Rest In Peace Pygmalion - Condolences thread only - No Chat

D4RK ONION

You always wanted me to post in here again, here you go buddy.

The world is less brilliant with out you. I will not forget you. Pyggy

Slow Show

I can't believe this...I just don't know what to say.

R.I.P. Pyg

Aoifey!

Wow, I really didn't see that coming, thought he could have just went somewhere to get away

RIP

xx

HandsomeDivil

This is so sad. I never knew Paul but he sounds like a great guy, God only knows what his family and friends must be going through. R.I.P

Luno

Only earlier on Pyggy crossed my mind RIP Pyg, a great contribution to boards.ie!

Jamie Starr

Oh no.... so so sad for his family, I really thought he would be found alive and well....

Judging by his intelligent, funny and polite posts during my time on boards, he must have been an absolute pleasure to know in person, and have made a positive impact on a lot of people.

My condolences to all his family and friends.

Fergus_

I honestly thought he would come home and it'll be all over.

I never expected this. RIP Pyg

cheesefiend

This is really heartbreaking. RIP Pygmalion.

flyswatter

Very sad.

RIP.

ohthebaby

Every evening I logged in and checked here and the DCU forum for news. I am in absolute shock right now. RIP Pygmalion and God help his family and friends right now. Very, very sad.

psychward

I never knew the guy but RIP. Very sad. My sympathies to his friends and family.

Seren_

Paul was around C&H/boards as long as I've been here - one of the first posters I remember noticing because of his awesome username! It's going to be a quieter place around here without him Condolences to everyone who knew him, and especially his family.

RIP Pygmalion xx

Pigwidgeon

I'm going to lock this thread temporarily out of respect, according to the facebook page not everyone has been notified about this.

I'll reopen it as a condolences thread when theres more news.

Pigwidgeon

Pigwidgeon

Mod note:

Unfortunately Paul's death has been confirmed by a family member. I am reopening this thread as a condolences thread only.

Any off topic posts or speculation post will be deleted and infracted. This is my only warning.

Rest in peace pygmalion.

Insect Overlord

Pygmalion/Paul. For a man I only met once or twice in person, he left some impression. One of the greatest characters I was lucky to get to know on-line. He was a huge part of making C&H the great forum it is today.

R.I.P. sir. Words won't do you justice.

Mr. Rager

Didn't really know the poor guy, bar the odd post here and wherever else, but I send my condolences to his family and friends regardless. Always a tragedy when a young person dies. RIP.

Kaleidoscopic

I never met pyg but I spoke to him a good few times in IRC. So, so sad. A quality guy, may he rest in peace.

Previous nick, Arcade Panda.

Noelly

RIP Pyg Sad to see you go, and I'm sure a loss to the world as you'd have gone on to do big things with computing I'm sure. Condolences to his family.

DingosAteMyBaby

Rest in peace Paul/Pygmalion. My thoughts go out to his family/friends.

SarahBeep!

RIP Pyggy :-V

randylonghorn

RIP Paul. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.

unknown13

Pyg was posting here when I first started posting on this forum and there too many memorable moments on this forum featured Pyg, he was a great poster and a terrific regular here.

RIP Pyg

Jako8

Pygmalion was the first person I PM'd on boards. That was around the time that I first posted in C&H too. I remember spending late nights on here with him and all you guys too. His posts genuinely made me laugh more times than I can remember. He was a passionate poster and a vital component to what made me love everything about C&H and what kept me posting here for so long.

RIP Paul.

eVeNtInE

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IHeartChemistry

RIP Pyg. Hope your happy wherever you are and I hope the angels are looking after you We never spoke but from your posts you seemed like a true gentleman. Look after yourself sham xxx

Aoibheann

RIP, Paul. I'm struggling to find words because this is all so wrong. I hope you find peace and happiness wherever you are now. I'm never going to forget you, "Lads.", all the silly quotes and in-jokes, PAC.. Everything. You were an absolute pleasure to know. Thoughts are with your family and anyone else who was lucky enough to know you, you're going to be missed so, so much. <3333333

Salty

R.I.P Pyg. Can't believe your tragic outcome. Your picture was on the door in work for the last month. I'd hoped I'd be able to take it down after you had returned home. I suppose it's not to be. I didn't know you very well, but I hope you're happy wherever you find yourself now.

jumpguy

Sad to hear this...it's very strange to think I won't see him around here anymore.

RIP Pyg.

Fad

RIP Paul/Pyg/bunbun.

Didn't know him particularly well, but had the pleasure of having a few drinks with him twice and chatting a little. One of the smartest people I knew.

brummytom

RIP Pyg.


Didn't know him amazingly well, and I know I got on his tits in the IRC a few times a year or two ago, but he was a good laugh, and a really clever bloke. Absolutely awful.

mardybumbum

I didn't know Paul personally but I was really dissapointed to hear of his death. Checked in every day hoping to hear of his safe return. Very sad news.

Condolences to family and friends.

jefreywithonef

Hasn't sunk in at all yet. One of the funniest guys I've ever encountered online and also one of the smartest and most articulate. I'm not religious but it's times like these I really hope for an afterlife. RIP man.

JamJamJamJam

This is such a shame. I wasn't very familiar with him, but it was clear how popular he was. Even looking at the response that this whole situation has generated, it's obvious that he was a great, really well-liked guy. From the sounds of things he helped make C&H what it was. RIP, Paul.


EDIT: Just to add to that, Paul's name is trending in Ireland on Twitter now. That says something. Rest in peace, Pyg.

PurpleVintage

Goodnight Paul... I didn't know you, but followed your case religiously, and was not expecting anything but a little get-away vacation. I heard about it at 7pm, still can't get rid of the horrible sick feeling... the lack of information makes it worse too.

I'm also not religious, but I do want to believe in a "eternal dream"... and I have no doubt your dream-life will be amazing and filled with love, just how you filled other people's lives with love. I wish you could read all the nice things people have been saying about you. It's very touching ^^

I feel so heartbroken for him and his family.... how will they ever breathe again?

AtomicKoala

Gonna miss you Pyg, gonna miss you I'll never forget the craic on IRC, our silly debates, or even *those* stories.
He was a good guy, and the world is less for his absence.

Pigwidgeon

I woke up today hoping this was a horrible dream. For the last five weeks I kept waiting for him to post asking what all the fuss was about.

This forum has lost a truely great poster, and the world a truely great person. I never got to meet Paul at any of the meet ups but from what I knew of him from here and IRC he was a genuinely nice, smart and funny person.

Rest in peace Paul.

Captain Graphite

I really don't know what to say. Was hoping against hope that he would return safe and well. I only got to meet him twice and both times I met him he was a really friendly and cheerful guy. I only wish I had the chance to meet him more often.

He was one of the wittiest posters on C&H and an extremely intelligent guy who could hold his own in any debate on any topic. He's gonna be missed a lot.

"Grand bit of posting there, Pyggy." R.I.P.

Davidius

It's hard to know what to say about something like this. Pyg was a very funny and intelligent guy whose contributions had an immeasurable effect on my enjoyment of the forum. He was articulate and rational when entering a debate and he consistently expressed a great deal of wit. He helped lay the foundations for and drive the unstoppable force of mathematics in C&H through his set theoretic treatment of parallelograms.

I'll always remember the great craic that was had in IRC. Pyg had a great sense of humour and came up with some genius quotes. He always used his programming-wizardry as a force for good, giving the people the power to pull up compromising quotes against rogue ops. He respected the way of 'Lads' and was too fast for any of us to compete with during rounds of triviabot. After about two years of in-jokes, chat and conversations about things I didn't entirely grasp it's hard to believe he's gone. IRC just hasn't been right without his name in the sidebar and it saddens me to know I won't be able to talk to him again.

RIP Pygmalion.

marko93

Can't even try to pretend I knew they guy, bar the one or two times i was on IIRC. So all i can say is R.I.P!

soccymonster

Woke up to such sad news. RIP pyggy. We always knew you had the best beard bbz.

Achtung!

I didnt know him but always read his posts and its easy to see how well liked he was around here.. RIP Paul.

cloud493

RIP mate. Didn't know you well, but your death has obviously touched so many who knew you, and loved you. I do believe in afterlife, so I believe your in a better place now, but your death has touched us all, and we're all worse off, for having lost you. RIP.

TheRealSquishy

Think the amount of posts here and on facebook reflect what an awesome guy Pyggy was. I'm really really glad that I got to call him a friend. Kinda lost for words here, which is very unusual! Pyg, your Mam raised an absolute gentleman and your family should be really proud. Irc is never gonna be the same, you made our little chatroom a home, thanks. Thanks for all the laughs and a shoulder when I needed it.

RMS has lost the greatest fanboy ever :P

We'll really miss you pyg, sweet dreams pet

Namlub

Just saw this, awful news Pyg was one of the wittiest, most intelligent C&Hers ever, the forum and IRC won't be the same without him. LADS.

Robby91

RMS has lost the greatest fanboy ever

I never thought I'd see the day where I would miss the interjections about Linux vs Linux/GNU

RIP Pyg, it was great having the opportunity to chat with you (even if they were somewhat few and far between) in IRC and, even if it's been said so many times already, it really just won't be the same without you in the channel.

Konata

Pygmalion was the first person I ever talked to on C&H, way back in like 2009 or early 2010 or something. He made me laugh so hard through some very dark times in my life. He was there in IRC right from the very start, a constant, reliable presence. He made that channel what it was, and for me, he was one of the ones who made C&H the great forum it became.

I remember the first time I met him, at a C&H meet-up. I remember sitting with him at a café table and him taking out his laptop to let everyone on C&H know how much fun we were having :P I was lucky enough to bump into him a couple of times since I started DCU in September - on fresher's day he literally dragged me to the Redbrick stall and attempted to sign me up as Ho-ster!! That's the Pygmalion I'll always remember, the messer

In a way, I feel like I've known Pyggy a lot longer than I have. I hit rock bottom around the time I started posting in C&H and since then I've built a brand new life for myself. Pygmalion has been there for all of that. He was there for all the changes that I went through. So now that he's gone I feel confused. Where will he be so that I can joke with him about the next change?

I think what's hardest about it is that I can't bear to think of him feeling so alone that he had nothing to live for. The night I found out he was missing I trawled through IRC logs to try and find a clue as to his whereabouts. I don't pay much attention to IRC these days though I'm usually signed in. What I found were signs. And I'm devastated that I didn't pick up on them, devastated that I wasn't there reading each word. But I can't blame myself or anyone for that, it's just torture.

I think that Pyggy touched more people than he could ever have thought possible. And if there's a faint silver lining to this dark cloud it's that someone out there might think again before they disappear or take their own lives. Someone else might be more wary of signs of distress in those around them. In some way, Pyggy's sacrifice might save the life of another person, that there could be some good to come from this tragic incident.

I've rambled on here more than I meant to. It's probably not even that coherent. But all I can say is that I'm going to miss you so much Pyggy. I hope that wherever you are now, you're happy. I hope there's no more pain. RIP <3333333333

bluejay14

ironictoaster

Rest in Peace Paul.

Cheers to you (and redbrick society) for my first proper college drink in the slipper at DCU.

Still finding it very hard to comprehend.

You will be missed.

Cakes.

RIP Pyg

IRC will be so different without you. I've been waiting for you to come back online the past few weeks. I never understood the computery things you talked about.

You also taught me this face --> ;_;

Which is how I've been feeling since I heard the news.

You'll be missed ;_;

jorges

I know I didn't know him at all but from his posts and what others here have said he sounds like a real genuine person. Kind, very funny and witty and also very intelligent. I hope that wherever he is now he finds peace. R.I.P.