RIP Lyman. A legend. Thoughts to his family.
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Quoted from schudel5:What an incredible loss! I am at a loss for words right now.
I'll always remember the kind of person he was. Back at Expo 2004, my son Josh (12 at the time standing to the left of Lyman) absolutely worshiped Lyman and Lyman just happened to be walking by us. Josh ran up to him and started talking to him. Most people would just have kept on going but Lyman stopped to chat with him for a while. Josh really wanted to play Lyman on a game. There just so happened to be a HS2 right there so they started up a 2-player game. I was thinking Lyman may go easy on Josh to make it seem close. NOPE! Lyman annihilated Josh like 24 billion to 8 million! It wasn't close at all. But Josh thought that was the greatest thing ever and I'm glad Lyman stopped to talk to my son. Truly a class act!
RIP Lyman.
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Thank you for sharing. Great story!
Quoted from gumnut01:Truly devastated. The star of “Special when Lit”. Remember watching him play and seeing him interviewed and thinking what a great guy. At the time didn’t even realise the genius he had brought to the world with his game design and coding. We won’t see his like again. RIP.
This is the first time I heard his name.....while watching this documentary. I took notice after this.
Quoted from okgrak:We should head there and have a couple rippers in honor of Lyman.
Oh man....give me some warning. I'm having a few drinks in his honor and can't drive!
I appreciate his family putting that out there and hope it can do some good and help others. We all need to do more to help those who are struggling.
Quoted from pin2d:Tragic about Lyman and tragic stories shared here.
There are only a few pinball friends that I've shared this with, but I'll share it here in case anyone reading needs to hear it and if it helps break any stigma. I, like many many people, have struggled with mental illness. I tried for over a decade to fix it myself by reading hundreds of books and articles and trying everything I could find, from "science stuff" to "hippie stuff" and everything in between. I didn't want to go see a doctor because of the stigma, because it felt like getting help was "weak", etc. It slowly kept getting worse and I finally had to give up and go see someone, even though I had very low expectations and thought there was maybe a 10% chance going to someone would help.
A couple months later after getting some meds worked out, my life completely changed for the better. I can't even explain how much better I felt (and still feel). I felt like an idiot for waiting 10 years before seeing someone. And yet I still didn't tell anyone for a couple years after I was better due to the stigma and somehow feeling ashamed or embarrassed.
But I don't feel that anymore at ALL. I learned there is absolutely nothing to be ashamed OF. Now I feel proud that I went to get help (and you should too if you do the same), even if I was 10 years late doing it. And I felt obligated to share it here if it could help.
If you ever find yourself struggling, there ARE people that can help and meds that can help! Feel free to PM me if you ever want to talk. There is always hope.
Really appreciate you sharing your story. I long for the day when mental illness is treated more like physical illness without any of the shame that is often attached to it.
Quoted from KingVidiot:Godzilla .90 just released and I noticed this nice touch scrolling through my high scores
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I hope this always stays in the code.....
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