can't believe i didnt find this post till now, but then again i was never really apart of this subforum much outside of betting on my eagles back in the day (so yeah i would just come here to lose fg randomly lol)
Still hits hard... John was one of the first people i met when i joined this site. We both joined Silent Syndicate around the same time and instantly became friends, in fact both of us worked so well together it wasnt to long before we were part of the top 5 of the guild.
The guild took a hit from the original founder soon after (shady shit ofc) but we worked hard to rebuilt it with a solid group of friends. When the guild was handed over to me john was my legit partner in crime when it came to growing and just having fun with it. We swore to always keep each other as top friends on jsp and that will never change.
For many years we trolled the forums.. Invading topics, spamming them clean out, memes, gifs, making ppl rage, and actually being good trade spawns too.. I'll never forget him posting on jsp from jail, like it was his one phone call lol. Good times in 2010-2015.. got so bad that the mods kept pming him and i telling us to chill the fuck out
It wasnt just him but John made this site so much more fun for me, even when he left the guild it was mutual because i wanted him to do what was best for him. At that time (sometime 2015) d2 was basically dead, i was playing LoL (he was more of a Dota guy), and he was huge into this f&r subforum so he joined a guild based on that.
Still kept in touch tho, and not just on this site since he was the first person to get my phone number here. Back in the day we would help each other out when times were tough because lets face it, its easy to talk about rough irl shit with a gamer friend half way across the country. I will always be thankful for both of us being able to lighten each others moods.
The yearly birthday text/calls, random eagles/packers suck text after games back and forth, memes, etc... i miss his random notifications
because i knew it was always going to make me smile.. One regret is not having a drink with him irl, would have been a blast im sure.
When i found out about his passing it was through facebook, saw a post from Jessica that was a little vague but instantly caught my eye.. Was almost unbelievable but then it hit hard after i looked into it, not even 2 days before his passing we were literally talking about d2r and gaming together again. Ladder resets will never be the same without him.
He was such a good friend and im glad we crossed paths, will sorely be missed. RIP buddy