Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 The title says it all. A little over an hour ago, I was informed by Andrea (kittykat) on Discord that @stepee -- our beloved friend and devoted member of this community for as long as anyone can possibly remember -- has passed away. He was found in his bed by his father several hours ago and that's all the information that she had to share at this time. Needless to say, I'm completely shocked and utterly devastated/heartbroken. It's taking just about every iota of strength I have to make this post, but I owe it to all of you and especially to him to do so. @stepee always will be our friend and he deserves to be remembered for all the joy. laughter, and generosity that he provided for all these many years, even if it came with the occasional irritation There is absolutely nothing I or anyone else could possibly say or do that will assuage any grief that you may be feeling right now. It's natural and it's healthy to feel that way. We're a small community and as the march of time progresses, life will take its inevitable course so it's important that we cherish whatever time we have as much as we can with each other, our families, and our hobbies (like the reason this board was created in the first place!) I've asked Andrea to let his parents know when the time is appropriate that the community will do something to honor his memory. Please keep his parents in your thoughts and prayers as I know far too well the effects upon parents of losing a child and it's something my mind cannot even comprehend. That's all I have to share for now. Take care of yourselves. Take care of each other. And @stepee - this community is a far better place for you being part of it and for that, I will be eternally grateful Give Inuk a scratch behind the ears for me, bud! 18 3 32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 RIP 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 This fucking sucks and I hate it. I can only react to the news in the way I know he would want me to. Spoiler RIP to a real one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 How devastating. He will be missed incredibly. RIP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 This abso-fucking-lutely sucks. Dammit @stepeeI'm gonna miss the fuck out of you. This space is hollower without your presence. Im so sorry. 🥀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I noticed he was absent recently but I didn't think like this. Very sad. I'm glad he got to tour the world right before he left it. RIP Stepee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I don’t even know what to say. If and when funeral arrangements are made please let us know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 This is fucking horrible. I really don't know what to say 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Holy fuck. I'm speechless. Words cannot express how upset I am over this. God damn it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 jeez this one is completely out of nowhere 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 What an absolute gut punch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 6 minutes ago, LazyPiranha said: If and when funeral arrangements are made please let us know. When Andrea lets me know, I certainly will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGLatinBoy Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Damn I don’t post much but stepee was cool af 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 holy shit been sitting here for 10 minutes i dont even know what to say im truly going to miss him. rest in peace buddy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SaysWho? Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I am so sad to hear this. Here he was seeing the world, and now he’s not with us. He was also really generous with the community. I’m really going to miss his presence here. Now I’m even happier that @Kal-El814 put him into the Ace Attorney video with the three of us. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I'm numb. That dude was a very special part of the D1P community and I considered him one of my good friends. This is a sad day for all of us. @stepee you will be missed my friend. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin King Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Oh man, that just sucks. I started going to the IGN boards back in probably 2000/2001 (dedicated lurker most of time). Back then, you just think life is so much more in front of you... You think old is 60 and that's forever from now. I turned 40 this week, and I've lost friends that were the same age as me through Covid, or even in my 20s to heart attacks of all things. Life can unfortunately be so damn short for some of us. You just never know. Try to appreciate every day, hopefully we all got 50+ years, but man, it just always sucks. 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Ya know, I’m a jaded ER nurse that deals with this topic often and this legit got my emotions twisted. You'll be missed my friend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 One of the funniest people here and that’s some tough competition. RIP my friend. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Wow. I tend to stick to general discussions and don't get into the community aspects of things. I've never been as active as some, but I've been around since the IGN days and people have come and go as life goes on and I'm sure there are people that have voluntarily left because they're not interested anymore, or have other life commitments that take priority. But hearing someone has passed away certainly hits differently. It's a harrowing reminder that when I started posting on IGN I had access because I wrote a $25 check for an Insider subscription because I was too young for a debit card, and now I'm a year away from 40. I hope as many of y'all are still here when I'm approaching 60 as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I don't know what to say. My heart litteraly just broke in half. He was such a good friend to everyone here and was so generous. The last thing he gifted me was my OLED deck and I will hold on to that for the rest of my life. God please take care of him, his parents, and family. I'm basically sick to my stomach. Jesus Christ. 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 This is terrible news. I never know what to say when someone our age passes away suddenly. It just shouldn't happen. We should all die old and satisfied with life. Not young and full of potential. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Nothing to add, nothing really to say, just plenty of feelings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Devastating. The only way I know how to deal with this is to make jokes, but I’ll hold off on that for a couple days at least. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 To this day when somebody I know is taking a trip or even just driving more than a couple hours in one direction, I tell them to drive safe. The reason being is in 2016, I lost a close friend suddenly after she straight up died falling off a waterfall. We have a scholarship in her name now, but I remember how sudden it was and how I was heartened to see notes/texts we sent each other where we shared how highly we thought of the other person. And it really changed things where I like to tell people what I think of them. It may seem like much, but when you lose someone and you're happy that you told them what you thought of them when they were alive, you want to make sure everyone knows they're appreciated. Another friend of 20 years died suddenly over the summer, in the sense that she had stomach cramps and was throwing up one night and her mother found her dead the next morning. She was in her late 30s. It doesn't make sense that someone young can just be found dead, especially by their parent(s), but it happens. And so I would encourage people to regularly let people know if you appreciate them. "Drive safe. I want to see you back next week," is not just another way of saying goodbye; I mean it, and it's OK to tell people that. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 3 minutes ago, TheLeon said: Devastating. The only way I know how to deal with this is to make jokes, but I’ll hold off on that for a couple days at least. Nah, let fly, Stepee would have loved it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 5 minutes ago, TheLeon said: Devastating. The only way I know how to deal with this is to make jokes, but I’ll hold off on that for a couple days at least. 1 minute ago, Mr.Vic20 said: Nah, let fly, Stepee would have loved it! I'm with @Mr.Vic20 on this! Cut 'em loose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I don't even know what to really say, this is pretty devastating - he went through so much and seemed to really enjoy making lemonade out of it now that he had the means to just explore and travel. Fuck I'm going to miss him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysDyingX Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 44 minutes ago, johnny said: holy shit been sitting here for 10 minutes i dont even know what to say im truly going to miss him. rest in peace buddy same johnny, same...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Game Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Damn he was always so generous and giving. He gifted me games just because and I always had a good rapport with him. I @'d him yesterday to tell him about the psvr2 adapter being in stock and I thought it was odd that he didn't say anything back, now I know why . r.i.p. in peace 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Bacon is gonna have to find another sugar daddy. 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 17 minutes ago, Mr.Vic20 said: Nah, let fly, Stepee would have loved it! 15 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I'm with @Mr.Vic20 on this! Cut 'em loose! Before the board wipe of 2018, there was an early thread where we had to make rage comics of other users. This was around the time gigers alien was posting here and he changed his name to gigers predator. So I put H gigantic troll face in one comic frame, and the caption says I look like a gigers, I talk like a gigers, I move like a gigers, but I’m actually Stepee. He found it quite amusing! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 I was trying to hold it together reasonably well for a while there, but that's definitely over with now I'd better take a couple of packs of tissues with me today as I go about my errands because I know I'm gonna start bawling in the middle of the store just as I did after Inuk crossed the Rainbow Bridge. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I know many of you were not into this game but the @stepee house for the d1p guild in PSO2:NGS will live on forever 🫡 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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