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Jucke
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 35 |
Poison/Oneway found dead
It is with big pain I am posting this. One of my closest friends both private and on the scene, Poison/Oneway (Radek Stypczynski) Poison was found dead friday may 6th. He died in his sleep in Hanoi Vietnam while taking a lunch nap visiting some artist friends over there. Hours before he said he was feeling a bit strange and ill, and then he didnt wake up from his nap. Nobody knows for sure what happened, but the doctor that first checked him said it might be a unlucky case of food poisoning or some virus or infection he caught that ran amok fast. He had no idea he was about to die. Last time i was in contact with him was just the day before he died. We, his old friends were informed saturday after the swedish embassy in vietnam had contacted his girlfriend and mother, and we were all totally shocked and devastated. Yesterday and today me and his old local friends met up and cried together. Poison was a dear friend and I personally had known him since 1989 when we first met on a copyparty, and since he had been a frequent party visitor for more than two decades he had alot of friends on the swedish c64 scene. He also was one of the most talented and unique pixel artists ive ever known, not to mention he was the king of petscii without anyone even being close to matching his style and skills. I myself feel like a big part of me has been ripped out from my heart, because during all my youth years, Poison was there. We were in several groups together, went to numerous dataparties, were close friends and lived in the same town for many years, painted petscii together, arranged music/dance parties for more than ten years where he did all the artwork and decorations, and the list goes on. Poison was one of the key friends in my life who made me become the adult i am today, so the loss is immense. If you were a friend to Poison and feel like expressing yourself, you can either post your condolences here or mail them to me joakim_cosmo@hotmail.com and i will make sure they reach his mother so she will see that her son was loved and will be missed. I felt it was my duty to take this upon myself being his closest scene friend. I have been crying since yesterday, and i almost never cry. It is very hard for me to write this now, but it must be done.
/Jucke |
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 639 |
My condolences. RIP Poison! |
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Jucke
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 35 |
Thank you all for your condolences and support. It makes it all easier to get trough. Many have been very kind to call or sms me to see how i feel, and have to thank you for caring, it warms my heart. Today Poisons girlfriend since 8 years arrived in Helsingborg to meet up with his mother and i guess in the coming days they will plan the funeral among other things. It's a strange experience to loose one of your closest friends and even if the shock is fading away now the thought that i will never meet him again in this life freaks me out a bit. But those are the conditions of life, so one of the things ive learned the past days is; never take any of your friends existence for granted, tomorrow they might be gone. |
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Jucke
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 35 |
King Fisher: I can confirm what Frantic said about Poison being extremly proud of that font in Red Storm. We went to Light+Phenomena'92 together and afterwards he told me he had made a font for you, but he didnt know what it was for. Later that year he was at my place and i showed him this new amazing demo from Triad called Red Storm for the first time, and he was totally blown away by the demo, saying it was the best he had ever seen. And then, towards the end of the demo, when that upscroller appeared he looked all surprised and excited and shouted -"WAAAAH?!! LOOK, IT'S MY FONT!!!! THEY USED MY FONT!!!". So yeah, he took alot of pride of having contributed to that demo even if it was just a font, and trough the years i have always pointed it out when watching it with scene friends. -"poison made that font". I think i will continue with that. (: |
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Jucke
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 35 |
I will get back with information about the funeral later on for those of you who knew him well and wants to come. My home will be open for you if you need to stay overnight. I have been informed that Poisons girlfriend has read your condolences on here, and was touched by what was written. I have been asked to take care of the music on the funeral, and i will make sure there will be sid-music played aswell as his other favourite music, and i will try to figure out a good way to show his petscii and pixel graphics also if possible. |
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Sixx
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 229 |
That font story gave me ståpäls! <3 |
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Honesty
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 117 |
R.i.p. :( |
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Testa
Account closed
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 197 |
i want to bring my condolences to every body who loves him. Rest In Peace, i always liked your work, |
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RaveGuru
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 43 |
VAD I HELVETE DÅ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JÄVLA SKIT!!!!!
:( |
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PAL
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 271 |
Rest In Peace, scener. |
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ptoing
Registered: Sep 2005
Posts: 271 |
Did not know him, but he does indeed sound like a very nice guy from what I read and heard from others.
RIP |
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