R.I.P. Ricardo "Dasrik" LaFaurie 10/27/1978 ~ 01-02-2010 (1st post updated)

General Discussion
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I seriously can’t believe this. Him, Zaza and I have had NUMEROUS adventures together. One of my favorite memories was when out of the blue, we decided to go from Riverisde, California to San Diego. WITHOUT using the freeway. We just used every major road that faced south. We somehow ended up first in Julian (some weird mountain town in North San Diego County), then drove through there until we ended up in the middle of the Anza-Borrego Desert. We were in Jose’s Geo Metro with no gas. So we ended up in Imperial County near El Centro. We were like wrf. We found the 8 freeway and then started to drive west. We pulled over when we saw this guy in a tuxedo roaming around his limo. We had zero gas. The guy was like, ‘WHAT THE FUCK…I’M TRYING TO GET TO LA BUT NOW I’M HERE IN THE DESERT!! WHAT THE FUCK!!’ So we told him that we’ll follow you to a gas station. So we did and got promptly pulled over for tailgating. I think Zaza contested the ticket. But all the while we were talking about EVERYTHING. From life issues to my love of using ‘Team Huge’ in MvC2 (Juggy, Colossus, Sential) and all sorts of stuff.

Whenever I would talk to Rick online, I would always greet him with ‘Whoa is that Dazrik?’

I can’t believe this. I’m going to miss you Rick. And your cheap ass E.Honda.

:sad:

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Let us know.

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Had a number of good convos with him in threads and on mIRC. Met him at an NCR, and he crushed me with Honda in ST. Sad day. R.I.P.

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His blackheart was like second only to Stiltman imo back then.

Yes give details, I might just be able to make it.

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This is a real shame.

I only knew him through SRK, but for the 7 years I’ve been here, I’ve always liked his posts. Very intelligent man.

R.I.P.

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Good night sweet prince. You are forever.

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I never truly new the guy but I have seen his name on here for many years. Even though I never new him it feels like a part of my family has just been takin’ away. My sig is very appropriate for this so please read it and remeber Dasrik.

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damn. rip. new site. bad news. damnit!

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I only know of him from the GD board… but he’s been a staple of GD since the beginning, and this place really won’t be the same without him. My condolences to those who knew him the most.

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What the fuck? Dasrik’s dead? :/, thought this thread had to be a joke or something, me and him didn’t talk much, but he was definitely one of the coolest members on here, rip dude. :confused:

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R.I.P Dasrik :frowning:

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R.I.P Dasrik. You made a great contribution to the Marvel community throughout the years and for that I am greatful for your efforts in making Marvel what it is today.

Thank You.

My condolences to the LaFaurie family

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RIP dasrik, you were an interesting person who posted in the apoc threads and helped in the marvel forum

I thought this was another joke like this

“http://www.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?94174-The-Death-of-Dasrik&daysprune=-1”

but when i saw pryde was the poster i knew it was real.

im sorry you had to go

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I’ve known Rick on the internet since about 1996 from early video game message boards that were more imageboards than actual discussion boards. All the way from there to AGSF2, his own board, Sailor Moon fanboards, AIM, SRK, live meetups, tournaments (from Pentland all the way up to Evo), just to hang out. On and on and on.

The whole time I knew him and basically his whole life, he was living with health problems and it was always right around the corner. I can’t know what he was going through on the inside, but I know how he handled himself around his friends and for that, I’m glad. Where a lot of other people would have just put their heads down and waited for it to end, Rick went out and lived his life and didn’t let health problems get him down. He wanted to go hang out with the guys, he went. He wanted to go travel thousands of miles from home to hang out with some chick, he went. He wanted to play Marvel at SHGL, he went. One year when things weren’t looking so good (2004 I think), he was spending most of his time in a wheelchair. But he wanted to go to Evo and hang out and compete a little, so he went. There are even a bunch of pictures of people popping wheelies in his chair while he’s looking on smiling. Other people might get pissed at that and think it’s disrespectful, but there he is in the picture smiling. Having fun with his friends, not letting his health beat him, even though things were looking bad.

That’s what Rick was about. There were a lot of tough times for him I’m sure. Talking with him on AIM many years ago and hearing about how awful the dialysis process was…that shit was heartbreaking and you knew it was only getting worse. By the end, he was basically just letting doctors try all kinds of new pills and treatments on him because they were out of ideas but he was still getting out there, doing what he wanted.
And for that, I’m glad. I’m glad that even though he had this hanging over his head since he was a kid, he still got to experience so many good things. I’m glad he got to experience what it’s like to win a tournament. I remember talking with him about it and he was trying to make it seem like it was no big deal, but I knew he was pumped up about it. I’m glad he got to meet up with his girl and live a little. Hell, I’m glad he got to play SF4. Hella years ago we would joke about that. That it would just be his luck that SF4 would finally come out after he was gone. But he made it and he even went out to the arcades and stood in the 15 man deep lines, even though it was rough for him. I only wish Honda was top tier for him.

I never felt sorry for Rick because he never wanted me to. He wasn’t a rare kidney condition, he was just one of the guys. And he was my friend. I’ll miss him, the internet will be a worse place without him around.

Rest in peace, my friend.

–Jay Snyder
Viscant@aol.com

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I remember when Dasrik and Zaza used to come to Glady’s and own me the fuck up all the time in MVC2, here in San Bernardino Cali. I always got along with the two of them though.

R.I.P. Rick,
You were still too young. Condolences to the LaFaurie family. I will also donate whatever I can to cover anything and if you guys need anything, holla at me. I’ll do whatever I can.

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I haven’t even been here long but he is a recognizable name for sure. Seemed like a cool person.

RIP

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wtf? really? damn that sucks.:sad: he was sorta a jerk in the beginning but after chatting with him in irc a few times, he wasnt so bad after all.

i’ll use honda and blackheart in memory of him next time i play

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Damn Dasrik is gone. RIP Dasrik you will be missed. My condolences go out to his Joe Zaza and his family.

-DJ-

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This. He said lots of things I didn’t agree with with, but the way he worded them made it easy to understand and respect. Was really helpful in the MvC2 and CvS2 sections back in the day. He was always ready to help a fellow Blackheart user.

Really fun to have here, and he contributed a lot on Wikipedia too. I’ll miss him.

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R.I.P. Dasrik.