I believe Giant Bomb has the best goddamn community on the internet and I don't believe for a second that a community like this just happens on its own. It's a direct result of the people who run this site. They're not just faceless by lines who provide us content, but friends who show us how we should act towards each other by example. This community was purpousfully grown into something goddamn special and I'm proud to be a part of it. Much love to everyone here and a huge thank you to everyone that made this community possible. Especially to Ryan Davis. We're all gonna miss you like crazy =(

Oh this is just amazing.. time to break down all over again repeatedly. I <3 you all, even those I don't know. <3 the Bomb, the Crew, everyone.

Miss you Boss.

Baller Time forever.

The best part of this is watching Zombiepie have a breakdown over this. xD

You're the best, Ryan. We'll miss you always.

You guys are the bomb

This is what happened when I realized I saved all of the images as BMPs and not JPEGs or PNGs...twice:

Ryan will always live on in our hearts, and the huge, positive impact he left on our lives.

Zombie, that is just amazing work compiling all this. Thank you, good sir.

I am usually silent, I am almost the same age as Ryan. I worked at a game store (have since moved on) when Ryan started posting at Gamespot. I cannot believe he is gone for multiple reasons, but I feel like life has forever changed for me. I laughed a lot, not I am making up for it by crying. My thoughts are with his wife, family, and friends. This world is less without him. In the words of John Donne, "

No man is an island,

Entire of itself,

Every man is a piece of the continent,

A part of the main.

If a clod be washed away by the sea,

Europe is the less.

As well as if a promontory were.

As well as if a manor of thy friend's

Or of thine own were:

Any man's death diminishes me,

Because I am involved in mankind,

And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;

It tolls for thee."

@zombiepie said:

@demoskinos said:

The best part of this is watching Zombiepie have a breakdown over this. xD

This is what happened when I realized I saved all of the images as BMPs and not JPEGs or PNGs...twice:

I didn't even realize the site doesn't accept BMPs. I just never used them because they're huge and PNGs are already lossless. The more you know.

Also, the Thank you for being a Friend video is perfect T-T

Awesome work, everyone! I know that all of this is helping me cope, and I imagine it is helping many other people here as well.

On a side note, who made the other Macbook Air and sad dog image? Me and you, man. We're assholes. ha. :)

Oh, and @zombiepie, couldn't you just open each image file in Paint and Save as a Jpg? I don't understand why you had to search for them again.

Anyway, thanks for all your hard work!

I had all of tabs still there, and I was already broken and making bad decisions.

Thanks for compiling all this, seeing the amazing tributes from the Giant Bomb community has been truly uplifting.

Incredible work, all. Still astounds me how the community came together in this tragic time. This place is amazing.

Ryan would approve, I'm sure.

No human being, alive or dead, should ever have to use MS Paint. Mods deserve a budget. :p Failing that: irfanview.com

Lots of delightful art. More people should sign their work though!

This just fortifies my belief that Giant Bomb has the greatest community... ever.

Bookmarking this page for later viewing. Thanks for gathering it all in one place.

:)

I use Microsoft Office Picture Manager 2010 thank you very much.

Ahh. Okay. Well, at least you still had the tabs open. :)

Thanks ZombiePie, you're pretty awesome.

Thanks for putting these all in one place, much appreciated. But I'm gettin' on your case 'cuz I don't see mine :P

@zombiepie Thanks for putting this together.

RIP Ryan, we love you.

I will buy you a copy of something better myself if I need to. Paint Shop Pro... Kai's Power Tools... ACDSee... anything... O_o It's for your health. Don't skimp.

Nachoboss will live in our hearts FOR EVER. UH UH UH UH UH

Holy shit guys, we're some of the nicest people around. I'm sorry Ryan missed this one, he would have been proud.

I'll always love and never forget Ryan, i'll always love this community.

If you like to add it, I made a memorial gif as well:

All this is so great.

Wow this community is so awesome! And @ZombiePie thank you for consolidating all of this.

Awesome collection

Dave Lang also wrote a tribute: http://josephjbroni.tumblr.com/post/54977452031/about-ryan

Oh man, that Star Wars tribute was perfect.

Arthur Geis wrote something too http://pragmagic.tumblr.com/post/54951291701/goodbye-ryan

I made a blog about it that got no response. Linkity Link

Man, seeing what some of these people are doing for Ryan is incredible and inspiring. You talented bastards.

@zombiepie

You are one of the best things about this community, Zombiepie. Week in/week out you are constantly supporting the community.

This one had to take an insane amount of time to put together and yet you did it, Great work as always duder.

The outpourng of just overwhelming positivity both in comments and in images, GIFs etc is just amazing! I was a total wreck last week when this all came out, even up until Tuesday i couldnt talk about Ryan without bursting into tears which was awkward at work but a good number of my colleagues also follow Giantbomb so it was fine. Everyone talking about him, putting up tribute videos, images, threads like this has helped a lot, the Bombcast and video the GB guys put up also helped, im not even close to 100% but i can feel myself beginning to cope with it a bit better.

I just really feel for the guys in the office right now, as someone who has gone through something similar to this with someone i worked with (well she killed herself so not quite the same) i do completely understand how difficult this will all be. Life can be a cruel and twisted thing sometimes, im thankfull that Ryan didnt suffer, that his short time here with us was enjoyable for him and that he not only made friends with some of the best people you could ever meet, he married and was able to enjoy that time with his friends and family. He had a pretty good life filled with some excellent people and im sure his only regret would be not getting to spend more time with everyone.

I haven't seen the spotlight full like this in like... ever! Quite awesome really because it's mostly for Ryan. =-)

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Look at all that stuff. LOOK AT IT!

Amazing.

Thank you, @zombiepie and to everyone who contributed to this. You guys are all great :D

The Community Spotlight is still a threat!

And get some rest for Christ's sake, @zombiepie!

Small blog post

I made a blog post for Ryan, but it's not that important (I made it public more as a personal reason so as to know I Have to stick to the words I said). It's not a big deal so don't waste your energy adding it if it's a hassle.

Thanks to everyone who made these. It might take me a couple months, but I'll be damned if I don't read all of them.

Excellent work sir.

Great work everyone!

Holy awesome! Thanks @zombiepie. This community is just the coolest.

@zombiepie: Man this is great. Thank you. I've also created a thread in which I say what I feel about Ryan's passing. If you could add it to the list I appreciate it. It's this one here. Thank you.

Thanks for featuring my rich text and audiovisual 2.0 content on this selected webzone partner network.

I played about 15 hours of Civ V for ya @ryan, it's still worth each of those five stars that you gave it!

The followers of my religion are called Taswellians. So there's that.

I'm proud to see my artwork here with all these really awesome, talented artists, some of which I recognize from Tumblr. I'm trying to read as many of the blog posts as I can, as well. I may never have met Ryan, but through the podcast, many, many videos, and through the stories of other people here, I feel like he used to be sitting on the couch right next to me as we played games together. Keep up the amazing work, Bomb Community.