Community Tributes to Byron 'Reckful' Bernstein

Blizzard Posted 2020/07/02 at 3:21 PM by perculia

Suicide rates continue to riseNational Suicide Prevention Lifelineinternational list of hotline numbersOut of respect, we are not reporting on the specific means of Reckful's death.Byron Burnside

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Comment by verbsarewordsRemovedComment by damonberginWatching Reckful's pvp videos back in the day made me realise the skill cap of some players is so far beyond my capabilities that my Rogue has, is and will always be at 99/100 arena games. PvP is not my thing, but I could watch his masterful displays of Rogue game play for hours. Heck, I even used a couple of his hearthstone decks too.

Much love to any and all affected by his passing, one more light has gone out, and if anyone is wondering 'who cares?' Well, I do!Comment by DreamcatcherRIP Byron, Azeroth will miss you.Comment by AndgeneRIP to one of the greatest guys of all time!Comment by GrauhornOn Tichondrious, Horde showed up and people started killing each other.Comment by rydalRest in peace my dude......seems that God wanted someone to boost Him to that 3k mark.....farewell legend!Comment by RoxuroByron Burnside
Wish he wasn't attackable. Some player kept trying to kill the NPC. (How low can some people go? Apparently THAT low.)Comment by SongooRemovedComment by KondeyI am a nobody and I feel like I could have done more, to help him somehow. I obviously don't know how it all works but I just wish that he's at peace now. He deserved betterComment by JirachiJulesRemovedComment by sinangelusi knew nothing about him but im sorry a life was lost due to mental illness.

makes me worry about the people in my life who say they are depressed.

I felt depressed for a while long ago (not suicidal though) and i told my parents but they were either uncomfortable talking about it or told me "im not depressed i don't know what that even is" and "its just life, get over it" And they called psychology and seeing a therapist "crazy doctor". I never went because of the stigma and the cost of it. I understand my parents probably been through worse than me in life but you never know how much people can take and what they are taking. My parents love me don't get me wrong, but some new fields like psychology they just don't understand, like new technology and how to work it. Its still relatively new and becoming more known and are still making strides in learning more about mental health. Its like how medicine was back when people were given homemade tonics. Its still being studied and we don't know the cure at all but we are still testing a way to understand all of the mental illnesses.

Point is, listen to the person. Do not dismiss it even if you think its something trivial. We don't know what people can handle in life compared to ourselves. Been trying to get some one in my life to see a psychiatrist/psychologist for a while now, its hard to start the process in calling for help. I also know someone who used to call the hotline a lot and they said it did nothing for them (they ended up seeing a psychiatrist and psychologist instead who both helped). What a person needs is a friend to help and be there for them and get proper help from psychiatrist or/and psychologist or/and therapist or/and medicines. The hotline doesn't work for everyone.Comment by DrezzedOriginal comment was removedLooks like my comment was deleted without even informing. I'm saying that he didn't pass away. He took his life. It's not like he died in a car accident or something. Why won't you let me tell the truth? I feel like only those who speak on some certain stuff (you all know what I mean) can write here.Comment by Drezzed
Only thing that saddens me is that this time there won't be big charity donations because it's not some political issue you can wave as a flag.Comment by wbeylisTragic, hope people can learn from this...let something good come out of this tragedy. Some of us can relate quite a lot to what he was going through. thank you wowhead for honouring his memory and may your soul and mind rest in peace "Reckful"Comment by sinangelus
Asmongold donated $15,000 to suicide prevention today during his stream today.Comment by gh0sth4ndMy condolences to those who where close to him
wishing you strength in this dificult times

not sure what else to say i haven't kept up with his stream in a long time

but its a sad day at least what i can tell about him he was a kind one
very talented but yeah sad you could have seen it that the loss of his brother took a toll on him
man 31 is way to soon ...

the ingame events for him in his honor touches me
for a long time i had the feeling that the wow comm was turning in the wrong direction
clearly i was wrong
sad part is that he does not seen this day and that it always needs a tragedy to get us to realise whats really important

stay healthy guys and take care of yourself and each otherComment by JirachiJulesMy comment was not trolling. Just because you disagree with it, doesn't make it trolling.Comment by SongooRemovedComment by LagruellRest in Peace ReckfulComment by shinjiiRest in peace, Byron.

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