Nearly 8 years
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:18 am
First off, I want to say that I had no idea where to put this, if mods feel this is better in ramblings or elsewhere, go ahead and move it, but I put it here as I believe it's relevant.
So I've found myself researching Ville history for a few of my College Composition essays, nothing major, just for topical ideas. I realize that in May of this year, it will have been 8 years since the passing of Blue Ruler. It will be a time of reflection yet again when May rolls around and for that, I'd like to put together a project of sorts to honor his memory.
For College Comp, the essay topic this time around is a Literary Journalism topic, a topic that interests the writer (me) that can be researched personally (i.e. me personally interviewing people). I've been looking at a lot of the historical posts and I can't seem to find a whole lot about Blue Ruler other than he was one of the most well known and respected members of TheVille. While this section of the forum holds a lot of rememberance and honor toward him, many questions I have remain unanswered.
What I'd like to do is this, I'd like to collect information from people here about Blue Ruler, about what he did, how he affected people both on a personal and community scale. How did Blue Ruler affect your experience at TheVille? I'd like responses from people who knew him before his passing, as well as people who didn't know him but feel connected to him in some way or another. If anyone has an objection to this project (in the event that perhaps it is disrespectful or otherwise not in good memory), let me know and I will be willing to abandon this topic in favor of something else.
Having joined the community nearly six years after his passing, I did not of know him at all until I took a few minutes to read over this section of the boards. Based on what I've seen here, I can tell that he was a very popular individual and his actions will be remembered around TheVille for some time, enough so that he is remembered on many locations throughout TheVille, including the TF2 server welcome screen and the Meleemania championship belts. I can't help but feel a connection to the man who I never knew simply by being a member of the community, as if a part of him lives on in all of us, veteran members and newer members.
So that's what I'm asking for, if you have a few minutes to spare, I would like to know how Blue Ruler has affected your experience at TheVille in any way, be it during his time or after.
I will post the final essay later on as sort of a collective rememberance post. The class ends partway through May so it will likely be put up sometime then.
So I've found myself researching Ville history for a few of my College Composition essays, nothing major, just for topical ideas. I realize that in May of this year, it will have been 8 years since the passing of Blue Ruler. It will be a time of reflection yet again when May rolls around and for that, I'd like to put together a project of sorts to honor his memory.
For College Comp, the essay topic this time around is a Literary Journalism topic, a topic that interests the writer (me) that can be researched personally (i.e. me personally interviewing people). I've been looking at a lot of the historical posts and I can't seem to find a whole lot about Blue Ruler other than he was one of the most well known and respected members of TheVille. While this section of the forum holds a lot of rememberance and honor toward him, many questions I have remain unanswered.
What I'd like to do is this, I'd like to collect information from people here about Blue Ruler, about what he did, how he affected people both on a personal and community scale. How did Blue Ruler affect your experience at TheVille? I'd like responses from people who knew him before his passing, as well as people who didn't know him but feel connected to him in some way or another. If anyone has an objection to this project (in the event that perhaps it is disrespectful or otherwise not in good memory), let me know and I will be willing to abandon this topic in favor of something else.
Having joined the community nearly six years after his passing, I did not of know him at all until I took a few minutes to read over this section of the boards. Based on what I've seen here, I can tell that he was a very popular individual and his actions will be remembered around TheVille for some time, enough so that he is remembered on many locations throughout TheVille, including the TF2 server welcome screen and the Meleemania championship belts. I can't help but feel a connection to the man who I never knew simply by being a member of the community, as if a part of him lives on in all of us, veteran members and newer members.
So that's what I'm asking for, if you have a few minutes to spare, I would like to know how Blue Ruler has affected your experience at TheVille in any way, be it during his time or after.
I will post the final essay later on as sort of a collective rememberance post. The class ends partway through May so it will likely be put up sometime then.