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[SuperGamer]

She died at only 23? That's very tragic.

Dolphin is my favourite emulator. The work she did on that was amazing.

You will always be remembered, Rachel Bryk. RIP.

 

[artsi]

PS: wasnt she the new girl on the team that made massive improvements on the emulator? or that was the other girl?

If you mean the recent performance optimizations you're probably talking about Fiora.
But Rachel had a huge amount of commits too.

Here's her last one

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Horrible and tragic.
RIP

 

[Dash Kappei]

Shit, a lot of mystery deaths in the gaming community the past six months. RIP.

I mean, shit, wasn't she responsible for most of the advancements with Dolphin that got it to finally having playable performance on mid/low range PCs?

No you're thinking of someone else. She developed Assisting Tools (for speedruns etc.) for Dolphin and was a TAS of TLOZ:TT herself.

 

[Tom Nook]

This is sad.

 

[Overside]

Holy shit.

This is horrible.

 

[PyroPaperPlanes]

May she rest in peace.

 

[RurouniZel]

This is horrible news. 23 is too young.

RIP

 

[jacobeid]

Man, I am 23, and my life has barely just started. Tragic, I hope she is at peace and went in a calm way.

.

Stuff like this puts it all into perspective. RIP.

 

[Nevadatan]

If you mean the recent performance optimizations you're probably talking about Fiora.
But Rachel had a huge amount of commits too.

Here's her last one

ah thanks, i was a little confused.
Rachel has an impressive work done on the project nonetheless.

 

[Piggus]

Way too young... RIP

 

[firebranded]

Had a friend pass this past Friday that was only a few years older than me, I'm twenty nine. This too, damn really makes you think.

RIP and thanks for everything.

 

[dani_dc]

Heard about this today, for some reason it really hit me.

Just terrible news.

RIP, Thank you for all the work.

 

[Shin]

Just read about the reason, that's some seriously messed up shit.

 

[Cyrano]

My condolences to all family and friends.

 

[UltraGunner]

Fucking awful news. RIP.

 

[S_Dev]

Jeeze... 23? What a tragedy. According to the post, she took on aspects of Dolphin no one wanted to touch, and the program was much improved for it. I know I've personally taken advantage of aspects of Dolphin she worked on. So damn sad that we lost a brilliant mind.

 

[KeRaSh]

Just horrible. Especially at that age. I just set up Dolphin again on my PC to relive some Phantasy Star Online Ep. I&II moments a few days ago.

 

[Mumford]

Just read about the reason, that's some seriously messed up shit.

Yup.
I originally typed out an somewhat elaborate post discussing her death and the events leading up to it, but upon review I don't think that this is the appropriate forum for that discussion. (Also, my source link was banned, which led me to doubt its legitimacy.) However, this is a tragedy in every sense of the word. She was clearly loved and her work touched many. Rest in peace Rachel Bryk, you are missed.

 

[neotokyo360]

R.I.P.

 

[Stimpack]

Just as emulation serves to preserve gaming history. She, too, will not be forgotten.

 

[SolicitorPirate]

Yet another brilliant mind taken before her time. Rest in peace, Rachel.

 

[Muskieratboi]

Hopefully she'll get a mention in the About Dialog. I don't know her, but looking at her code, she was a brilliant developer. Left us far too long.

 

[Dan1984uk]

R.I.P far to young.

 

[catmincer]

That's so sad. Rip.

 

[SolicitorPirate]

The thing that really frustrates me here is that it's so difficult for trans people to get the help and support needed. There are a lot of charities and non-profits that provide support and counseling to the LGBT community, but the problem is that the main focus is on the LGB and far less on the T.

Even lumping them all together is problematic as the issues faced and the support needed by the transgendered community is different from the homosexual community.

 

[texhnolyze]

I've just stumbled upon this news.
So tragic, and at such young age as well.
R.I.P.

 

[LeonSPBR]

23 is just too young... RIP Rachel.

 

[LeonSPBR]

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-woman-23-kills-herself-after-being-attacked-online270415


Found this. Too tragic.

This is insane. Why people still get away after doing shit like that...

 

[Raggie]

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-woman-23-kills-herself-after-being-attacked-online270415


Found this. Too tragic.

The comments section makes it even more horrible. People can be so absolutely disgusting.

 

[WordsintheWater]

Very sad to hear, RIP

 

[Risk Breaker]

Goddammit.

This is terrible.

RIP Rachel.

 

[Soltype]

Such a sad story, even worse is that there were 4 suicides in 9 days on the same bridge.Don't they have people watching for stuff like this on the bridge?

 

[Seraphiel]

Such a sad story, even worse is that there were 4 suicides in 9 days on the same bridge.Don't they have people watching for stuff like this on the bridge?

If someone is intent on commiting suicide there is very little anyone can do to stop them.

The fact this person has ended up in a place where they felt they had to take this course of action is the real tragedy behind this story.

Very sad to hear and my condolences to her family.

 

[dani_dc]

Such a sad story, even worse is that there were 4 suicides in 9 days on the same bridge.Don't they have people watching for stuff like this on the bridge?

They do from what I read, but unless you're stopping everyone from crossing the bridge, it's very difficult to actually stop everyone that's intending to do so.

Some type of barrier would go a long way to prevent more suicides.