godix passed away today

[Jadecavy]

I thought this was a joke.

Damn...

X2 !??

This is what happens when too many people take EVERYTHING too seriously;
you can never tell when its a joke or not!!

Sleep well GodX -- you deserve at least "that much!"

Post-it, seriously, fuck off. I'd suggest not posting in this topic again, there's no need to be this disrespectful.

[Chained(E)Studio]

Very sad to have heard this... I didn't know him but I really enjoyed reading his rants/opinions/thoughts. Will miss that D'=

[Kionon]

You do not know me. I am his father. When we discussed this possibility he wanted me to celebrate his life, not mourn his investigation of the alternatives to life. You are doing this well and helping me to celebrate the 37 years he was here in my life. If you happen to see one of the alternatives to life he is playing at now, maybe make an AMV. If you are right, he might even find a way to let you know.

Your son was a vital part of this community, and despite his unique style of critique, most veterans of the org understood that reading between the lines, you could find that he really cared about vision and combatting mediocrity. He touched almost everyone (and it was usually a "bad touch!") who stuck around for even a few days, and became a prominent landmark for the majority. For a few of us, he was much more than than. As I have stated earlier in the thread, I was blessed to have spoken to him one on one almost every day for years. And despite his claims of being "a moderate Republican" and mine of being "a moderate Democrat," at the end of these conversations, we would generally agree... and wonder why the hell no one in Congress was having the same discussion.

#amv-review, a group that offers criticism to editors of all abilities, would simply not have been possible or lasted as long without his tireless devotion. And yet he was just as capable of saying, "if the editor enjoyed it, well, fuck criticism." Right now we are going on with our lives by reliving the moments he gave us. With our comments, our tributes, our editing. However, eventually, one day, we will notice that we're out of content, and that he is truly no longer with us. I haven't reached that point, but when I do, I know it will "totally suck balls."

BTW, Goodbye Cruel Life, among others he did will be playing at the memorial Monday night. I hope the funeral home is ready for this.

No one is ready for godix. That's half the fun!

[DriftRoot]

This is...not sure what to say...

When I think of the .Org, Godix was more than a piece of the puzzle, he was the piece that had to be there - in some form or another - and (for better or for worse) he never really dropped the ball.

He was the best tester I've had so far. He got what I was trying to do, offered suggestions for improving it, identified stuff that literally must have been caught because he was going through some special effects frame by frame (To see how it was done? Catch me at screwing up? Doesn't matter, at the end of the day his attention to detail made my video better.) and didn't cut me any slack. I hate being cut slack and Godix did NOT cut anyone slack. It's probably why he and I got along pretty well. A quite unusual thing for the both of us, I daresay.

I guess I'll just leave it at this, which I made a few years ago in honor of his repeated nomination as Most Helpful .Org Member:

[Magnus]

Wow... I respected the guy a lot.
Never saw this coming. A big icon in this community has left us. For that I can only hope he will rest in peace.

Also; Yes. Godix for Most Helpful 2010.

[ExSphere]

I heard about this and didn't know if I was being trolled or not. Very sad to hear of him passing. The first time I heard of him was when I went up against him in the Sparta Iron Chef tournament in 2009.
RIP man

[Reigna]

Okay, I'll be honest, Godix was definitely one of those guys that scared me when I first started coming to the .org, but the more I saw of him, I realized the dude was just funny as hell and a genuinely good person. Saying that this place will never be the same without him is quite the understatement. He was a rock in this community, whether he'd admit it or not. I didn't get to know him too well on a personal level, but I always respected him and he'd crack me up in IRC. XD Prayers go out to the family, especially mrs_godix.

RIP Godix
And hell yes, Godix for Most Helpful 2012.

[CorpseGoddess]

http://ripgodix.ytmnd.com/

Nice one, ssg.

I was just saying to Purplepolecat last week, as I was uploading my new vids, how much I was looking forward to Godix's sure-to-be-colourful teardown of my Motoko Flow video. It's extremely selfish of me, but I'm really sad I'll never have the opportunity to read that.

You were on our minds all weekend at Sakura-Con, Godix. Give 'em hell, wherever you are.

[Neverend]

This is so sad... You will be missed Godix!
Feels abit unreal...

RIP

[[madaraxD]]

Rest in peace