I’m sorry to have found this information 2 years later about Russell Shirley. Reading some of these comments however about how someone said they wanted to thank the gaming company for his death I would like to respond about what kind of person Russell Shirley was since he was a friend that I had regretably lost contact with. I first knew Russell from Everquest he loved to play online games and after getting to know him it had a lot to do with a very high intelligence which was in some way satisfied by the challenges certain online games offered him. I helped him get a job at the company I had worked for during the last 18 years and he was the only person out of all those who asked including other friends that I did this for. The reason was he was smarter than me (before you sneer at me I have 2 degrees and graduated with my B.A. well over 3.0 g.p.a.). He was so smart and fast thinking that on the games EQ and WOW he would do the mental calculations, adaption of tactics, etc. as fast as 3 guild raid officers combined. His only problem was his physique. He was always heavyset this was so even before Diablo 3 came out……years before even. There are many who are genetically predisposed to being overweight I’ve seen plenty and no matter how much they do excercise they simply can’t override their body’s programming to store more body fat than say another “thin” person might. I think those who threw cheap shots at him without ever knowing him are things that belong in the toilet and I’m sorry your mother gave birth to a waste of space like those of you who I am referring to. Russell was the kind of guy who would help you out when you needed help so his passing is not an occasion for throwing barbs.
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I’m sorry to have found this information 2 years later about Russell Shirley. Reading some of these comments however about how someone said they wanted to thank the gaming company for his death I would like to respond about what kind of person Russell Shirley was since he was a friend that I had regretably lost contact with. I first knew Russell from Everquest he loved to play online games and after getting to know him it had a lot to do with a very high intelligence which was in some way satisfied by the challenges certain online games offered him. I helped him get a job at the company I had worked for during the last 18 years and he was the only person out of all those who asked including other friends that I did this for. The reason was he was smarter than me (before you sneer at me I have 2 degrees and graduated with my B.A. well over 3.0 g.p.a.). He was so smart and fast thinking that on the games EQ and WOW he would do the mental calculations, adaption of tactics, etc. as fast as 3 guild raid officers combined. His only problem was his physique. He was always heavyset this was so even before Diablo 3 came out……years before even. There are many who are genetically predisposed to being overweight I’ve seen plenty and no matter how much they do excercise they simply can’t override their body’s programming to store more body fat than say another “thin” person might. I think those who threw cheap shots at him without ever knowing him are things that belong in the toilet and I’m sorry your mother gave birth to a waste of space like those of you who I am referring to. Russell was the kind of guy who would help you out when you needed help so his passing is not an occasion for throwing barbs.