Murph, A long time Relic fan and Homeworlder passed away on November 15th. He died after suffering an apparent heart attack at work (this is under investigation). He was 21. Details here.
I’ve known Murph a long time on IRC. Certainly not his best buddy or anything, but we had a good relationship. When I took an American Sign Language course, Murph gave me some pointers (he was deaf). When I worked at Relic doing a QA stint for Homeworld 2, I pushed on the Designers a bit to include captions in the cut scenes so Murph could “see” the story. The captions made it into the game.
Murph did say goodbye to us in a way. Here are his last comments in IRC before he headed off to work, and his death.
[14:13] < Murph > now I shall go to work
[14:13] < Murph > later dolts
[14:13] * Quits: Murph (Murph@D36978F2.E4776E58.264CA1B0.IP) (Quit: work sucks)
Later Dolts indeed.
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Posted by the_sidewinder at November 25th, 2005 at 3:00 am
bye murph, you shall be missed, if there is an afterlife, I hope you are inn a good, happy place
bye :(
Posted by guarrand at November 25th, 2005 at 3:01 am
R.I.P merf … u’ll be missed dolt :(
Posted by Void at November 25th, 2005 at 3:25 am
R.I.P. Merf… :(
Posted by Hass at November 25th, 2005 at 3:41 am
later murph :(
you’ll be missed man..
Posted by Assimilator at November 25th, 2005 at 4:13 am
Requiescat in pace, Murph. We miss you already.
Posted by remmington at November 25th, 2005 at 4:29 am
Rest In Piece Merfdolt :(
Posted by Someguy at November 25th, 2005 at 5:38 am
RIP murph, you were kind enough to let us hear your voice…
Posted by Verrin at November 25th, 2005 at 5:42 am
holy…
I don’t what to say to this. :(
goodbye, murph. RIP.
Posted by Fitz at November 25th, 2005 at 6:12 am
MEDIC !!!!
Dying is banned mate, sorry. Still can’t beleive this. I’ve been looking over some posts of yours on the FL forums, and i’m pretty choked.
Still, you’re probably thinking STFU fitz you faget, so i’ll stop. Take it easy Von_Murph.
Posted by HomeBoy at November 25th, 2005 at 8:14 am
Do not rest in Peace, enjoy afterlife…
Posted by Moe at November 25th, 2005 at 8:36 am
Bye merfles, we’ll miss you.
Posted by Dan Van Crone at November 25th, 2005 at 9:14 am
You were a good friend. I’m sorry we won’t get to have that drink now.
Fare well, mate.
Posted by Zepherian at November 25th, 2005 at 11:57 am
Speechless… RIP Murph
Posted by Lone Canadian at November 25th, 2005 at 12:14 pm
. . . RIP Murph.
Posted by Severijn at November 25th, 2005 at 12:33 pm
Rest in peace Murph…
Posted by Taiidan Admiral at November 25th, 2005 at 2:17 pm
Oh my..
RIP sir.
Posted by ceejayoz at November 25th, 2005 at 2:59 pm
Damn.
I hope there’s Homeworld in heaven.
Posted by General Nuke Em at November 25th, 2005 at 3:22 pm
Rest in peace Murph, and if there’s Homeworld in heaven, be sure to come play us in spirit sometime. :)
Posted by Silver_Falcon at November 25th, 2005 at 5:31 pm
R.I.P.
Posted by Earth-Command at November 25th, 2005 at 9:02 pm
Murph you are in charge of orgainsing the HW LANS.
RIP Big GUY.
Posted by Techno at November 27th, 2005 at 8:12 am
Murph, you were an outstanding member of the community, fun, amusing and kind. This is more than just the loss of a regular poster, this is the loss of a great friend to all.
I’ll remember you, mate.
Techno
Posted by Kroggy at November 27th, 2005 at 11:02 pm
Farewell, Murph.
I’ll miss you, mate.
Posted by Starfisher at November 27th, 2005 at 11:40 pm
Goodbye, murph.
I still owe you a beer.
Posted by Sabin at November 30th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
A number of us remember him well during his membership with the Nova Divine, and he was always an interesting person. I only just told some of the group, and he’ll be very missed.
Posted by OmicronNvD at November 30th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
Man, it’s been such a long time since I’ve talked to you, but as soon as I heard the news my heart stopped for a minute. Makes me think of the glory days of Homeworld 1, and the intense deathmatches we had. This is truly terrible news. You will be missed Murph.
Posted by mister min at November 30th, 2005 at 8:58 pm
murph was taken wtf :(
Posted by ceejayoz at November 30th, 2005 at 9:08 pm
That about sums it up, min. :(
Posted by reki at December 9th, 2005 at 2:31 am
God was clearly wallhacking here. The RB will never forget you, murphlez.
R.I.P.