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[MechPorn]

Please make the Sarah 'Mech an Urbanmech!!!!:

[Krysic]

I had planned not to spend money on this game but I will buy Sarah's mech. Rest in peace little one.

[Steve Varayis]

[Volt Corsair]

To the young lass. May she find peace in the afterlife, and pilot many a mech. *raises Jagermeister in honor*

[Killerwithin]

You guys are making me cry here.

Sarah's Mech will be mine no matter the cost. I will use her mech the same way she lived her life, fighting until my last breath.

[Lefteye Falconeer]

I would like to follow your logic Bashprompt but I just can't. We, humans, are weird creatures. You can say that empathy and affection, and even emotions to a degree, are a social construct, but they are there, and in 21st century we are definitely different creatures from what we were 25 centuries ago or 25 hundred thousand years ago.

We humans, today, have strange feelings that grow faster and stronger within some artificial boundaries we call "communities", sometimes defined by blood ties, sometimes by interest, sometimes by circumstances.

I try to see your point, and part of my very rational, scientific mind, can do it. You know, that part that always whispers to me "Why are you in pain? Why are you happy? Why are you suffering? Why do you care at all? Because, you know, the universe doesn't care."

But ultimately, well, I am not sure why I care and why I feel the way I feel. I am pretty sure I am a product of my times and while I am not a number, I accept that lots of the way I experience existence, and feelings, comes from the environment I grew up into and the society I am part of.

It's because of stuff like this that communitis glorify their missing ones with the highest form of respect. It's because of things like this that when a soldier doesn't make it we celebrate him/her as heroes. And it's for things like this that we cry our hearts out when a family member goes, no matter how much they did or did not achieve, while eventually we can look at a disaster that happened in another part of the world with a so much sadness, but eventually, you know, shrug it off.

I want to follow your logic, bashprompt, but I can't. Someone from this community passed away and I can't help thinking that of all the ones that could have something like this happening to them, she was if it makes any sense and if it isn't too disrespectful to anyone else, certainly the least deserving.

And I know, the universe doesn't care. And sometimes I don't care either. I am not proud for that.

But this time I do. And I don't feel like questioning it. I think it's OK. Yeah, who knows, maybe you are right and I am a hypocrite after all. But all I can think of everytime this thread gets a bump is that I kind of hate to think that I will never get to play a match with Sarah.

[Viper69]

I think when you stop recognizing and celebrating a persons life and they become a number "one every three seconds" is when we all lose a little humanity.

I also think what gets peoples heart strings with a little person is we think of all the things they will never do in life, they wont have a first kiss, babies or anything. That alone is what saddens me about when a small person passes away.

Maybe Sarah for all of us is a way to recognize all of them that we could not.

[Ragashar]

Well, here we have the one sceptic person to ruin the day. Why does this get a thread and not some other people? The simple answer is that no one did a thread on the other people... And Sarah's father made one for her... Somehow this is mostly the difference here.

As to why a 5 year old passing of cancer hits this crowd is simply the fact that this game probably has a more mature audience than the average WoW clone and as such a good portion of us are parents. I am at least... And I wouldn't want to see my kid go through anything like that and this is why the response has been what it is.

And as it is in the spirit of charity to a worthy cause it would be beneficial to the entire community as a whole to get maybe a little closer to solving this cancer thing once and for all. No parent should have bury their kids... And as you clearly do not have kids you just cannot understand the emotional rollercoaster ride this can be...

You love your kids in a whole other way than anything else in life, at least I do. And this is what makes this special... People die all the time, we should embrace the people still with us and enjoy our kids and families more than what we do. Being supposedly busy and all that nonsense...

Has there been any word from the PGI side on this?

[Lefteye Falconeer]

Yes, the Sarah 'mech is coming Tuesday June 25th.

[Viper69]

Ragashar, on 11 June 2013 - 11:08 AM, said:

Has there been any word from the PGI side on this?

They said there will be something and all the proceeds will go to charity.

[Ridir Semii]

I didnt read all of the posts, I skipped to the end to see if Sarah's mech had been designed as I will own it as well...

I love the attitudes some people have about death, I guess as a realist, I know that I have lost several close friends and family members to cancer, I also have lost godchildren to the disease, maybe, just maybe, some of us have internal emotional reasons why we treasure the death of one over another.

Perhapss as a society we have learned that to take the elitist, it doesnt matter people die all the time attitude simply does not work. As a rational EMOTIONAL human being, the strife that occurs in our lives takes a toll and leads to how we react to everything else we encounter, maybe you were beat as a child and lost your 'give a damn'

I didnt, nor did most of the people in this game... I hope to find you in game bashpr0mpt, I will shred you with sarah's mech, EVERY time I see you, have a heart you unfeeling *******...

SO on to not so pissy talk... when am I going to be able to buy my badarse jenner?

[StonedDead]

Go in peace, young one.

[Naimes]

I would buy such a jenner in a heartbeat. Really hoping this tribute comes to light.

[Steelgrave]

I would buy a hero mech to honor our little lost warrior. I may buy a Jenner anyway just to show my respect for her and her passing.

As I said in another thread:

My Mechwarrior/Battletech days started when I was just a kid too. I grew up with it. She'll never get to finish growing up, loving it, and seeing what comes next.

I'd definitely buy Sarah's mech in her honor.

My condolences to her family.

Edited by Steelgrave, 13 June 2013 - 11:12 AM.

[Sasha Volkova]

Anyone ever heard of ¨Dont feed the trolls¨ ?
I suggest you all think about that one cuz right now you are making an all you can eat buffet.

This thread has been derailed - get a MOD in here to clean up please.

[Threat Doc]

Thank you, Ookami. Agreed.

[Vasces Diablo]

Can't wait to see this mech!

[E5Ky]

I think its a great inititave and cause. I'm 100% in support of this and would happily purchase said mech.
My heart felt condolences to the family.

[Mason Grimm]

I would like to remind people what this thread is about; expressing condolences for one of our own who has fallen in battle.

This thread is NOT about openly attacking other people who express opinions different from your own, or even from the acceptable norms. It is NOT a place for debate about individual humanity or lack thereof.

By doing so you stoop to a level which degrades the very core purpose of this thread. Unacceptable.

Save the Troll posts for somewhere else.

So Endeth the Lesson!

[Scromboid]

This is still killing me.

I am so sorry for the loss of this family. As a dad, the only thing that I fear in life is the loss of my family, including my two little girls. I cannot think of anything more terrible than what has happened to this poor family....

It is little solace, but your family is continually in my thoughts and prayers. My girls know... what they can understand, and they cried for little Sarah. We hug just a little tighter now every night in remembrance of her.