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Our
fearless leader ...
in memorium of a man we deeply loved
and trusted ...
March 29, 1949 to December 9, 2007
Our
friend, StrikeEagle, has passed suddenly
and unexpectedly. Many of us knew
him from different places, some met
him while coming to visit the #wing-commander
channel, which he founded and ran
for ... well, over ten years. While
we all know him from different things,
different times, and have different
experiences and memories of him, he
touched each of our lives. He was
always there, lending a shoulder,
lending an ear. He enjoyed games,
and was full of life. He played Ultima
Online with us, he played Starcraft.
and more recently became well-known
on the EU World of Warcraft server,
Kilrogg, where he was the Guild Master
of our channel guild, Legion of Light
(LOL). However, he created the channel
because of his love for the old sci-fi
game, Wing Commander.
He
didn't need to ask to be leader of
anything. We followed him because
we wanted to, we looked up to him,
and we loved him. It is easy to be
sad at the loss and emptiness we all
feel that he has passed, but let us
instead remember him as he was and
how he made us feel, always ready
with a hot cup of coffee and a stupid
joke. He made us all feel special,
knew and accepted us even with our
many flaws. He always was the first
to stand up for what was right, in
his own quiet way. He lead by example,
and he inspired us all to be better
people.
I
can't help but think that the world
feels a little colder without him
in it. He was beautiful - though I
never saw his face - the kind of beauty
that transcends mortality. The only
words of sympathy that I can offer
are that we all loved him very much,
and he knew that we did. We all know
what he meant to us. Let us think
of his absence as a vacation and well-deserved
rest. Think of this as his Big Nap
in the Sky.
Eagle,
you were our friend and our family.
I hope that we were as good of a friend
to you as you always were to us. You
deserve nothing but the best. And,
I guess it is some consolation to
know that now you are in worthy company.
God chose you to be near to Him, because
you are one of his Finest. We will
think of you in our prayers; we will
remember you always. You will never
stop being inspiration. May your rest
be peaceful, in your Vampire in the
sky, and may your days be filled with
shooting down enemies in Epees.
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