Author Topic: Farewell Fatty (Read 86466 times)

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #150 on:** March 04, 2012, 12:33:46 AM »

fff and I sparred on bbs's because he was from Iraq and my brother was in the military and fighting in Iraq.

One day, the day of the first MOAP (at daris's crib), I met him and realized he was cool. Then, the football UCLA MOAP, when I was carrying my very young and very cranky daughter (born the day of the Xavier X2 overtime basketball game) and I was totally spent, carrying an infant all over the parking lot, it was hot, my wife was mad, my new kid was bawling, when I got the pak. fff saw me and my daughter and said "Limestone, you must be so proud" with a great smile on his face.

That guy. I mean....I am not religious but pretty sure he is...just fine tonight.

Such a bad day for EMAW.

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #151 on:** March 04, 2012, 12:44:30 AM »

Quote from: wes mantooth on March 04, 2012, 12:15:35 AM

and i know his family doesn't care about any of this, but he touched so many.

They actually do. And to whoever was hoping that someone showed his family these threads, don't worry. At the very least his oldest sister has seen them. Tonight she posted on her facebook wall three different threads: goEMAW's "Farewell Fatty" thread, goEMAW's "Crap I'm Going To Miss About Fats" thread, and the Phog thread. I think they appreciate it.

I will go out and play some GO-rilla tennis as soon as possible. Helicopter tennis may also be involved. (<---Elite, insider-y MHS Tennis references)

wes mantooth · « **Reply #152 on:** March 04, 2012, 12:47:37 AM »

i feel bad even posting in this thread because not only did i not know fatty, i consider myself the biggest emaw of my group of friends, but when compared to fatty i'm really nothing. how can a fanbase lose one 25 year old, and still lose so much emaw? how will that much emaw ever be replaced? it can't, what a loss.

buttsbuttsbutts · « **Reply #153 on:** March 04, 2012, 01:54:27 AM »

I never knew fatty fat fat except through his posts here and at other bbses. I guess I'm like the consummate lurker, having been around many Big XII message boards but never really feeling the need to post (or even register an account, most of the time). I've been lurking around here and other KSU/Big XII boards for years. Obviously, I can't draw upon any personal experiences with FFF, but I can say that he is the most entertaining poster that I have ever seen on any board, and that the enthusiasm and zeal he had for the Wild Wild Cats literally oozed through each and every post. He's the guy that really sticks out in a sea of BBSers. And after reading most of the stories in this thread, every belief I've had about FFF has been confirmed.

The man was a true EMAW, and someone that we should all aspire to be like.

Cheers to you, FFF. I never knew you. I wish I had, and I hope you're looking down at your cats and smiling.

pissclams · « **Reply #154 on:** March 04, 2012, 02:01:13 AM »

Quote from: buttsbuttsbutts on March 04, 2012, 01:54:27 AM

I never knew fatty fat fat except through his posts here and at other bbses. I guess I'm like the consummate lurker, having been around many Big XII message boards but never really feeling the need to post (or even register an account, most of the time). I've been lurking around here and other KSU/Big XII boards for years. Obviously, I can't draw upon any personal experiences with FFF, but I can say that he is the most entertaining poster that I have ever seen on any board, and that the enthusiasm and zeal he had for the Wild Wild Cats literally oozed through each and every post. He's the guy that really sticks out in a sea of BBSers. And after reading most of the stories in this thread, every belief I've had about FFF has been confirmed.

The man was a true EMAW, and someone that we should all aspire to be like.

Cheers to you, FFF. I never knew you. I wish I had, and I hope you're looking down at your cats and smiling.

thx

CatsFan_58 · « **Reply #155 on:** March 04, 2012, 07:34:25 AM »

Quote from: buttsbuttsbutts on March 04, 2012, 01:54:27 AM

I never knew fatty fat fat except through his posts here and at other bbses. I guess I'm like the consummate lurker, having been around many Big XII message boards but never really feeling the need to post (or even register an account, most of the time). I've been lurking around here and other KSU/Big XII boards for years. Obviously, I can't draw upon any personal experiences with FFF, but I can say that he is the most entertaining poster that I have ever seen on any board, and that the enthusiasm and zeal he had for the Wild Wild Cats literally oozed through each and every post. He's the guy that really sticks out in a sea of BBSers. And after reading most of the stories in this thread, every belief I've had about FFF has been confirmed.

The man was a true EMAW, and someone that we should all aspire to be like.

Cheers to you, FFF. I never knew you. I wish I had, and I hope you're looking down at your cats and smiling.

I hope they can do him proud. He deserves it.

114Hickory · « **Reply #156 on:** March 04, 2012, 07:39:28 AM »

I am very sorry to hear this. His posts were always a bright spot here, his passion contagious, his sense of humor, refreshing, his ability to set a mood with a single, short post, one-of-a-kind. My prayers are with his family.

one/64th · « **Reply #157 on:** March 04, 2012, 08:09:19 AM »

It says a lot about a guy, that he could leave his mark on so many people that he never even met. I am one of those people. I have lurked on the boards for a long time and have enjoyed fff for just as long. He was clearly just as good of a person as he was K-State fan. And he is in the Top 5 of fans that I have ever met or not. Prayers for his friends and family. I can't imagine their pain considering how I feel.

catzacker · « **Reply #158 on:** March 04, 2012, 08:32:58 AM »

I only met Fatty once, at the first MOAP. After our intial greeting, he began to lecture me about my bbs attitude. I believe during this lecture he used the phrase "jackass" which is why his post about me a short while back made me laugh. In hindsight, he was just asking me to embrace my inner EMAW.

I don't know why these things happen, why the best of us pass so early sometimes. I half expected to see his passing on ESPN's scroll. What makes people like Fatty the best is that in their passing we remember so vividly their living. If we are to try to draw meaning out of tragedy, I think - maybe hope is the better word - that fatty's passing will remind the rest of us to take time to cherish those things we value the most. Wife, kids, friends, family...EMAW. Beacuse that's what he did in life. So yesterday, I called my mom just to talk, told my wife I loved her out of the blue, hugged my kids a little harder....and usually, when the game is well in hand, I flip the channel to something else, but yesterday I didn't, I watched to the end and because I did, I got to see Jamar hit that and1 for his final shot...and I fist pumped my ass off . I made it a point to cherish it all. If only for a day.

RIP FFF

kcnut · « **Reply #159 on:** March 04, 2012, 08:56:53 AM »

Damn first my friend andrew breitbart and now fatty what the hell. RIP TRIPLE F

yosh · « **Reply #160 on:** March 04, 2012, 09:29:51 AM »

damn, I really really didn't want this to be true. I can't imagine somebody that this community could miss more. FFF was a bbs prodigy who had the ability to rile up grown men while still in middle school. He may have the single greatest influence in creating whatever it is we do here. So many of us watched him grow up, while still somehow following his lead. I feel robbed today. It's not ever going to be the same.

Thoughts to his family today...and to Kat Kid. My heart really breaks fro Kat Kid.

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #161 on:** March 04, 2012, 09:37:22 AM »

Yes, Ts and Ps for Kat Kid too, everybody.

Lynchmobrules · « **Reply #162 on:** March 04, 2012, 09:41:14 AM »

Quote from: michigancat on March 03, 2012, 09:57:07 PM

Yeah FAN, I thought I was done crying.

I'm a mess.

This. I never knew the guy, but he definitely made everyone here more of a fan than they already were. It will never be the same around here. We lost THE bbs legend. RIP fatty.

michigancat · « **Reply #163 on:** March 04, 2012, 10:33:32 AM »

I don't have any great stories about fatty, but I think my brief interactions are quintessential "fatty".

Like many of you, I never got the chance to meet fatty, but it was obvious he was a brilliant, hilarious, and amazing person. We were facebook friends - fatty was always the best at crafting the most awkward birthday greeting imaginable, but the closest we had ever come to real-life meeting was with my brother. He found my brother on the KSU campus, awkwardly introduced himself, and said "Your brother is a BBs legend". Fatty is just so good at writing, being EMAW, and being funny that it honestly made me feel about as good as you can for message boarding prowess.

Then late last year I moved to the Bay Area, where fatty was spending a great deal of time helping his brother get through his cancer treatment as most of you now know. I got the following PM:

Quote from: fatty fat fat on November 30, 2011, 02:04:21 AM

let's go:

http://www.kraftbowl.org/

though i'm sure with your family you can't go.

Of course I was in before I knew the teams - I couldn't imagine a better first fatty meeting than seeing the worst bowl-eligible BCS teams in a San Francisco baseball stadium. So how would we get tickets?

Quote from: fatty fat fat on December 01, 2011, 10:56:07 AM

oh yeah, we would totally scalp. I own the black at&t park scalpers.

OK, the day just got better. I was so excited. I didn't post on the main boards but in any time there was a chat or turntable session I tried to brag about it. Still, at this point, we'd only interacted on the computer. The night before the game I got a call from fats. He tried to make it seem like he was awkward, I guess as a defense mechanism or something, but in reality he wasn't awkward at all (if he didn't want to be). We talked about life in the Bay, his story of meeting Jim Leavitt at a Sharks game and going into "fatty mode" in front of his family, games at Maples Pavilion (he had just gone to Stanford-Bethune Cookman and of course loved it), and life in general. Unfortunately, he couldn't make it to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl because his brother's condition had worsened and he couldn't be that far away for so long. He tried to get me to go to the game at Stanford that day (he had a twinge of hope in his voice), but I couldn't make it. Still, he was like, "well, I think I'm going to take next semester off to help my brother, so we'll have lots more opportunities to get together." I left the conversation with a HUGE smile on my face - I was so happy to get to know fats better, even though the circumstances weren't ideal.

We tried to meet up when CU came to town, but he was just too involved with his brother to make it happen. I invited him to Mitch Richmond bobblehead night, and he sent me his last PM with a touch of fatty sadness:

Quote from: fatty fat fat on February 21, 2012, 01:16:13 AM

we are periodically traveling to NYC to see a specialist so i'm here, and then not here like a sine wave. won't be there that date. we need to see the golden state/minny or NYC game for billy/beasley

hope to do more with you soon

sorry it didn't happen. I'll miss you, fats.

JavaCat · « **Reply #164 on:** March 04, 2012, 10:57:38 AM »

Gawd, these stories are killing me. I lost a friend 2 1/2 years ago at the age of 28 that like this was completely out of the blue. Reading these stories and looking back at fatty's posts has me bawling and I didn't even know him. Sucks so bad that we can be taken at such a young age and so often it is completely unexpected.

p1k3 · « **Reply #165 on:** March 04, 2012, 11:30:35 AM »

like a sine wave

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #166 on:** March 04, 2012, 12:17:43 PM »

When i first heard the news, i was in a sort of shock. Mainly hoping it wasn't true. Like most here, i didn't have the pleasure of meeting him, like i wish i did.

After the game yesterday, i had an hour drive home to visit the parents. It's not a bad drive, usually jamming out to my ipod...yet all i could think about on the drive was his postings and videos. Then logging in this morning, reading all the great stories about him, i am unable to keep from crying. How can someone affect another person this much without actually meeting them?? That was the power and ability Fatty had. It was unrivaled and unmatched.

Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.

kougar24 · « **Reply #167 on:** March 04, 2012, 01:56:42 PM »

I think it's going to be hard to be a jackass around here from now on--even in jest.

Trim · « **Reply #168 on:** March 04, 2012, 01:57:19 PM »

Quote from: kougar24 on March 04, 2012, 01:56:42 PM

I think it's going to be hard to be a jackass around here from now on--even in jest.

I have faith in you, kougs.

kougar24 · « **Reply #169 on:** March 04, 2012, 02:08:51 PM »

Quote from: Trim on March 04, 2012, 01:57:19 PM

Quote from: kougar24 on March 04, 2012, 01:56:42 PM
I think it's going to be hard to be a jackass around here from now on--even in jest.

I have faith in you, kougs.

I prefer to think about how fatty was the only poster around who could actually make me optimistic for each football season. The board would be mired in a bunch of random off-topic discussions in July, and he would cut through it like a knife with a "let's talk depth chart!" thread. That signaled the beginning of football season to me, every season.

I'm really going to miss that.

ew2x4 · « **Reply #170 on:** March 04, 2012, 02:27:18 PM »

Quote from: Limestone on March 04, 2012, 12:33:46 AM

fff and I sparred on bbs's because he was from Iraq and my brother was in the military and fighting in Iraq.

One day, the day of the first MOAP (at daris's crib), I met him and realized he was cool. Then, the football UCLA MOAP, when I was carrying my very young and very cranky daughter (born the day of the Xavier X2 overtime basketball game) and I was totally spent, carrying an infant all over the parking lot, it was hot, my wife was mad, my new kid was bawling, when I got the pak. fff saw me and my daughter and said "Limestone, you must be so proud" with a great smile on his face.

That guy. I mean....I am not religious but pretty sure he is...just fine tonight.

Such a bad day for EMAW.

Thanks for sharing. That's a great story. We need more people like that.

Dr Rick Daris · « **Reply #171 on:** March 04, 2012, 02:29:21 PM »

i'm 37 and can easily and honestly say that in my lifetime, i've never met anyone like fats. he was simple and complex at the same time and you would just be in awe as he worked the room or group of people that he was with.

i watched the oklahoma state game with him and some other goemawers on tv this past year and have never enjoyed a sporting event as much as i enjoyed that one. never. his energy and passion was infectious. he said some somewhat personal things to me during that game that made me feel good and also made me think about myself and life in general. it subtly changed how i post and my outlook on sports and life.

his bbsing skills were so far ahead of the rest of us that he's almost like some artist that was so far ahead of his contemporaries and doing things in such a different way that his work wasn't fully appreciated until years later when society had caught up and was able to appreciate it. he was that good.

i heard about the news yesterday while getting ready to attend the funeral of one of my best friends dad who also passed away quickly and unexpectedly. i wasn't able to process it until late in the night and have spent all morning and early afternoon thinking about it. it's not fair and i'm simultaneously angry and sad. 99% of living people are just so incredibly average and uninteresting. i'm finding myself wishing over and over that one of those people would've died instead of shwan. the world lost yesterday.

MakeItRain · « **Reply #172 on:** March 04, 2012, 02:31:26 PM »

Thank you for sharing that RD

the KHAN! · « **Reply #173 on:** March 04, 2012, 02:59:26 PM »

He's at the OOD in the sky now. Miss you already FFF.

Kornheiser · « **Reply #174 on:** March 04, 2012, 03:31:05 PM »

Author Topic: Farewell Fatty (Read 86466 times)

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