He survived cancer, old age, and a most of a pandemic before he dropped. He truly lived up to his character; he didn’t die because he had to, he died because he had enough. Godspeed, soldier.
Saw this in 2021,a friend of mine had just posted this on a video channel in our server. I thought it was really nice of this professor (that's what I thought when I saw him) to give birthday wishes in such an uplifting tone. In 2022,i got really depressed and had forgotten about this video, but then when I was just going through old stuff from the now dead server where I first found this, I did some research and found out that damn, this was a voice actor for the soldier in tf2. 2023,on my birthday I just decided to watch this simply for the fun of it, I had already received 100s of wishes from all my friends, but those messages felt so empty, and when I did watch it, I burst into tears, I couldn't explain what I was feeling. I had gotten over my depression with so much hardship, managed to survive all my suicide attempts, survived the taunts of my family members and the people around me, and still, still I managed to start looking at the positive side of my life. I really miss you Rick may, I didn't know you, but this video would always brighten my day everytime I watched it. I'm listening to field of hopes and dreams as I type this. I am 70% over my depression, I still have to get over many insecurities and the stress I experience, but I know it will be fine. Thank you rick may, I would have loved to meet you and talk to you, and even you've ascended, I know you're watching us. You made me feel better. Rest in peace, we will always love you.
"Keep playing the game" that right there is a sign to keep playing tf2 and to never give the game up, not to the bots, or to valve's ignorance. #FixTf2
