06-07-2013, 03:11 PM
Where to begin…
I have had a lot of friends come and go in my life; I have even had others take their own lives. Very few of them I think would have the effect on me like Chris’s death has. Some people look back on their high school football days, or their frat days as the glory days in their lives. I look back at my days gaming with Chris and others in our close knit group. We had by definition, a family. There will be many people that miss him as much as I do, because he mattered to us. He wasn’t just a character in a game, or a casual passerby; he was our friend. For the past 9 years I have spent nearly every day communicating with Chris, I don’t regret any of it. (Even when he trolled me). I have been through a lot of life changes during this 9 years and he was there. The only separation between us being a broadband cable.
This hits me as a shock as, I always envisioned sending the guy I have gamed with for the past 9 years an invitation to my wedding, or visiting him in person while I see my first ocean. Now I have to move on with one of my only life regrets being that I never met him in person, and got the chance to buy him a drink. Chris was one of those people who you were just expecting that one day they would find their niche, and would become a huge success story. Chris/Cahn/Bojangles was one of the most naturally talented people I have ever gamed with. He was intelligent, gifted, and a great person to be friends with. He made the most difficult things look easy. It is weird to say that a 30 year old man like me wished I was as good as him, but I do.
Over the years he made me laugh, and I consider him to be one my best friends. I have never seen his picture until today, but he knew more about me than some of my family. I really wish that this wouldn’t have happened, and that I could have met him in person. I do not believe in god(s) or fate; but I do think that the world lost someone who was extremely talented, intelligent, and most of all…
My friend.
I have had a lot of friends come and go in my life; I have even had others take their own lives. Very few of them I think would have the effect on me like Chris’s death has. Some people look back on their high school football days, or their frat days as the glory days in their lives. I look back at my days gaming with Chris and others in our close knit group. We had by definition, a family. There will be many people that miss him as much as I do, because he mattered to us. He wasn’t just a character in a game, or a casual passerby; he was our friend. For the past 9 years I have spent nearly every day communicating with Chris, I don’t regret any of it. (Even when he trolled me). I have been through a lot of life changes during this 9 years and he was there. The only separation between us being a broadband cable.
This hits me as a shock as, I always envisioned sending the guy I have gamed with for the past 9 years an invitation to my wedding, or visiting him in person while I see my first ocean. Now I have to move on with one of my only life regrets being that I never met him in person, and got the chance to buy him a drink. Chris was one of those people who you were just expecting that one day they would find their niche, and would become a huge success story. Chris/Cahn/Bojangles was one of the most naturally talented people I have ever gamed with. He was intelligent, gifted, and a great person to be friends with. He made the most difficult things look easy. It is weird to say that a 30 year old man like me wished I was as good as him, but I do.
Over the years he made me laugh, and I consider him to be one my best friends. I have never seen his picture until today, but he knew more about me than some of my family. I really wish that this wouldn’t have happened, and that I could have met him in person. I do not believe in god(s) or fate; but I do think that the world lost someone who was extremely talented, intelligent, and most of all…
My friend.