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Giant Bomb Thread #5 - We love you, Ryan Davis
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tamaster92
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I am really helpless. I didn't even know the guy that long, and obviously I've never met him. I only started following GiantBomb about a year ago, and I wasn't familiar with Ryan before then.
In spite of that, I am feeling all kinds of shitty. He was the lynchpin of the group in a lot of ways, and I am going to miss the dude terribly. Also, at the risk of seeming crass, I really hope the details of his passing are revealed before long. I don't know if I can deal with this without that sliver of closure.
It's going to be hard to listen to recent Bombcasts (I fell a few weeks behind), but for his sake I will do it.
In spite of that, I am feeling all kinds of shitty. He was the lynchpin of the group in a lot of ways, and I am going to miss the dude terribly. Also, at the risk of seeming crass, I really hope the details of his passing are revealed before long. I don't know if I can deal with this without that sliver of closure.
It's going to be hard to listen to recent Bombcasts (I fell a few weeks behind), but for his sake I will do it.
Shit is making me tear up. Guess it's final really sinking in.
They recorded that on July 3 so I'm guessing they didn't know yet, but holy shit this is sad
I'd be all for this.
It's unlikely. I believe someone stated elsewhere that people started being told on the 4th.
We do know that Ryan was tweeting at some point on July 3, so he likely passed later in the day.
Absoludacrous
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One of the blogs I read said they found out during the afternoon of the 4th, so most likely they didn't know during the stream.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
All these wedding pictures and videos are getting to me. Man he was so happy.
At some point over the past 5 years my enjoyment of games became tied to my enjoyment of Giant Bomb. GB losing a big piece of its figurative heart and soul really diminishes my enthusiasm for video games, which had already faded a bit for various reasons. If not for GB I probably would have completely lost interest a few years ago.
This, please
CosmicQueso
Member
Given how dedicated Ryan was to never, ever, missing a Tuesday, part of me thinks he wouldn't be happy with missing a week.
But of course, those guys have to take time and make the decision that is right for them.
Such a tragic loss and he will be deeply missed. So sad.
This needs to happen.
The Dragonball QL background guy looks kinda like Evilore.
According to the "Coming up" box, they're gonna forge ahead with content for the week. I wouldn't mind if they took a week off, but I guess if Ryan was here he'd give them shit for it. If they feel like they can though, more power to them.
According to the "Coming up" box, they're gonna forge ahead with content for the week. I wouldn't mind if they took a week off, but I guess if Ryan was here he'd give them shit for it. If they feel like they can though, more power to them.
illmatic19
Member
Vinny ;__;
Fuck
SlowRevolution
Member
Oh man. He's had a rough year.
Vinny finally brings the tears to me.
Beelzeboss
Member
damn it vinny
it just started raining in my room
it just started raining in my room
FantasyFreak07
Member
Ah man here come the waterworks again. 
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
Watching the Dragonball Evolution QL then seeing this. ;(
njean777
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I think it just goes to show what happens when you have a site so personality driven that when somebody leaves/dies/quits it really hurts. It is like losing a friend.
GlamFM
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I support this. Somebody should PM a mod.
DangerStepp
Member
Haha!
That is one of my favorites!
"I paid $40 dollars for this.. Let me be clear. $40 dollars"
"There is no game here! There hasn't been a game for 20 minutes now"
I don't know. It's a really strange sensation and I believe it could only have happened because of how the internet is today.
It certainly showed me how people can touch you in unexpected ways.
illmatic19
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haha love seeing the Dragonball: Evolution and Half-Blood Prince QLs on the front page. Someone at Giant Bomb knows what the best QLs ever are.
Sometimes. Just don't want to feel this way right now. This intense feeling of not being able to change anything at this stage. Of holding back feelings that shouldn't exist based on the limited amount of time I actually listened to him or follow him.
It's hard to articulate but I'm angry and sad at the same time.
GillianSeed79
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Others have probably said this, but Ryan really did have a voice made for radio. Like many of you, I listen to multiple podcasts, but outside of say, Weekend Confirmed, none of them have a really strong host like Ryan. He was able to masterfully steer the conversation and he was also a really great interviewer. If you watch some of his interviews that he's done over the years, the guy was a natural. It's really hard to make an interview sound like an organically flowing conversation and it's hard to think up well thought out follow questions on the fly, but Ryan was great at it.
Also, like others have said, I really felt like I really got to know Ryan as a person over the years instead of just Ryan the videogame website personality while listening to the Bombcast. They have always been pretty open about their personal lives outside of work, and it was always a treat to listen about his life and their adventures in Petaluma.
Also, like others have said, I really felt like I really got to know Ryan as a person over the years instead of just Ryan the videogame website personality while listening to the Bombcast. They have always been pretty open about their personal lives outside of work, and it was always a treat to listen about his life and their adventures in Petaluma.
I just buried my aunt a few weeks ago, and it's remarkable how different these two deaths have affected me. My aunt was sick. She suffered multiple strokes and various sicknesses and injuries. Her passing was the release from this earthly coil she needed. I was sad for my family and I missed her, but I was relieved because she could rest. She had little left to offer any of us at that point and all she was doing was hurting.
Ryan was a young guy with a new wife and dear friends who was looking forward to the rest of his life with a woman he loved. He has a site with thousands upon thousands of fans based upon his camaraderie with his best friends. He had so damn much left to offer so many people and now he's gone. I'm more upset and more torn up over losing an entertainer I'd enjoyed for years over my own blood. Does that make me an asshole?
Btw, anyone have a link to old On the Spot episodes? My first memory of enjoying Ryan was his banter with Rich Gallup every episode.
"But first, Rich!"
"But first, Ryan Davis!"
Ryan was a young guy with a new wife and dear friends who was looking forward to the rest of his life with a woman he loved. He has a site with thousands upon thousands of fans based upon his camaraderie with his best friends. He had so damn much left to offer so many people and now he's gone. I'm more upset and more torn up over losing an entertainer I'd enjoyed for years over my own blood. Does that make me an asshole?
Btw, anyone have a link to old On the Spot episodes? My first memory of enjoying Ryan was his banter with Rich Gallup every episode.
"But first, Rich!"
"But first, Ryan Davis!"
Dark Schala
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Ryan taking the initiative. That hair truly probably needed a washing.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
So Guess some of them are in the office?
Ditto. I watched my grandad die and spoke with great difficulty at his funeral. He was 85 and had suffered with illness for a LONG time.
It doesn't make you an asshole, trust me. I've been knocked for 6 by Ryan's death, and I'm still getting through my grandad's stuff, but he was ready. Ryan wasn't.
Felix Lighter
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I hope the overwhelming outpouring of positivity for Ryan and his work help those closest to him. I'm sure some of them kind of dreaded making it public because it was likely a very personal thing.
Blood bonds mean nothing, it just so happens that sharing blood usually means you interact with each other a lot which gives a higher chance of forming a bond, and people conflate that with blood bonds are special. No, forming bonds with people you choose to be with, are special (even if they are a little one sided, as is the case here), blood ain't got nothing to do with it.
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