The Passing of a Lounger

[Archon_Wing]

Holy crap, I come back to look at the forum and to find this. This is saddening, though that is just the normal processes of life. Doesn't mean it sucks any less though.

When I was still inexperienced on the internet and found this board, Pete was one of the most memorable members I had come across. That's because if you said anything ignorant, he'd approach your post, proceed to rip it to shreds, and inform you of how ignorant you are in approximately 300 ways using two sentences. Initially I had been resentful, since I just thought it was merely arrogant posting. The truth was actually a poster that had been thinking on several levels higher than your average lowlife on the internet. And indeed, to this very day, he is probably the only poster on the internet that I would be scared to take on in an actual debate.

But as I got to know the people in this community, I realized he wasn't just grumpy all the time, and actually played Blizzard games, having fun like the rest of us. And his sense of humor as sharp as his wits in combat. I enjoyed how he would refer to Blizzard as "Buzzard" and the Blizzard bashing over the newest Diablo patch would always be amusing.

The most notable part was that regardless of tone, his posts were always sincere and honest. I've always respected people that were able to do that.

It's amazing to think that someone that I never saw face to face and never actually had an conversation with could teach one to learn to train their critical thinking skills. Sometimes your existence can be seen in your effect on others. If it had not been for him, I may have just become some silly insignificant poster on the internet that couldn't hold their own opinion. Someone that wouldn't have been able to back up their points with evidence of significance. A fool that speaks but has nothing back it up with. Aka another blathering trash poster on the internet. I would say I was way better off thanks to this.

And thus, I might as well help carry on his legacy (If I am able to deserve that privilege) of stomping fools in hilarious and amusing ways, while remaining sensible but still not crossing the line enough to get banned.

I can't really say anything else about him, since I never knew him personally-- what a shame. But so I'll end it like this: Thanks, and farewell.