We, the TBAG people and friends,
are currently doing a Memorial Tour for our friend and comrade CMDR Paul Vernon who died on May 24th 2022, of Bone Cancer. You can read more about it and our story here. When Paul got his Terminal diagnosis, he asked the forums for company during his final months, and I finally answered. Since then, we flew together whenever possible, leading us up to the End of Galaxy which would be Ishum's Reach. I had the honour of sharing his final months, both ingame and in real life. He became one of my best friends. Paul joined the Teaka Elite Altruists Bagging Cooperative, an Elite squadron where he made additional friendship.
When Paul died, he had assembled a list of locations that he wanted us to visit together, assembled during his final days on Earth, as we were both fans of the game since 1984. But many locations on that list were not yet ticked. So we, the Baggers, decided to turn grief into something better and planned a Memorial Tour, in honour of our friend and comrade. The tour we devised would cover all the destinations he (and me) had missed. We took off immediately on the evening of June 23rd, the day of the Final Service. You can read about our proceedings starting from here. While we proceeded with the Tour, we also published a diary of our proceedings along with it, on a regular basis.
The Tour has three Legs in total. This is the flight plan. Leg 1 has finished by now. Leg 2 ultimately leads to Colonia. Leg 3 will lead us to the End of the Galaxy. Basically, everybody (including you) is offered a free ride on our fleet carrier, The Lawful & Vernon JHV-GTQ to some rather exceptional locations, including Rackham's Peak, Colonia, Beagle Point and Ishum's Reach, without all that tedious jumping but with all expenses paid instead. An altruistic gift in its entirety. No obligations involved, just hop on and off the Tour Bus wherever and whenever you like.
The first part of the Tour Diary was added to the original thread Paul had set up and named 'Terminal Cancer Diagnosis', as we felt it was right to do something like an 'Acts 29' and document how things proceeded after his death. We underestimated the sensitivity of contemporary people, though, and ultimately got complaints from one person allegedly speaking for many others, demanding the title "Terminal Cancer Diagnosis" should be removed and the original thread be shut down, as the title "disheartens" some people and disturbs them in their fun playing a computer game.
Standing rather baffled at first (and tbh feeling a little like being shot in the back) initially, we shut down any public reporting for a while and limited all communication to our Discord channel initially. Finally, after some lengthy discussions, I have ultimately been convinced that such demands cannot effectively be avoided, and with respect to Paul, we should go on with both the Tour (which never was in question) and reporting about it as well. For sake of peace, in a new thread as requested. So this is why this thread is here.
Now, looking back at things from the Ceiling of the Galaxy, everything else feels rather small in comparison. So we start to continue.
O7,
NB. Acts is a book from the Bible written by Paul of Tarsus (or Saint Paul), and it has 28 chapters. Acts 29 would be the next chapter written after Paul had laid down the pen.
are currently doing a Memorial Tour for our friend and comrade CMDR Paul Vernon who died on May 24th 2022, of Bone Cancer. You can read more about it and our story here. When Paul got his Terminal diagnosis, he asked the forums for company during his final months, and I finally answered. Since then, we flew together whenever possible, leading us up to the End of Galaxy which would be Ishum's Reach. I had the honour of sharing his final months, both ingame and in real life. He became one of my best friends. Paul joined the Teaka Elite Altruists Bagging Cooperative, an Elite squadron where he made additional friendship.
When Paul died, he had assembled a list of locations that he wanted us to visit together, assembled during his final days on Earth, as we were both fans of the game since 1984. But many locations on that list were not yet ticked. So we, the Baggers, decided to turn grief into something better and planned a Memorial Tour, in honour of our friend and comrade. The tour we devised would cover all the destinations he (and me) had missed. We took off immediately on the evening of June 23rd, the day of the Final Service. You can read about our proceedings starting from here. While we proceeded with the Tour, we also published a diary of our proceedings along with it, on a regular basis.
The Tour has three Legs in total. This is the flight plan. Leg 1 has finished by now. Leg 2 ultimately leads to Colonia. Leg 3 will lead us to the End of the Galaxy. Basically, everybody (including you) is offered a free ride on our fleet carrier, The Lawful & Vernon JHV-GTQ to some rather exceptional locations, including Rackham's Peak, Colonia, Beagle Point and Ishum's Reach, without all that tedious jumping but with all expenses paid instead. An altruistic gift in its entirety. No obligations involved, just hop on and off the Tour Bus wherever and whenever you like.
The first part of the Tour Diary was added to the original thread Paul had set up and named 'Terminal Cancer Diagnosis', as we felt it was right to do something like an 'Acts 29' and document how things proceeded after his death. We underestimated the sensitivity of contemporary people, though, and ultimately got complaints from one person allegedly speaking for many others, demanding the title "Terminal Cancer Diagnosis" should be removed and the original thread be shut down, as the title "disheartens" some people and disturbs them in their fun playing a computer game.
Standing rather baffled at first (and tbh feeling a little like being shot in the back) initially, we shut down any public reporting for a while and limited all communication to our Discord channel initially. Finally, after some lengthy discussions, I have ultimately been convinced that such demands cannot effectively be avoided, and with respect to Paul, we should go on with both the Tour (which never was in question) and reporting about it as well. For sake of peace, in a new thread as requested. So this is why this thread is here.
Now, looking back at things from the Ceiling of the Galaxy, everything else feels rather small in comparison. So we start to continue.
O7,
NB. Acts is a book from the Bible written by Paul of Tarsus (or Saint Paul), and it has 28 chapters. Acts 29 would be the next chapter written after Paul had laid down the pen.
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man, don't let yourself get down by things like this. It's the internet.
