Campaign begins to get cancer patient chance to play Smash Bros. Ultimate
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http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/09/campaign_begins_to_get_terminal_cancer_patient_the_chance_to_play_smash_bros_ultimate
Chris Taylor loves video games, and when Nintendo announced Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, he was just as pumped as everyone else - but with a catch. Taylor has terminal cancer and
in July made the brave decision to decline any further treatment. He was given between 3 to 6 months to live.
Taylor's comments on social media - which reflect on the fact that he may not be alive when the game arrives this December - have triggered a wave of support from the Nintendo
community, and now a campaign has begun to get Taylor - who is effectively bedridden - pre-release access to Smash.
https://twitter.com/SpookyWoobler/status/1040372674743152640
https://twitter.com/SpookyWoobler/status/1040374448006864899
https://twitter.com/SpookyWoobler/status/1040373559363809280
https://twitter.com/EditingEntropy/status/1040794694811152384
They've had cancer thrice
What's also pretty fucking sad about this is that this guy probably isn't going to be here to see more hype-as-fuck newcomers in the future.
I hope he's able to play the pre-released version and maybe even meet the team behind the game, would be a generous and wholesome parting gift
Damn, that sucks. I know that if I were in that situation, I'd DEFINITELY want to play the game that I'd been waiting for.
Too bad Gabe Newell probably wouldn't let me beta test HL3 regardless of my condition, but my point still stands.
Reminiscent of Kojima with the MGS fan... except he was just too late.
Here's hoping they pull through for him, doubt the marketing team would pass up an opportunity like this.
Side note, I feel like there has got to be more to it than just "made the brave decision to not get any more treatment".
Without context it sounds like brave is not the right word to be using there but I'd assume it must be something to do with extremely low chances of any working or some such?
You can usually spend a lot on treatments to kinda just get by but it still is eventually going to kill you, as far as I'm aware, it seems most people decide not to get more treatment when it's becoming costly and/or the negative effects from the treatments isn't becoming worth it.
Someone mentioned earlier it's his third time getting cancer, not sure how old he is but probably been through so many treatments and appointments etc, it just consumes your life and it's easier to just ride it out without treatment.
If we can't get this guy a chance to play the game it's fucked.
Every human, before checking out, deserves the chance to be treated to one of the things they've always wanted to do (especially when it's as small as this).
Pictures as well:
https://twitter.com/SpookyWoobler/status/1043208256154259456
It's awesome that Nintendo was able to come through for him in the end!
No more than 3 days after
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/9iod9d/chris_taylor_has_passed_away
damn. RIP
Damn that was a close call. Feels surreal knowing someone my age died of cancer, and his last wish was to Smash. Props to the Nintendo reps for scrambling to get him playing.
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