We used to call him the “Joke Machine Gun” as he fired them out faster than I thought was humanly possible. He kept the gang focused on improving and made it fun with his humor and witty banter. He was also the captain of our 40k team and a great leader. ![]() In fact, I often had to turn down practice games because I couldn’t keep up with his relentless pursuit to improve! He was always down to practice and help hone not only his own skills but those of his friends. I’ve never met someone so driven to succeed. He lived to compete at the highest level in the games he loved. For that we owe him a debt of gratitude as his efforts have helped enrich our lives. His efforts will be felt by thousands of gamers in many different communities worldwide for years to come. We wouldn’t be where we are as a community without his constant hard work and belief that we could make our common love of 40k into something bigger and better. Geoff was a massive influence in getting more exposure for many gaming communities from Starcraft to D&D, and especially for the competitive 40k scene which was his personal passion. But he was always down to help his friends out. And let me tell you, that was really crummy, manual labor and not in any way fun. From things like helping get us exposure to grow our (at that time, tiny) company to helping us unload shipping containers in the early days of us making gaming mats. Geoff was always generous in that way, willing to help us out with our business in any way he could. ![]() How much could a tweet be worth? Then he showed me how many tens of thousands of Twitter followers he had, and I came around on the idea pretty fast! He asked for a discount in exchange for tweeting about our service and I remember laughing to myself thinking, who does this joker think he is? I am not a big video game enthusiast and didn’t know who the famous iNcontroL was, so his proposal sounded pretty silly to me. Geoff first came into our lives many years ago looking to get some models painted. So instead of succumbing to that, I wanted to share some good memories of our bro and talk about why he was such an awesome guy. I imagine all of the fun things we had planned to do that we won’t now and it’s easy to slide into a pit of grief that feels like it’ll swallow me whole. It’s difficult to accept that fact, but there it is. ![]() I imagine at any moment he’ll call us and tell us this was all a big joke.īut it’s not a joke, and I’m never going to speak to my friend again. I had been chatting with him just hours before he passed about mundane stuff. It just doesn’t feel real. He was young, took great care of himself and had a bright future ahead of him. His passing has been extremely difficult for us to process as it was so sudden. Geoff was more than just a friend to Frankie and I, he was like a brother. We wanted to share some good memories of a dear friend and say our goodbyes. Many of you have heard the sad news that Geoff “iNcontroL” Robinson passed away recently.
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