Words cannot describe how sad I am today. For a large chunk of people he was just a name on these forums, but for some of us he was much more than that. Rod was a great person and a great friend whom deserved to see his 24th birthday. Life unfortunately decided otherwise.
I just saw a Skype birthday announcement; Rod would've been 24 today. His Skype status which he had for quite a while actually made me think:
Quote:Everyone wants to do something they can be proud of, that people will remember them by.
Now, I'm don't know if anything we're doing here on Discovery falls under "something to be proud of" (then again, helping to preserve a 15-year-old game, be it through mod development, server administrating, supporting the server with donations, etc, could fall under that; the storytelling aspect of the game could probably qualify too), I think Rod did things that quite a few of the people here will remember him by, and with fond memories only.
We didn't talk much outside of Discovery matters, but we had some good times in the Order|. Even though some stories started by Rod were left unfinished, others are still going on. In the end, it doesn't even matter if a story is finished: it's all about the inspiration and thrill of imagining how it could develop. These are the moments I'm grateful to Prarabdh for.
While Disco (or our time on Disco) may end some day, this place will probably be remembered by many of us. Hopefully, the stories and in-game interactions that we all had with Rod will become some of those good memories about this place.