Hi there,
I am Dag’s sister and Gotta Go’s daughter Bekah or VLynxx. And I just wanted to add some things as well. But firstly Dag spoke openly and has written an absolutely beautiful tribute to our mother.
We have played this game for most of our lives. (Not sure that Dag is comfortable with me sharing his age, but I am 22 and losing our mother at our ages is extremely difficult, even more so than when it happens later in life. She was 58, she was robbed of so much time). I had taken a very long break from the game because of college and also my mental health did not allow for me to add another hobby. But, during COVID-19 my mother and my brother taught me so much about this game and constantly talked about the community. This community is absolutely wonderful. And I got to know so much about people I had never spoken to. I knew their stories, their real names and their character names. They always wanted to tell me the updates of everything I missed when I would come home each week. And they even started to show me how to do the swords event. I was set on joining and playing with the both of them and all their friends once I got a PC. Then, as Dag said, mom got diagnosed with an extremely aggressive cancer. It happened fast, and we were left to deal with all of her affairs, and even now I am still dealing with everything legally whilst in the middle of a hurricane. And I never got to play again with my mom. I never got the chance.
But, something that brought me a massive light in a seemingly endless dark tunnel was the memorial raids held in her honor. Dag and all of the clan invited me to join on her main, GottaGo. I finally met this community she had become a part of and met these wonderful people I call my friends now. I soon joined after getting my PC and started playing this month. I have been invited into the community with open arms and I can feel her. Every time I’m in game, I get that nostalgia of her, and all those nights playing with her as kids, and sitting in her home as they told me about all their friends and a game she loved so dearly.
But a heavy weight rests on my shoulders that I was never able to play with her again. I never got to do swords with her, I never got to do the raids with her, I never got to watch her compete in Olympiad. Seeing her name on those elpys, and seeing a memorial for her by swords would be as close as I could get to having that with her. I hope that you will seriously consider this. I know it’s probably difficult to do, but you would not only bring solace to two young adults who lost their mom, but also the community of your game that lost a comrade, and dear friend.
Please consider our request.
Thank you sincerely for your time.
Peace and love,
Bekah (Lynx)