I had no idea, these are really sad news. I had him on my WL but we never had an opportunity to chat but based on your post he was an absolute legend. Rest in peace Icaio, you made the world (and Steamgifts) a better place.
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Bump,
Not sure how long this train lasts,
I will keep adding as I can.
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Thanks for the reminder. I needed some motivation to make GAs again. I added a couple.
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Life is so uncertain. Didn't get the pleasure to interact with him, but Rest in peace icaio.
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hey canis, thank you for the updates.
I've thought a lot about what to write but I can't find the words; the more I try the emptier my head becomes.
If I could I would have hugged all of you and his family.
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I've added a couple of carts with the last of the keys that I got from icaio.. no better place to use them than this.
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🫂
EDIT: that's supposed to be the hug emoji, in case you have the same issues as I had
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This is just one of those weird things where you think "how the hell didn't I recognize that?" after hearing the description. But really, without it: totally lost...
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Is this a photo he sent you as reference for your artwork? I didn't know Caio was a name so I never made any sense of his username, but it means "joyful", which certainly fits him. Oddly enough, it's also an acronym for a company's Chief AI Officer, AI being something he was interested in. Anyway, his absence here will be felt for a long time.
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Ye caio sent the photo as a reference. Hope you well Mikurden.
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Indeed. This is exactly the kind of spirit he would've loved. 💔
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<3
even if I wasn't able to even check the train, whenever I pass by this post I'm just too sad to think about GAs.
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It's with mixed emotions, for sure. I like to think he would not want people to be sad. I know I had conversations with him about making giveaways as a form of therapy... It feels good to make the Space Cat appear for people, to give someone a little bit of excitement in their day!
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^This.
Often I get more excitement and/or satisfaction when making a giveaway than when winning one. Not all the times, sometimes a game win surprises me so much. But usually sharing makes me feel better than getting things for me.
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icaio was my favorite steamgifts user. Rest in Peace.
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Hey all. I am going to start by saying that I do not have any more information than what I am sharing in this post.
EDIT: as it turns out, I do have some more information
ANOTHER EDIT, just a quick update
As some of you know, icaio has not been on SG for a while, and he hasn't logged into his Steam profile either.
I posted on his Steam profile a few weeks ago, just a quick note saying I hoped he was okay.
Yesterday I received a friend request on Steam from someone I did not recognize. I didn't see any obvious red flags, so I accepted.
This new friend sent me a message today, saying that they were icaio's cousin, and they saw my post on his profile and wanted to let me know that icaio passed away on September 30.
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I don't think it's a stretch to say that icaio was an absolute legend of Steamgifts. His generosity, sense of humor and thoughtfulness came through in every 'showerthinking' post and every 'trash' game giveaway and every time he helped to solve a derailment in the community train.
Before I visited Rome a few years ago, caio volunteered to give me his mobile number so I could ask him real-time questions while I was in Italy. And that's exactly what I did! So we didn't quite get a chance to actually meet in person, but it was fun to chat with him while we were in the same country.
Not much more to say right now. Just R.I.P. to icaio, he will always be a Steamgifts legend.
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The icaio Memorial Community Train™ begins here.
EDIT: ashtwo had the idea to turn my giveaway into the start of a miniature community train, which is a pretty great idea.
EDIT: here are a few giveaways from other users that haven't yet been retrofitted into the train:
wigglenose
several from BanjoBearLV
xxxka
eldar4k
eldar4k
ConanOLion
andraste
zelghadis
Sebastien
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