Scotticus Erroticus has passed away.

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:A lot of us may never have met each other, but we've known each other for so long. It's frankly amazing. We're more than just another forum. We're a community. We are GRcade.

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:I can see Captain Scotty getting a lot of use. He is a very versatile emoticon.

Buffalo wrote:I don’t understand the context of when the emoji should be used. ‘Any old time’, by the looks of it?

Sort it out

See? That works.

LewisD wrote:

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:A lot of us may never have met each other, but we've known each other for so long. It's frankly amazing. We're more than just another forum. We're a community. We are GRcade.

It still boggles my mind how much of my life was changed for my involvement in GRCade.

Back when I was 18 and decided to put my Xbox 360 online for the first time. They were giving away Texas holdem that day.
The first game I joined was Aaronayl1 and gang.

Through this one tiny moment of "strawberry float it, I'll go online" I've been to Japan, I've made solid friendships, I met my other half and had kids.

My two beautiful boys were born because of a virtual card game I joined years ago. If I were ten minutes or a day later, they wouldn't have existed. And it makes my brain ache.

You guys

LewisD wrote:

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:A lot of us may never have met each other, but we've known each other for so long. It's frankly amazing. We're more than just another forum. We're a community. We are GRcade.

It still boggles my mind how much of my life was changed for my involvement in GRCade.

Back when I was 18 and decided to put my Xbox 360 online for the first time. They were giving away Texas holdem that day.
The first game I joined was Aaronayl1 and gang.

Through this one tiny moment of "strawberry float it, I'll go online" I've been to Japan, I've made solid friendships, I met my other half and had kids.

My two beautiful boys were born because of a virtual card game I joined years ago. If I were ten minutes or a day later, they wouldn't have existed. And it makes my brain ache.

You guys

Curls wrote:Nice to see you too Oh Teh Noes, did you get banned or some gooseberry fool? Or was that someone else?

Bunni wrote:No sharking

LewisD wrote:

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:A lot of us may never have met each other, but we've known each other for so long. It's frankly amazing. We're more than just another forum. We're a community. We are GRcade.

It still boggles my mind how much of my life was changed for my involvement in GRCade.

Back when I was 18 and decided to put my Xbox 360 online for the first time. They were giving away Texas holdem that day.
The first game I joined was Aaronayl1 and gang.

Through this one tiny moment of "strawberry float it, I'll go online" I've been to Japan, I've made solid friendships, I met my other half and had kids.

My two beautiful boys were born because of a virtual card game I joined years ago. If I were ten minutes or a day later, they wouldn't have existed. And it makes my brain ache.

You guys

SillySprout wrote:

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:I just want everyone here to know, if there is any doubt, that I love and value every single one of you, and my life is richer for having you in it. Never, ever forget that.

This is something I was thinking about earlier too. There are so many people I've met through Gamesradar / PG & here who I've lost contact with, but have had an impact on my life, especially in the days when I virtually lived online. Not sure that I ever said it to Scotty, but to the all of you... genuinely thank you for being a part of my life.

I lost my stepdad earlier this year after a long illness and the whole experience was sad & tough but what I took from it was the importance of taking opportunities going forward. Of doing more with my own life to honour his memory. Several months down the line and I start a new job next week, hopefully a positive step forward in my life sparked from reflection after loss. I can't bring him back but I can respect his memory. I hope that we can all do similar with regards to Scotty... just a small positive gesture to somebody else in his name adds further positivity. A friendly message to a forgotten friend, helping somebody in need, it reflects the life he lived.

To anyone deeply effected by it, my recommendation is talk about it. Until my stepdad passed I always assumed people who experienced loss wouldn't want to discuss it, but since then I've come to realise that so many people have lost people they care about and will speak so openly about their own losses when given the opportunity to do so. A loss is a big thing for your brain to process and talking about it really helps.

Oh Teh Noes wrote:

Curls wrote:Nice to see you too Oh Teh Noes, did you get banned or some gooseberry fool? Or was that someone else?

Hiya Huw! Nah, real life got in the way of my time on the forum unfortunately. Elbo was banned just before I left if I remember correctly.

Starbreaker wrote:

Oh Teh Noes wrote:

Curls wrote:Nice to see you too Oh Teh Noes, did you get banned or some gooseberry fool? Or was that someone else?

Hiya Huw! Nah, real life got in the way of my time on the forum unfortunately. Elbo was banned just before I left if I remember correctly.

Awk, look, it's like a reunion. All the old people are crawling out of the woodwork like the insects they are.

Karl wrote:To honour Scotticus Erroticus and his membership of both Poopgang and here, we now have our own version of Poopgang's mascot smiley, "Captain Pointy" (). I wanted to figure out a small change I could make to the forum itself to permanently weave our memory of Scotty into it, and I felt that adding this icon to the New Post screen would be a good way of doing that. When I talked to SillySprout about using the emoticon as permanent symbol of remembrance for Scotty, he touchingly suggested it be renamed "Captain Scotty" in his honour. Therefore, I've named the new emoticon :capnscotty:.

Here is the new :capnscotty: emoticon: