Very Sad News

[John R. Dennison]

Michael Denison (Splunty) sent me a message on Facebook Sunday evening that
caught me completely by surprise. He mentioned that Dan Damouth (Tuber) had
passed away back in 2010. Doubly shocking as it turned out that Dan was only
a year younger than myself.

I am including Michael's message here for completeness.

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I don't know how else to share bad news with you.

One of the netrek folk discovered that Dan Damouth passed away September 19,
2010. I don't know if you were as close to him as some of us were, but if you
were, I think you have to know.

One of us should probably share with the netrek community.

Hope you're doing well.
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This was the first that I had heard of it which, considering that I was not
especially close to Dan, isn't all that surprising. I would, however, have
hoped someone in the community would have heard something about this before
now and passed the information on :(

I did some research and was not able to locate an official obituary for
Dan but I did manage to locate:

http://larryvoyer.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I194285&tree=v7_28

Michael has confirmed that this was indeed him.

Besides getting this information out to what remains of the netrek
community I was wondering if anyone else had any information regarding
Dan's passing.

I've contacted Addison and asked him to reach out to Jitesh and that
crowd.

My thanks to Michael for informing me of this loss.







John

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The Plague (1947)

[Niclas Fredriksson]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, John R. Dennison wrote:

> One of the netrek folk discovered that Dan Damouth passed away September 19,
> 2010. I don't know if you were as close to him as some of us were, but if you
> were, I think you have to know.

That is indeed very sad news. I had no idea. I saw your post on facebook
and I will say here what I said there.

I played with him for many years, both in pickup games but also on
numerous teams. I remember him being very competitive and a very skilled
player, especially in his aggressive CA. He could get quite angry if the
games didn't go the way he wanted but as soon as the adrenaline had
dropped down a bit he was a cool guy and friends with most people again.

Back in 1998 we created a team of new hockey stars (him, me, von, rizzi
and balcerski) to beat the famous team In Cold Milk who had won pretty
much all seasons prior to that. In Cold Milk had superstars like Ken
Hanson, Nathan Doss, Tom Holub, Andrew Yeh, Mike Vitale, Taric Mirza,
Felix Gallo and, of course, the best hockey player ever: Steve Franks
(Data). We developed a new kind of hockey to counter these great players,
where every team member was a highly skilled dogfighter and therefore
could take on opponents in a one-on-one situation. We focused on playing
bigger ships (one BB, one CA, 2-3 SCs) and won the season handidly.

He was always against stacking and that is probably why he took the
initiative to create the anti-ICM team to beat the hockey legends once and
for all. I remember him telling me time and time again I should leave the
Jitesh stack in INL and WNL and create another competitive team. In
hindsight, of course he was right.

Me and Dan had a similar philosophy on how bronco should be played and
because of that we also played in the draft league together on several
teams. We won that league too, focusing on dogfighting and controlling
space. I remember Dan being very good at coming up with strategies to use
aganist all other opponents. He was also very good at including everyone
in games. Many coaches would stack their teams in the draft league but not
Dan. He made sure everyone got to play the same amount of games.

He also did his best to keep the hockey scene alive, scheduling clue
games. The last saved mail I have from him is from December 2004 where
he's asking me go join a hockey clue game. I wish I would get another one
just like that right now.

While I never met Dan other than online, I surely will miss him.

--
Niclas

[Dave Ahn]

I'm very sad to hear this, too.  Dan was a great guy and a friend, though I also never met him in person.  He was not only a great player and a teammate over many years, but he also helped the game and the community through all that he did outside of just playing.  He took part in or supported (or voiced constructive criticism against) critical changes to game play, leagues and team balance, but most importantly, he was always very tolerant of and helpful to newbies or less experienced players in the game.  I have a lot of fond memories of him, and I miss him already.

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Dave

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Niclas

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[Zachary Uram]

I echo what others have said. I'll never forget Dan's talent for
making clever hockey haikus!

Zach

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[Nimret Sandhu]

Yes, sad news indeed. I always enjoyed playing with him and against him though I also never met him in person. great guy - he will be missed :(

regards,

nimret (aka chewbacca)

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[Anuj Kumar]

My sentiments exactly. I still remember when he first started playing, and then started kicking my ass shortly thereafter.

-Anuj (aka slut) (actually... now it's daddy slut)

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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:01:29 -0700
Subject: Re: [netrek-forever] Re: [netrek-dev] Very Sad News
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[Zachary Uram]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Anuj Kumar <anuj_k...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> -Anuj (aka slut) (actually... now it's daddy slut)

Congrats!

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[Lawrence Brass]

So sad to know he is gone. I have some great memories chatting with him at the servers, he always had the patience to coach newbies as me, at late hours. What he never convinced me of though, was to play hockey...

Wherever you are, thanks for the moments Daniel.

Regards,
LarryX.

[EUTH!]

I am a very sad Tuber.

I'll pass this along to the Chico, berkeley, "jitesh" crew that I'm still in contact with.  Anyone know what happened?

Karim

[Dave Ahn]

I exchanged a few emails with Dan's father, Mr. David Damouth.  He didn't give me permission to repost his personal response about Dan, so I'll summarize the important bits.

Dan passed away peacefully from a heart attack while sleeping at home on Sept 19, 2010.  He was with his parents in Colorado at the time.  His remains were cremated and spread on the Continental Divide near Berthoud Pass, Colorado - a place he visited and enjoyed with his family from time to time.  Anyone wishing to pay respects can probably do so along the Colorado River, the Platte River, Missouri River, and Mississippi River.

Mr. Damouth is creating a memorial web site for Dan with photos and remembrances.  If and when it's available, and if I'm privy to its location, I'll pass it along to the list for everyone.

TuberCounter--.  May he rest in peace.

Dave

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[Dave Ahn]

I forgot to mention that I passed on our collective condolences from those of us who knew him through Netrek.  Mr. Damouth was grateful.  If you have anything you'd like to say, please post to this thread, and I will pass on the link to this thread to him later next week after people have responded.  Of course, you can respond privately and directly to the family - Google search for the contact info.

Dave

[John R. Dennison]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 04:31:31PM -0400, Dave Ahn wrote:
> I forgot to mention that I passed on our collective condolences from those
> of us who knew him through Netrek. Mr. Damouth was grateful. If you have
> anything you'd like to say, please post to this thread, and I will pass on
> the link to this thread to him later next week after people have responded.
> Of course, you can respond privately and directly to the family - Google
> search for the contact info.

Dave,

Thank you.




John
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"So you know, cats are interesting. They are kind of like girls. If they
come and talk to you, it's great. But if you try to talk to them it
doesn't always go so well."

- Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo game designer

[Addison Laurent]

Thanks, Dave.

I just remember him being a pretty nice guy.

Sad news indeed.

Addison

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