ocelot
Warming Up
Posts: 21
Registered: 09-03 |
Toke was part of the small group of players I was introduced to when I found Doomserv in the fall of 2000. I still remember my first DS game with him, it was map1 at 350ms without ticdup. The only known and working ways to play doom online back then were using zdoom in some way. I didn't know back then which way Toke would go, but a year or so after when I got back to the deathmatch scene after a year of no internet, he had become a supporter and of the authentic mode of play, something that a purist like myself heartily appreciated, and we always got along well.
I finally met him at a lanparty in South Riding, Virginia in August of 2003, and liked him immediately. In real life, I could not sense any of the occasional assertiveness of his online personality. Instead, I perceived a likable, easy-going guy who enjoyed hanging out, shooting the shit, and shooting doom marines in a wide variety of maps. Maps at the making of which he was an outstanding talent himself, possessing a superior sense of good gameplay.
Whenever I wasn't busy playing doom at the aforementioned lanparty, I would follow Toke and Dominus when they left the gaming area for a smoke break, though I don't smoke myself. They just were the type of guys I liked being around. Now that Toke is so abruptly gone, I feel bad for not stopping by #nightmare2 more often than I did, just to say hi. It never hurts to show the people that you like that you like them, because, as I am crudely reminded, things happen.
May God have mercy on your soul, Dylan.
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08-22-06 14:46 
