Missing in Action

[Psalam]

This Thread is meant to acknowledge the loss of LL Members and allow those of us who remain to share our reminiscences in something like a "eulogy". There are specific Rules for posting on this Thread. They are as follows:

 

1) the member must be missing for at least a year

2) no one has a good idea of where they might be (i.e., if they've simply left LL for another site where they are currently busy and happy they don't qualify for this Thread)

3) only good things can be said about the "departed" member (bearing in mind that we know many of our Members have a twisted sense of humor and what constitutes good may have to be open to some interpretation)

4) this Thread is ONLY to acknowledge/remember LL members. Other people, no matter how important, should be placed in the RIP Thread (for which I acknowledge KoolHndLuke who started it)

5) before Posting anything about anyone not already mentioned in this Thread you must contact a Member of the Staff. You can find the Staff by going to the Browse button at the top of any page in LL. After highlighting it, simply click on Staff and choose one of us to message (message button is there).

 

Violation of these Rules will result in the immediate elimination of your post. Repeated, or especially flagrant violations, may result in Warnings or other consequences as the Staff sees fit.

 

[Andy14]

Ich bin nicht besonders gut in solchen Dingen, deshalb werde ich keine große Rede halten.

 

Bernhard, auch als Winny bekannt war vor einem Jahr hier das letzte Mal auf der Seite anzutreffen.
Da es absolut nicht seinem Charakter entsprach, sich still und heimlich davon zu machen, gehen wir davon aus, das er nicht nur diese Seite verlassen hat.
Recherchen seitens Loverslab erhärten diesen Verdacht.

 

Wer Winny nicht kannte - er war sozusagen das Google hier auf Loverslab. Es gab nichts zu Skyrim, was er nicht fand.
Seine mehr als 10.000 Posts sprechen für sich. Die gute Seele, die für jeden alles fand.

Er war ein guter Freund, mit dem man sich trefflich streiten konnte, aber auch wieder vertragen. Und das ist das Entscheidende.
Ich werde dich vermissen und wo immer du auch bist, alter Knabe - wir sehen uns noch.

 

Oder, um es mit Franz von Assisi zu sagen: "Der Tod ist das Tor zum Licht am Ende eines mühsam gewordenen Weges."


Ganz im Stil von Winny - hier die Google Übersetzung ins Englische.
 

Spoiler

I'm not very good at such things, so I'm not going to give a big speech.

 

Bernhard, also known as Winny, was last seen on the site a year ago.
Since it was absolutely not his character to go quietly and secretly, we assume that he has not only left this page.
Research by Loverslab confirms this suspicion.

 

Who didn't know Winny - he was, so to speak, the Google here on Loverslab. There was nothing about Skyrim that he couldn't find.
His more than 10,000 posts speak for themselves. The good soul who found everything for everyone.

He was a good friend, with whom one could argue well, but also get along again. And that is the important thing.
I'll miss you and wherever you are, old friend - we'll see you soon.

 

Or, with a quote from Francis of Assisi: "Death is the gateway to light at the end of a path that has become arduous. "

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Andy14 said:

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Winny will be missed. Rest in peace my friend.

[Psalam]

I've given this a lot of thought since, unlike many others, I was aware that this was coming. Props to @Andy14 for his concise summary of what made Winny so damn memorable. 

 

My first interaction with Winny came back when I was still just another lurker on LL. I don't know that I had become a Supporter and certainly wasn't a Moderator at that point. It was on the Animated Gifs Thread where (if you don't know) people post Animated Gifs, often with commentary. While most of them were pornographic many, especially many from Winny were cute (fuzzy animals, etc.). Even then though I noticed a pattern to the Thread. It would go on for a period of time in just the manner it was designed to do and then, poof!, it was derailed. The commentary would get out of hand, a Moderator would step in and shut it down for a while. Since I was very fond of the Thread (especially the pictures) I couldn't keep my mouth shut one day when the Thread derailed. It was one of my earliest excursions into posting. It appears it also annoyed Winny who sent me a PM the gist of which was, "you don't know how to have fun." 

 

Over time, as I got to know him better, and he got to know me better, our opinions changed. I came to recognize that he was genuinely just trying to have some fun - unfortunately that was frequently at the expense of LL's Rules. Still, Winny had the right of it, for the vast majority of us who come to LL we are here to have fun. Some of us do that by posting or making mods. Most of us do that by reading what others posted and not let ourselves be known (lurking). But we come here to have a good time and I hope that Winny's spirit will live on in LL.

 

As has been said, Winny had a generous heart. He was often the person on the "Request and Search" Thread that would identify items for people. He made it his mission to find the answer when others just gave up. He wanted everyone on LL to get what they came for. That too will be missed.

 

I promised myself I would not turn this into a wall of text, so I will add a quote of my own that, I am sad to say, seems appropriate, "I shall go to him rather; but he shall not return to me."

[Heroine HoneyCrotch]

2 hours ago, Andy14 said:

Winny

 

Loved that user, plus they had used great Avatar. 

[worik]

On 10/31/2021 at 4:39 PM, Andy14 said:

Bernhard, auch als Winny bekannt war vor einem Jahr hier das letzte Mal auf der Seite anzutreffen.
Da es absolut nicht seinem Charakter entsprach, sich still und heimlich davon zu machen, gehen wir davon aus, das er nicht nur diese Seite verlassen hat.
Recherchen seitens Loverslab erhärten diesen Verdacht.

@winny257

?️ ?

[Darkpig]

@winny257

 Rest in pepperoni amigo.

[KoolHndLuke]

@winny257

 

Heh... we argued the first time I met him. He was friends with another long time member here and they felt one way about a game and I felt another. Kind of didn't like each other for a year or so, but eventually we became friends since neither of us held grudges for very long. He was always very helpful and in good spirit quick with a joke to laugh at someone or something. Honestly it just doesn't feel the same around here without seeing him posting anymore. Goodbye old friend and I hope you're still laughing wherever you are.

 

 

[Guest]

> I also miss winny257. He lighten my day with positive comments and/or life wisdom. Rising glass in his honor.

[fishburger67]

5 minutes ago, Evaloves4 said:

> I also miss winny257. He lighten my day with positive comments and/or life wisdom. Rising glass in his honor.

I second this motion.  I miss his wit and wisdom.

[nIn nIn nIn]

I'm just going to sit here a while and shed a few tears for someone who made this place special. @winny257 

[Grey Cloud]

On 11/5/2021 at 7:08 PM, worik said:

@winny257

?️ ?

That's what I thought. I knew he hadn't been around for a good while and I knew he was the same age as me but . . . ?‍♂️

 

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On a related note, why do people get all maudlin and sentimental over somebody dying?

[Guest]

On 1/31/2022 at 6:34 PM, Grey Cloud said:

 

On a related note, why do people get all maudlin and sentimental over somebody dying?

Even those of us who (hope this doesn't get shot down by a moderator) "believe" in... whatever after life type of thing... grief is all about our missing the other person more than it is  about them. It's about OUR loss, which then seems magnified, because we are selfish creatures in some respects. Even a person we may have not seen in years, that they left us, triggers that sense of loss. It IS a bit of an oddity.

 

I even feel loss for a person I never really knew.

[Lyman the Lunatic]

Hmm... People were mentioning Winny. I recalled at least 2 users died.
Here's to @Heromaster who died 7 yrs ago this yr.

Spoiler

 

He left behind 2 mods. 1 of which is still a work in progress (you can imagine what caused the hiatus). The WIP 1 has a lot of potential, maybe someone wants to check it out. Here's the link to his mod page.
 

Spoiler

https://www.loverslab.com/profile/222463-heromaster/content/?type=downloads_file&change_section=1

 

[Guest]

I am sadly reporting another Missing In Action.

 

 

nonusnomeni (profile link)

 

Person with good social skills, creator of many posts we still use today (like Funny Pic, What nationality you are) and always posting nice pics and gifs.

Also a very prolific poster, 13,899.

 

Whenever you are now, I hope you are having a good time.

 

 

[Mr. Otaku]

This is just depressing. I remember talking to winny a good few times during my early days in LL, it's a strange feeling to think he's not there anymore. I barely knew him yet i feel quite sad and teary, can't explain why exactly.

 

RIP to winny, and everyone else who left. I'm not religious or spiritual but in moments like these i like to think they're in complete bliss in a beautiful afterlife somewhere.

[KoolHndLuke]

On 6/4/2022 at 2:21 PM, CPU said:

nonusnomeni

Apologies CPU. I didn't mean to dishonor his memory with my earlier post. I didn't know this person well, but I distinctly remember their posts from years past. They will be missed.