Denzin was a Great guy. He was a Loyal member and a Brilliant leader of the Mostly harmless alliance. He had the respect of all the members and even members of other alliances. He has grown on most of us and his memory will not parish among the Mostly harmless alliance.Denzin, Neal Anthony Kooistra died Jaunry 4th, He was a true member who knew where his towel was, And I nor any other members may Express how much we will miss him. Our condolences to his family on there loss.
Thank you,
Josshill
The Members of the Mostly harmless Alliance
Please Post your message to his family. We will be attempting to send his Family this link and some other items.
To Neal's Family,
ReplyDeleteI have grown very closly to him in the past month. We would talk on Skype or IRC whenever we had the time. He is a great guy, and it is a sad day today across the Mostly Harmless alliance.
Thank you,
Josshill, Tom
Denzin was a great guy, he was always fun to talk to he was a great guy to have around. I dont cant speak about anyone else but I will dearly miss him.
ReplyDeleteChristopher Kelly
Neal "Denzin" Kooistra
ReplyDeleteDenzin. You were a Fricken Awesome bloke.
Cybernations will be Empty without you, Your Light shined on alot of people.
Goodbye Denzin.
Ada.
It truly is a sad event to lose any member of the CN community, especially one has widely known and respected as Denzin. My greatest respects to his family.
ReplyDeleteDenzin,
ReplyDeleteIt was a pleasure meeting you and knowing you through this community. You were a great and valuable member and you will be greatly missed. My prayers are with your friends and family as they cope with your loss.
DM
You were one of the best.
ReplyDeleteTriyun
Denzin:
ReplyDeleteI knew you for quite some time and even if I did not agree with everything that went down, I always respected it. You seemed to be a great man and it is safe to say you will be missed by many across the CN community. I have no doubt you brought your towel with you even on this occasion.
GB
It was a a pleasure being able to talk and interact with you. You were always a great guy and very funny. You will always be in our community's minds and hearts, and your family shall be receiving our prayers. Enjoy your time with Him knowing you were a very good person to us all.
ReplyDeleteWarriorConcept
Denzin was one of the good guys in Cybernations; he was a great ally and seemed to be a fun guy. He will be missed among our community.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry for your loss.
Josh Cohen
Denzin, you were a great ally and a great friend to many. We will all miss you.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace.
noob5
Denzin was always a great counsel to me with both in game and out of game issues and this is a terrible loss for the community as a whole and a great loss for me personally. I would encourage everyone to keep Neil's family in your thoughts and prayers as we move on from this.
ReplyDeleteRest in Peace my good friend,
James Rocker.
In my experience, Denzin was a smart, funny and generally respectable person. His untimely demise is a great loss for the community as a whole.
ReplyDeleteMay he rest in peace
-Shan
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ReplyDeleteDenzin was an entertaining guy to talk to and i'll miss him, he was a part of our community and we'll be worse off without him.
ReplyDeleteI may have never spoken with Denzin before, but I heard nothing but good things from those who did. It is quite unfortunate what happened, and I offer my most sincere condolences to his loved once. This cannot be an easy time for you, but I know that you will pull through one way or another. May God be with you in this time.
ReplyDeleteRV
Denzin,
ReplyDeleteAlthough we never spoke much privately, I enjoyed being in your company. I always admired you and all that you did. You will be greatly missed by those you have touched in your short time with us. My prayers are with your friends and family during this hard time. May you rest in peace.
Raholia
Denzin,
ReplyDeleteYou will be missed.
Rest in Peace.
I'm very sorry to hear of Denzin's passing. I'll never forget the help he gave me. He will be missed greatly.
ReplyDelete-Joe E
Neal (Denzin) was one of my closest friends in this internet community of ours. When I joined the Mostly Harmless Alliance I had no idea that the people I met there would become actual friends to me, but they did. Neal was a mentor at many stages of my time in Cybernations. He was also a friend, and I cherish our conversations. My favorite memory is when he lost a bet to me last year when my alma mater, the University of Oregon, faced his alma mater, the University of South Florida, in the Sun Bowl. Oregon won(!) but Neal was gracious in defeat.
ReplyDeleteI find comfort in knowing that Neal has found peace. My thoughts and prayers go to his family.
-Doc Taco (Tom P. Eugene, Oregon)
You were a kind person in a setting where that was a rarity. You were nice when it was not necessary, and that made you stand out as not just a great player, but a great person as well. I can only regret that I did not speak with you more often than I did, and am thankful for the times that I had the opportunity to speak with you.
ReplyDeleteRest well, and know that the community you spent so much time with will always keep you in our thoughts.
- Dan (Archon)
He was an amazing bloke and will be sorely missed. I only got to know him a little throughout his time on CN, but I knew for sure he was one of the greatest, kindest souls in the game. The community shall always keep you in their hearts.
ReplyDelete- Tom (Crushtania)
Many of us here shared great memories with Neal. My deepest condolances to your family. In our game we play, we have respective alliances. I as did many others, had the honor of being in the same alliance as Neal. He was always a cheerfull fellow, and was an important figure in our community. I consider him a friend, and he will be missed by all whom he touched. Words can not begin to describe how much I feel for your family Neal, as if you touched them an ounce that you touched us... May you all have strength to move on from this. I'd like to think he's in a better place now. He will be severely missed.
ReplyDeleteMike Benincasa (IYIyTh) Canton, OH.
Neal (Denzin),
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the conversations we have shared, both good and bad. You always were one to show patience and understanding when it was least expected. I only wish I had the opportunity to know you personally. Rest well Neal.
"May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand."
Wentworth (Stephen F., Portage, Indiana)
Denzin and I talked often, but I hadn't seen him in a bit. However, the last time we talked, he was helping me pick out tshirts from an online store. We were joking about how geeky some of them were, and he told me which ones he liked the best.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I wear those tshirts now, I'll think of Denzin. He was a wonderful friend to me, and I remember telling him so much. He was one person I felt I could tell anything to, and I'll miss that so much. My condolences go to his family, they've lost a wonderful person.
My consolences go to his family.
ReplyDeleteI really miss you Neal..
No matter how different you are from someone, both in a game context and in the life context, its sad to see someone pass. I personally did not know Denzin, but that does not make my sorrow any less for his family and freinds loss.
ReplyDeleteIm sure I speak for all of us at Vox Populi when I say, Rest in Peace, fellow CNer.
There is a an old Scots saying;
ReplyDelete"The sum of a man's life is measured by the effect on others, by his passing."
By that token, the man behind the Denzin mask was, in my eyes. Truly a great man.
Both he and his family remain in my thoughts and prayers.
Brian-Wilhelm Freiherr von Kirowsky-McGillewie
AkA Wilhelm1908 in Cybernations
Rest in peace Denzin. You are in our thoughts and CN is a bit emptier without you in it.
ReplyDeleteMy condolences to the Family, may the Lord grant you the strength and the love to bear this parting.
Neal, for all the time i have known you you have always been a rock. Someone to rely on, you have have always given selfless service. I an proud to have known you and the world is poorer with your passing.
ReplyDelete"Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest"
I have only briefly talked to you in our joint-membership channel, and actually never got to know you.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the one thing in know is that you were one of the greatest leaders the MHA ever had. You were a beacon to many.
Truly a great loss to all Härmlins.
Celial
Grämlins
RIP Neal, It was a pleasure knowing you in the game. You made alot of people happy in their escape from real life, me being one.
ReplyDeleteI will always remember you as the man who selflessly gave everything he could to 600 other people.
You were one of the kindest people i knew, may you be remembered in eternity as such.
-tristram, Mostly Harmless Alliance
Ryan Seideman, Israel Jerusalem.
Denzin,
ReplyDeleteI will always remember our late night chats and our eerily similar view of the world.
I will miss you.
Denzin,
ReplyDeleteYou were truly one of the best, and will be missed. You fought the good fight, and walked the good walk. Rest in peace brother.
Bill Woods, aka Woody of the New Pacific Order
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ReplyDeleteOh my god. I think I'm going to go bawl somewhere now.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna miss you, man. We need more people like you in this world.
He will be missed. He was always one of my favorite people to chat with.
ReplyDeleteNeal was one of the best people I ever met online, and it won't be the same without him.
I knew Neal Anthony Kooistra as Denzin. He has been a fellow leader, a fellow MHA member and more importantly a great friend. Words cannot describe the sadness Im feeling. Denzin mean a great deal to me. He has helped me through some tough times in my life. And while I never met him in person, I considered him one of my best friends.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that people from around the globe are paying their respects to Neal is a testiment to his character. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
Johnson - Mostly Harmless Alliance
James Johnson, Leicester, England
Denzin you were one of the great players in the game. Always willing to help, respectful and you stuck up for what was right. You handled my queries, some where I was a little ranty, very well and you always came back for some small talk. The game have suffered a great loss today.
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Mike Borrelli - Zephyrhills, FL
Neal,
ReplyDeleteThough I know you cannot read this, nor the email I have already sent, I know that you know how I feel. Denzin was among the great leaders of Planet Bob due to the selfless way he worked for those in and out of his beloved alliance. You were an amazing friend and I will always hold dear the trust and value you placed on our friendship. It was an honor to place you amongst my trusted friends in this silly little game. I hope you are at peace my brother and that you will rest easy from all your troubles. You said and know that I will always be a Hitchhiker at heart. I've got my towel, I'll see you on the other side.
o/ The Lost Hitchhiker
God be with You till we meet again.
Russ Black
SLC, UT
RustyNail - Vice Regent, Argent
Although I did not have the pleasure to know you personally, you were a friend to our alliance and to many of our members. May you find a world at least as wonderful as the one to which you contributed in CN.
ReplyDeleteDenzin has always been a constant insperation for me to strive for the best in MHA. Denzin has made MHA what it is today and without him, we would not have been complete. It has been truley an honor to work with such a dedicated and caring person that it is is hard to hold back tears. People say that it is just the internet, but it is more than that. Although we are all seperated by a computer screen and lots of wires, we all are a community and treat each other as such. Denzin, a great MHA member is no longer with us and we come together as the community we are to grieve our loss of a really awesome guy. RIP, Denzin. You will be missed.
ReplyDeleteGoodbye, friend. I don't know what to say, it all sounds so silly. Take care.
ReplyDeleteBlepo
Joey
I did not know you in person. But I liked your humour and your smart observations.
ReplyDeleteYou were a great leader and always seemed to thinkt twice before giving your opinion.
My prayers are with your family
Il Principe
Jan-Willem van Dongen, The Netherlands
I wish his family all the best. I know Denzin from the forums and from IRC and he was a funny and smart guy. We will miss him in our game but that will be incomparable to the grieve of his family. Again, I wish them all the best and will think about them.
ReplyDeleteHarro Teuben aka Nimrodi.
24 years, the Netherlands.
I too have my towel and look forward to seeing you on the other side, dear friend. I'm glad I got the opportunity to talk with you privately many times about CN, MHA, and life. Your passion for your friends at the MHA was very easy to see and I'm glad that I counted you as one of mine.
ReplyDeleteo/ Denzin \o
May God bless Neal's family and bring them peace and understanding.
Miss you, Denzin....
Matt Cruz
aka Zapp Brannigan
Seattle, WA, USA
He will be greatly missed. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
ReplyDelete-AAlumni
aka Mike Hyde
B'ham Alabama
Denzin was one of the reasons I remained a member of MHA as long as I did. o/ Denzin.
ReplyDeleteMy condolences to his family and loved ones.
Jokers - Bushido
Denzin,
ReplyDeleteYou will be missed.
Rest in Peace.
KING TOM
Denzin, I considered you to be one of my closest friends. I'm glad for our chats about anything that randomly crossed our minds.
ReplyDeleteRest in Peace buddy.
Poobah
Council of Argent
aka dpops
Dan Papaleo-East Longmeadow, MA
Condolences to Denzin's family.
ReplyDeleteMay the memory of the bright person he was help alleviate the pain for his death.
--Daniel
Denzin you helped me start my nation. you where the only reason i went to mha.
ReplyDeleteyou will be mised
--Chris447
A truly sad occasion. My heartfelt sympathies to his real life family and friends.
ReplyDeleteDave Harrington
Deep Blue C
Denzin, you will be sorely missed.
ReplyDeleteMy condolences to your family in this difficult time.
Daniel Carrozzi
(Gunblade)
Although I did not know you personally it is always a tragedy to lose someone so young with a lifetime ahead of them.
ReplyDeleteYou will be missed
Pat (pd73bassman[NV])
Aye....with great respects . MHA lost a great one.
ReplyDeletesanpedrodave[GPA]
Denzin, nearly two years ago we became allied to each other, and we fast became friends. I'll miss the times that we talked on IRC, and my condolences to your family and friends, as they have lost one of the people that the world needs more of - those who are caring, compassionate, and truly MHAwesome.
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- Sorum.
Thank you for all of your words, thoughts and prayers.
ReplyDeleteNeal loved you guys, and CN so much!
You can find realtime photos of Neal here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34252745@N08/show/
-Denzin's father, Chuck
nealchck@tampabay.rr.com
I would like to thank the citizens of CN and MHA who took the time to send their condolences to Neal`s family. As his mother, it warmed my heart and touched my soul to see how well-liked and respected he was among your community. I read all of the postings through tears of pride.
ReplyDeleteWords may feel inadequate, however the thoughts and emotions they convey are priceless. Your words have been a great comfort to me. To those of you who offered prayers, I am grateful.
You sound like a wonderful group of people and I can understand why Neal chose to spend his time with you. I am thankful that you were a part of his life.
May God bless you.
Neal`s mom
It's been a little over 6 months after Neal's passing now. I'd like to take this moment to commemorate him.
ReplyDeleteTo Neal's family: We haven't forgotton him yet. He's still in our hearts and prayers. You, too, are still in our hearts and prayers.
God's Speed.
Joey Gijbels
Blepo
It's been nearly been a year since your passing Denzin. It's still saddening to see you gone. We still all miss you; the old members no longer with MHA; The members that have never been in MHA; even some members that are new to MHA.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad to see a true hitchhiker pass away. Even though I don't know you that well Denzin, you will always be a great hitchhiker to us all.
A lot has happened at MHA since your passing. Forum moving, Karma War, MHA reaching the top 5, then becoming the #1 alliance in CN, even if for less than a day we still got there. You've done a lot for us and we are truly greatful for all your work. Thank you.
-Diablofan
Today marks the day on which, one year ago, Neal aka Denzin passed away.
ReplyDeleteTo his family and friends: We think of you and support you during this tough time.
o/ Denzin
Blepo
Mostly Harmless Alliance member
CyberNations Community member
Denzin,
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame I never got to know you. Reading back through your old posts and stuff both within the alliance and throughout all of Cybernations, I can tell that you were quite an extraordinary person.
MHA has grown a lot in a year. We've accomplish many things as a group of friends. I wish you could've been there to see it.
To Neal's family and friends:
He meant a lot to a great deal of people. Some who never got to meet him in person. It has been a year since his passing and still his memory is very much alive to those he helped, to those he inspired, and to those whose lives were bettered due to his presence.
-Stephen, AKA Jadoo1989
Triumvir, Mostly Harmless Alliance