The Halforums Appreciation Thread

Dave

Dave

Staff member
The phone call with his dad was very hard. Relief mixed with sadness mixed with...I don't know. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to articulate how that phone call affected me.

And the first song that came on my Pandora after I hung up was Lindsey Stirling.

 
Cheesy1

Cheesy1

I'm going to be honest. I was one of the first to see his note get posted, and when I read it I was stunned. I didn't know what to think or do. It took a while for me to snap out of it and see that he was still logged in. By the time I posted my plea for him to talk to us, he had already logged off. I stayed up all night sick to my stomach, wondering if he was okay and wishing that I had acted more quickly to contact him after reading his post.

Thank you guys for going above and beyond to save him.
Thank you.
 
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Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

Thank you all. Fuck, I've felt sick all this morning since I read that and felt helpless. And I just want everyone to know no matter what you think about any ideals or anything I've posted, I would do the same for any of you and am sure you would do the same for me. I love all you dorks.
 
Zappit

Zappit

Staff member
Guys, phenomenal job last night. Just goes to show you how connected we all really are, and how much, as Charlie put it, "dork love" is on this board.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

WasabiPoptart said:
You guys deserve more recognition than just this thread. Seriously.
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It's really weird to see people keep sending me messages and the like, because I really don't feel like I did all that much.I sat up all night posting on a forum and making phone calls, it was @Dave that was able to get his address and @Frank that was able to get it to the proper authorities. I mentioned to someone earlier that I feel like I did the same thing anyone would have done, I just happened to be here when it happened. And then I groaned at what a cliche that sounds like.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Like it or not, Poe, you were the catalyst that got things together.

For someone who has a quote about how awesome you are in their signature, you're sure resistant to praise. :)

Sometimes all it takes is the right person to be in the right place at the right time to make a difference.
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Ravenpoe said:
It's really weird to see people keep sending me messages and the like, because I really don't feel like I did all that much.I sat up all night posting on a forum and making phone calls, it was @Dave that was able to get his address and @Frank that was able to get it to the proper authorities. I mentioned to someone earlier that I feel like I did the same thing anyone would have done, I just happened to be here when it happened. And then I groaned at what a cliche that sounds like.
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Your role in this was important even if it feels like you didn't do much, Poe. If it hadn't been for the phone calls you made...maybe the next person wouldn't have had an idea of how to get in touch with Dave or thought of who to contact in order to reach him. But you did and Leigh is safe and will hopefully get the help he needs in order to recover.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Ravenpoe said:
It's really weird to see people keep sending me messages and the like, because I really don't feel like I did all that much.I sat up all night posting on a forum and making phone calls, it was @Dave that was able to get his address and @Frank that was able to get it to the proper authorities. I mentioned to someone earlier that I feel like I did the same thing anyone would have done, I just happened to be here when it happened. And then I groaned at what a cliche that sounds like.
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Yes, you did. You got to be the Barbara Gordon/Oracle to Frank's Batman and Dave's Commissioner Gordon.

--Patrick
 
Gusto

Gusto

I can't even put it into words but the closest is @Charlie Don't Surf 's sick feeling all day. I also want to thanks so so so so much @PatrThom for letting me know when everything was alright, and @Cajungal for doing the same and helping me talk through my issues a few times before. I don't want it to sound dismissive or condescending, but I dabble in depression from time to time, and I want everyone who has a much harder time with it than me that there are good people here and they will help you.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Part of me is seriously tempted to take some time off and fly up there. But that feels both weird for the fact that I've never met him and that I've never been up that way. Or that I could even afford it.
 
Gusto

Gusto

ThatNickGuy said:
Part of me is seriously tempted to take some time off and fly up there. But that feels both weird for the fact that I've never met him and that I've never been up that way. Or that I could even afford it.
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I actually had that impulse too! I know exactly were you're coming from. The cost might not work out, nor the timing from his perspective, but I've got some time off at the end of September and could take a few days out for a friend.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

Staff member
This whole thing is hitting me hard. It's been slowly sinking in all day, and I'm still not able to wrap my head around how it's making me feel. I haven't been able to bring myself to read the thread that started it.

You guys mean an awful lot to me. Thanks for caring so much, for Chad, for me, and for everyone.
 
Simfers

Simfers

I said it in the other thread, but it bears repeating: I am immensely proud to call myself a Halforumite right now. Frank, Poe and Dave, you guys did the best thing a person can do. You saved a life.

*Bows deeply*

Thank you.
 
Zappit

Zappit

Staff member
You know, thinking about it, we got lucky we were even able to find out Leigh was doing this. The forums were undergoing maintenance yesterday. If they broke hard, and were still down at that time...
 
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