I changed the subject so it has a little more meaning. I hope you don't mind...
I didn't know Matthew, nor did I play FLF. I'm a CS player. However, I guess I feel somewhat *connected* to him (after hearing of this), since I live in St. Loius also. This kid showed remarkable courage, from everything I've read so far. He knew he wasn't going to make it, and he accepted it. I attempted signing the guestbook, but apparently the apache server is overloaded or something, as I get a permissions error, and many pages don't load on the first try. Anyway, I suggest you all follow this link, and read about his *final* battle: http://www.echo-7.net/ Here is a note posted by his mother, thanking those online friends he made in the world of FLF. It almost brings tears... "I want to take a minute to thank all of you who have been playing Front Line Force (FLF) with Matthew the last 2 years. Since he was diagnosed with Leukemia in March 2000, he has been very self-conscious about his looks - from being bald, to the puffy face due to the steroids, to the iliostomy - and had basically isolated himself from his friends. When talking to him about this, he said that he didn't want them to see him as a "sick kid," and that he just had to do this by himself, and when he was cured, he would get back to doing things with his friends. For the last 1.5 years, Matthew has spent hours on the computer with you. Until Matthew relapsed and we heard from you, we had no idea of the support and friendship that Matthew had from all of you. You have been his contact with the outside world and you accepted him without even seeing him. Every time he came home from the hospital and felt terrible, you were whom he turned to to get his mind off how terrible he felt - for that we are very grateful. Thank you for being there for him. We had no idea how many gaming friends he had. In fact, in case you didn't know it, Zofran is the name of a drug that Matthew and other cancer patients take to help control the nausea from the chemotherapy." Matthew adopted the name of one of his treatment pharmaceuticals as his player nickname............ Godspeed Matthew in your eternal journey. StanTheMan TheHardwareFreak http://www.hardwarefreak.com rcon admin at: Beer for Breakfast servers <http://bfb.bogleg.org/> 209.41.98.2:27016 (CS multi-map) 209.41.98.2:27015 (DoD) 209.41.98.2:27017 (CS militia/dust2) Dallas, TX > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 7:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [hlds] kinda sad. > > > 16 year old Game developer dies, and knows he is. > > his death > http://www.domainofgames.com/ > > his last post in FLF forums before he died. > http://www.frontlineforce.com/forum/showthread.php?s=df85c49b2 > 9c8617db8e0a4e4bbf3ff9f&threadid=8190 > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
