Everyone in the giantbomb crew has inspired me in some way, I may not be active in the community but I still love this site and its people. I just cant believe this happened...

He was such a cool guy, every day after school i would check the site and just get lost in videos and the podcast, I discovered giantbomb shortly after it was created and figured i could follow it from its creation and be a part of a cool thing, from the moment i watched "Building the bomb" and their other early videos I fell in love with the giantbomb crew. I was never the type to write huge posts so I'll keep it short, I was really shy and scared of what other people thought of me growing up, i was just that kid who would sit there quietly and not talk but the crew, specifically Ryan and his outspoken nature inspired me, for lack of a better way to say it I wanted to be more like him. He Had a full grip on who he was and was just so awesome because of it. Over the years I've become more confident and the friends I've had and made could back me up on that. I think the part of all this that is making me the saddest is that I'll never get to meet Ryan, and to this day I've kept all this stuff about him inspiring me to be myself well.. to myself, because in all honesty it sounds creepy in my head but.. now he's gone and... I'm just so sad I'll never get to meet him... RIP...