I lost my duo yesterday
I'm writing this with a heavy heart. Yesterday, my long-time gaming friend online know as KSI Abolic passed away. We go back about 15 years, having met on Xbox Live when we were just 15 or 16 years old.
We grew up together through our headsets, meeting on Halo Reach custom lobbys and enjoying the company of Halo 3s Sniper v Mongoose chase maps. We played everything under the sun, loved Halo, Red Dead 1 and some toxic trolling on Halo Wars 1 and 2, and an isanse 10 year Minecraft world. But one of my favorite early memories was loading into Battlefield 3, especially on Firestorm where whenever he took the pilot's seat of the transport heli, he designated his call sign as "Burger King" throughout the match, i had to refer to him as Burger King to get transport from those two annoying hills snipers would sit on. So that we could drop c4s. As the years went on, our gaming evolved into an annual tradition: every year around Halloween, we couldn't wait for the new Dark Pictures co-op game to release so we could play through the horror games together. This year, Directive 8020 hits hard.
The universe worked in crazy ways for us too. When I was around 25, I ended up working with his girlfriend. I used that connection to pull off a massive surprise road trip so we could finally link up and meet in person. I brought my xbox and everything to keep our streaks and gaming sessions alive. Going from teenage squeakers in a lobby to real friendship duos hanging out after a decade is something I’ll always cherish.
It’s incredibly heavy knowing I won't see his gamertag light up anymore. Lobbies are going to be empty without you. Safe flying, Burger King. Until we drop into the same match again, rest in peace. GG, my friend.
Please cherish who you meet and take every game or moment as the last. You truly never know what could happen.