RIP, so sad, so tragic and all that... and I certainly didn't know the guy half as well as a lot of y'all did. I only talked to him IRL a handful of times, and each time he had no memory of ever having spoken with me before. Oddly enough, each time he also tried to sell me stuff... like turntables or power tools... once he tried to get me to buy a bike even.
Bluelight was never really the same once he stopped actively participating. Regardless of how long he has been away from the site, the whole place just feels a little less... I don't know... a little less cynical... a little less brilliant. Love him or hate him, he was one of the best. Top five, at least. I was never a big participant in the OD forum, but I spent countless hours in #od and then on odug, not because I had anything worthwhile to contribute to those places, but because he was just so damn entertaining. Even if you walked headlong into one of his brilliantly epic trollings, you still had to respect him. His FAQS, guides, long winded posts and rants set a standard of quality... as did his shenanigans.
But still, you don't live as hard as he did and maintain delusions of a long a fruitful life. Not that he had a hard life (that I know of...) but after countless brushes with death and lucky misses, is anyone really surprised that it took this long for him to finally cross that threshold for good? Far be it from me to speculate about his intentions that night (although I'm sure if he were reading this thread about someone else he wouldn't hesitate to call the deceased a dirty junkie), but he was a fucking pro and if he wanted it to end like this... it was inevitable.
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My deepest condolences go out to his family and loved ones. I can't even begin to imagine what this must be like for them. The man has passed, but the myths will live on.