Forum Users that haven't logged on in years

Usually when someone from the community passes, someone eles from the communty they are very close to will mention it, or link to a news article referencing it, or even a family member will sign up to report it. I can imagine that's a very difficult thing to do. My brother has some pretty close internet friends and at this moment, I wouldn't know how to get in contact with them if he were to pass before I do.

It's a really daunting thing to think about. My immediate family knows a little about my interest in Doom but not much about my involvement with the surrounding community. I do wonder sometimes, if I were to have an unfortunate fatal accident, who would be the first to bring it up? Would my wife care enough about you guys to tell you? Would one of my brothers make an account here to talk about it? I doubt my parents would. Then there are people like GreyGhost, who kinda kept their real life and Doom life separate, and at this point no one knows if he's alive at all.

Our mortality is scary to think about. Despite my relationship with the community, it does really bother me that some people will often make an effort to remind me that they believe I'm an enemy to the community. I'm certain they wouldn't bring that up in the moment they knew I wasn't alive anymore. I'm always working on myself in one way or another. I have a very tense relationship with some people that's gone on for years and years. Should I not outlive our disagreement, I still care about these people enough to not want them to feel as though they should have said something while I was alive instead of focus so much on what they didn't like about me until I died.

Eww... emotions in the morning.