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Lowtax
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 4:36 pm
by Transient
Dead at 45.
https://kotaku.com/something-awful-foun ... 1848037837
Longtime Something Awful forum administrator Fragmaster posted that site founder Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka has died. “I guess I should preface this by saying this isn’t a joke especially since I’m posting for like the first time in 10 years or something, but I got the bad news today directly from Rich’s family,” wrote Fragmaster. “Lowtax has passed away.”
Not sure how he died, by Kotaku put a link to the Suicide Prevention hotline at the bottom of their article. The guy was a mixed bag, by all accounts. He may have created SA, but he was also quite the asshole.
Re: Lowtax
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:06 am
by Eraser
Him and Fargo were the original PlanetQuake webmasters. For that he has my eternal gratitude anyway
Re: Lowtax
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 7:17 am
by Whiskey 7
PlanetQuake
Now we are going back in time... R.I.P. Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka :tear:
Re: Lowtax
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 8:38 am
by seremtan
looks like they removed the claim he committed sudoku from the article without also removing the suicide prevention hotline link
Re: Lowtax
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:07 am
by seremtan
great article with interviews about SA here:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/nzg4yw/ ... hing-awful
their comments on why twitter is such a shitshow are spot on. also, FYAD reminded me of old Q3W R&R
Re: Lowtax
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:50 am
by Cory
One of his ex wives confirms his suicide, and also how abusive he was:
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showt ... t519160186
Edit: And oh this is a gofundme for her and their kids
https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-a-friend-in-hiding