Remembering Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013

Darklord said:
Thank you. :)
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I'll take the Ryanchu
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I think on some level, it's a sort of comfort to know the "why", the means of the unfortunate passing. It's to reassure the mind that the death wasn't some complete mystery, an unsolvable puzzle.
 
not sure if this makes me a bad person, but I really did kinda wish Ryan died because of something super dumb, something fitting. Something that would make you smug while waiting outside of the gate to w/e you believe in.

fuck.
 
Zefah said:
I find it odd that people care about the cause of his death beyond wondering if it was a murder or not (for the purposes of revenge, of course!).

Even if it turned out to be something like a heart attack, who cares? Do some people just wanted to say, "see! fat people!" or some shit like that?
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I guess it's their way of seeking closure. I had such questions at first when I was in denial that this tragedy happened, but now they seem disrespectful. In the end it doesn't matter and I respect the wishes of those close to him.
 
USC-fan said:
Sounds like he died in his sleep.

Wow at 34... just nuts.
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Yes, that's likely what happened.

Again, it's completely the family's right to disclose what they want... But I am curious. Shoot me.

But falling asleep peacefully isn't a bad way to go- I've seen far worse.
 
Zefah said:
I find it odd that people care about the cause of his death beyond wondering if it was a murder or not (for the purposes of revenge, of course!).

Even if it turned out to be something like a heart attack, who cares? Do some people just wanted to say, "see! fat people!" or some shit like that?
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Some people just need that kind of information to get some closure on the situation. There's nothing wrong with that and it's a part of (some people's) grief. Whether or not you belong to these people is nice to know, but ultimately of no importance to the feeling of others.
 
FStop7 said:
Jesus, guys. Does it really matter?
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Not going down this road. Who are you anyways?

He mattered.

Unless you were talking about his death? In most cases, that brings closure. I've dealt with death and wanted to know why as well. It's natural and in some cases, it hurts more knowing that sometimes they could have been helped.
 
Zefah said:
I find it odd that people care about the cause of his death beyond wondering if it was a murder or not (for the purposes of revenge, of course!).

Even if it turned out to be something like a heart attack, who cares? Do some people just wanted to say, "see! fat people!" or some shit like that?
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Closure.
 
Ryan's last quick look, Game and Wario, his last line "Alright, see you, guys." That and the sad, but nostalgic sounding music in the background made me a tiny bit misty eyed.
 
buddha0991 said:
Ryan's last quick look, Game and Wario, his last line "Alright, see you, guys." That and the sad, but nostalgic sounding music in the background made me a tiny bit misty eyed.
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Yeah... I have to say he went out on a good QL too. It was quite hilarious.

Him palling around with Jeff making fun of the miiverse drawings... Now I'm getting sad.
 
ShinoguTakeruKoeru said:
I think on some level, it's a sort of comfort to know the "why", the means of the unfortunate passing. It's to reassure the mind that the death wasn't some complete mystery, an unsolvable puzzle.
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This.

Also, totally selfish reason, but if it was weight related, I want to know for further motivation to get in shape. If it killed someone I care about, I should use that visceral hate as ammo to help beat it.
 
Just got back from a full day work 10 hours.

And this just was going trough my mind all day the entire day its still crazy to me.
I still think this is a bad dream :O

No way this is real :( Sadly I know it is but still so so crazy to me.

Reading through this thread on my breaks really helped out a lot

THANK YOU ALL !!
 
FStop7 said:
Jesus, guys. Does it really matter?
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No, it doesn't. And "natural causes" sounds to me like a polite way of saying "none of your damn business". As much as I liked Ryan, hell I loved the guy, it's not our business and we have no right to keep asking. We got all the info we deserve, that's it.

I'm currently going through bombcast highlights. Damn, I'll miss his hosting skills and his laughter. I watched the hilarious bit when Will Smith was on and says "executable" in a weird way and Ryan screams "What. The Fuck. Are you. SAYING?!?! THAT'S NOT A WORD!!"
 
Einbroch said:
Yes, it does. Maybe not in the sense that it's none of our business, it's not, but say it was weight related. If this is a wake up call to Jeff or any of the community that they should live healthier, then yes, it does matter. This is not to insult Ryan or bring him down or anything like that, but out of his death could come some good for others.
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This is how I feel even if others do not agree.
 
Maxim726X said:
Don't mean to sound insensitive, but it's hard to die at the age of 34 from natural causes... Maybe they don't know, maybe they don't feel comfortable releasing such information.

Sad either way. Really is a huge loss.
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Not when you're a big guy like Ryan. I'm sure he had some health complications.

This is such a sad story, especially right after his mariage. The same thing happened to my cousin who was in a diving accident about a month after marrying his lovely wife.

I think Ryan's death is the first "celebrity" death that has just left me feeling sad and distraught. He wasn't a world renowned super star like Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger or Whitney Houston. He's just a normal guy who we heard and saw almost everyday through Giantbomb. He was goofy and funny. He could rub people the wrong way, and he loved his job.
 
I love GB and listen and watch a ton of their stuff each week. Seeing Ryan and Jeff fat and (mostly) happy has re-enforced my not caring about my body. I'm 30, 6ft and 260 pounds and going on a diet and exercising has been put off for far too long. It may not have been how Ryan went, but I had a cousin who was also living an unhealthy life, had sleeping problems and he went suddenly too. I'm going to live my life healthier from now on.
 
He died at the top of his game, probably happier than he could ever hope to be. New bride, many friends, many fans, great job/hobby that he loved, and just a rich, happy life (at least from the outside looking in).

When you get old, you realize you were never happier than when you thought only of your present and future, and not of your past. While sad he didn't live to experience life to its fruition, not many of us will die truly happy to be living in the moment.

That's a sad fact.
 
SmithnCo said:
Yeah... I have to say he went out on a good QL too. It was quite hilarious.

Him palling around with Jeff making fun of the miiverse drawings... Now I'm getting sad.
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Ya he ended on a great quick look. I laughed so hard between that quick look and the live show they did of that game.
 
LiquidMetal14 said:
Not going down this road. Who are you anyways?

He mattered.

Unless you were talking about his death? In most cases, that brings closure. I've dealt with death and wanted to know why as well. It's natural and in some cases, it hurts more knowing that sometimes they could have been helped.
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smh
 
wrowa said:
Some people just need that kind of information to get some closure on the situation. There's nothing wrong with that and it's a part of (some people's) grief. Whether or not you belong to these people is nice to know, but ultimately of no importance to the feeling of others.
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This is how I feel. I'm just really curious. I mean no disrespect.

But if the family decides to keep that info private then that's okay also.
 
If that deleted tweet was for real we have someone who was taking respiratory depressants, had severe sleep apnea, was overweight and may or may not have been drinking on top of that. That person could easily hypoventilate and die peacefully in their sleep. That's my guess. I'm sorry if it offended anyone. R.I.P.
 
Minishdriveby said:
Not when you're a big guy like Ryan. I'm sure he had some health complications.

This is such a sad story, especially right after his mariage. The same thing happened to my cousin who was in a diving accident about a month after marrying his lovely wife.

I think Ryan's death is the first "celebrity" death that has just left me feeling sad and distraught. He wasn't a world renowned super star like Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger or Whitney Houston. He's just a normal guy who we heard and saw almost everyday through Giantbomb. He was goofy and funny. He could rub people the wrong way, and he loved his job.
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It's sad when someone you like in the entertainment industry dies. But yeah, it wasn't like a super actor, musician, athlete dying. He felt more like one of us.
 
Zefah said:
I find it odd that people care about the cause of his death beyond wondering if it was a murder or not (for the purposes of revenge, of course!).

Even if it turned out to be something like a heart attack, who cares? Do some people just wanted to say, "see! fat people!" or some shit like that?
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I find the urge to know WHY he died completely understandable. If a friend of you died, you would want to know why too, right?

A lot of us have been following Ryan for years and years (personally, I just started listening to Giant Bomb a year or so ago, but still was rather shaken by these news), so they want to know why he is suddenly gone.

It´s important for a sense of closure. It has nothing to do with pointing fingers or "blaming" anything.
 
deadbeef said:
smh
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Sorry to the original poster I quoted, I worded that wrong. I didn't say that to say he's nobody. I was actually calling him out personally but I should have worded it differently and to be fair to me, I though he was saying what he said in a way that was saying "why does it matter that Ryan died?". Then I seen his avatar and knew what he meant and edited that 3rd line in. Apologies to him for that.
 
ShinoguTakeruKoeru said:
I think on some level, it's a sort of comfort to know the "why", the means of the unfortunate passing. It's to reassure the mind that the death wasn't some complete mystery, an unsolvable puzzle.
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I agree

People will not lose interest in how Ryan Davis died, if anything their interest will go up if it is not told, or at least the basics of it, they will keep asking on streams, chats and message boards, and i fear that before you know it rumors will start to swirl around and suddenly his memory is exchanged with this weird, morbid curiosity regarding his death. And he deserves much better than that. His lasting memory should not be questions regarding his death but the great work he has done and how many people love him and the rest of those guys.

I personally do not care what his cause of death was, i don't need to know even the basics, but Ive seen Giant Bomb streams and plenty of people in that community get really obsessive over these guys. You know people will for years keep asking on streams "why did ryan die" and tons of people will respond with wild theories and god knows what else, Ryan deserves much better than that.

But hey, that is their choice, i am sure they have talked over what the public needs to know and how much they are comfortable with.
 
His father is very graciously offering some insight where he is under absolutely zero obligation to provide any at all during a time where he, Ryan's mom, and their other children must be going through a hellish amount of grief and the last thing they should care about is satisfying the morbid curiosity of the Internet as to the details of their child's death.

We, as individuals, are obviously free to do whatever we want, but respecting the family and taking his father's words at face value would be the classy thing to do.
 
Cystm said:
I hate seeing this thread title every day.

"What's going on in gameing? ....Oh, yeah"
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As much as I hate seeing it, I'm going to hate it even more when it's no longer on page 1. Because that's when it's really going to hit that he's gone, and we've all moved on to thinking about other things. It has to happen eventually, but it's a bummer all the same.
 
buddha0991 said:
Ryan's last quick look, Game and Wario, his last line "Alright, see you, guys." That and the sad, but nostalgic sounding music in the background made me a tiny bit misty eyed.
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I remember watching that quick look while sipping my morning tea. It was such a relaxed and entertaining video, and really encapsulates this whole "chilling with some friends" feeling I get when watching their quick looks. Gave me a good mood for the rest of my day.
 
Minishdriveby said:
Not when you're a big guy like Ryan. I'm sure he had some health complications.

This is such a sad story, especially right after his mariage. The same thing happened to my cousin who was in a diving accident about a month after marrying his lovely wife.

I think Ryan's death is the first "celebrity" death that has just left me feeling sad and distraught. He wasn't a world renowned super star like Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger or Whitney Houston. He's just a normal guy who we heard and saw almost everyday through Giantbomb. He was goofy and funny. He could rub people the wrong way, and he loved his job.
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I know what you mean... Truly was a rare individual. Honestly am going to miss hearing him every Tuesday.
 
When things like this happen people think of their mortality as well. Heck, the dude was one year younger than me. It's normal to want to know why.
 
GrimmUK said:
http://www.twitch.tv/harmonixmusic/b/427716886

I was rewatching the memorial stream and what happens at 26:35?

Drake seems pretty pissed at someone for saying something? I can't quite catch it.
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It sounds like someone says something off camera. I noticed it when I was watching it yesterday.

FStop7 said:
His father is very graciously offering some insight where he is under absolutely zero obligation to provide any at all during a time where he, Ryan's mom, and their other children must be going through a hellish amount of grief.

We, as individuals, are obviously free to do whatever we want, but respecting the family and taking his father's words at face value would be the classy thing to do.
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Having lost a number of loved ones in the past I agree with this wholeheartedly.
 
Leviathin25 said:
When someone dies that you care about its only natural to ask "why?"
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What good could come of revealing it? What if it was some health problem, do we need threads filled with people saying he should've lived healthier? The cause is nothing but a distraction and just because people want one doesn't mean they should have one.
 
LiquidMetal14 said:
Sorry to the original poster I quoted, I worded that wrong. I didn't say that to say he's nobody. I was actually calling him out personally but I should have worded it differently and to be fair to me, I though he was saying what he said in a way that was saying "why does it matter that Ryan died?". Then I seen his avatar and knew what he meant and edited that 3rd line in. Apologies to him for that.
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I guess I come at it from a different angle. No matter what caused his death, he is gone. Knowing doesn't make me feel any better, and I don't need it for closure.

This playlist is freaking awesome, btw
 
eot said:
What good could come of revealing it? What if it was some health problem, do we need threads filled with people saying he should've lived healthier? The cause is nothing but a distraction and just because people want one doesn't mean they should have one.
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This condescending bullshit should stop.

You don't have to understand why people are curious- It's how they're dealing with it. Honestly, I don't know how you can't be curious, but that's how you're choosing to deal with it and I respect that.

Extend the same courtesy to others.
 
eot said:
What good could come of revealing it? What if it was some health problem, do we need threads filled with people saying he should've lived healthier? The cause is nothing but a distraction and just because people want one doesn't mean they should have one.
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Well I never really was trying to make a case for what good could come of it just trying to explain the human emotions behind it.
 
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