JillSammich. Anyone heard from him recently?

Eleima wrote:
Delerat wrote:

It kind of scares me that someone could be lost two years ago and we only find out now.
RIP Dan.

This is also greatly distresses me. Two years and we hadn't known we'd lost one of ours. It saddens me.
And somewhat selfishly, if anything should happen to me, I would want the goodjerdom to know. Being the only GWJ'er in the entire country (as far as I know), I'll have to come up with a contingency plan.

I'm looking into Dead Man's Switch for that. I figure my wife would let GWJ know if something happened to me, but that wouldn't help if something happened to both of us.

I'm fairly certainly I'd be forgotten about online in about a month, maybe three.

I'm pretty sure that long lost pigpen, who introduced me to this site many years ago, would pop in to let you all know if anything happened to me. But, this is something I think about from time to time. I hope each of us has a plan for someone to let the rest of us know.

maverickz, you're wrong! You're one of us, we don't forget. Ratboy made everyone's day when he reappeared after his, what, two year sabbatical. There are many others that I think about and wonder where they are and hope they're ok.

Still thinking of Jillsammich and still being sad.

Everyone, be safe, ok?

Not to make light, but I wonder how many Schroedinger's Goodjers are out there. Hopefully not many, but this community is pretty big.

This news sucks.

It got me thinking of another Goodjer I hadn't seen post in a while and then the very next day, there he was. I've never felt so attached to "strangers."

maverickz wrote:

I'm fairly certainly I'd be forgotten about online in about a month, maybe three.

I'm with SillyRabbit. You would not be forgotten, be sure of that.

I should have clarified in my post, for anyone who may be wondering, that I do know where "long lost" pigpen is and he's alive and well. He has moved back to our hometown and I see him occasionally. He remarried a few years ago and at the ripe old age of 50ish, has a baby. He's nuts.

RIP Dan, I have fond memories of sparring with him over Steam Sale gifts.

Delerat wrote:

It kind of scares me that someone could be lost two years ago and we only find out now.
RIP Dan.

No joke, I have a Google doc I share with my wife called "in the event of Jon's death". Among the litany of minutae about bank accounts, life insurance and the like, it has a list of names to inform of my death should I go before her. GWJ is on that list.

If something were to happen to either me or Kannon, I know GWJ is on both of our To Be Informed lists. If something were to happen to both of us though, I think my best friend would likely say something or it would be on Facebook where I know I have some of you as friends. Either way, I feel the news would get back here somehow, which makes me feel a bit better. I may not post much (or really at all) anymore, but this place is still a huge part of my life and I'd definitely want my internet family to know if something happened.

Damn.

Just... damn.

What a way to end my night.

SillyRabbit wrote:

I should have clarified in my post, for anyone who may be wondering, that I do know where "long lost" pigpen is and he's alive and well. He has moved back to our hometown and I see him occasionally. He remarried a few years ago and at the ripe old age of 50ish, has a baby. He's nuts.

He's always been a little nuts I talk to him occasionally on the books of Faces too

Not sure I ever talked to Jillsammich, but then I do more reading then posting on this site.

Maybe this seems morbid, but maybe there ought to be some kind of memorial thread. To at least keep track of GWJers we lost. I can think of two. I don't see many stickied threads, but... something ought to be created to keep them in memory.

There is this thread. I don't know if the special post for it ever got made. If it did it likely got lost in the site update along with the Greatest Forum Thread.

Stengah wrote:

There is this thread. I don't know if the special post for it ever got made. If it did it likely got lost in the site update along with the Greatest Forum Thread.

I had no idea this existed.

Just came across this.
It's so weird. I can't understand how we could lose track of someone like him.
I look at his avatar
IMAGE(https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/pictures/pictures/picture-17145.jpg)
and can feel like he's been active or recently posted, it's just so familiar.

I can't say I ever gamed with him but I miss him now that I know he's gone. I feel like I need to be more present in our online playing with you guys. To know you all better.

Sorry to see you gone, Dan.

**I'll need to leave my login info with my wife and son, just in case.

I remember him well from the motorcycle thread. Jill was super excited about finally being able to ride around middle of last year. It's been tough reading through some of his earlier posts in that thread. He was really excited to pass the safety course.

Three months. He'd been riding for three months.

I remember his posts, and he seemed like a good guy. This is very sad news.

I was looking through my Steam friend list, and it struck me that I haven't seen anything from The Hip Gamer in a while. Maybe we travel in different threads, but has he been around lately?

Feeling sort of protective of Goodjers these days.

Anyone heard from coolbeans lately?

I've seen him on Steam as Simpilot. In fact, I think he's on now.

edit: coolbeans

Running Man wrote:

I was looking through my Steam friend list, and it struck me that I haven't seen anything from The Hip Gamer in a while. Maybe we travel in different threads, but has he been around lately?

Feeling sort of protective of Goodjers these days.

Last online with Steam a week ago. Dunno outside of that.

Farscry?

ClockworkHouse wrote:

Farscry?

Active on Steam two days ago.

Otherwise I assumed he was too busy with DQVII and VIII.

Eleima wrote:
Delerat wrote:

It kind of scares me that someone could be lost two years ago and we only find out now.
RIP Dan.

This is also greatly distresses me. Two years and we hadn't known we'd lost one of ours. It saddens me.
And somewhat selfishly, if anything should happen to me, I would want the goodjerdom to know. Being the only GWJ'er in the entire country (as far as I know), I'll have to come up with a contingency plan.

I've asked my wife to let the forum know if something happens to me. But also these days I think there's enough crossover with Facebook friends that word would get out for many of us.

Oh man, I just saw this. I didn't really know Dan (Mark?), but JillSammich was very active in the Steam Sale threads, which were a place that blew me away when I was first introduced to this site. He bought me The Stanley Parable a few years back.

Godspeed JillSammich, RIP

Oh man. JillSammich and I would trade emails encouraging one another to bolster our game art careers. When he was going for the job at TellTale, I had provided some critique on his work, and he encouraged me to go for the same job (he got it, deservingly, and I didn't, rightfully so).

Damn. I was just wondering the other day what he's been up to...

He must have just been out for a ride, or going to the store for something mundane. Obituaries don't usually bother me that much, because mostly the deaths aren't unexpected. The news about JillSammich troubles me in a way that reminds me of a few other deaths, mostly because they catch us off guard, but also because I didn't learn of them til much later.

I knew an older gent who was from Germany, but he served proudly in the USAF during WWII as a bomber navigator. Although I didn't meet him til he was in his early 80's,I could tell it really wore on his psyche that his wife and daughter died before him. The war wasn't something he enjoyed talking about either, but I pressed him for details a few times so he relented.

After a while I realized I hadn't seen him in a while, and a google search revealed he'd died earlier in the year. There was a big write up in the online newspaper about his life as an aeronotics engineer, but his family had no way of knowing we were friends.

There's never a good time or enough time to tell folks how much we appreciate them.

Only now finding this. Dang, dang, dang. Just the other day, I wanted to gift JillSammich something but noticed he'd been long absent on Steam. Figured he'd moved on, but not like this. Glad to know, but it aches my heart to learn.

I just noticed this thread. Well f*ck...

Eleima wrote:
Delerat wrote:

It kind of scares me that someone could be lost two years ago and we only find out now.
RIP Dan.

This is also greatly distresses me. Two years and we hadn't known we'd lost one of ours. It saddens me.
And somewhat selfishly, if anything should happen to me, I would want the goodjerdom to know. Being the only GWJ'er in the entire country (as far as I know), I'll have to come up with a contingency plan.

I have had the same thoughts but know enough people here and my wife is aware of the importance of GWJ to me that I'd hope someone would pass along the news.

Balthezor wrote:

Wow. A quick Google search on him. RIP fellow GWJer.

https://evilleeye.com/news-commentary/emeryville-man-killed-in-tragic-motorcycle-accident/

Damn. RIP.

I recall thinking on his absence. How long had it been? Were we just hitting different threads or sub-forums? Perhaps his life was just super hectic? If only these were true.

So long, friend.