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Title: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: O4L on June 02, 2020, 04:09:17 PM
Just saw this on the discord from Droid.

A few hours ago a guy called "ethman" logged in & said that his father Ch0ppY passed away yesterday (June 1st, 2020) at 3 a.m.
Manuel «Manny» Simmonds aka Ch0ppY was 61 y.o. and it was probably a heart attack.

Here's the email of  Ch0ppY's son Ethan :

(http://i.imgur.com/KWtTqsC.png)

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(http://i.imgur.com/ugShnOs.jpg)

He was I believe #2 most played games behind braviet on the server. We lost a huge part of the server.

AcidGangsta and ^AdaM^ just got someone new to play with up in heaven.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: tk[as] on June 02, 2020, 04:32:23 PM
Damn. Sorry to anybody who was close with him. We lost a good member of the community. Always hosting games and was always friendly from what I could tell
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: tk[as] on June 02, 2020, 04:33:15 PM
I think spb is #1 most played. Just with multiple accounts
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Nox on June 02, 2020, 04:36:23 PM
Im so sad, choppy was my boy, the only one who literally make me love to play chop sometime.

During the last month i was playing alot of chop with him on the morning, we had much fun cuz i was saying i was the best canadian chopper of all time, and we both know i was pretty bad at chop, we were both laughing hard about it :(

I still consider myself happy to have played so much game with him during those last month, like if destiny give me some time with him before he goes to a better place, R.I.P choppy.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Knitter on June 02, 2020, 05:17:57 PM
Ohhhh.... what lovely person im so sad :(
Ive played with him so many games. He was always a good person to me.

God bless you.
I will always remember you.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: xXxSmeagolxXx on June 02, 2020, 05:21:52 PM
I was saddened to hear this when Adam-w told me and even more reading his son's words. I wasn't super close with Ch0ppy but QUICK{hR} one of my very best friends on here for years was close with Ch0ppy and we'd all play PBall together sometimes back in the day. He was great for this game helping to host for people as mentioned and he was always very nice, especially for Warcraft 2 player standards. With all those games you know he loved this shit what a champ. He hosted so many games for so many people and was always a staple of this whole community and the chop sub community of course. I hope his family knows he touched the lives of a lot of people who never even met him in real life. I also hope his family finds peace and gets through this the easiest possible. His family, friends, and the Warcraft 2 community has just lost a legend!
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: xXxSmeagolxXx on June 02, 2020, 05:29:53 PM
I thought I'd also mention one of my best online friends from Warcraft 2 Armyreign on east AKA Fuku and Armynova on RU. I knew him 10+ years before his sudden disappearance and I ended up finding out he died. If you know someone online long enough and talk to them, play with them, and get to know them it really can be sad when they die. Army was an awesome PBaller, good at other customs and a solid Warcraft 2 player in general. With Ch0ppy dying just thought I'd mention how losing a long time online friend sucks.

I hope you guys are hanging out together somewhere in the afterlife and owning! Gone but never forgotten: Ch0ppy, Armyreign, AcidGangsta, and ^AdaM^ !
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: O4L on June 02, 2020, 06:09:47 PM
ch0ppy vs sincityplaryer chop - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e1cWx1r4Vg#)

Justin Schmidt recorded one of his 1on1's a couple weeks ago.

Also ilyich[as] was the last player to play him on the ladder.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: ~ToRa~ on June 02, 2020, 06:41:17 PM
Well I’ll say Ch0ppy was a great guy and the chop community lost one of their greats. Losing Ch0ppy is a huge blow to the war2 community.

I’m going to host a 2v2 chop tournament this weekend for the guy.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: O4L on June 02, 2020, 07:28:17 PM
In the mornings you could always count on at least one game being up thanks to him. He really did have a lot of love for the game and the people playing it.

He was pretty dang competitive for his age too. I hope my wrists and fingers can still move at 61.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: WillTheRealKoorbStandUp on June 02, 2020, 08:15:13 PM
rip  bro :tear:
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: O4L on June 02, 2020, 08:49:27 PM
Some more stories that show what kind of person he was.

(http://i.imgur.com/BdnktLC.jpg)
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: ~ToRa~ on June 02, 2020, 08:53:25 PM
In truth I am holding my breath this is just a hoax and come 5am tomorrow he will be hosting a chop like he always does.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: woofy on June 03, 2020, 02:24:24 AM
Fuck.  Literally nicest guy on the server.... he was finally learning GoW last year too. RIP mate
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: eleison on June 03, 2020, 05:02:19 AM
Quote from: ~ToRa~ on June 02, 2020, 06:41:17 PM
Well I’ll say Ch0ppy was a great guy and the chop community lost one of their greats. Losing Ch0ppy is a huge blow to the war2 community.

I’m going to host a 2v2 chop tournament this weekend for the guy.

Maybe we could try make it a 4v4 tourney, with scrambled teams, seed the players into fair teams. Maybe we could get 3-4 teams? Because Ch0ppy loved 4s.

Ch0ppy gave a lot to this community, he will also be missed a lot!
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Oragorn on June 03, 2020, 06:14:47 AM 
Ch0ppy was one of those people who did not ban even beginners. It is this quality, together with true goodwill, that I remember in it. 
Bright memory. Chop’s world has really lost a lot.

Ch0ppy will just chop a lot ...with a great sense of humor.
(http://forum.war2.ru/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5790.0;attach=3742)
(http://forum.war2.ru/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5790.0;attach=3744)
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: O4L on June 03, 2020, 06:22:36 AM
Dear Friends and Ch0ppys (Manuel Simonds) friends.

Here is his pic and family letter too us

Good Morning,

Thank you for your messages and for reaching out, it’s amazing to see all the different people in different places he was friends with.
We are all devastated by the sudden loss and no words can explain how we feel to have lost such an amazing man and father, far too early.
I know Warcraft was one of his passions and a lot of his friends are there. He loved the game and the players and also Watching the change over the years as you all started to have families and children of your own. He spoke about everyone and I’m so sorry for the loss of your friend. We started the game together around 20 years ago together; maneth & ethman but I don’t have his ability to never stop or give up (or get board with one map!) so on he went with the Chop Dragons and Chop Farms. There wasn’t a day that went by when I lived at home he didn’t play, and when I left I heard nothing changed.

The most surprising news I had in recent weeks was that he’d just started to play GOW. GOW!! That was something I thought I would never hear. I am just overwhelmed by the fact I will never get the chance to play with him again.

I appreciate you all will feel this way and I’m sorry for your whole community at the loss of one of your friends.
I don’t have a way to contact everyone and I know there are more people he might have spoken to so please feel free to pass my email to anyone else who would like to reach out.
I am sharing everyone’s kind words with my mum and sister and they are exceptionally appreciative of how loved by all he was.
We are arranging a service for him but with all that is currently going on that may be difficult. When this has been arranged I will share the online page with everyone if they are interested as a remembrance one should be set up

I apologise for not being able to reply individually at the moment as I really do want to but I may need to do this at a later stage.
It’s been incredible hearing all the different stories of how long you have know him and what your thoughts on him were and I hope these can help my family at the moment.
I have attached a picture of the old man for you - I know he was coy with his age and image a lot, so in case some of you never saw him, this was him.
As always GL & HF with your games, I may join you all at some point, but until then..
Warm Regards,

Ethan, Marian & Paloma Simmonds

(http://i.imgur.com/hwTZtOq.jpg)
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: RagneR on June 03, 2020, 07:24:35 AM
He was the friendliest person on the server whom I knew. He always wrote to me "hi Rag" when I went to the server) He is also the person because of whom I played chop. I was pleased to be in the same game with him. We praised each other for a good game when we were in the same team, and when we were in the opposite. He very rarely played chop 1on1, but I played it with him) It was a lot of fun. He was also a good teacher. When I was new to chop, he showed me some chips.
The community of Warcraft2 is so small that we can call it our second family. We are very sorry that we lost such a good person(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: RagneR on June 03, 2020, 07:25:49 AM
I will really miss his games, he is too valuable a member of the community
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Winchester on June 03, 2020, 08:10:30 AM
I would join his games and play some chop while waiting for a gow game to get started, so i learned to play with him and he was very welcoming, and he joined me for the occasional gow 2s or to watch some 1s, one of the more chill people on this game, a huge loss for war2 as he was one of the most active customs players and didn't ban most of the new players.

Rest in peace Ch0ppy.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Cel on June 03, 2020, 08:34:38 AM
Warcraft 2 just lost another legend...
There is no telling how deeply it hurts to know these awesome human beings wont be around anymore  :tear:.
Here was a person that really understood how valuable each and everyone of us is (new and old) for our small and yet getting smaller family...
Lets continue his legend with all our hearts as there is nothing we can do to honor his memory that would be more fitting...
By that I mean continuing to welcome new players and being friendly to each and everyone as much as we can as he did.
Putting our differences aside to focus on what really brings us together.
Every time we do that we may just be carrying a little bit of him with us
 :wc2:
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: tolsty on June 03, 2020, 09:13:52 AM
I haven't played in over a year. I decided that I should leave in one stroke. Gradually, I couldn't. It so happened that I almost immediately started playing chop. Everything said here about Choppy is true. At first I thought that the oldest player in the chop on the server - Vova 1. I'm a little younger than him. But by chance I found out that Choppy is even older!!! And I realized that you can play at a decent level at any age. Choppy often teased others, but it was fun. I was scolded many times by other players when I started. Choppy was one of the friendliest chop players on the server. Yesterday I learned from Oragorn about the incident. To do this, I had to find a username and password to log in here. RIP Choppy. The Сhoppy - always now WIN!!!
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Certified MENSA Genius Brain (smart) on June 03, 2020, 12:46:19 PM
man I didn't really even play chop and I still always saw him around and joined some of his games.  He was a long-time presence and good guy.  This is a sad loss.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: 00Samuel on June 03, 2020, 01:03:30 PM
Rest in peace Ch0ppy, definitely won't be the same not seeing you
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: sale39 on June 03, 2020, 03:36:59 PM
  :( all those mornings all those years, with someone who was real virtual good friend, good as a soul,
they went with him and all the chop mornings, only silence will remain...
 i will never forget you, HIO HIO MY BRO :(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: ouin on June 03, 2020, 04:36:46 PM
GGs Bro !

I will miss you (:

Merci pour l'ensemble de ces chop games au cours de ces 15-20 dernières années ...

R.I.P. Ch0ppY

ouin
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: 8)MikulZ(8 on June 03, 2020, 07:53:36 PM
This can't be true...

He was the kindest person I've ever met online and a very good friend... Best Chop Farms host ever letting everyone play and I don't even know if chop would be alive anymore if he didn't host it almost daily.

This is a horrible day in Warcraft 2 history and the most sad thing I can think of that could have happened on this server...  :sob:

RIP Ch0ppY, my bro.. Someday we will reunite again to play some Chop Farms!
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: ~ToRa~ on June 03, 2020, 08:06:15 PM
After talking with Sale39 it is important all the chop players can host. Anyone have "underrated's" contact info? We need to fix his hosting as he can't at the moment.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Noise on June 03, 2020, 10:03:45 PM
I can't believe Ch0ppy left us. He will always be in my good wc2 memories. Love you bro.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Lambchops on June 03, 2020, 10:06:34 PM
Quote from: XuRnT on June 02, 2020, 04:09:17 PM

([url]http://i.imgur.com/ugShnOs.jpg[/url])

He was I believe #2 most played games behind braviet on the server. We lost a huge part of the server.




The thing Manny was most proud of about his stats was his losses. That's the only thing I ever heard him brag about.

           "#1 most losses in the game."

The part he didn't need to say was the part that everyone else already knew. More than 75% of those games he hosted himself. Probably 90% for all I know. Manny could have made his stats as good as he wanted, and in truth he did.

He was, without any shadow of a doubt, the best and fairest host in the game. He always tried to balance the game, and if it couldn't be balanced he would take the disadvantage on his own team.

That was just his nature. Manny was always, first and foremost, a gentleman. The proof of that was that he remained a gentleman despite often being surrounded by a bunch of purile man-children. When he had to he would stand his ground with good nature and good humor, but no more than that, and in doing so gained the love and respect of all who knew him.

I can't remember how many times things were slow on the server and it would be hard to even get 4 players together to play a game, then Manny would log in and start hosting and instantly there were full games because everyone knew that meant a good host and ggs for all.

I don't remember who I was talking to late one night. Things were slow and were were just chatting about life and stuff, but I remember saying that Ch0ppy was my hero, and I meant it. They laughed and said "why?".  To be fair I guess that person probably didn't play chop a lot, but I wasn't much interested in the conversation after that. I guess if you don't known then you don't know.

But I suppose now I should at least try to answer that question.

It's partly for the reasons I have outlined above; his good nature, good humor, endless patience and sense of fair play, but more so it's because I knew those things about him, absolutely, despite the fact that he didn't brag, and always listened more than he spoke. Manny loved his family, although he wouldn't often talk about them unless you asked, but when he did you could always feel the love and pride behind his words. He was genuine, even from behind a computer he still treated everyone as human beings and not just some part of a game. I never saw him ever type a single word that he wouldn't have said to someone face to face, his humanity always shone through.

Manny will remain my hero and one of the best human beings I have ever know. I will always regret never having had the chance to meet him in person. Goodbye, old friend. This was way too soon.


Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: aka CaptainKurtz on June 04, 2020, 12:19:41 AM
It is a sad loss indeed. It is the memories that count. He will live on in our community.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Oragorn on October 28, 2020, 08:11:00 AM
Vova1 got in touch and sends his most sincere condolences. Vova1 and Choppy were friends.
He is very upset and grieves a lot.
If he is not mistaken, then Ch0ppY parodied his nickname Vova 2,3,4.
Vova1 is very glad that he knew him.
______
(Sorry for the bad english)

Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: RipE[Eur0] on October 28, 2020, 11:24:10 AM
oh fucking damn.
he was a nice guy.

i dunno what to say in english. RIP
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: RipE[Eur0] on October 28, 2020, 11:27:50 AM
Quote
He was I believe #2 most played games behind braviet on the server. We lost a huge part of the server.

u dont know how many players have smurfed these years. u dont even understand vpn. u dont know every1s nicks etc.
maybe only if talkin about war2.ru choppy and braviet have most games. invidual nicks. but im quite sure there is many others beating or evening them. spb for example.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: RipE[Eur0] on October 28, 2020, 11:28:42 AM
if we start to count games from kali. oh son....... thats a long  story. who has most games????


ok i dont ruin the thread. rest in peace choppy. never knew he was that old. peace.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: tk[as] on October 28, 2020, 11:35:14 AM
Spb I thought was #1 most games if you add all his accounts.

Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: FlyDude on November 08, 2020, 07:39:50 PM
R.I.P. Ch0ppy.

A solid member of the community and a class act.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Warchief Lightbringer- on November 12, 2020, 10:03:27 AM
RIP. Always sad to see a member of the community pass away. Although I did not know him, he will be missed by his close ones and here.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Ch0ppy
Post by: Knitter on June 26, 2023, 11:16:45 AM
it's been 3 years now since ch0ppy aka manny passed away.
I still see many profiles in which choppy is remembered. He has not been forgotten and that is nice to see.
I played so many games with him and he was always nice, polite, courteous....
This post is just a reminder of him.

Love you all! take care of yourselves.