ICP-branded funeral for the child of those two Juggalos. I'm sure someone will post the pictures soon enough.
Like, a SotC urn. That would be... well, maybe not "acceptable," but you know what I'm getting at.
Anyway, what a depressing story. Poor kid.
No, nothing will ever beat the ICP-branded funeral for the child of those two Juggalos. I'm sure someone will post the pictures soon enough.
Nealand Liquor
Member
it's happened before
some random baseball fan on twitter died, someone made a thread, pretty unremarkable
buuuut, apparently the thread was a top search result, and a friend of his made an account and went off on the thread
PigSpeakers
Member
I like that the arrows actually point to a point and a head on your avatar.
And someone already posted this, but it reminded me of the Acclaim headstone thing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2002/mar/15/games.advertising
CoffeeJanitor
Member
This, RIP
I think his parents didn't know anything about games, they just chose the latest he was playing before dying. From a gamer's perspective it sounds stupid, but I can understand the reasoning behind this. For us MW3 is just corporate brand, for them holds a much deeper meaning.
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He was their fucking son, I hardly think they give a shit whether it seems 'tacky' or not.
Night_Trekker
Member
You're right, of course. Their choice wasn't for public consumption or appreciation. It was a personal choice that gave them comfort, and it paid tribute to their son through something he loved. That's really all that matters.
Plus, a Doom tattoo wouldn't be that bad. Doom is a fucking classic!
highrider
Banned
I think that family did a great thing. If CoD was the kid's main hobby, and it's one of the things binding him and his friends together, then what better way to get his friends and family to come together and remember him.
I was on the track team in high school and would feel honored if the other guys on the team buried me with a pair of running shoes or something like that. I play baseball now and would be honored if the team I play on bronzed a bat or ball to put on my grave. Call of Duty was his sport -- let it be the thing that goes with him to wherever it is we go when our lives end.
I was on the track team in high school and would feel honored if the other guys on the team buried me with a pair of running shoes or something like that. I play baseball now and would be honored if the team I play on bronzed a bat or ball to put on my grave. Call of Duty was his sport -- let it be the thing that goes with him to wherever it is we go when our lives end.
Neuromancer
Member
If any of my friends or family wanted to get a Saints Row tattoo after I die, to remember me, I'd be cool with that. Something tasteful like the SRTT crest or a fleur de lis.
Pyrrhus
Member
They're obviously free to do whatever they need to do to work through the grief. I think what's making people cock an eyebrow is the juxtaposition of the eternal and something so completely transitory and disposable as this 9 month cycle's flavor of Call of Duty. But again, whatever makes the tragedy a little easier for them to bear.
.la1n
Member
Yes, they should have gone with something that lasts forever, like a bouquet of flowers.
could've had better taste
RIP
If it was that, the majority of people on here would talk about how cool he was. But because it's Call of Duty, 'herp derp das dumb'. He liked a video game a lot.