• Kitty0706, Also Known as Colin Wyckoff Passed Away Today.
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[QUOTE][I]And how can someone give so much and never get anything[/I][/QUOTE] [editline]27th January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=BonkNickeltoo;47016078]Gonna be making a collab for him. So if you are friends with any gmodders, tell them I will be posting an announcement video soon.[/QUOTE] Make a thread in the garry's mod forums. I could contribute some pictures or shit for a thumbnail or something. Wouldn't it be cool if we could show this to his family, maybe let them know how much he was a inspiration? It would be neat if like 1000 people showed up to his funeral.
Me: Hey! My internet is working again! I'm going to check Facepunch and read all kinds of funny stuff that happened......shit... I was just listening to ELO today and remembered when I first heard "Mr. Blue Sky" in Heavy Goes Bowling. Now I can't help but think of this. [I]"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy...Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? Your songs? Your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?" (Hamlet, V.i)[/I]
RIP, I will miss you forever, Kitty0706 :(
Dang, this is terrible. I remember watching his videos so long ago, my buds and I would Skype each other while watching them at the same time. We'd have a good laugh, but I suppose that's over now. Thank you Colin for brightening those days of my life.
Rest in peace mate, Always looked up to this guy [video=youtube;o6PL8ODp8T8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6PL8ODp8T8[/video]
:( Bye Kitty. I love your videos.
It should be worth noting that when garrysmod.org went offline, kitty's addons went with it. Including the bowling alley from Heavy Goes Bowling.
RIP Damn, it was really through his videos that I was convinced to buy gmod, to join the steam community, make friends there, show up on facepunch and get used to it here. All the skills I learned with game design goes back to gmod which goes back to him... Its strange, the internet, how people can impact you without ever meeting you...
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;47017126]It should be worth noting that when garrysmod.org went offline, kitty's addons went with it. Including the bowling alley from Heavy Goes Bowling.[/QUOTE] That's a shame, I didn't even know the map was his. That's pretty good mapmaking for an amateur (not like I know anything about mapmaking) Also I feel horrible for the fact he didn't get to see the new Mirror's Edge. I don't know how much he liked it but its evident that it inspired his first person parkour videos (since there's like 0 other games in that genre), and I can imagine he was looking forward to it.
The collab announcement will be up soon! Stay tooned!
Thank you for making me smile, Kitty0706. I've laughed myself to tears multiple times over your videos. Rest in peace.
[video=youtube;ayrNrP0KtOo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayrNrP0KtOo[/video] This is the first of his gmod animations I have watched. R.I.P.
God it's so creepy. When someone online dies, I mean. You can go through and read their posts or watch their videos and you know "this dude isn't around anymore", but there's his voice and his writing right there online. Like a ghost
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Truly this man was one of the great kings of GMod animation. Such an inspiration to many. A man capable of bringing smiles to those who watched his videos. Even when death's hand came close, he remained optimistic until the very end. I never got tired of watching his vids. Always brought a smile to my face after a long, stressful day. May he rest in peace. Also, fuck cancer. Fuck it to hell and back.
Sad that someone died but I can't say I really feel sad. I knew him as a bitter and really immature person. He got bitchy when someone made a L4D video similar to Left 4 Farts and he claimed it to basically be mimicking him. Here on FP, actually. And even went as far to claim theirs was on a level similar to Family Guy and acted like his version was superior. I even remember laughing about it too and he and his friends even made several attempts to harass me in personal messages on YouTube. Sucks that he died but, honestly, he was kind of a prick and him dying doesn't suddenly make him a good person.
Jesus, that sucks. I remember watching his old videos and showing them to my cousin. I really loved his first person ones too. Sad to see Ultimote, whose videos I've watched passed recently after this as well. That's some awful timing. R.I.P.
I made an account on Facepunch just to see the original post for myself; I am completely speechless. I literally have no words, except sorry. I hope he gets more recognition than front page on Reddit, where I originally found out about this. Even in his miserable state, focusing on making other people happy. Rest in piece.
[QUOTE=T-Sonar.0;47017920]Sad that someone died but I can't say I really feel sad. I knew him as a bitter and really immature person. He got bitchy when someone made a L4D video similar to Left 4 Farts and he claimed it to basically be mimicking him. Here on FP, actually. And even went as far to claim theirs was on a level similar to Family Guy and acted like his version was superior. I even remember laughing about it too and he and his friends even made several attempts to harass me in personal messages on YouTube. Sucks that he died but, honestly, he was kind of a prick and him dying doesn't suddenly make him a good person.[/QUOTE] Everyone has their own opinion, I guess. The past is the past - Left 4 Farts was made over 5 years ago, which makes him roughly around 15 years old when that happened. He died at age 20. Damn near 21. People change, ESPECIALLY over 5 years. Some of the more child-like mannerisms fade, maturity grows. I don't claim to know what happened but I DO know that whatever happened there never happened again. He grew, he changed. He gained a new perspective on life. For pretty much the entire time I knew him he was always the most selfless, courageous, open, accepting, friendly and honest people I had ever known. He was literally the best friend a guy could ever ask for. Just because he once had some drama at age 15 does not make him a bitter prick or a bad person. EVERY single one of us goes through that little phase in our lives, has that one little moment of weakness where we act like a different person. Everyone of us has once in our life been a completely bitter prick. But we ALL realize our mistakes and we ALL make sure that it never happens again. Five years is a lot of time, over that time Colin gained the most positive outlook on life that I had ever known anyone to have. He became and STAYED the happiest, friendliest and most courageous person I knew - even when staring death in the face. All I'm saying is don't let one moment of weakness from a 15 year old ruin your image of him for the rest of your life. I know I did some stupid shit when I was 15. Hell, much after 15. So has EVERYONE else. But people change. I'm sure you have too.
[video=youtube;KjCYCS_Z6po]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjCYCS_Z6po[/video] a short tribute that "Kekas vas Normandy" made about Colin. ( I don't recall we've ever met before Kekas? ) either way thanks for Derek for the showing me this clip, and thanks to Kekas for creating it. I'm sure Colin would have had a laugh over this.
Was wondering where he went, god dammmit. Rest in peace man, I hope you're living the dream up there.
[QUOTE=Doritos-pope;47015698][URL="http://uberchain.tumblr.com/post/109231669824/according-to-a-friend-of-ultimote-this-month-the"]uberchain just confirmed that another SFM animator passed away too[/URL]. Ultimo (one of the guys behind Sky Fortress, and Sniper and the Holy piss) passed away in october, but it was one of the most under the radar deaths around- his tumblr had been inactive for 3 months, and the only comment that implied he died was [URL="http://comments.deviantart.com/4/19425816/3713032156"]this[/URL] a few weeks ago edit: managed to get some info from someone in the russian SFM community: he was an admin at the VK sfm group. When he died, he basically vanished and no admin wanted to talk about it, presumably didn't want anyone to panic. No information about his death is known whatsoever[/QUOTE] whoa-whoa wait what? Shit I knew this guy and played games together with him. He was one of the most cheerful dude I had pleasure to talk to. RIP dude.
As a few posters here already mentioned, I will be doing a tribute video for Colin once I return home from Washington DC. The news was a heavy one that lasted on my shoulders throughout the last couple days of Magfest for me. I don't plan to start a GMod animation collab, but I saw someone else is starting one here and I'll try to contribute once I know what the specifics of it are. Anyway, I already have spoken to Colin's girlfriend and RunFromTheMinges about giving them an audio sentiment of their own to be put into the video, which they were more than happy to do. I encourage anyone reading this who were particularly close to Colin, to send me a private message if you're interested in getting a voiced sentiment of your own into the video. Also, one quick thing, I noticed once on Twitter and once on here that there was some rumor about Colin and I having some "intellectual property dispute". I really don't know where in the world this even came from. Colin and I never argued, not once, about anything, let alone " intellectual property". That's a silly rumor that I only just heard yesterday on Twitter and I wanted to set the record straight that there was no such thing happening. Thanks everyone. Your kind words, especially yours, Deremix, are out of this world. Just remember to not remain upset for too long. Colin didn't complain about his struggle cuz it was painful. He complained that he wasted so much time in the hospital that he could have spent working on making us laugh and bettering his craft. He would have wanted us to feel joy and spread it about.
[QUOTE=Das Bo Schitt;47018480]As a few posters here already mentioned, I will be doing a tribute video for Colin once I return home from Washington DC. The news was a heavy one that lasted on my shoulders throughout the last couple days of Magfest for me. I don't plan to start a GMod animation collab, but I saw someone else is starting one here and I'll try to contribute once I know what the specifics of it are. Anyway, I already have spoken to Colin's girlfriend and RunFromTheMinges about giving them an audio sentiment of their own to be put into the video, which they were more than happy to do. I encourage anyone reading this who were particularly close to Colin, to send me a private message if you're interested in getting a voiced sentiment of your own into the video. Also, one quick thing, I noticed once on Twitter and once on here that there was some rumor about Colin and I having some "intellectual property dispute". I really don't know where in the world this even came from. Colin and I never argued, not once, about anything, let alone " intellectual property". That's a silly rumor that I only just heard yesterday on Twitter and I wanted to set the record straight that there was no such thing happening. Thanks everyone. Your kind words, especially yours, Deremix, are out of this world. Just remember to not remain upset for too long. Colin didn't complain about his struggle cuz it was painful. He complained that he wasted so much time in the hospital that he could have spent working on making us laugh and bettering his craft. He would have wanted us to feel joy and spread it about.[/QUOTE] Your a good man, that last part really seems like the vibe he gave off with his videos and I feel at a loss not knowing him, I would imagine everyone who knew him was lucky to have him rub off on their lives. peace to you man.
I don't have the disk space for it really, but someone who does really should archive all his videos off of youtube to be safe, plenty of times I've seen a youtube account go under only for the user to make a new account and reupload everything, but that's obviously not going to happen here.
[QUOTE=Das Bo Schitt;47018480]As a few posters here already mentioned, I will be doing a tribute video for Colin once I return home from Washington DC. The news was a heavy one that lasted on my shoulders throughout the last couple days of Magfest for me. I don't plan to start a GMod animation collab, but I saw someone else is starting one here and I'll try to contribute once I know what the specifics of it are. Anyway, I already have spoken to Colin's girlfriend and RunFromTheMinges about giving them an audio sentiment of their own to be put into the video, which they were more than happy to do. I encourage anyone reading this who were particularly close to Colin, to send me a private message if you're interested in getting a voiced sentiment of your own into the video. Also, one quick thing, I noticed once on Twitter and once on here that there was some rumor about Colin and I having some "intellectual property dispute". I really don't know where in the world this even came from. Colin and I never argued, not once, about anything, let alone " intellectual property". That's a silly rumor that I only just heard yesterday on Twitter and I wanted to set the record straight that there was no such thing happening. Thanks everyone. Your kind words, especially yours, Deremix, are out of this world. Just remember to not remain upset for too long. Colin didn't complain about his struggle cuz it was painful. He complained that he wasted so much time in the hospital that he could have spent working on making us laugh and bettering his craft. He would have wanted us to feel joy and spread it about.[/QUOTE] Thank you for all the kind words man. I'd never even heard of you all arguing once, so I figured the rumor was false. Thanks for clearing that part up. About the tribute, I'll definitely be private messaging you asap. I'm hard at work on my own tribute at the moment and I would love to be a part of yours as well. That last part there summed up Colin perfectly in one sentence. He was CONSTANTLY focused on his audience. He wanted to make everyone laugh. About a week before he told me the leukemia came back, he told me he just wanted to come home... he told me he wanted to come home feeling better than ever so he could get his life back to normal... I have been pretty depressed ever since I heard of his passing. But you are right BoSchitt. In our final conversation, one of the things he stressed was to stay happy. You can shed tears, but he said "I hope those are happy tears". He told me not to let his passing change who I am. I'm going to take his final words to heart. Also, I would just like to extend a heart felt thank you for all of the community members that are coming together to give a proper goodbye to Colin. Seriously, everyone from Source Filmmakers, GModders, Flash Animators, Modders and Editors have all approached us with an offer to provide support and tribute for Colin. So seriously, thank you all for coming together and providing all the help you can give. :) PS: At Chamango, I've spent the past hour downloading every one of his videos. For tribute and for sentiment.
[QUOTE=T-Sonar.0;47017920]Sad that someone died but I can't say I really feel sad. I knew him as a bitter and really immature person. He got bitchy when someone made a L4D video similar to Left 4 Farts and he claimed it to basically be mimicking him. Here on FP, actually. And even went as far to claim theirs was on a level similar to Family Guy and acted like his version was superior. I even remember laughing about it too and he and his friends even made several attempts to harass me in personal messages on YouTube. Sucks that he died but, honestly, he was kind of a prick and him dying doesn't suddenly make him a good person.[/QUOTE] It's called being respectful and looking at the good qualities despite even the simplest thing you may not have liked about him. Douche.
Right around the time when Kitty gained popularity around FP and some other communities was right at the peak of my "ugh, all this random bullshit, not MATURE humor for a MATURE 14 year old like ME," and I just totally wrote them all off. Just watched the old Elliot Goes To School videos and his more recent uploads and was laughing my ass off. I'm so glad this thread has been almost entirely positive for someone that inspired so many to get into Garry's Mod, animation, and the like. And man, if I could travel back in time and take some of the things I said about him back in a stupid teenage tantrum, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Rest in peace, Colin. You left an impact on so many of us.
This is really depressing. That's already two of my favorite people who passed away at the beginning of the year. Kitty0706 His gmod videos always made me smile when i was younger. It would cheer me up whenever i had a crappy day, and even now when i'm 20 i watch his videos from time to time. Greg Plitt His quotes and physique is what motivated me to lose weight and work out and be the best that i can be. This dude really knew how to motivate someone. Rest In Peace, guys.
[QUOTE=T-Sonar.0;47017920]Sad that someone died but I can't say I really feel sad. I knew him as a bitter and really immature person. He got bitchy when someone made a L4D video similar to Left 4 Farts and he claimed it to basically be mimicking him. Here on FP, actually. And even went as far to claim theirs was on a level similar to Family Guy and acted like his version was superior. I even remember laughing about it too and he and his friends even made several attempts to harass me in personal messages on YouTube. Sucks that he died but, honestly, he was kind of a prick and him dying doesn't suddenly make him a good person.[/QUOTE] dont forget that this used to be killz2much; the poster who made a thread calling out someone for e dating a trans person back in 2008ish
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