Remembering Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013

SpectreFire said:
How am I an asshole?

Seriously, please explain this to me.

Am I an asshole for suggesting that there are fat people amongst Giantbomb fans?

Am I an asshole for theorizing that some people might've saw something of their future with Ryan's death?

You're the one who came out of the gate acting like a douchebag while I was legitimately trying to explain something people were asking. But no, I'm the asshole because apparently I said something you misread and didn't like?

Please grow up.
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Just ignore him, he's been acting this way the entire thread.
 
SpectreFire said:
How am I an asshole?

Seriously, please explain this to me.

Am I an asshole for suggesting that there are fat people amongst Giantbomb fans?

Am I an asshole for theorizing that some people might've saw something of their future with Ryan's death?

You're the one who came out of the gate acting like a douchebag while I was legitimately trying to explain something people were asking. But no, I'm the asshole because apparently I said something you misread and didn't like?

Please grow up.
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I'm not gonna jump down your throat or anything but how do you not get how irrelevant your original post was?

I guarantee you that the reason most people are interested in knowing how this man died is not because they're fat and worried about their own mortality. How you even came to that conclusion is mind boggling to me, and because it's sooooo off-base, like I said a few posts ago, it comes off less as a response meant to be taken seriously and more like some sort of veiled jab. I don't think you're an asshole but I think that that post was exceptionally dumb or just terribly written

SpectreFire said:
But people are concerned about it, and that's why they're asking.

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1hvh48/ryan_davis_of_giant_bomb_has_died/caycuqc

And that's exactly why I brought it up.
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I mean, maybe you could have worded it better at the very least because while you're right in that there are people who are bound to re-examine their own mortality in response to Davis's sudden death it seemed like you were making this sort of thing out to be the source of people's curiosity.
 
Baron_Calamity said:
I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.
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Beautiful post.... while my problems haven't been health related, the bombcast has been a postive light in otherwise darkness.... the "Hello It's Tuesday" just meant I got to experience a little bit of positiveness..... it's the only podcast I give a damn about, and look forward to every week. It won't be the same without Ryan and this whole post has been a numbing wtf to me.
 
Sadly, I've never knew the person, nor really listened to the site's podcast (I know, I know.) but I feel immensely for the man's wife, his kids (if he has any. Again, not only do I not know the guy, but I also don't know of his family, so i'm covering all my bases.) his parents and his fans. My thoughts are with you all during this time.
 
What's the origin of the Fuck Ryan Davis t-shirt/meme? I'm a Bombcast listener but I somehow missed this. Is it a take off of Idle Thumbs' Fuck Nick Breckon or something?
 
Toad.T said:
Sadly, I've never knew the person, nor really listened to the site's podcast (I know, I know.) but I feel immensely for the man's wife, his kids (if he has any. Again, not only do I not know the guy, but I also don't know of his family, so i'm covering all my bases.) his parents and his fans. My thoughts are with you all during this time.
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No kids, but he was married just last week.
 
I honestly don't check Giant Bomb too often, but one of the positive things to come out of this tragedy is that it's given me and many others an opportunity to see Ryan in action. RIP.
 
RadarScope1 said:
What's the origin of the Fuck Ryan Davis t-shirt/meme? I'm a Bombcast listener but I somehow missed this. Is it a take off of Idle Thumbs' Fuck Nick Breckon or something?
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Was from one of their Big Live Live Shows. He made a shirt with "CHINA DON'T CARE" and then Jeff countered with "FUCK RYAN DAVIS" shirt.
 
Dragon said:
I'm not the only person to feel strongly about it, I'm just the one doing the worst job at expressing it eloquently and respectfully.
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Don't beat yourself up too much I'm pretty sure in that regard the "vulture" guy shot ahead of you in one fell swoop of a post
 
RIP, PAX Aus is going to be so sad, especially if GB attend =[ Panel will be rough.

XtaLarge said:
I guarantee you that the reason most people are interested in knowing how this man died is not because they're fat and worried about their own mortality. How you even came to that conclusion is mind boggling to me, and because it's sooooo off-base, like I said a few posts ago, it comes off less as a response meant to be taken seriously and more like some sort of veiled jab. I don't think you're an asshole but I think that that post was exceptionally dumb or just terribly written
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Maybe it has something to do with the obesity epidemic in the US?
 
PaleFolklore said:
Is this the first big death in video games? I can't think of a single dev or journo as significant as Ryan who has passed.
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Gary Gygax was significant.

But this is probably the most shocking because Ryan's job by design made a lot of people feel like he was a friend, even if they had never met him.
 
He was just married. Fuck.

This is the first time I've ever been sad over the death of a journalist. My heart goes out to him and the entire gaming community, as we're all going to miss him.

Terrible days.
 
Beautifully touching post Baron_Calamity. I'm so happy to read you found light in your dark times.

As for the news, I'm in shock. Fucking hell I went to Europe just after he got married. I'm still here. I just got home 15 minutes ago from being out all day in London. I live in the bay area. This is so god damn surreal. I'm in shock, really.

This isn't something that will take effect for a while as I'm not home until August effectively. Fuck. What the hell is going on in the bay area?! I leave and there's a plane crash and now Ryan Davis dies what the fuck?! :(

This sucks man. I feel so awful for his wife and the crew. Oh my god.

FUCK :(((
 
PaleFolklore said:
Is this the first big death in video games? I can't think of a single dev or journo as significant as Ryan who has passed.
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It can't be, but it's certainly going to hurt more just because the giantbomb guys put themselves out there and built up a personality driven site.
 
friedeggs said:
No kids, but he was married just last week.
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Jeez, death just had to be an asshole, didn't he. But in all seriousness, that is some horrible timing. Mind you, I've only watched some quick looks, but I have this habit of being immensely empathetic, so i'm feeling it just as you guys are.
 
SpectreFire said:
How am I an asshole?

Seriously, please explain this to me.

Am I an asshole for suggesting that there are fat people amongst Giantbomb fans?

Am I an asshole for theorizing that some people might've saw something of their future with Ryan's death?

You're the one who came out of the gate acting like a douchebag while I was legitimately trying to explain something people were asking. But no, I'm the asshole because apparently I said something you misread and didn't like?

Please grow up.
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I guess I'm a little more sympathetic to your argument. I'm 28, have a family history of heart disease, and weight 240 pounds after a sudden weight gain of 65 pounds. His death, along with Gandolfini's, has definitely re-enforced a few things lately.

RIP Ryan Davis.
 
PaleFolklore said:
Is this the first big death in video games? I can't think of a single dev or journo as significant as Ryan who has passed.
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There have been some deaths, yeah.

One CoH dev, and a Japanese dev whose name escapes me who died in the Japanese tsunami some years ago.
 
Hard to believe he's gone. So young.

Rest in peace. My condolences to the family and all his close friends who will miss him the most.
 
i was at work the last couple of hours. a friend texted me the news. this is fucking terrible. RIP Mr. Davis. condolences to his family and his friends at giantbomb.
 
DidntKnowJack said:
I was wondering if someone could ribbon up my avatar. I've been trying, but without photoshop, I am failing hard.

Please and thank you.
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Tried to fill in the blank space, but I feel like the ribbon may be a bit too small. Two choices:

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Baron_Calamity said:
I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.
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This made me feel like I wanted to cry.
 
Baron_Calamity said:
I've been trying to write this post all day. It may go on a tangent, so people may think this isn't the place. I'm sorry in advance.

I feel horrible. Of course. Everyone is, I'm 43 years old and I've lost many friends. Even internet friends. Sure internet friends aren't "real" but the emotions we feel are. I have taken some deaths of internet friends hard. I first experience this pre-internet when I ran a local multi-line BBS with door games. The most popular game was Scrabble. I even held local get togethers with real scrabble boards. It got insane. The best player was the 73 year old retired man. We got to be fairly close in real life as well. One day I got home from work and saw he had been logged on to the BBS play Scrabble for 14 hours. He passed away playing on my computer. That hit me hard but for some reason, Ryan Davis' passing is hitting me harder and it is making me feel weird.

As some of you may know, I've been battling heart disease for the past few years.Last year I had a heart attack and was rushed in to have several cardiac artery stents installed.When I woke in recovery, I asked for my ipod and drifted in and out of sleep for the next 16 hours listening to the Giant Bombcast. Ryan Davis' upbeat attitude help me to get past a scary moment in my life. It was like he, and the rest of crew, were reassuring me. Everything was going to be all right. We are still going to be here talking about stuff you love.

I know speculating on Ryan's death is against the rules, Talking about just my case, I was a lot like Ryan before my heart attack. I was morbidly overweight, got out of breath easily, sweat all the time, and while I didn't use a CPAP machine to sleep at night, my doctors were concerned that I should have a sleep study done. After my heart attack, I lost close to 100 pounds, got fit, eating healthy, and exercised. Most of the time went I was on the treadmill I was listening to the Bombcast.

A few months ago, my heart took a significant turn for the worse. I went in for one corrective surgery, only to be woken up and told the surgeons didn't perform it because they didn't believe I could survive it. They told me I had just weeks to live and they were putting me on the transplant recipient list. I had another group of surgeons told inform me they could do the surgery in a different way and my odds of surviving would be 30%. I went in thinking I might never awake. In the recovery icu, my wife had the nurse put my ipod on me. When I awoke, I started my ipod and the first voice I heard was Ryan's cheerful voice "HELLO IT'S TUESDAY!!" Once again telling me that everything was going to be alright. I really believe that he and the rest of the bombcast was as important to my recovery as my exercise. My recovery so far as exceeded even the most optimistic estimates.

I wanted to write Ryan Davis and tell him how much he helped me. Just doing and loving his job. I didn't write him. I felt it was corny, he might never see it, or worse, he might have read it and then get self conscious. Now I wish I wrote it. Even if it was stupid.

RIP Mr Davis.
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This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever read on the internet ever. You absolutely need to send this story, or just the link to your post, to the GB staff. This is great...sometimes game journalists get a bad rep, and you are a testament to how they can brighten up a day do even more amazing stuff. This is such an amazing story.
 
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