88Devin07
4th August 2005, 10:08 AM
I have another prayer request...
As you all know, I play video games a lot. And WWIIOL is one of the games I play... I play as a German now, but used to be an only Allied Player...
I want you all to pray for the soul and family of Charlanne Corbin...
One of the ALLIED people you should all know because she was so often put in Willy Tee's comics has died in a tragic house fire.
PHEW died August 1, 2005
Please watch the www.75th.us (http://www.75th.us/) forum for more information regarding the memorial service in game and also regarding the trust fund being setup for her 14 year old son whom also plays the game. (PBG, I believe is his tag.)
Once again it is a sad day for ALL of us that play WWII Online when one of us dies before thier time.
Please come to the memorial and pay your respects to a dedicate soldier no matter what side you play, Allied or Axis.
Look for me there (game tag, TCCK), I would like to say Hi.
And one of the news reports:
MAGALIA -- Friends and co-workers -- both locally and across the world via an online game -- remembered the 57-year-old Magalia woman who died in a Tuesday morning fire.
Charlanne Corbin was known as "Popcorn" to many of her co-workers at Paradise Unified School District, where she was a bus driver. In the gaming universe of World War II Online, she was a colonel in the French army going by the name of "Phew."
Tom Brogden, interim administrator for the district's transportation department, said many drivers were emotional hearing word the well-liked Corbin died when her Nimshew Road home burned. Investigators said the cause of the fire was electrical.
"She was a very popular driver," Brogden said.
He said Corbin's family contacted him regarding a memorial service. The service will be at 1 p.m Aug. 13 at Magalia Pines Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, who attempted to rescue Corbin but were turned away by the fire.
Retired bus driver Bonnie Fugh Saul described Corbin as generous person who loved kids. Corbin was a good driver whose passengers were well-behaved.
Corbin also loved her cats and dogs and often carried dog biscuits for awaiting dogs at bus stops, Saul said.
"The more she had, the happier she was," Saul said.
Mechanic Don Bongers said he will miss Corbin, who was hired a month before he joined the district in 1984. He recalled Corbin as an outgoing "free spirit" who had many friends in the district and throughout the community. Before coming to the district, Corbin had worked in area restaurants and as a truck driver.
"She was a great driver," Bongers said. "She had a great personality and got along with the kids."
He said "Popcorn" was Corbin's handle when she was a citizens band radio operator and the name stuck. She used the nickname on her car's license plate.
Bongers said Corbin enjoyed camping, fishing and motorcycle riding in her free time.
"She was into so much stuff it was hard to pin her down to one thing," he said.
Corbin's pastimes extended on the Internet to World War II Online — a massive multiplayer role-playing war game centered around the European theater.
Kerry Smith, a Nashville, Tenn., resident who goes by the name "Wolfie69" in the game, said Corbin was renowned for her defensive play guarding vital "capture points." She said Corbin was also one of the few female players in a male-dominated gaming world.
Smith and other players recalled Corbin at several online discussion boards dedicated to the game. Although most never met Corbin in person, many spoke with her during the gameplay using text or voice chat software called TeamSpeak.
"It's truly amazing because we are like one large family on there," Smith said. "A lot of us have never met, but we've all been together for many years."
Smith said there was some doubts from gamers about Corbin's death because several saw her online just two hours before the fire shortly after midnight on Tuesday. Many of Corbin's online friends gathered in the game's CPs for an impromptu memorial Tuesday night — remembering Corbin and shooting enemy soldiers.
"I don't think I've seen so many men in a TeamSpeak forum cry like that," she said.
Cristal Dorsey, who played on Phew's squad as "MzNqbus," said she and her husband have teamed up with Corbin since an earlier game on America Online 10 years ago. Dorsey, who lives in Lotten, Okla., said her squadmate was a "goddess" in the game who had earned impressive stats.
Dorsey said Corbin eschewed the spotlight, instead helping teach people in the game to be a better player and a better person.
"She was the mom, she was the leader, she was the voice of reason," she said. "She treated us like she treated the kids on her bus."
Fellow squadmate Adam "tgoviper" Rinne of Tucson, Ariz., said Corbin meant a lot to everyone. In addition to being a friendly, sweet lady, he said she was also a joker.
"She was a lot of fun -- always in good spirits," Rinne said. "She could cheer anyone up, no matter how bad a day."
He said he was trying to get in touch with the family for an online memorial fund for Corbin. More than $600 had been collected by Wednesday afternoon.
There are plans for an in-game memorial service for Corbin where there will be an in-game cease fire for gamers to converge in a town. Smith said other in-game memorials will include Corbin's name on a "missing persons" plaque in every town. Dorsey said Corbin's squad will also pay to have a permanent memorial added to the game itself.
Staff writer Ryan Olson can be reached at 896-7763 or rolson@chicoer.com.
As you all know, I play video games a lot. And WWIIOL is one of the games I play... I play as a German now, but used to be an only Allied Player...
I want you all to pray for the soul and family of Charlanne Corbin...
One of the ALLIED people you should all know because she was so often put in Willy Tee's comics has died in a tragic house fire.
PHEW died August 1, 2005
Please watch the www.75th.us (http://www.75th.us/) forum for more information regarding the memorial service in game and also regarding the trust fund being setup for her 14 year old son whom also plays the game. (PBG, I believe is his tag.)
Once again it is a sad day for ALL of us that play WWII Online when one of us dies before thier time.
Please come to the memorial and pay your respects to a dedicate soldier no matter what side you play, Allied or Axis.
Look for me there (game tag, TCCK), I would like to say Hi.
And one of the news reports:
MAGALIA -- Friends and co-workers -- both locally and across the world via an online game -- remembered the 57-year-old Magalia woman who died in a Tuesday morning fire.
Charlanne Corbin was known as "Popcorn" to many of her co-workers at Paradise Unified School District, where she was a bus driver. In the gaming universe of World War II Online, she was a colonel in the French army going by the name of "Phew."
Tom Brogden, interim administrator for the district's transportation department, said many drivers were emotional hearing word the well-liked Corbin died when her Nimshew Road home burned. Investigators said the cause of the fire was electrical.
"She was a very popular driver," Brogden said.
He said Corbin's family contacted him regarding a memorial service. The service will be at 1 p.m Aug. 13 at Magalia Pines Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, who attempted to rescue Corbin but were turned away by the fire.
Retired bus driver Bonnie Fugh Saul described Corbin as generous person who loved kids. Corbin was a good driver whose passengers were well-behaved.
Corbin also loved her cats and dogs and often carried dog biscuits for awaiting dogs at bus stops, Saul said.
"The more she had, the happier she was," Saul said.
Mechanic Don Bongers said he will miss Corbin, who was hired a month before he joined the district in 1984. He recalled Corbin as an outgoing "free spirit" who had many friends in the district and throughout the community. Before coming to the district, Corbin had worked in area restaurants and as a truck driver.
"She was a great driver," Bongers said. "She had a great personality and got along with the kids."
He said "Popcorn" was Corbin's handle when she was a citizens band radio operator and the name stuck. She used the nickname on her car's license plate.
Bongers said Corbin enjoyed camping, fishing and motorcycle riding in her free time.
"She was into so much stuff it was hard to pin her down to one thing," he said.
Corbin's pastimes extended on the Internet to World War II Online — a massive multiplayer role-playing war game centered around the European theater.
Kerry Smith, a Nashville, Tenn., resident who goes by the name "Wolfie69" in the game, said Corbin was renowned for her defensive play guarding vital "capture points." She said Corbin was also one of the few female players in a male-dominated gaming world.
Smith and other players recalled Corbin at several online discussion boards dedicated to the game. Although most never met Corbin in person, many spoke with her during the gameplay using text or voice chat software called TeamSpeak.
"It's truly amazing because we are like one large family on there," Smith said. "A lot of us have never met, but we've all been together for many years."
Smith said there was some doubts from gamers about Corbin's death because several saw her online just two hours before the fire shortly after midnight on Tuesday. Many of Corbin's online friends gathered in the game's CPs for an impromptu memorial Tuesday night — remembering Corbin and shooting enemy soldiers.
"I don't think I've seen so many men in a TeamSpeak forum cry like that," she said.
Cristal Dorsey, who played on Phew's squad as "MzNqbus," said she and her husband have teamed up with Corbin since an earlier game on America Online 10 years ago. Dorsey, who lives in Lotten, Okla., said her squadmate was a "goddess" in the game who had earned impressive stats.
Dorsey said Corbin eschewed the spotlight, instead helping teach people in the game to be a better player and a better person.
"She was the mom, she was the leader, she was the voice of reason," she said. "She treated us like she treated the kids on her bus."
Fellow squadmate Adam "tgoviper" Rinne of Tucson, Ariz., said Corbin meant a lot to everyone. In addition to being a friendly, sweet lady, he said she was also a joker.
"She was a lot of fun -- always in good spirits," Rinne said. "She could cheer anyone up, no matter how bad a day."
He said he was trying to get in touch with the family for an online memorial fund for Corbin. More than $600 had been collected by Wednesday afternoon.
There are plans for an in-game memorial service for Corbin where there will be an in-game cease fire for gamers to converge in a town. Smith said other in-game memorials will include Corbin's name on a "missing persons" plaque in every town. Dorsey said Corbin's squad will also pay to have a permanent memorial added to the game itself.
Staff writer Ryan Olson can be reached at 896-7763 or rolson@chicoer.com.