man…I’m so angry at you Will, I just can’t understand how such a gentle, kind hearted, fun to be around with guy can do something like this to himself. You deserved better.
I remember the first time I met Will at ECC6, I didn’t know who he was, but he was just someone who you could just be around with. We were all chilling there and Will would be cracking jokes all day long. We would be laughing, talking shit to each other while we were playing, but even then I didn’t know him, I knew he was just joking around. He was some one you had to know to really appreciate him. God help us all, I really can’t believe that you’re gone. I miss you Will, rest in peace bro. You are truly a legend amongst us. I will forever cherish the memories of you.
I didn’t even know there was a thread on this topic until a hour ago…I guess I’m mad late.
Will’s passing has brought a lot of ppl to post, ppl that I havent seen post in a LONG ass time…like HVS, SyberNinja and Chris Bahn. haha. Too powerful.
duc is right…you never know when life is going to random you out. Just 2 weeks before, Will msged me/called to ask if I could house him for the CF tourney. GOD, thinking back, i wish i would have said yes (i couldnt house him at that time) and that he would have come up, he was one cool ass nizzle. I’ve played him so many fucking times at so many different EC tourneys and he was always friendly, while talking mad shit at the same time, so it didn’t come off as non threatening haha.
WHO CAN FORGET THE LEGENDARY DUO OF BMORECHUN (hope youre holding up ok) AND WILL MARTIN? ec’s #1 chunna was always hand in hand with his partner in crime, Will, at basically every EC tourney, they truly were a duo together. :sad:
Man…i have so many fucking good memories of Will in my mind…god damn. I think back to NEC3, when Inoue from Japan was here, and Bmore and Will were set on getting that nicca CRUNKED. They straight up gave him like a gallon of some hard ass liquor and Ino downed it like a warrior, while playing CVS2. Then Ino/Ricky had to play me and Justin in 3s team winners finals, and Ino could barely fucking play, laughing the whole time while stumbling off his ass, and Will + Bmore were making jokes about it the whole time. We end up beating Ricky and Ino in the winners finals, then we run outside all happy…then 2 seconds later, Will, Bmore, Ricky and Ino come outside and shits all crazy…were like…YEAH WE BEAT YOU! and rickys all…“you guys suck ino was drunk” while Ino is drunk off his ass leaning on Will + James while saying “sumimasen” (means im sorry in japanese) I failed cause i’m drunk…sumimasen. And then he tried to bow or some shit…but he couldnt cause he was too drunk haha. Then we all laughed and were making jokes and kicking back the rest of the night. I’m not good at telling funny stories but i miss those Good fucking times…that are only a memory now…
and how could i forget how many times i played will at GT before it closed?? only 28923923308903893 times…and it was always fun playing him every time back when he played…hed always have something new to step up to the plate with…and hed always be back for more gaming all night…Damn it will…whyd you have to go like that??? so many fucking memories…
Man I really cannot believe this. This just overwhelmed me with sadness. I’ve known and played against Will for a number of years now and I have nothing but love and respect for him. Will had a great heart. He was always smiling and making jokes.
I always loved playing against his V-Gief in A3. I still remember in the early CvS2 days when I went up with Eric V. to VA for a tourney at Gametime and played against Will in the finals and lost. He had a lot of skill. Then after the tourney hanging out with Will and the rest of the VA crew at Sparatiks home. Those were great times. He will be missed by the entire
community and by me personally. Will and his family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
I have to admit that the first time I met him ages upon ages ago, I was a little skeptical. Quarters always seemed to “mysteriously vanish” when Will was around the MvC2 machine, and it always seemed to be his turn! But that was just part of the fun personality that Will had. His shittalking was some of the funniest I’ve ever heard, and that was ages before “Team Philly” and Bryheem came along.
Will and I had a little MvC2 rivalry going for a couple years at ECC, where I beat him one year and he beat me the next in tourney. Will always picked up the “new shit” that the top players were doing, and honestly playing against him helped me to learn half of the shit in the damn game. That guy was always up for anything. He was the first guy I’d ever seen who had a modded-as-all-hell X-Box at MWC 2k2.
Most importantly, Will was one of the few who backed me up during my couple years of grudge matches at various major tournaments. I barely knew the guy on a personal level, but he would always say things like “go kick his ass DSP” or “Take that niggas money Phil!” And he was always right behind me in the crowd when shit went down. That was just the kind of guy he was…the most decent, best kind of guy.
I will miss Will Martin the same way I’ve missed Tee Carter for the past several years. You left us far too early, bro.
It’s losing the best people to pointless shit, that makes me truly hate the world so much after all.
It seemed like yesterday, I was over his house, taking defeat number 99 from him in marvel. Even though I haven’t seen him for a long time after that, I still can’t believe he did something as rash as this. I honestly am still processing the fact that he’s gone now. For those who probably know me and are going to say, “Shut up, you don’t know him, you didn’t hang with him as much as we did,” then my response is: Kiss my ass, you punks. I remember Will well, he was a good guy. Taught me a lot. Like you, I miss him. Also like you, I hope that wherever he is, he finally has solace. That’s all I got to say. Will… rest now. We won’t forget you.
I met Will at ECC9 last year and he was a nice cool guy who made me laugh and enjoy my time there more. I’m sorry things got out of control in his life. From what I saw, he was a good man. Rest easy.
Tru Dat, Phil. This made me think of Tee too. I met him once and he was a great guy. Some fool compared him to me in ST and I got offended and broke it down…only to find out what an ass I made of myself because I didn’t know what had happened to him. I’ll always regret that(even though I was unaware) cuz Tee seemed like the nicest fun guy.
Man, I still can’t get over this. Will was one of those guys that made the scene still feel like family even while it was growing and changing. He made peeps feel close. What sux is I was going through some old addy’s just Saturday and found Will’s and thought “I have to email him and James. Ain’t talked to them in awhile.” Will reminded me of what I love about the scene.
Geez. No matter how much I write, I can’t seem to get this feeling out. It’s comforting to know that those who knew him better still felt like I did. It just hurts when someone affects so many, so positively. It hurts to wonder that if we expressed these sentiments when we had the chance, we may have not lost him. I would’ve offered him my crib to get away from things for awhile. I can’t count how many times I’ve been feeling badly in areas of life and I’ll get an email or something from someone who I may have helped in SF or someone I’ve inspired and those sentiments save me from myself when I’m down. If only Will could’ve seen how the scene felt about him before this went down:(
Seriously, Will was one of those guys that represented what SF was really about. It makes me want to yell at certain peeps who’ve divided the scene and made it seem like less of a family.
I don’t mean to be long-winded but, I’ll probably post again here. Damn. Damn damn damn damn DAMN! Makes me wanna break stuff and I ain’t even like that.
9pm, Ima toss one back and maybe have a session and remember when I met him and James. Damn, I got so much love for my homies in the scene. I’ve just been disenchanted by the decisions SRK has made(imo, changing the scene to something less special or outright destroying it from within. Just an opinion. Take care of home first, ya know?). It’s made me forget all we got in the scene and why I played as long as I did in the first place.
All the homies I haven’t kicked with for some time, just know that I appreciate yall even if I don’t care for the scene in its’ current form.
I’m just rambling cuz I can’t seem to shake this feeling. This man made impact!!!
Thanx for sharing that memory Sabin. That was hotsh*t! That made me feel a bit better.
NP. At the end of the day, even if the games are getting shittier and while ppl may not like the direction the scene is going, the bottom line is, its the PLAYERS and friends we’ve met over the years that end up keeping us together. I think you understand that better than most Apoc.
As Icege said, this has been a bad year for the community. About 3-4 people I know of that play SF has died. What a shitty year. :sad:
I lived maybe 20 minutes drive from Will’s Place…Last time I talked to him was Back in January…Him and his wife stopped by my place pick up one of his friend’s Xbox which was modded thru a guy who does a Mod Jobs for me…
Me and him sort of got into little Beef B/c He owed me some $$$$ but I decided to let it go…Here and there I stopped by his place and he would do the same thing B/c he needed some PC work done…
I would Never Imagine that he would do this…Will was Little Arrogant but Good Guy overall when I dealt with him…
As I’m typing this My head is still swimming trying to get over his Death…R.I.P Man! I’m sorry we couldn’t do more business and stayed friendly… :sad:
geez, OMG . sigh.
will martin was one o those peeps i knew i could play all day and lose but still have fun at it, as long i knew trash talk was trash talk. out side of the comp i reckoned him to be like us all, with CREAM on our minds. to me he was a big part of the baltimore scene when it popped up 6-7 years ago while i was in dc - gametime. let’s pray that his soul is no longer troubled, and that his family gets the strength and faith to overcome this tragedy. :sad:
may the Lord grant him eternal peace, and let perpetual light shine upon him. requiescat in pace.
p.s. maybe this is out of place,but i feel i have to voice it. my heart goes all out to his kid. would a memorial tourney with donations to the kid be out of place? with the permission of his family of course. bchun what do you think?
Today I started my day on one of the greatest moods ever. I was all amped up on getting the new MF Doom cd and CFJ tomorrow…
then my friends James S. called and told me he had read online that Will Martin had passed away, but wasn’t sure if it was true. I tried to forget about it… hoping it wasn’t true. Little did I know that James would inform me of Will’s departure from our lives. Ironicaly, at NEC2 James Introduced me to one of the Illest cats. Will stood out as one of the more “Live” souls. Bmore chun and others were also a trip.I was getting to know new peeps in the scene. I saw Will at many EC tourney’s from then on. Our RI crew stoped playing games for a bit. Whenever I would see Will he would always asked about James and the rest of RI. Just recently I came back to playing fighting games again. ECC9 was the last time I spoke to Will. the second night of the tourney I remember going to his room and he had his modded xbox and showed some funny ass vids, he was on some “oh you haven’t seen this one? here check it out!” some faces of death shitt or dudes busting their asses… “What chu wanna see some porn 2?”… "I got the Justin/Ricky marvel 2 finals from ECC6"
Oh yeah he played this nasty ass magnus video where magneto was raping some random ass team like Chun li/Tron bone/Roll, I then said "DAM who is that magneto on Crack!.. YOU!?"
He said “Sandford!”
I said " ahh shitt… wait… Who’s Sanford beasting on… YOU!?"
-Will- “Nah… that’s the compura!”
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"… why the fuck you got Sanford beasting on the MC2 AI?"
Will- "Shitt is tight!"
I remembered he asked how James was doing, I told him he didn’t play anymore but I knew he would come back soon enough… Just to think that NEC5 was just around the corner, and RI is going full force!
We will all miss you Will.
Will Martin
THE FIRST EC PLAYER TO ROLL CANCELL!
… Rest In Peace!.. my fellow gamer… my friend!
1 Love!
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I wish he could have made it through his struggles. Prayers to Mr. Will Martin. God Bless man.
I dont know him, but the love of SF is something a lot of the people here on srk has in common and it’s a damn shame when anyone leaves us unexpectedly.
Get some rest up there Will Martin and Brian Mummy-B and all, my prayers to you guys and your families.
