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"Elite: Dangerous" Community Rallies Around Terminally Ill Teenager

posted by Fnord666 on Friday July 05 2019, @04:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the enough-to-make-even-a-Thargoid-well-up dept.

GreatAuntAnesthesia writes:

As a fan of the Elite series (although I don't dare start playing Elite: Dangerous) I was drawn to this story, but wasn't expecting to be moved quite as much as I was. Well worth a read.

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/jul/04/how-a-video-game-community-filled-my-nephews-final-days-with-happiness-elite-dangerous

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @05:21AM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @05:21AM (#863368)

    I wish I knew what this shit is about. Back in the late 90's, I was a hip computer programmer. Now... what was I saying?

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @05:27AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @05:27AM (#863370)

    Now... what was I saying?

    Something about hips?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @05:30AM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @05:30AM (#863372)

      What about hips?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @05:37AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @05:37AM (#863376)

        I don' know, what about them?
        Anyway, who cares about late '90-ies hits?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @05:40AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @05:40AM (#863377)

          dang good rave parties, crazy tunes, good drugs, and ... yeah. them girls are crazy.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @06:01AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 05 2019, @06:01AM (#863380)

            Naaah, that was happening in the '60-'70ies, man. Those were the times.

        • (Score: 2) by kazzie on Friday July 05 2019, @05:49AM

          by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 05 2019, @05:49AM (#863379)

          Anyway, who cares about late '90-ies hits?

          Not me.

          Elite was a hit in 1984.

  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Friday July 05 2019, @05:01PM (2 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Friday July 05 2019, @05:01PM (#863536) Journal

    I never saw the need for Elite. I always used Pica. 80 characters per line are sufficient, aren't they? :-)

    --
    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.

    • (Score: 2) by Fnord666 on Friday July 05 2019, @06:49PM (1 child)

      by Fnord666 (652) on Friday July 05 2019, @06:49PM (#863576) Homepage

      I never saw the need for Elite. I always used Pica. 80 characters per line are sufficient, aren't they? :-)

      80 columns should be enough for anyone.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 06 2019, @02:07PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 06 2019, @02:07PM (#863809)

        There was never a need to advance beyond the 32 column TV Typewriter. Other than the occasionaly need to jiggle the prom after some of the characters morphed into “@“s.