Dear Monty Oum,
Dude you have missed a lot in the last year, but you probably already knew that didnât you?
We saw another RTX come and go, new seasons of Red vs Blue and RWBY come out (along with new shows coming out in general), fuck we even saw your friends star in a movie and then get it put out IN ACTUAL THEATERS. How crazy is that?! People got engaged, some had kids, others got their first house, Ryan got better shoes. So must has changed and grown at such a fast pace itâs insane.
On this day last year you left our world to go somewhere greater, somewhere that lets you work days on end without sleep. Itâs incredible to me that itâs only been a year when it feels like a lifetime ago you were here. When you were in the office in your mocap suit with 6 monitors, all doing something different but meant for the same project. When you were posting strange things on Twitter and talking about stray cats youâd find and anime you watched with Kerry and Miles.Â
Iâve grown a lot in the last year, even though youâve never met me. Iâve made some incredible new friends in the community, I got to meet some of your friends at Rooster Teeth during RTX, I even got better at animation and started making more videos. I accomplished a lot in the last year, and true Iâm not where I thought I was going to be but no one ever is. I feel like telling you this because you helped me. Youâve helped me become this person that I am because I wanted to change, to become better and stronger. To be more inspired by myself like you were. You were a great and wonderful guy, who could connect with anyone and I want to be like that.
So yeah the last year has been insane, course ask anyone and they might say 2015 was bullshit. Which is true but not the point. You may be gone but you are never forgotten Monty, and I just wanted to let you know that. I miss you a lot, more than I thought I would after a year, but I am done crying and instead plan on looking ahead.
So GG Monty, you really did great, but I think itâs time to move forward.
