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Giant Bomb Thread #5 - We love you, Ryan Davis

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Raising my glass of scotch to you, Ryan motherfucking Davis.
 
I never realized how much of an impact a person I have never come close to meeting had on me. Ryan was a big and important part of my week. No matter how I felt, how things were going. I knew I could wake up on Wednesday morning and laugh along with these guys, that don't even know me.
Ryan and his laugh were there for me, when I felt alone and desperate. I could count on him making me laugh everytime he did a stupid Kinect video.
I can't begin to imagine what a loss the people close to him have suffered.

Rest in peace Ryan, you meant a lot to a lot of people including me.
 
Part of me fears that the Bombcast without Ryan will be like The Office without Michael.
The other part of me knows that within months the podcast will be fully back up to speed and maybe even evolve into its own thing.
 
John Drake said on their stream that there might be a charity show thing to raise money for the family... that will be sad/weird/cool/sad
 
It's sad to think we'll never get to hear Ryans crazy stories about his wedding. Or listen to his thoughts about the X1 or PS4. ;(

I even woke up sad this morning.
 
Wait...maybe this has been addressed already but...he passed on Wednesday? So did the rest of the crew know before the Freedom Stream? I know Drake mentioned knowing about it before the weekend too :(
 
Lethal said:
Wait...maybe this has been addressed already but...he passed on Wednesday? So did the rest of the crew know before the Freedom Stream? I know Drake mentioned knowing about it before the weekend too :(
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The Freedom Stream archive was posted on July 3rd at like 6PM EST, so I don't think he was gone before the recording.
 
SalsaShark said:
man, gonna be so weird if they do a podcast today
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I know its definitely something Ryan wouldnt have wanted anyone to do....but I feel I need to take a break from GB for a while. It would just be too hard/odd without Ryan, listening to Jeff and co talk about it....simply just engaging with a Ryan-less GB isnt something I need right now.

I felt empty when Patrick left and the first bombcast without him was just odd.......this will be 100000x times worse

Yes, I havent got past the denial stage yet
 
I listen to the Bombcasts at work, if/when they make a tribute podcast to him, it's going to be hard to listen to. It's really up to how those guys feel, is this something they want to talk about publicly? I can't even imagine how it'd feel to do something like that. People have died in my life, but I never had to talk about it on a podcast.
 
Basileus777 said:
I listen to the Bombcasts at work, if/when they make a tribute podcast to him, it's going to be hard to listen to. It's really up to how those guys feel, is this something they want to talk about publicly? I can't even imagine how it'd feel to do something like that. People have died in my life, but I never had to talk about it on a podcast.
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Pretty certain they will doa tribute podcast for him, but maybe not straight away. Im sure their emotions are running hiigh at the moment, and they'd like to honor him in a way he would have preferred (with Humour, wit and irony)
 
Just woke up 30 min ago, hopping everything was a nightmare.
But it wasn't :(:(

And like I said before going to bed, I knew it had a Giantbomb related dream with Ryan in it.
Can not remember the details because that is how dreams work but I know I dreamed about it.
 
Mr. Enigma said:
Very curious to see what they are going to do for a Bombcast Tuesday, if they even do anything.
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Jeff Gerstmann ‏@jeffgerstmann 7h
Sorry, one guy who said we should do one last episode and then stop doing the podcast forever. Not gonna happen.
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That to me says they will. Like if they knew he died yesterday, they wouldn't have, but I bet they do.

So prepare your sound levels for a Jeffcast.
 
Of course they'll keep the Bombcast going, Ryan would have never wanted them to stop and they have a site to run. The question is whether they'll record one this soon about Ryan.
 
Man, the news hit me pretty hard yesterday. I woke up a couple of hours ago and now I am seeing the pictures from his dad and it hit me pretty hard again. I never met the guy, but you count up all the hours you listen to him every week and you realize how big a part of your life he and Giant Bomb as a whole really is. It's fucking crazy.

Anyway, some words from his friends that I haven't seen posted yet:

Joey
I didn't realize they knew each other that long.

Steve Lin
Origin story of the Ms. Pac-Man machine his wife loves so much.

Will

Dave Lang
 
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