Geez, that’s terrible. 
Me too. It just HAD to be a mean joke. He’s too young for that.
I hope his family and RL friends know how well regarded he was here. I will miss him.
One last time
Vote Autolycus
He didn’t play Mafia here for long - maybe five games in 2006/07? Every game he built a persona to post in - an Italian mobster, a sailor, what have you - and leavened the game with some humour.
His first game was hilarious because he thought he had to live to the end to win. (It’s a team game, mostly.)
He helped get us started, and though he moved on fairly quickly, I for one always missed his tone.
Farewell.
Looking through his threads, if found this. Too soon, man, waaaay too soon.
I wish I’d known you better; I think we would have been friends. Rest in peace, Auto. May the angels see you home.
I’m crushed.
RIP Autolycus.
And there’s still no news. One person posted (and that was echoed here) that he died in his sleep. I’m a little doubtful about that.
Holy shit, I just interacted with him on FB a couple of days ago…
Still hoping this is all a mistake.
Yeah. On the one hand, given his distance, if he had decided to take off out of town for a couple of days, it would be a “perfect” time for someone to play such a hoax.
On the other had, though, since a number of his family members have posted on his timeline, I’m guessing that they probably have better knowledge that it’s for real.
It’s definitely not a hoax-- his workplace posted on FB when it first happened asking everyone to keep from posting it to social media until his family could be notified.
Autolycus will be sorely missed.
WTF, man?? I was away for a few days, out of town, and I come back to this?
I am also hoping it’s a hoax. Auto was a sweet, non-jaded, sensitive, kind young man. If this is really true, I will miss seeing him around here.
A bit of information about Auto’s passing
The word I got was that he passed away from a health problem. He posted on his FB page in the middle of the day, a few hours before I got a mail about it. Was Monday a public holiday in Japan? If not, he was probably at work, unless he took the day off. Although I was told the cause of death, I have no details about it. I do know that he was at least outwardly doing well before that–he wasn’t bedridden or anything.
That’s about all I’ve got. I worked on the same program as he did until a few months ago, but he lived about 45 minutes from me and I didn’t see him much.
RIP Auto. One less Asian based member who will be missed…
Thanks for the update, BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed. Hopefully that means that he didn’t suffer too much.
Condolences to everybody!
Ah, man, this is awful. Auto was someone I always loved to see in a thread.
Such sad news.
From ladle to grave - RIP dear autolycus, you will be missed.
How very, very sad.