RIP forum member Bargora.

[towerofsong]

Rest in peace

[Six Switch]

i didn't know him very well,but he was a good poster and he will be missed.my thoughts and prayers are with you.

i always wondered what would happen when a forum member died,or if i died how would people find out.crazy

[vespertillio]

Like many others in the forum, I didn't know Alan. But from what I've read and from what I know about the majority of the folks here, he was a great guy.

RIP Alan.

I didn't know you, but your legacy will live on.

:rocker:

Fred

[EricRyan34]

RIP




so sad :(

[miaandjohnrule]

I took a look over there, and it appears that his Steel Battalion comrades are setting up an online game to specifically salute him.

Just goes to show how many folks he's touched.

It looks like there's going to be a video of it made , I'll make sure I get some links of it when it is posted. He's definitely touched many lives over there.

[DeputyMoniker]

Here are a few things I found around the forums. I'm going to beat one of these in his memory. :)


Three Favorite Games of All Time
In Chronological Order:

Doom 2
X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter
Steel Battalion: Line of Contact


What's the Last Game You Finished?
Just finished Dragon Warrior 1 (GBC). w00t!


And I'll celebrate beating the game with a Wendy's burger...cuz he liked those best.
Game in peace, Brian "Bargora"!

[classicb]

i made a lil' sig banner in memory of Barg', if anyone wants to use it. i tried not to make it too sappy but i think it works.i will be personally putting it in my sig and anyone who wants to can.

http://www.maj.com/gallery/Nuhvok-2000/Avatars/rip.gif



wow what a truely sad thing to happen. I read through each page in denial thinking their would be a post from Bargora saying that it wasn't him. very sad... when regular forum memebers stop posting I often think they've moved on to other things in their life I'm very sadened to find out that's not the case here.

May you rest in peace

thanks for the sig SuperNES

[GameSlaveGaz]

Although I didn't know Bargora, I express my deepest condolences.

This reminds me that a couple of months ago a guy I was e-mail pen pals with for nearly 5 years from California died of severe heat stroke while hiking. His name was also Brian, and when his brother emailed me on his name to tell me that I was shocked. I was always worried about him because he was a manic depressant and used to drink a lot and take meds. Everytime I wouldn't hear from him for a long time I was scared he killed himself or ODed, but he'd pop up again. As downhearted as I was to know he died, It was better that he went in a more positive way than I feared he'd go. It's really sad because he was talking about getting back into shape and starting to box again a week before he died. Despite never meeting, we were really close as we had a lot in common (the main thing being our love for AC/DC) and we shared a lot despite a 12 year age difference and being on opposite coasts, so his death really left an empty space in my heart.
Even if you don't really know the person, if you knew them enough, it is still depressing. Hearing someone die even if you had no connection to them is still sad because death sucks. So having gone through the loss of an online friend, I know how a lot of you DPers who've been around much longer and knew Bargora better are feeling and I express my remorse.

[Bluteg]

He always seemed to be a great poster who always was interesting to read.

RIP

[Arqueologia_Digital]

Rest in peace man. You must be in a better place...

Matías

[WiseSalesman]

As he was one of the few Clevelanders on here besides myself, I had talked with Bargora a few times outside the context of the forum, but never met him in person. I remember we had talked about carpooling to PhillyClassic one year. Now I wish we had. I'll never meet him now.

I haven't visited the forum in months, I just came by to look something up, and this is what greets me. How horrible.

Brian will be missed. I'm happy to see all the heartfelt messages in this thread on his behalf. Has anyone considered contacting his family on behalf of the forum?

[Arthur-Otaku]

Rest in peace

Also in portuguese, from Brazil: "Descanse em paz"

[videogameking26]

RIP

[MarHel78]

As I'm relatively new to these forums, I still don't know most of the regulars, but this is already the third time a member of an on line community I was in died. This is so sad. Rest in Peace, Brian.

[Lady Jaye]

Has anyone considered contacting his family on behalf of the forum?

There's a site where you can leave a message in memoriam -- some of us here have posted there, and so did some of his Xbox Live buddies: http://www.legacy.com/Cleveland/Guestbook.asp?Page=GuestBook&PersonId=15173480

[Cheese]

That's terrible, my thoughts go out to his family.

[boozi2]

Rest in peace, Brian. :(

[Cauterize]

Cant say i knew him... Either way, Rest In Peace

[puxley]

For the last few months, I've been repeating one of his funny comments from an old thread.....

"Broken controller makes Bargora cry!"

.....every time I've stumbled across a busted controller.
I recall having to explain that comment to my girlfriend one day at a thriftstore.
I'm sure I will say it for years to come.

[Nature Boy]

I didn't know Bargora personally, but I knew his personality, and he will defintely be missed. Hopefully his family gets a chance to read this and can see how well he touched all of us here. Rest in peace my friend.

[Joker T]

I am rather new here and saw his posts but never personally knew him. I feel for his family, this truly is awful.

R.I.P.

[sabre2922]

In all respect Rest in Peace friend

[l_lamb]

As many others here have posted, I never met bargora, but always found his postings to be intelligent and often humorous. My condolences to his family - may he rest in peace.

[dbiersdorf]

I can only assume he's sitting somewhere surrounded by heaps upon heaps of games, saying, "this truely is heaven".

Rest in peace, may your soul game on forever. :(

[lendelin]

Bargora was a good poster -- an intelligent common sense guy. I remember that he quoted the law once when it came to some hysterical sexual law and we agreed, and more recently he quoted in detail the law the Michigan governor proposed dealing with penalties for selling "violent" games.

After I read the obituary I understand now his intelligent approach to laws and his knowledge about laws -- I didn't know that he had a law degree.

The Internet is a strange thing -- it is as virtual as it can get beyond any face-to-face contact, mourning isn't possible compared to someone who died and you met in person; and still we have a certain image in our head about someone we only know in the abstract and a certain familiarity develops.

It is a sad that he's gone.

[Jasoco]

This is so sad. It's one of those things you really don't want to believe happened. I didn't know him, but I have seen him post many times. He seemed like a cool guy. By the looks of his last post, he didn't seem to know it was coming. He had all these plans and everything. Note the eerie usage of the phrase "I'm approaching the light at the end of the tunnel" in one of his last posts. :(

"Unexpectedly"? I wonder what really happened. He was only 33 years old. That is not old. Not even middle aged.

Farewell, old friend.

[chadtower]

Didn't know him, but he's been around the whole time I've been here, which is quite a damn while. I see in this thread he was married... that's tough.

RIP. Hope the short stay on Earth was fulfilling.

[esquire]

You will truly be missed. RIP in Brian.

I like the idea of memorializing Brian somehow on the boards. Perhaps INTVGene can put his Gradius ship avatar into the SHMUPS Central for us to purchase. Being the Shmups fan Brian was, I think it would be appropriate.

[dieourumov]

what was Bargora's avatar? perhaps we could make his avatar into an item in the shop and we can use that as a purchase-able item for like 5 meseta.

[Oobgarm]

what was Bargora's avatar? perhaps we could make his avatar into an item in the shop and we can use that as a purchase-able item for like 5 meseta.

It was what I'm currently showing as my avatar, only it read 'SHIELD' instead. It was a constant thing, it never changed outside of contests or other board-wide themes.

[ubersaurus]

I'd wonder if we could somehow turn his unused DP blog into a sort of memorium.

[Jasoco]

I already posted a short farewell in his shoutbox. But I agree. We should make it a memorium.

[lurpak]

sad news, I just looked at his profile, I dont remeber heim personally, but just looking at his profile made me think how close he could have been.
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=644

god bless you.

[pacmanhat]

Rest in peace, Brian. I didn't know you, much like so many others here, but you will still be missed by all of us.

[MegaManFan]

I can't say I know bargora well, but I can say judging by the posts I've seen both here and AtariAge that he will be missed. Godspeed on your journey into the digital beyond.

[The Manimal]

I didn't know Bargora well nor did I get the chance to meet him in person, unfortunately.

Rest in peace, Brian. :(


Perfect wording. I've been off these forums the last few months and this is the first reading of this. He was a local whom I never actually met. Have chatted back and forth within a couple of threads here in the past...really sad.


R.I.P. :(

[The Manimal]

This is so sad. It's one of those things you really don't want to believe happened. I didn't know him, but I have seen him post many times. He seemed like a cool guy. By the looks of his last post, he didn't seem to know it was coming. He had all these plans and everything. Note the eerie usage of the phrase "I'm approaching the light at the end of the tunnel" in one of his last posts. :(

"Unexpectedly"? I wonder what really happened. He was only 33 years old. That is not old. Not even middle aged.

Farewell, old friend.

I saw that post in question, and it was saying that he had credit card debt but was paying it off and that the time of having it paid off was near. Admittedly, suicide is one of those things common for "unexpected" deaths. Could he have had a heart attack? Car accident? We'll never know.

[segagamer4life]

I just realized how tight our community is. My prayers go out to Brian's family.

Amen, man, May he rest in peace.... GOD BLESS HIS FAMILY

[smork]

RIP, Bargora. Your online family here will always remember you. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[rbudrick]

Bargora really made me pay attention when he posted, because he was always so spot-on about everything he said. His insight really made me respect him, and I'll really miss his posts. A lot.

I never talked to him personally, I don't think....maybe in a few threads, but I'm actually truly, genuinely sad this has happenned. It it even surprises me how much so...I'm really going to miss what he had to say.

I've got a lot of respect for most all of the veterans here, especially him, and it's such a shame. I can't begin to imagine how hard this must be on his family.

You know, I'm going to really make an effort to meet some of you folks at the next events...things like this remind me how important it is to let people know you care about them.

As long as I'm here and I'm alive, I just wanted to tell all of you that you rock and I always enjoy talking to you too. I really do consider many of you friends. People often don't get to say things like that to each other, and it's often too late when we realize we should have. So I'm glad and proud to say that to you.

To all my friends at DP: YOU ROCK!

RIP Bargora.

-Rob

[lkermel]

I didn't know him well but it is very sad indeed...

Rest in peace, Brian

[Doonzmore]

Absolutely speechless....

Farewell Bargora.