Oh my God, I am just learning this. I moved to Scourge from Pure the last couple wipes and must have barely missed it.
Z3RO made Rust incredibly enjoyable for me, and is surely a big part of why I have stuck around - just waiting for a mercurial presence like his to sweep me up again.
He was super helpful and engaging and patient with me as I flailed about after coming from public PVP servers. He was coincidentally a nearish-neighbor in several consecutive wipes and always had time for me and others in the community. Even when he was sick, he hardly seemed to miss a beat in his positivity. In his Rust life, at least, he was a model citizen. He more than loved this game and community. He cared for it. He did some special stuff within the confines of the sandbox, and I always wondered what the game would be like if creative and determined people like him were ever given the keys to the kingdom.
I only knew him for a few months, and I miss him. To be honest, I'm logged on right now and it's taken the wind out of my sails for the moment. I hope all of you that knew him much better are doing alright. His exploits made for wonderful times for many of us. In little ways here and there, he taught those around him to have good, clean fun.
RIP, new friend. Keep showing us how it's done.
