Death of a Sailsman

[dr4b]

One of the guys in the UK contingent of my flag in Puzzle Pirates died this morning in a motorcycle accident. Despite that I didn't get to talk to him that often due to the UK timezone difference, he was one of the first people I met in the game waaaaay back in the beta-testing days, over two and a half years ago, and has always been a pretty funny guy to hang out with in-game.

It's really weird and numbing to think about. I mean, I never met him in person, etc, but I know he leaves behind a wife and some number of kids (being as his wife is also an active member of our flag in-game), and it's just strange to think that I'll never see him log in again because he's dead.

I dunno. I wonder if there's something we can all do for his wife... Looterati is weird that way because it's like, we are a pretty close group of friends, but many of us have never met and very few live in the same geographical region, so what do you do in a situation like this? Bleh. Unlike in-game weddings, which are sort of silly, I think in-game funerals would be just plain bad.

(edit: Yeah, so it's Barnie from the FJTR, for those who play PP. As Jacq pointed out, kmf put it in her LJ publically so I guess it's ok to mention.)

Comments

[ketsugami.livejournal.com]

My condolences.

In-game funerals are probably not a good idea. I read about one in WoW where the guys friends gathered to pay their respects and then some guilds from the opposing side crashed in and slaughtered everybody.

[ketsugami.livejournal.com]

Also, that title makes me want to laugh, but I feel like I shouldn't.

[jayspec.livejournal.com]

When I was a Senior Guide in Everquest, there was a popular person from a large guild who passed away in real life. We put on our black armor and headed down to the Arena (a large, monster-free area) and gave what I thought was a lovely service.

Unfortunately, an event like that attracts griefers like flies to poo. Even with us /summon'ing out everyone who caused problems it was a huge pain, and kind of hurt my faith in humanity.

[msde.livejournal.com]

That's because the bright people in WoW decided to organize the wake on a PvP server, in a fairly active PvP zone, at a lake just off of a major road, and didn't have anyone watching. There are smarter ways to organize a way to pay respects.

We lost a guildie last November. I think we ended up not holding anything in-game, and mostly talked about it on various forums where he was known.