RIP Adrian (Fuse)

[Colin]

It would be good if the news of Adrian’s passing and people’s remembrance of him could be moved to its own thread. Many members may miss this due to it being in this thread, and I’m sure many others would like to both know we’ve lost him as well as say something about the great guy he was.

[wakka]

I agree, yeah, it would be good if this could be moved to its own thread, to share this sad news better and also for posterity. Could we make it happen?

[Nu-Eclipse]

I'm with Colin and wakka on this. The celeb death thread really doesn't seem appropriate.

Would much rather a separate thread for Adrian... absolutely cannot believe this is being typed out...

[wakka]

Would be good if everything posted so far about Adrian could be moved to the new thread.

[SuperDanX]

RIP Fuse, shocking and very sad.

[doodledude]

Never met him, but he was always friendly on the forum with me and others and had great taste in games.
Will be sorely missed by us all.

[buster_broon]

Aye just found out about this over on Facebook from big Sean

Adrian was from the absolute glory days here, when importing wasnt easy and costly and the forums were just alight

First time I met him was at my first ntsc-uk meeting in Sarfhampton at Seany's house, met him and another few guys from here but was a brilliant night of gaming and drinking, Adrian handed my arse me me on every single fighting game we played

Kept in touch and went to his house a few times when I still served, when I was based in London

always spoken here and there but it has been a while this time

Fair seas and following winds my old friend, absolute shame and condolences go out to all his family and loved ones

[Brad]

Only met Adrian once, at the same meetup randombs mentioned but he was a top bloke. I remember him absolutely destroying me on a very poorly emulated version of SF2 (they'd even stretched the aspect ratio to 16:9). Very sad to hear this news. A terrible loss to his family and friends and to us here.

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Absolutely horrific news. I was just thinking the other day I’d not seen him online for a while, but had no idea how bad his heath had got.

It was always nice to see his hauls, like important, he was a member of the small enclave of gamers that still buy new games from Japan. Someone still continuing in the spirit of the glory days of gaming.

It’s going to be so strange not seeing him around.

Rest in peace dude.

[ezeeryder]

The worst news. First bumped into Adrian on here ages ago when it was NTSC and eventually met up several times in-person, including at his place in London. We even went to E3 together one year. The nicest guy, who just loved video games. RIP Adrian. You will be missed. ❤️

[Yakumo]

I don't really know how to reply to this. Gutted.



Heart conditions.

Oh man, such as shame. Even though I never knew Fuse in real life, I enjoyed his posts very much. 😢
I hope those close to him are coping with their loss.

[Colin]

When he came to see me in Scotland he had his fiancée with him, but I can’t remember what their wedding date was. Does anyone know if they managed to get their big day?

I can’t think about much else apart from this today, as much as I knew him we weren’t close, but it just shows how much of an impression he left on everyone he met.

Just such a chill guy to be around. I love reading the posts tonight remembering him. I’ll never forget when I got my first cab though and I thought I was doing pretty decent with my Progear scores, yet the big guy came round to mine, sat down for one credit and annihilated my high score. Just a natural game player.

[egparadigm]

When he came to see me in Scotland he had his fiancée with him, but I can’t remember what their wedding date was. Does anyone know if they managed to get their big day?

This was confirmed via discord, married in hospital on 6th Feb.

[Colin]

Thank you, I’m so happy to hear that, even if it’s so heartbreaking at the same time that they had such a short time together as husband and wife.

[charlesr]

Morning. You probably don’t know me but I’m Damien (real name Chris), Fuse’s IRL friend and previously a part time NTSC forum poster. No easy way of saying this. Fuse’s wife (they got married in hospital on the 6th Feb) phoned me yesterday afternoon to break that he hadn’t managed to pull through being taken off life support after being put into an induced coma for a week after heart surgery. Very sorry to be breaking this but I know he still posted here and traded with you guys so thought I’d log in to see if you were in the loop.