La pilule est dure Ã* passer... Hell, j'ai eu un grand plaisir Ã* croiser ta route et pouvoir bénéficier de tes conseils et tes histoires... T'en fais pas, en haut, tout est plus facile

RIP hellranger,
I met you once and the impression you gave me was that of a person who enjoyed life and was happy with it..It's always the good ones that go first.

You will be missed by all

My thoughts are with his family and his friends in this time of hardship.
Hellranger, you'll be sorely missed.

Merci
 

Un grand merci Ã* tous ceux qui sont venus rendre un dernier hommage Ã* Steven. Votre présence a été d'un grand réconfort. Je savais bien que je n'étais pas la seule Ã* trouver qu'il était une personne extraordinaire. Il aurait été fier de voir que tous ses amis étaient lÃ*.

Merci du fond du coeur,

Lynda

RIP

It was good yesterday to see you guys. Everybody was there yesterday to support each other in these hard moments. Thanks

+1

Et merci Ã* Vondnik, qui s'est adressé Ã* l'assemblée avec le ton et les mots justes. Je compatis avec tous les proches d'HR...

Steven's very last wish.

" I would like that my ashes be spread in a field next to a forest "

His mother ask US the airsoft community to take care of that final wish. Eventhow we can be at each other's troaths from time to time I saw first had the strenght and bond of the airsoft family, because we are a family, There is something about the game we play that bring the best In all of us. Never loose that perspective next time your on the field.

May he finaly find the inner peace that he had when playing the game.

He was alway pushing me to host an other game....look's like he won that argument.

+1 Vondnik. I used to be pretty heavy into the blues scene as far as music goes, had quite a few friends but only a couple very close friends........... then I kinda got out of it when my son was born and was literally without many friends at all for a couple years until I got into airsoft. Now I have MANY good friends that I enjoy the company of each and every one of them. And Apoc said it best a year and a bit after he and I started the team Warmongers, [paraphrasing]"You know, I spent the holiday with my family, but my time with my teammates is more valuable to me because I consider us to be a family, not that I'm trying to be gay or anything.[/paraphrasing]

Even though we don't stand any chance of getting killed in action with the game we play, I think we develop a bond with each other similar to what soldiers do, in that we are a close knit community, police our community, stand up for each other and will back each other 100% in a firefight. Trust gets developed and friendships hardened with this game. I think this is part of the reason we allow ourselves to isolate new players, they haven't earned the trust of the players or the community yet, but we know what it's like to be a new guy and we allow that trust and friendship to develope by helping others learn the ropes.

I wasn't able to get to Hellranger's funeral, I wanted to but logistics got in my way, but I was there in spirit with all of you. And Steven's last wishes are great, more so that his mother wants the community that he was part of to realise that for him. So load his ashes into a M203 with a 165 rd BB shower grenade in there and scatter him over a field. I think he'd greatly approve. :(

Salut Mec.
Confrère Recon; sans toi, le MACV ne s'appèlerait pas ainsi! Marci.

Paix Ã* toi, et réconfort Ã* tes proches.

Pease keep us posted if a ceremony will be observed...
I wan't to be there, unless HIS family would prefer to keep it private.

Je fesais un simple passage sur ASC et j'ai croisé ce thread. Assez boulversant comme nouvelle. Je ne suis plus un joueur d'airsoft depuis quelque temps deja mais j'ai connu Hellranger et je l'ai cotoyé sur les field plusieurs fois. Un joueur exemplaire par sa discipline et sont implication. J'envoie mes pensées a la famille et amis

I had the opportunity to play a few games with HellRanger, and he was a hell of a player. You always knew that when you played with him, it was always more intense, more realistic...more fun. RIP brother....and stand easy..
I raise my glass.
This bud..is truly for you.