It is with a heavy heart that I am making this announcement. Last month, it was brought to our attention that Metrotider, our server operator, quality control member, media team member, and a close and dear friend to many, had passed away from his Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy disease. Metrotider was a very good friend to many of us, especially members of the administration team, and we were all incredibly hurt to hear the news.
To honour Metro’s memory, Generic and myself have created a memorial website where people can read a little bit more about him, view user-submitted memories of Metro, and read up on Duchenne and the fight against it. You can view it at https://metrotider.memorial. Note that a few things may not be fully working just yet.
Furthermore, we encourage you all to, if you can, donate to Action Duchenne, Metro’s parents’ charity of choice, to help fight this illness and directly fund research efforts against it: https://www.actionduchenne.org/. Anyone who donates 20€ or more to Action Duchenne will receive lifetime donator status on Lancer, as well as on any future servers hosted or ran by me.
In addition, if you knew Metro and considered him a friend, his family has created a Memorial Discord that you may join to discuss him and share any memories you may have had with him: https://discord.gg/7RWHCJtt8D.
Finally, the server will undergo a ‘weekend of silence’ and remain closed for the next week, from Friday, 16th of August, to Monday, 19th of August, to bring sufficient attention to this movement and to further honour Metro’s memory.
Thank you. Godspeed Curtis, our Oyabun.