I really want to say something that would honor the memory of VTE, but I'm at just such a loss for words. I'm truly devastated. He was a great guy. Those of us who have been here for a long time have really gotten to know each other over the years. We've had meet ups, shared phone calls and texts, emailed each other, been supported during deployments and supported others through rought life circumstances. VTEnviro has been one of those constant guys on this board who was always willing to offer a remark, sometimes purely for humor, and sometimes sarcastic, but always sincere and always with respect.
He was known as the banhammer in the early days and weilded a mighty smiting finger with which he would ban spammy little f***ers (his words) before most of us even woke up in the morning. He was also epicly famous for his multiple aliases. He's created characters that have become their own members of the board in their own right, and some of them lasted for years before being discovered by other members. I'm still not sure if we're allowed to reveal his most famous one, but he's just such an ingrained part of this board, I am absolutely stunned at this news and I don't know how this board will ever be the same... it simply won't, it will never be the same. I dare say it will never be quite as good as it was, with such a force of the history of this site now forever gone.
