To DrDrizzay101,
I miss you so much buddy. I can't stop crying today after I found out, and while I continue to get caught up in Discord and this thread, it continues to make me cry. The amount of love you shared with us all is invaluable to all of us guardians.
When I first joined DestinyGAF in November 2014, DrDrizzay101 was the first person to welcome me with open arms. I joined him for dailies or random PvE events. He was then the sword bearer for my first ever Flawless run. I posted this picture on my Facebook on January 11, 2015 when I achieved Guardian Lord:
He was a guy I admired because not only was he extremely talented in Destiny, he was always very humble, positive, kind, and helpful, which are all qualities of an amazing person. Our relationship continued to build. I was always willing to join him to help with Flawless raids and Trials. He took over people's accounts on XB1 and I was able to join him in helping DGaffers on both consoles and he was ALWAYS appreciative of me helping him, when I was appreciative of him for wanting to help others. I always looked forward to helping people, especially with him.
As many other have stated, he was just everywhere. He was always in our streams supporting and hyping up the chat, if he wasn't actually playing with us and trying to hype up everyone. He was that guy. When I finally made a Discord for all of us to hang out, it was a no brainer for me to make him a mod instantly, and same as for my Stream. Many times he'd be the ONLY one in my stream, supporting me.
He's always give me advice on how to improve and he did the same with everybody who he played with. I always took his advice and I've always been forever thankful for everything he's taught me. I always looked forward to playing with him whether it's PvE or PvP.
Many nights I've stayed up way passed my bedtime on a worknight, helping him carry people to Mercury and I'll always cherish those times. There were times we faced top tier guys for the final boss and conquered it and the feels always made the many attempts worth it and I'm thankful we had someone like him that was ALWAYS willing to help.
Another random memory: when Bloodborne came out, a few of us DGAFfers were in a party, all playing Bloodborne. Drizz had already beaten it and I was stuck on a boss and he quickly offered help. Destiny friendship transcended into other games and that has never happened with me in any other game. I don't know if I would have kept playing this game and stuck with this community if it hadn't been for him welcoming me with open arms and being the person that he was.
I miss him so much.
I didn't know last week's Trials run was going to be our last ;(
Video footage of that run.
https://www.twitch.tv/drdrizzay101/v/83232549?t=01h17m00s
Rest in Paradise, buddy. I'm still in denial but you were a closer friend to me and had a huge impact on me than you probably ever knew.
Lastly, I want to leave y'all with this dream I had with him in it and Todd drew: