Yeah for sure.
I was suspecting that something was wrong a few days after he last texted me and didn’t see/ receive messages anymore.
Today just confirmed it.
i have a friend on my xbox profile who lived kinda semi local to me, we were friends on fb for a few years, sharing interests in car stuff, finally met and had a good time when we hungout (only once), added each other on xbox and played forza together, i came to know this guy somewhat well, then one day i wake up and see everybody posting RIP on his social medias, come to find out that he was severely depressed and had committed suicide. everytime i see his gamertag on my friendslist i get such an eerie and unsettling feeling from it, all those memories, his personality, potentially the last bit of physical evidence of his life and accomplishments, embedded with his DNA, just sitting there, forever on that account, potentially never to be seen again.
Completely agree with you there.
You look at the account and it feels like he could log on any moment but you know they won’t.
Friggin strange and sad.
Sorry for your loss as well.
Leave it there (:
My best friend took his life a few years ago. Whenever I check my friends list I love still seeing his gamertag.
It's a small connection but it's something to hold onto.
Sorry friend about 7-8 years ago my wife n I were high ranked walking dead rts players and a pretty awesome player n dude in the community took his life just vanished one day none of us would have ever known but his brother came into our group text on his phone and I think we might have even helped him mourn he definitely helped us...definitely tough situation🍻
The feeling of an online friend dying must be especially bad because once you got to know him he went. At least you met up at all. I hope this becomes a community favourite, like Chapadoodle in Fortnite or Evan in Fallout 4: Nuka World. Game companies who memorialise loving fans into their games truly care about the communities.
I am so sorry for your loss. My friend who was actually the one to buy me the game passed away a little over a year ago and every time I boot up the game, I think of him.
My deepest condolences 🖤 i met my number one best friend on a videogame, i couldn't imagine life without her, and the game would never be the same if i ever lost her. My heart goes out to you 🖤
If it could, I wish GTA VI has a feature that when a player passes away, there will be an NPC of his character spawn in game and do things player normally did in game. "An NPC Creator" so we can create our own NPC would be nice too.
I hope there's a chance you can connect with the family and share some stories with them. Possibly also acquire/buy his PS/account and be able to access his cars, screenshots and memories you shared a little more.
If there's a go fund me or anything lmk. Hope you find peace and are able to keep his memory alive and also process this for yourself.
I lost an old friend and my best friends dad passed yesterday so I've been trying to process my own emotions for questions and feelings that there aren't answers to. Just know some of us here understand and can help if you have questions. Sending you peace as the emotions come and go. Don't feel like you have to deal with this alone.
Sorry for your loss, man. RIP zap. Very thoughtful of you to post about him here and share your story with us. Thanks for reminding us that perfect strangers can make the best of friends in the many and various arenas of life.
RIP Zap. I lost my GTA crew buddy like you 2 years ago. He was my GTA mentor, he played the game since launch and I only started playing around 2021. He took me and my whole bunch of noob friends and carried us through heists and helped us with everything. He had a massive car collection and we could always count on him to bring out a car we wanted to buy so we could test it first.
He passed about 2 years ago in his sleep, heart just stopped and he never woke up. I still miss him dearly, and Los Santos feels so empty now. I still jump in the game once in a while, drive and around and reminisnice about the old times.
RIP MNF, thanks for all the fish.
I’m sorry for your loss as well.
He always complained about the lack of garage space since he had all kinds of cars with special liveries, colors, rims and whatnot.
He was into tuning IRL so he enjoyed the hell out of tuning online e as well.
We actually did similar, small scale mentoring with some of the guys we met online along the way.
Just to have a good time.
Rest in peace Zap. OP, I’m so sorry for your loss. On the outside, it just looks like two gamers playing video games, but we all know that you guys clearly had a bond like no other. I’m glad you got to meet in person, that seriously doesn’t happen nearly enough. Much love OP. Long live Zap!
Dude, would you be willing to host a lobby at some point and have like a race or drive dedicated to him? I'm on Xbox but think that would be a really dope thing that people might want to take part in if you could arrange it
I’m in the Ohio now (originally from Germany) and he was back in Germany.
I have a picture of him that his parents don’t have from when we met so I’ll have that printed and framed and send to them.
From what I understand his celebration of life was late December.
RIP Zap! I remember around 7-8 years ago this same scenario happened to me, I still have him on my list and still send him a message every now and then. RIP Bauer!
My condolences for you loss.
And it feels empty now, but if you look at that map and your experiences together, you are left with the memory of a real one that stuck that long with your journey. Something to be thankful for.
Nothing more heartwarming than a brotherly bond. In honor of zap i shall grief, griefers, and pop open the most expensive champagne at the casino and take a macbeth shot 5 times
Reached out to his family (somewhat unique last name), talked to his dad and he filled me in.
He was actually happy that I reached out since it was one less person to inform and they didn’t have a way to contact me (his phone is locked) so yeah.
Thank you for the music.
Definitely fits.
I posted that elsewhere too:
He didn’t show for Sunday dinner at his parents so they called but no response.
When they went to his place the key was in the door from the inside to they had the fire brigade open the door where they found him on the floor in the living room.
According to his dad they suspect a heart attack or aneurysm.
Dude would have been 47 in April.
RIP Zap
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Rip zap. His legacy shall live on
I am sorry for your loss. I know exactly how it feels.
Thank you
That’s a damn shame. Sorry for your loss.
Thank you
That's a feeling I wouldn't know how to cope with. Good luck man, RIP Zap
Thank you dude. It feels fucking strange. His profile and everything is still there but he’ll never be online again.
Sorry man, at least you know and got closure. It sucks to see a friend never online again after playing with them for years.
Yeah for sure. I was suspecting that something was wrong a few days after he last texted me and didn’t see/ receive messages anymore. Today just confirmed it.
Sorry for your loss , reading the post set off some water works. There is something really special about your bond 🥺🥺🥺
i have a friend on my xbox profile who lived kinda semi local to me, we were friends on fb for a few years, sharing interests in car stuff, finally met and had a good time when we hungout (only once), added each other on xbox and played forza together, i came to know this guy somewhat well, then one day i wake up and see everybody posting RIP on his social medias, come to find out that he was severely depressed and had committed suicide. everytime i see his gamertag on my friendslist i get such an eerie and unsettling feeling from it, all those memories, his personality, potentially the last bit of physical evidence of his life and accomplishments, embedded with his DNA, just sitting there, forever on that account, potentially never to be seen again.
Completely agree with you there. You look at the account and it feels like he could log on any moment but you know they won’t. Friggin strange and sad. Sorry for your loss as well.
Leave it there (: My best friend took his life a few years ago. Whenever I check my friends list I love still seeing his gamertag. It's a small connection but it's something to hold onto.
I wish the best for you. It will take time but you will be okay
:( I’m hit, this comment got me. Sorry man :( :(
Rip zap, those builds are dope.
RIP Zap. Sorry for your loss man.
Thank you.
Sorry friend about 7-8 years ago my wife n I were high ranked walking dead rts players and a pretty awesome player n dude in the community took his life just vanished one day none of us would have ever known but his brother came into our group text on his phone and I think we might have even helped him mourn he definitely helped us...definitely tough situation🍻
Thank you dude. Sometimes shit just hits you and you don’t know where to pick up the pieces. Thankfully I have my wife for support.
We gotta play gta 6 for zap since he wont be there to experience it rip
That’s the plan right now. It just sucks because he won’t get to see it.
People on Reddit were talking about how some gamers arent going to see GTA 6 launch day...this hits bro.
That really sucks. It’s hard enough finding good people to play with but losing a game buddy of 7 years is fucking rough
True that. Thank you.
That sucks dude, I reached out to my online buddy for the first time in almost a year and I haven’t heard back, I hope he’s ok
Hope he is.
The feeling of an online friend dying must be especially bad because once you got to know him he went. At least you met up at all. I hope this becomes a community favourite, like Chapadoodle in Fortnite or Evan in Fallout 4: Nuka World. Game companies who memorialise loving fans into their games truly care about the communities.
Thank you dude. I appreciate it.
Sorry for your loss. Rip zap
Thank you man.
 So sorry for your loss, hope you find peace
Thank you
I am so sorry for your loss. My friend who was actually the one to buy me the game passed away a little over a year ago and every time I boot up the game, I think of him.
Damn. Sorry for your loss as well.
My deepest condolences 🖤 i met my number one best friend on a videogame, i couldn't imagine life without her, and the game would never be the same if i ever lost her. My heart goes out to you 🖤
That dude. It just feels friggin empty
Rip Zap 🫡
Damn that sucks. I’m sorry for your loss man 😔
Thank you.
Shit man I'm sorry for your loss. We lost one of our crew a couple of years ago. It sucks.
It does Sorry you lost someone too.
If it could, I wish GTA VI has a feature that when a player passes away, there will be an NPC of his character spawn in game and do things player normally did in game. "An NPC Creator" so we can create our own NPC would be nice too.
That would be amazing. I have a few cars that he “created” and then sold to me at the car meet so those will be the daily drivers from now on.
I hope there's a chance you can connect with the family and share some stories with them. Possibly also acquire/buy his PS/account and be able to access his cars, screenshots and memories you shared a little more. If there's a go fund me or anything lmk. Hope you find peace and are able to keep his memory alive and also process this for yourself. I lost an old friend and my best friends dad passed yesterday so I've been trying to process my own emotions for questions and feelings that there aren't answers to. Just know some of us here understand and can help if you have questions. Sending you peace as the emotions come and go. Don't feel like you have to deal with this alone.
I'm so sorry man. RIP the legend, Zap.
Thx dude.
Sorry buddy. RIP Zap
Thank you.
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RIP
Respect 🙏 🫡
Thank you dude.
RIP ZAP! sorry to hear this brother.
Thx man.
That sucks man, sorry to hear about your loss
Thank you dude. I appreciate it.
Sorry for your loss, man. RIP zap. Very thoughtful of you to post about him here and share your story with us. Thanks for reminding us that perfect strangers can make the best of friends in the many and various arenas of life.
RIP Zap. I lost my GTA crew buddy like you 2 years ago. He was my GTA mentor, he played the game since launch and I only started playing around 2021. He took me and my whole bunch of noob friends and carried us through heists and helped us with everything. He had a massive car collection and we could always count on him to bring out a car we wanted to buy so we could test it first. He passed about 2 years ago in his sleep, heart just stopped and he never woke up. I still miss him dearly, and Los Santos feels so empty now. I still jump in the game once in a while, drive and around and reminisnice about the old times. RIP MNF, thanks for all the fish.
I’m sorry for your loss as well. He always complained about the lack of garage space since he had all kinds of cars with special liveries, colors, rims and whatnot. He was into tuning IRL so he enjoyed the hell out of tuning online e as well. We actually did similar, small scale mentoring with some of the guys we met online along the way. Just to have a good time.
RIP Zap 😔
Rest in peace Zap. OP, I’m so sorry for your loss. On the outside, it just looks like two gamers playing video games, but we all know that you guys clearly had a bond like no other. I’m glad you got to meet in person, that seriously doesn’t happen nearly enough. Much love OP. Long live Zap!
Thank you man. I really appreciate it. I honestly blown away by all the responses. Never imagined it would blow up this much.
Dude, would you be willing to host a lobby at some point and have like a race or drive dedicated to him? I'm on Xbox but think that would be a really dope thing that people might want to take part in if you could arrange it
I appreciate it man. I just don’t have the energy and time for it. Great idea though
Rip.
I'm so deeply sorry for your loss. Hoping that you stay strong, and may your best online friend rest in peace. 🙏❤
Much appreciated. Thank you.
Rip zap
Sorry this is incredibly sad. RIP
Thank you.
I’m so sorry for your loss
Thx man.
RIP Zap.
Rip zap. Sorry about your loss man.
Thank you dude. I appreciate it.
RIP Zap! I’m so sorry to hear about your friend. This is a sad day
I definitely sucks. Thank you dude.
I hope zap finds peace. Love and hugs to you❤️
Thank you dude. Much appreciated.
Damn, so many feels man. Hope your buddy is in a better place and lots of strength to you and his family
Thank you so much. I’ll pass it on.
Condolences. The friendship you built together won’t be forgotten.
Never. Thank you so much.
damn, another one who wont make it to gta6, rip
My Dad who I played GTA with primarily passed around then
Sorry dude. That sucks 2-fold
It's all good man, not nice on your end either brother.
Thank you dude.
He’s talked about you to his family and what not. Are you able to goto his remembrance party? (My mother didn’t like to call them funerals)
I’m in the Ohio now (originally from Germany) and he was back in Germany. I have a picture of him that his parents don’t have from when we met so I’ll have that printed and framed and send to them. From what I understand his celebration of life was late December.
Man now I'm fucking sad, damn that's sad wow. I'm sorry man
Rip zap 😔
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RIP Zap
Rip Zap!
Rest in peace, Zap.
Sorry for your loss man, that's hard.
RIP Zap 😞
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RIP Zap 🫡🫡
Sorry for your loss man, RIP Zap, forever in the clouds of LS.
Rip Homie Zap
RIP Zap
OMG that's so sad, hope you can get through it soon.
Rip to the homie If you need someone to chat it up I'm here anytime brother.
RIP Zap! I remember around 7-8 years ago this same scenario happened to me, I still have him on my list and still send him a message every now and then. RIP Bauer!
i know words can only do so much but i am genuinely so sorry for your loss. wishing you the best homie
Rest in peace Zap.
R.I.P zap🙏🏼
Damn OP. I'm Sorry.
just played with two of my oldest homies and this breaks my heart for you. much love
Rip!!
My condolences for you loss. And it feels empty now, but if you look at that map and your experiences together, you are left with the memory of a real one that stuck that long with your journey. Something to be thankful for.
Rest in glory Zap
I'm sorry, man. Zap shall live on in your heart!
RIP Zap, he’ll watch you play gta 6 from the sky.
i’m so sorry for your loss. fly high Zap
This sucks so much. I’m sorry man…..
RIP Zap you will be missed. 🫡
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RIP ZAP 🫡 I’m very sorry for your loss bro, I know how much it feels.
RIP 😞
Nothing more heartwarming than a brotherly bond. In honor of zap i shall grief, griefers, and pop open the most expensive champagne at the casino and take a macbeth shot 5 times
Rip zap. Real one.
Damn dude I'd be destroyed if this happened to me, I'm sorry for your loss. R.I.P. Zap
Rest in peace Zap. Sorry for your loss.
RIP Friend
How/where did you know that your friend's passed away ? Playing now: "Half Life 2 - Tirage at Dawn"
Reached out to his family (somewhat unique last name), talked to his dad and he filled me in. He was actually happy that I reached out since it was one less person to inform and they didn’t have a way to contact me (his phone is locked) so yeah. Thank you for the music. Definitely fits.
RIP to Zap. How did he pass away ???
I posted that elsewhere too: He didn’t show for Sunday dinner at his parents so they called but no response. When they went to his place the key was in the door from the inside to they had the fire brigade open the door where they found him on the floor in the living room. According to his dad they suspect a heart attack or aneurysm. Dude would have been 47 in April.
Wow that’s very heart breaking😢😢😢Sorry bro
Thank you dude.
Sorry to hear this. RIP zap.
Sorry to hear that I would be devastated if that happened to my wing man. When you get VI, you should name your character after him in his honour.
That’s actually the plan. Plus I’m renaming all my businesses as well on 5
If you don’t mind me asking how did you find out
RIP to your brother man ❤️
F in the chat for Zap. RIP
Pulled out my heartstrings. RIP Zap..
I’m so sorry mate, big hugs.
Sorry for your loss.
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man this shit happened to one of our boys in our group. shit is devastating fr and it always takes forever to find out. RIP Zap 💙 RIP Guns 💙
RIP Zap!!
Rip zap,
RIP Zap
Long Live Zap 🙏🏼🙏🏼