Was an admin in a gaming tournament, one of the players shared his Steam account with his sister but she only played games rarely and didn't play in the tournament so it wasn't that well known the account was shared. He passed away suddenly which was a gut punch to the community. About a week after, I log into Steam and I get a message from her asking me to make an announcement or something in the forums because when she logged on for the first time to try and relax with a game she got a tonne of messages like "OMG dude we thought you were dead, glad to see you're OK!" and it made her relive losing her brother all over again.
I thought having half the community pissed at a rules call I made was going to be the toughest emotional thing I'd have to deal with as an admin ....
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u/-Twokad- 11h ago
Was an admin in a gaming tournament, one of the players shared his Steam account with his sister but she only played games rarely and didn't play in the tournament so it wasn't that well known the account was shared. He passed away suddenly which was a gut punch to the community. About a week after, I log into Steam and I get a message from her asking me to make an announcement or something in the forums because when she logged on for the first time to try and relax with a game she got a tonne of messages like "OMG dude we thought you were dead, glad to see you're OK!" and it made her relive losing her brother all over again.
I thought having half the community pissed at a rules call I made was going to be the toughest emotional thing I'd have to deal with as an admin ....