You dont have to say goodbye ~ just say ...


I'll see you later!!





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Or like mom said, No need to say goodbye, he's always there in your heart!

I don't want to see it go either. As a RL friend of Tod's I would just like to thank you all for the wonderful things you've said about him. It's been really nice to see the ways in which he touched so many lives. Tod's goal in life was to make other people happy, and you all represent a big part of that. Thank you.

Knew Stupe well enough to have had some lively conversations both in game and via PM. Never knew him IRL. Didn't know anything about him. A faceless voice broadcast from across the ether.


Yet somehow...this space is emptier now.


Thanks for the notice. I've been gone for a bit. Sad news to come back to. Makes me remember why I've stayed around so long. It's not the software, not the hardware, it's the wetware behind it all that makes it what it is. No matter how much I rant about the state of the game, no matter what tangent I fly off on in a debate, I still really enjoy the company of my fellow Solclaimers.


Without even one of you the net just isn't the same.

This is a stupid question, cause I know I know him, but who were his characters?

This wonderfull man still has my heart. He is...was...IS so great.


Love you Tod.

 

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He used to be the original Xilic.. Last I knew his character IG was a BM with the name Stupefied


I don't think he really played any other character..

peace Tod !

 

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Figured I might as well finally share my story.


I was sitting around here rather sad, watching my husband pack his bags to go to Iraq, and remembered how I'd met Stupe. Well, kind of met. Talked to one on one, and whatnot. We'd known each other around the boards and such, but, well, you get the picture. Someone (think it might have been Perthimus, but that part's a little hazy) made one of those emo type threads. You know, the kind that you make when you're there at the computer feeling alone and if nothing else, it'll give people great farming ground. I had ended up ignoring everyone who was pharming on the thread, and mentioned how I understood his reasons for posting that particular thread - I often felt the same way. And about twenty minutes later, there was a PM in my box from Stupefied. Asking if I needed someone to talk to, and that he'd be happy to oblige.


Probably one of the smartest things I've done online was to answer that PM. In return, not only did I gain a confidante, I gained a friend. Stupefied, more than anyone else on the internet knew my stories. All those funny little stories about people and places, both on and offline. He was there when I needed someone to bitch to. He was there when I needed someone to sit there and cry to. He was there when I didn't actually need anything. And I'm very proud to be able to say that I could be there when he needed someone. Stupe didn't need people often. He did his best to keep things to himself, block them away and pretend to the rest of the world that everything was great. So unselfish, thinking that he needed or could be there for someone before they could be there for him.


Right after his death, it bothered me so much that he was finally coming into his own. For so much of his life, there wasn't any real direction. Just haze, and clouds, and pain. Little by little, those clouds were leaving, and the sun was coming out. Finally discovering what and why he was here. I just hope that he knows now if he didn't know beforehand, how much he meant to people. Tod, I hope that wherever you are now, that you're happy.

 

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Jen!


Thats exactly how I knew him Jen ~ he came to me in the exact way .. such a wonderful person. I know tho he's happy now ~ and hes watchin over all of us on his personal cloud .. eatin pizza and drinkin mountian dew .. lots and lots of it!!