Crazy is a relative term in my family.
Age 12, Male
Professional Idiot
dun't no what school iz
From Parts Unknown
Joined on 7/12/00
I just came back here to re-watch Rise of the MK...and this is what I find.
His flash movies touched me greatly back in the day, when I was making my first steps into Newgrounds as a kid and had a craze about all things Mario.
I will forever remember you. May you rest in peace.
Two years ago I returned to newgrounds to see what else my favorite authors had added, and found that the man at the top of my list was gone. A man with more creativity and heart than most people will encounter in their entire lives. When I was in middle school his animations brought me a lot of joy when I was having problems at home and at school, and I will be eternally grateful for that. Rest in Peace Randy, you will be missed
I can't believe this. =/ I'm so depressed now... i remember when my uncle first showed me VGDC, before i even knew newgrounds existed. R.I.P.
3 years now and it's not getting any easier
RIP, thank you so much for those moments of joy. Maybe the positive will vibrations arrive to your family at all times.
hard to believe it's been 4 years now since you left us Randy, still love your work
I thought you don't want kids. Goddamn you humans suck! Never make up their minds on children!(at least China does).
I can't believe you turn back on your own work, you fucking faggot! May bad karma come to you, you backstabber! Rest in pieces, jerkoff.
I can't believe what I'm reading. Some of you people have absolutely no respect for the dead, and should be ashamed of yourselves. This was an incredibly hard and emotional time for this family, and I've scrolled through the comments seeing people say "He sucked anyway" and saying he backed down on his work. There's no reason for that. He was a talented man, and considering all of the comments, he obviously touched a lot of peoples lives. If you have a negative comment, go say it in front of his family directly. He had children, a girlfriend, a family. How do you think they feel when they look through these comments and see things like that?
But go ahead, continue taunting people who have lost loved ones. Let them know you don't care. Because when the merry go round spins around and it's you in their position, maybe you'll realize exactly the impact it has on your life.
Christ, five years...
@Deathwing43, I noticed that too. Thankfully, those posts were just blips on the radar compared to the warm things being said.
I will say this, I only talked to Randy once, and it was when I asked him what version of Flash he used. Granted, I got a curt reply, looking back, I could understand why. That'd probably be the umpteenth time he'd answered that question. Man helped me learn the value of search engines, lol.
On a serious note, he inspired me to create flashes and was the first major artist I loved on here. I felt a deafening blow when I learned of his death. Hope the family is doing alright.
Ahhhh :’( shit dude... I remember hearing about this not long after it happened. I couldn’t believe it.
I still can’t. I remember an eerie silence engulfing me and being in a sombre mood for the rest of that day. It was surreal. I’ve seen a few members of the NG community depart us in our lifetime but this was the first one that really moved me, personally. In fact, the first time the death of any stranger had any kind of real impact on me. Even now it makes me emotional.
Like so many here, you were one of the big inspirations to me. Growing up, Randy was one of the deciding factors in pushing me to try out animation for real. If I hadn’t dabbled with sprite movies, I might never have attempted frame by frame or anything.
I hope you’re ok up there in the aether dude. I often think about all the big influences I’ve had on here in my life and you were one of the first. Big respect and big love to your family.
Still hurts you're gone man, your content really brought a lot to the world and inspired so many.
.......oh dear. Okay when I said I wanted bad karma, I didn't expect him to die. I'm sooooo sorry! Please ignore my first post. I'd delete it if I could but don't know how! I was just mad that you had to leave your site for something else. Please forgive me, guys! I didn't mean it like this.
I didn't know he REALLY died. It's heart failure, isn't it? My condolences, Randy. I missed your old movies and site. Rest in peace, buddy. And again, I'm sorry for what I said! I'm not really a bad person, just always misunderstood. And again, we'll really miss you, Randy. *sniffs* (๑˃̥̩̥̥̥̥̆ಐ˂̩̩̥̥̩̥̆৭)
@Clerick yeah. Especially the old ones. I miss that the most. ;,,,(
Loved your work. Not Forgotten.
loved your work :( R.I.P
I just found out about this! I was a huge fan of his work especially Rise of The MK and his work he did on the decline series! The world has lost a great creator! R.I.P
It has been ages (think my last review on NG was from 2005) since I've been here and the reason I came back was simply to re-watch Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom. Reading over the comments my heart breaks and and yeah, I may have cried a few tears. My father had passed back in 2001 so videos like RotMK was my escape for many years after.
Randy's loss is definitely still felt but also is his memory still remembered.
I watched alot of his animations when I was alot younger, he was a really big inspiration for me. May he Rest in peace.
When I was 12 I'd come on here and your rise of the mushroom kingdom series was my favorite thing to watch on here. I'm 29 now and I just went back to my old account and remembered this series and it's very heartbreaking to know that the creator of something that brought me happiness when I was 12 has passed away. I hope he's thriving in paradise right now.
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Rest in Peace. The memories of you and your animations won't ever die.