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DX-Chain God like!
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:11 am Post subject: Small Gesture for Toke's Family and Friends |
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*The details of this small project are yet to be worked out 100%, but I'm actively discussing with the Chicago people attending the road trip to Oklahoma--updates will come as I get them*
Hello boys and girls,
As we all know, one of the DooM community's most notable figures has left us. The overwhelming show of support in the various forums is only a small indication of how much he is valued. [DUI]Eyes, as well as a few others thought "Wouldn't it be great if the family and loved ones in his town were actually able to see all the letters/words people wrote about their son and friend?"
Now, we hope this will pick up steam in the next few hours, since we're trying to think what the best way would be to go about this. The purpose of this is to ask you, the DooM/Zdaemon community for a small letter that we can actually personally hand to Toke's loved ones.
The letter itself can be something similar to the kind words you've written on these forums. It doesn't have to be overly fancy--just something that lets them know in what way Toke has touched your life...online or otherwise.
It's better if the note has a formal tone/format: "Dear McIntosh family [...] Sincerely, Luis 'aka Chaindude' *last name*...(or whatever applies in your case)."
A simple 1-page Word/WordPerfect .doc file should do the trick. The final detail will be deciding how we'll go about these. Depending on when I hear back from Eyes, there are two possibilities:
-We will print these out and enclose them in an envelope with your name/details. Your submission can be e-mailed to: dui-eyes at hotmail dot com.
-If you prefer something more private and personal, you can send the completed, sealed letter/envelope to Eyes' PO Box here:
To: Dylan "Toke" McIntosh Family, CC: Steve Lee
P.O Box 492
Hobart, Indiana 46342 - USA
Please postmark your letter or note by August 28th, to allow delivery time. The tentative date for our departure is the weekend of September 8th, 2006.
Think about it . Just a few minutes (or hours, depending on how personal the letter) of your time will mean quite a bit to his family. Even better if we get the same number of letters as we did forum posts, we'd probably need one of those DooM crates to put all the letters in!
We are typically around #doom on the Zdirc server. Feel free to stop by if you have any questions. Both me and Eyes are in the channel at about 7PM Central. Stay tuned for details.
-Chaindude
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Dan On a Rampage!
Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Location: BR - http://clanbr.ath.cx
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:18 am Post subject: |
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Grand Idea. Expect mine soon. |
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URdead On a Rampage!
Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Location: Gold Coast of chicago cause i got money b1tch
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:48 am Post subject: |
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I urge you all to write something, chaindude and I ([DUI]Eyes-t) are looking for at least 50-100 letters to give to his family. So please PLEASE take 15 mins of your time, and write something, either a memory that you have of toke or how much of a gifted mapper he was. Also, if you also have any pictures of you and toke, please make double copies of it so i can put together a photo album
Even if you want to just copy and paste what you wrote in the forums, and email it to me that is fine also
dui-eyes@hotmail.com |
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Slayer420 God like!
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:29 am Post subject: |
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thank you guys, this will mean alot |
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tourettes Guest
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:43 am Post subject: |
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I will sure write something, i dont know if I could fill a whole, page but I will try. |
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Nitus Unstoppable!
Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Location: Canada
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:06 am Post subject: |
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I'm sure that even a few lines on a postcard would be appreciated.
Thanks, guys, for organizing something like this. I'm sure it will mean a lot to the family, and it also means a lot for those of use who have no other means of expressing our sentiment. |
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Dark Linux Unstoppable!
Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Location: Deep down in places YOU WONT TALK ABOUT!
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:01 am Post subject: |
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I cant hand write worth the crap but i wanna send in something none the less.
I think that i might type it up and send it thru the forums as a seperate personal thread. |
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Admiral-Shakal God like!
Joined: 22 Aug 2004
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:25 am Post subject: |
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Please dont hesitate, its the very least some of you can do. |
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unsunghero Dominating!
Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Location: Chicago, IL
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: |
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Sticky? |
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Englander God like!
Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Location: Devon, England
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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OK stickied. |
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_BahdKo_ On a Rampage!
Joined: 05 Jan 2004
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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I think that's a great idea
However
The best effect I had when Noskill died was to show his wife the forum links directly. It made a big difference to her.
When someone close to you dies, part of you doesn't understand how the world is going on around you as though nothing happened and nobody noticed. Her seeing the big threads on the message boards apparrently combatted that feeling for her, and let her not feel so alone. She had no idea that Noskill was being paid attention to anywhere but with the (relatively few compared to the doom scene) people who knew him IRL. Then, she discovers that a whole internet community, a sizeable one, is there with her. She said it helped.
A project like the one described is good, but the best possible job would be done by that plus, additinoally, someone contacting Dylan's parents directly and getting them the doomworld and zdaemon thread links. The contact should be ASAP, that is, Now. Today. |
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_BahdKo_ On a Rampage!
Joined: 05 Jan 2004
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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I still can't believe I had to write that post... I actually met his parents when they drove him up for that first LAN, when he was 17. :( I never pictured or imagined myself ever needing to do such a thing. |
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Englander God like!
Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Location: Devon, England
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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I made a tribute to him on the ZDReview system a few days back, out of huge respect for his mapping, of course the mapping is irrelevant but I hardly knew Toke unfortunately and it was the only way I could show my tribute to him. |
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deathz0r Custom Title
Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Location: I ride with the kangaroos
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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_BahdKo_ wrote: | A project like the one described is good, but the best possible job would be done by that plus, additinoally, someone contacting Dylan's parents directly and getting them the doomworld and zdaemon thread links. The contact should be ASAP, that is, Now. Today. | Don't forget the Skulltag thread either. |
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scylla Dominating!
Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Location: Belgium ----- Posts: 9871 ----------Joined ZDaemon : 2001 '30th march
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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K , i'm going to send a postcard too. , don't look at my faults ore my handwrite becaus its ugly |
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DX-Chain God like!
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the responses . I agree with Badkho that showing the threads is the easy way, but this is simply for whoever wishes to make it more personal and meaningful.
Besides, I think I ran into a post that said "dude toke inspired me to get into hard drugs blah blah blah." That's not exactly a nice reminder for his family to see when they browse these or other forums. I think that particular post was deleted thank goodness let's hope nothing similar pops up, while it may be someone's way of remembering Toke, there are better ways to express their feelings publicly. |
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Cadman has entered the game!
Joined: 07 Jun 2003 Location: Orlando, Florida
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: The Tribute |
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I am willing to come out of my self imposed retirement for this and contribute an old school DM for Toke...his contributions to this community have been beyond measure and I owe him that! If you want me to contribute a map please let me know! Thanks! |
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Cybershark Spamming!
Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Location: off the grid, but still fighting for the users!
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Da_maniaC Now with new lemon fresh scent!
Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1337
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:42 am Post subject: |
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The least we can do for Toke's relatives.
Consider it done. |
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URdead On a Rampage!
Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Location: Gold Coast of chicago cause i got money b1tch
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:24 am Post subject: |
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So far i recieved only a handful of emails from people, My dad said he will check the PO Box for me on monday, come people i know you can do this! |
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