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Re: Farewell to Dukie, an old friend

July 1st 2011, 09:32 PM
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Tal
Noble He/Him United States
Super Sexy Tal Pal 
Old-timers and newcomers alike will be as upset as I am to find that Dukie, a well-established Dinker whose roots can be traced to the very beginning of our humble site and community, passed away June 25. He was 29 years old. I have not translated the many messages on his Facebook profile or the posts from his blog, but I can at the very least confirm that he had been battling cancer. His contributions to the Dink world include The Dink Smallwood Solutions and Dink Smallwood in the Valley of the Talking Trees, not to mention his "eternally-in-progress" D-Mod The Dink Hotel.

I am unsure what else to contribute - though I must note that he will of course be missed dearly - so I present to you material excerpted from remembrance cards distributed at his funeral:

Ik bin dankbaar voor alles.
Ik hou van het leven en van jullie allemaal.
Ik wil dat je gelukkig bent, zoals ik ben.
Ik wil dat je knuffelt, zoals ik doe.
Ik wil dat je van jezelf houdt, want je bent perfect.
Don't worry, be happy.


July 1st 2011, 09:43 PM
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I didn't know Dukie, but I'm sorry to hear about this. It's always hard to grasp when someone you've only known through the Internet is gone, and once you've done that, it can be painful to continue seeing the things they've posted, reminders that the person is gone. But it can also be gratifying. Dukie's posts and contributions can act as memorials to who he was.
July 1st 2011, 09:44 PM
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MsDink
Peasant She/Her New Zealand
Tag - Umm.. tag, you're it? 
wow so young, Condolences to those that knew him and his loved ones.

(you better not be shootting us Tal!)
July 1st 2011, 10:26 PM
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Striker
Noble She/Her United States
Daniel, there are clowns. 
I can assure you that this is an actual death of a DN member. He was always a welcome part of the community and on the DN staff in the very early days. I always liked Dukie, and I really miss his presence in the community.
July 1st 2011, 10:38 PM
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MsDink
Peasant She/Her New Zealand
Tag - Umm.. tag, you're it? 
Duckie looked like a pretty nice guy and its very sad to hear that.

@ Striker, I really am sorry (we were talking about Jveenhof in chat last night... so made me wonder) so sorry you all lost your friend.
July 1st 2011, 11:03 PM
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Striker
Noble She/Her United States
Daniel, there are clowns. 
Heh heh, yeah... my first thought when I heard was, "He better not have been hit by a car."
July 1st 2011, 11:06 PM
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Condolences to his friends, he was always a nice guy.
This is sad enough to make me stop my flaming. Is Jveenhof dead too?
Tal's back, so maybe I gotta believe him.

And I sent a demo of my DMod as a joke to him yesterday and today he came. Very sorry for you if he was your friend Striker.
July 2nd 2011, 12:14 AM
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MsDink
Peasant She/Her New Zealand
Tag - Umm.. tag, you're it? 
heh yeah, at least Tal doesnt have 'Girl bits' (well I dont think he has...) o.O then I would have been more suspicious

Edit: no DD he pretended he was for a while.
July 2nd 2011, 12:58 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
I was going to say something else here, but no really need to.

R.I.P. Dukie, may DDC take care of you in the afterlife.

Say, is this the first (known) death of a Dinker, ever? Can't remember there ever being anyone else.
July 2nd 2011, 01:08 AM
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Robj
Jester He/Him Australia
You feed the madness, and it feeds on you. 
Wow, June 25th was my birthday... what a crappy birthday present from nature... death of Dukie.

R.I.P Dukie.
July 2nd 2011, 01:15 AM
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MsDink
Peasant She/Her New Zealand
Tag - Umm.. tag, you're it? 
Say, is this the first (known) death of a Dinker, ever? Can't remember there ever being anyone else.

Ted Shutes
Big Ted
Another worthy Dinker
July 2nd 2011, 01:23 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
Oh yeah, Ted. I remember now.

Someone should put a noting like that similar to Ted's, on Dukie's profile page.
July 2nd 2011, 01:40 AM
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Absolution
Peasant They/Them
The Dark Lord of the DN. 
Let us all have a moment of silence for our Dearly Departed Dukie. Let's all stop the childish flame wars now and acknowledge our friend who has bravely fought cancer since last year.



R.I.P. Dukie, may DDC take care of you in the afterlife.

Could we at least make this serious? Don't bring the DDC into a real tragic event for our community.
July 2nd 2011, 01:49 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
You know what, I was going to respond to Skorn, but I know better than to ruin this kinda thread.

I've said what I have to say about this incident.
July 2nd 2011, 02:17 AM
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pillbug
Peasant He/Him United States
Love! True love! 
I didn't really know him, but I'll miss him all the same.
July 2nd 2011, 02:20 AM
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dang, that's a shame... Dukie really was a great guy.
July 2nd 2011, 02:26 AM
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kenji720rs
Peasant He/Him Australia
👾~ #беспл 
Terrible news. I shall play his D-MOD in memory of him.
July 2nd 2011, 02:38 AM
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Godley
Peasant They/Them
 
Truly heart breaking.

R.I.P. Dukie
July 2nd 2011, 04:14 AM
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bornfree15
Peasant They/Them United States
Eyevan 
knowing the pain of someone dying from cancer makes me especially upset. R.I.P.
July 2nd 2011, 04:31 AM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 


This news saddens me greatly. I met Dukie a few times IRL, he was a nice guy.

His blog details his battle against cancer. In his last post he mentions a new medicine that gave him new hope to recover from Hodgkins. From most of his posts, I can see he fluctuated a lot from positive thoughts to negative thoughts throughout the whole ordeal. Pretty painful to read.

R.I.P. Daan, you'll be missed.
July 2nd 2011, 04:33 AM
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Bornfree, did anybody dear to you died from cancer? My grandfather did, which makes me even sadder.
July 2nd 2011, 04:50 AM
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Marpro
Peasant He/Him bloop
 


This is sad...
July 2nd 2011, 05:08 AM
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Godley
Peasant They/Them
 
The blog's pretty depressing.

Farewell, Dukie.
July 2nd 2011, 05:19 AM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
It's in the original post.
July 2nd 2011, 05:40 AM
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bornfree15
Peasant They/Them United States
Eyevan 
yeah. it was my grandpa also and it'll be two years in september
July 2nd 2011, 06:14 AM
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metatarasal
Bard He/Him Netherlands
I object 
Totally didn't see this coming.

Very sad to hear this...
July 2nd 2011, 06:36 AM
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merder
Peasant He/Him Netherlands
The Voice in the back of your head! 
R.I.P. Dukie may your DDC slaves work for you.

sad to hear this dang shame you died so young.
July 2nd 2011, 07:03 AM
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Quiztis
Peasant He/Him Sweden bloop
Life? What's that? Can I download it?! 
Sad to hear about this. R.I.P Dukie.
July 2nd 2011, 07:43 AM
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JugglingDink
Peasant He/Him United Kingdom
Streetfish 
This is very sad Cancer is awful, R.I.P Dukie...
July 2nd 2011, 07:45 AM
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Don't bring the DDC into a real tragic event

Skull's an athiest so he won't understand. I said what I had to say.
My grandpa died in July 2007 so it's about 4 years from now. Sorry about yours bornfree.
Do all Dinkers die relatively young? Ted 56, Dukie 29? *scared face*
July 2nd 2011, 07:57 AM
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Godley
Peasant They/Them
 
I am 19, and I am half dead already.
July 2nd 2011, 09:09 AM
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Christiaan
Bard They/Them Netherlands
Lazy bum 
Not really sure what to say... besides that this is a major bummer. Dukie will be missed.
July 2nd 2011, 09:10 AM
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SabreTrout
Noble He/Him United Kingdom
Tigertigertiger. 


Incredibly sad news.
July 2nd 2011, 10:54 AM
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I am 19, and I am half dead already.

Yay!
July 2nd 2011, 10:55 AM
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Godley
Peasant They/Them
 
@ DinkDoodler

Atleast dont flame in an obituary thread.
July 2nd 2011, 11:09 AM
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I agree.
July 2nd 2011, 11:18 AM
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Wait... I spammed? How? I was posting my thoughts.
July 2nd 2011, 11:48 AM
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schnapper
Peasant He/Him Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands
Let us save our effort and just lie down and die. 
God rest his soul. It makes my heart ache to hear of such loss; it has been sung "If there's a Rock 'n' Roll heaven, you know they've got a hell of a band". The same could be said of the fallen Dinkers.
July 2nd 2011, 11:57 AM
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Can someone translate the blog?
July 2nd 2011, 12:00 PM
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Absolution
Peasant They/Them
The Dark Lord of the DN. 
DinkDoodler, just stop where you're at. Clearly you can't post in this thread without being a jerk off.

But seriously, tragic news. *moment of silence*
July 2nd 2011, 12:07 PM
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I'm serious. I'm sad too, really.
July 2nd 2011, 12:13 PM
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Absolution
Peasant They/Them
The Dark Lord of the DN. 
I think this should be stickied as a great reminder of Dukie's phenomenal reputation and legendary contributions.
July 2nd 2011, 01:02 PM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
Although it's really terrible, I don't think this kind of news should be stickied. It's not a good trend to make a "graveyard" out of the stickies :/
July 2nd 2011, 01:14 PM
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Agreed
July 2nd 2011, 07:27 PM
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leprochaun
Peasant He/Him Japan bloop
Responsible for making things not look like ass 
I never knew him, but it's always a shame for someone to die so prematurely.
July 2nd 2011, 10:47 PM
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yEoldetoast
Peasant They/Them Australia
LOOK UPON MY DEFORMED FACE! 
My best wishes go out to his friends and family.
July 3rd 2011, 03:26 AM
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GlennGlenn
Peasant He/Him Norway
GlennGlenn doesn't want a custom title. 
This is incredible sad news I never knew he was having a hard time with cancer.

Goodbye my friend, I will miss you
July 3rd 2011, 05:41 AM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
I just saw this in the quotes

"Me sticky? " - Dukie

Maybe he should get a sticky for a week
July 3rd 2011, 09:16 AM
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enchilado
Peasant He/Him Australia
Quack. 
Not having been here long (or lately) I was never privileged to meet Dukie, but he looks to have been a great person and it's sad when anyone dies at such a young age.
July 3rd 2011, 11:29 AM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
This is so sad..
Still so young, really makes you think.

RIP Dukie!

EDIT:
"I just saw this in the quotes

"Me sticky? " - Dukie

Maybe he should get a sticky for a week "

+1
July 3rd 2011, 11:45 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
Still so young, really makes you think.

Yep, it could happen to anyone. What a screwed up world, the cool guys always going away first.
July 4th 2011, 02:58 AM
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Sharp
Peasant She/Her Finland
 
That's very sad news. Had no idea.
I didn't know him that well, but I certainly remember him from the DN in the "olden days". Sad to see a great person and dinker go. RIP.
July 4th 2011, 04:16 AM
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Seth
Peasant He/Him Japan
 
Bummer, Dukie was a good guy, always helpful and cheerful. RIP, buddy.
July 4th 2011, 04:49 AM
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yEoldetoast
Peasant They/Them Australia
LOOK UPON MY DEFORMED FACE! 
He will always hold the top Dinkanoid score.

That blog of his is quite inspiring. Give it a read.
July 4th 2011, 04:59 AM
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Predator
Ghost They/Them
 
Whos dukie?
July 4th 2011, 05:58 AM
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kenji720rs
Peasant He/Him Australia
👾~ #беспл 
Whos dukie?

A Dinker from back in the day, Dukie.
July 4th 2011, 07:06 AM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
I read some of the latest blog entries... indeed interesting reading, but so very sad when you know how it ends
July 4th 2011, 03:27 PM
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Krisknox
Peasant He/Him United States
The site's resident Therian (Dire Wolf, Dragon) 
I have known a little about Dukie, his name being mentioned every now and then, sometimes I would see a post by him. Farewell, Dukie. May you find peace in Paradise.
July 4th 2011, 03:36 PM
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WC
Peasant He/Him United States
Destroying noobs since 1999. 
Dukie was one of the kindest more helpful people here in the OG. I always attributed it to the weed.

Rest in peace brother.
July 4th 2011, 05:21 PM
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ExDeathEvn
Peasant He/Him New Zealand rumble
"Skinny Legend" 
Requiest in peace, Dukie. May you enjoy your rest with the great Dead Dragon Carcass' spirit.
July 5th 2011, 12:30 PM
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Sad news
Never actually knew Dukie, only by name as one of the big old-timers here. Sad to hear
July 6th 2011, 11:45 PM
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Mrgantoe
Peasant He/Him Cuba
I'm simply a distraction. 

chuid eile i síocháin
dukie. Sorry to hear about this. The best way to deal with death is not to mourn there passing but to celebrate there life.
July 22nd 2011, 08:48 AM
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SimonK
Peasant He/Him Australia
 
So sorry to hear about this...
July 22nd 2011, 08:54 AM
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SimonK is here. Welcome back.
Yeah, it's really sad.
July 23rd 2011, 12:19 AM
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Tal
Noble He/Him United States
Super Sexy Tal Pal 
Great to hear from you, old friend. Though yes, as has been established, the circumstances are less than desirable.
July 23rd 2011, 05:19 AM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
Glad to see you at least still lurk this place now and then Simon

It is certainly true that this sad event has brought back many of us to say some words.
July 24th 2011, 06:03 PM
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Rest in peace Dukie
July 24th 2011, 07:05 PM
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Tal
Noble He/Him United States
Super Sexy Tal Pal 
And the pleasant surprises continue...
July 25th 2011, 06:39 AM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
Indeed they do
July 25th 2011, 07:03 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
Dukie's final, of many, good deeds for this world; bringing back old Dinkers, even if just briefly.
July 25th 2011, 07:07 AM
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Predator
Ghost They/Them
 
how is Dukie so great?
what the hell did he ever do thats so great
July 25th 2011, 07:15 AM
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What makes predator think he is so great?
What the hell did he ever do that's so great?
Dukie was a nice guy, ran articles, made a good D-Mod, and had an eternally in progress great D-Mod.
By the way Predator you shouldn't talk about a dead person like that.
July 25th 2011, 07:23 AM
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Quiztis
Peasant He/Him Sweden bloop
Life? What's that? Can I download it?! 
Please...
July 25th 2011, 07:27 AM
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Come on! How about respecting the dead? He shouldn't talk about Dukie like that.
July 25th 2011, 07:45 AM
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Umm... what's he saying? It's kinda hard to read with hash signs and excess spaces all over. And when I come across something that is readable, it comes in all caps which makes it unreadable.
July 25th 2011, 08:17 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
If you had any compassion for Dukie, Doodler, you wouldn't be posting in this thread anymore, especially not arguing against others.
July 25th 2011, 12:39 PM
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Tal
Noble He/Him United States
Super Sexy Tal Pal 
Dukie may not have been around much recently, but he had been around in varying capacities since the start of the community, and his contributions paired with his good-spirited nature warranted recognition.
August 25th 2011, 05:35 AM
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oh god.. thats horrible. Its horrible when someone dies at the best of times, but its rare for someone on an online community to die.. it just, bleh. I hope he died peacefully and his friends and family are able to cope.
August 25th 2011, 06:23 AM
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Welcome back, SirCabbage.
Yes, it is rather sad.
August 25th 2011, 06:55 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
Hey, Cabbage. We need some old-school dudes like you back on the forums.
August 25th 2011, 11:31 AM
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DuckHater
Peasant He/Him India
From The Depths Of Tartarus Itself 
Dukie,i never knew you but by what everyone says,i can guess you were a great dude to hang with.R.I.P and i wish i could've met you.
August 25th 2011, 07:24 PM
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Thanks, I still check here out now and then. But seriously, I had to post in this thread. Gah When I first read the title I was like, "no longer being on the network, that all?" then I read and arg, I dont believe in an afterlife so I can hardly wish him all the best. But I know he had an impact here and im sure he did in his real life too. So yeah had to post. its horrible that he died
August 26th 2011, 05:24 AM
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Just popping in to express my condolences.
August 26th 2011, 06:57 AM
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DaVince
Peasant He/Him Netherlands
Olde Time Dinkere 
I'm with SirCabbage. It's really sad to read that a member of the community has died. Rest in peace, Dukie.
August 28th 2011, 05:13 AM
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LadyValoveer
Peasant He/Him New Zealand
Mildly deranged. 
Sad news indeed
August 28th 2011, 05:23 AM
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Hello LadyValoveer.
August 28th 2011, 05:31 AM
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LadyValoveer
Peasant He/Him New Zealand
Mildly deranged. 
Hi DinkDoodler.
August 28th 2011, 08:18 AM
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DuckHater
Peasant He/Him India
From The Depths Of Tartarus Itself 
Staff should delete preds post's.
January 2nd 2013, 07:53 AM
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DackFight
Peasant He/Him United States
Making Topics off-track faster then you can say it 
Yet again sorry for necromancy, but I feel like a jerk now, I just now read this and I always called him and some other staff members lazy and other insults for leaving their jobs, but I suppose Dukie has a reason so sorry to any staff who have a good reason to derelict their duties.