I was unfortunately not acquainted with Connor, but the fact that a beloved member of an online RP community can one day be totally, irrevocably gone hits far harder than simply a leave of absence or wandering off.
I hope Connor's family is able to eventually find closure in this; as bad as this feels for the Disco community, I can't imagine how Jerry and other loved ones must be feeling now.
We had quite the barrel of laughs during our stint together in IRG, one of the few who supported and directed me in gaining my first ever SRP. You will be sorely missed
I wasn't planning on posting back here after my last failed attempt to rejoin discovery but I had to after I heard the news. Rest in peace, you will be missed.
I always figured I was too jaded to really feel much from losses like these. I'm not dead yet, so of course it hurt, but I was more angry than anything, after reading the message. A pointless war I don't give a single damn about has now gone and taken someone I considered a friend from me. Whatever, I gotta get ready for work.
A half hour drive is a long time to stew in your anger, and before you know it you're driving 30MPH over the limit and your eyes are burning and your kinda bad eyesight is getting worse and the road is kinda hard to see with whatever's in your eyes. Fury sort of has a funny way of turning in on itself and becoming grief without an outlet. I'm really no good at eulogies or goodbyes, but--
I uh
I didn't expect to be in his thoughts when he wrote about the possibility of being gone forever. I think that ended up being what made it hurt more as I stewed and processed the post. Not that I have any issue with the sentiment, complete opposite of that.
I suppose the years of funnies and banter with the K'hara discord just caused us to rub off on each other. He takes over leadership, and next I know I'm in high command trying to help him deal with the approximate metric assload of responsibility that comes with trying to wrangle a nomad faction, its lore, and its place in the server. Honestly he did a wonderful job smoothing things over and straightening us out before we got the unhinged inspired creativity of Godslayer at the reigns when Connor first went off to Ukraine.
Wish I talked to you a bit more before you left again. Still owe you lunch.
Godspeed brother. I'll miss you. Thanks for the unban, you can put me back in the forever box if you'd like
I remember the few times we argued over what is now (and arguably back then) very small stuff. I do however remember all the good times we had as well when we played together. You will be missed.
Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to struggle against entropy. - V. Havel
I saw this Thread had been resurrected and read it with great foreboding.
I must admit I actually cried as I read the Post sent in by Connor's father (silly old man that I am). I had known Connor for about 12 years, well, as much as you can know anybody on the Internet. In that time we had been in some of the same Factions, been Mods and Admins together.
All wars are a senseless waste of life.
I have always thought that one of the saddest things in life is for a Parent to have to bury a child of theirs. The children should outlive their parents and live a wholesome life.
My condolences go out to the Family and love ones of Connor. There will be a big hole in their life now.
'I would like to be half as clever as some people like to believe they are' Life is full of disappointments, it is how we handle them that helps to define us, as a person