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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #60 on: June 20, 2013, 07:31:03 PM »
:: Hugs Cygnata. ::

Got blindsided by this perhaps two hours ago. Still a bit fragile.

Tre was one of the most wonderful RPers in the game. In the last months, "Sister Colette" practically became his sidekick, and "Dale" hit on him shamelessly. I have so many wonderful memories to share, later.

May I ask... my e-mail listings are incomplete, and aside from CoH, I am a cyber-hermit. May I trouble the Virtue RP community to please contact each other? The shock I received when I stumbled on this sad news was dreadful, and it would be much better if everyone found out about this properly.
« Last Edit: June 20, 2013, 07:41:46 PM by Colette »

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #61 on: June 20, 2013, 07:31:08 PM »
You have my permission to use that signature for such a purpose!

@Colette - already underway. Those of us in the unofficial "phone tree" are contacting everyone we can, and asking them to spread the word. Please continue spreading it yourself!

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #62 on: June 20, 2013, 07:33:04 PM »
Thank you, Cyggy. Miss you. I've already exhausted my contacts, but I'm sure now that I've brought it up, everyone will be notified in an easier manner.

Oh! Here. A memento for everyone's copy of ICON. In the game's last months, I helped Ascendant "modernize" his costume. I'm sure he wouldn't mind at all.

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EDIT: Converting this to a code block -Guy

Edit: Thank you, Guy.
« Last Edit: June 20, 2013, 08:05:42 PM by Colette »

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #63 on: June 20, 2013, 07:38:36 PM »
WAIT it modifies the word for little horse.
Apparently the censored words list was modified (relatively) recently to convert from uni-corn, po-ny, and bro-ny back to troll.
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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #64 on: June 20, 2013, 07:43:37 PM »
I only met the legendary Ascendant at the first Unity Rally on Virtue and then again several times after at the other rally's and vigils. Stood right by him as he did his thing and talked a bit in local. Actually, he took the time to talk to anyone around him and I got the sense that was the way he was always. First impression was that he was a great human being behind that toon.

Ascendant was, like many others, on my "bucket list" right up there with seeing as many devs as I could. I rank him right up there with chatting with War Witch on the globe on the last day.

I am officially bucking for a full statue in TPP's memorial park. Or at least a bust.
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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #65 on: June 20, 2013, 07:47:07 PM »
Very sad news for all of us. Ascendant will always be remembered as a pivotal figure in the COH community. Best wishes to his family and friends.

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #66 on: June 20, 2013, 07:53:31 PM »
And of course, his memorial statue absolutely MUST feature him on the phone. Better yet, there should be a payphone at the foot of the statue.

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #67 on: June 20, 2013, 07:55:00 PM »
And an in-game ad for Ascendant-Os!

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #68 on: June 20, 2013, 08:07:49 PM »

                                                                      Ascendant at the rally.

"Actually, he took the time to talk to anyone around him and I got the sense that was the way he was always."

Oh yeah, that's how he always was.
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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #69 on: June 20, 2013, 08:15:07 PM »
This really blindsided me last night, and I'm still trying to parse it.  :(

One of the greatest people of our community, it stings so much more that I so rarely got to chat with him.

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #70 on: June 20, 2013, 08:18:42 PM »
Only spoke to A a couple of times, but I remember that all of them were good times. He will be missed.


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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #71 on: June 20, 2013, 08:24:10 PM »
Condolences to his family and his friends. The contributions he made to our game was noteworthy and his presence no less to those that crossed his path. He will be missed.

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #72 on: June 20, 2013, 08:26:30 PM »
Tre "Ascendant" Chipman, I salute you, and I hold my torch up high in your honor, as you always have in the city's honor, and always will in our memories. You rallied the city's heroes when the Rikti came in the beginning, and you rallied them till the end. May Coyote meet you at the next mission door, and show you the way; and may your memory stand as tall in other worlds as Atlas stood in ours.

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #73 on: June 20, 2013, 08:38:11 PM »
yikes, I missed something.

I never can say I met him unless he was on protector or freedom from time to time.

not the first influential CoX person to pass away in the past 3 years though.. it still gets to me a bit, I mean it's like our leaders are dieing..

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #74 on: June 20, 2013, 08:49:45 PM »
I never got a chance to meet him in game (at least that I knew of), but I was well aware of his various escapades. Saul Rubenstein's Discount Task Force was easily one of the best AE arcs out there.

Spent most of lunch reading through his stuff in the various wikis, struggling not to crack up or tear up. Didn't do too well avoiding either.

Rest in peace.

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #75 on: June 20, 2013, 08:51:35 PM »

The times I played and rp'd with him were some of the most best times I had in City of Heroes.  He helped make the "Gemini Park" days so special that some players still look at it as the Golden Age of the game.  His stories on the forums were so good that people thought he must be some famous novelist or something and "Ascendant's Phone Calls" were so funny and memorable that the devs incorporated them into the game itself.  If City of Heroes ever finds new life, it will not be the same without him. 

The last time I heard from Tre was back in March when we exchanged an email touching base with each other. We discussed the end of CoH and he said, "to paraphrase Dr. Seuss, I won't cry because it's over, I'll smile because it happened." That was him. That was his way.

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #76 on: June 20, 2013, 09:20:45 PM »
Apparently the censored words list was modified (relatively) recently to convert from uni-corn, po-ny, and bro-ny back to troll.
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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #77 on: June 20, 2013, 09:42:08 PM »
Rest in peace, Ascendant! I will miss you!


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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #78 on: June 20, 2013, 10:07:58 PM »
And of course, his memorial statue absolutely MUST feature him on the phone. Better yet, there should be a payphone at the foot of the statue.

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Already agreed upon.

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Re: /e HoldTorch for one of our own: Ascendant
« Reply #79 on: June 20, 2013, 10:27:55 PM »
The times I played and rp'd with him were some of the most best times I had in City of Heroes.  He helped make the "Gemini Park" days so special that some players still look at it as the Golden Age of the game.  His stories on the forums were so good that people thought he must be some famous novelist or something and "Ascendant's Phone Calls" were so funny and memorable that the devs incorporated them into the game itself.  If City of Heroes ever finds new life, it will not be the same without him.

Up until this morning, I believed he was Jim Butcher's covert alt.