Shantae, the Half Genie Protector of Scuttle Town! (A Switch To A New WayForward)

[Teeb147]

Hello everyone.

I'm just awake here mid-sleep, haven't heard from dylly again (may just be sleeping or not)
And I'm not all there energetically, but I thought before anything else that since all this happened, you deserved to know a little more about Dylly's condition.

Dylly focused alot of little energy there was yesterday talking with me, if you didn't know. I made sure this was ok and he said it was helping him to talk with me so I spent a lot of my day trying to understand and answering in the best ways I felt and could. Dylly surprised me with the last posts here, because that wasn't how he sounded with me before that, and I can tell you there was a LOT of pain and anguish coming through, that I was able to tell directly and indirectly.
Dylly has been struggling with something for years, and it was very hard for him to face some aspects of it directly--I can't go into specific detail on some things for private reasons, but from what I gathered, this was caused by incredible and unfathomable anxiety and panic attacks over long periods, over years. I also feel that a big harm to the body was also the immense amount of resentment that dylly held in, for some underlying reasons. It's very heart breaking and I don't wish anything like that on anyone. I'm sorry I can't say very much more, and please understand he did not fully understand it either, and also may have felt a lot of anxiety and (self) resentment about the condition itself, from what I could tell, or something like that and had trouble talking about it.

He also said it wasn't impossible to survive, but that there was a very slim chance. I'm sorry this came all out and about at once, it was getting overwhelming and the anxiety was even spilling into this thread, and his body almost shut down at some points. There's not much more I can say for now, but if there's more I can say, I'll see about that tomorow, and whatever may or may not be said to others.

Thank you for understanding. I'm sorry we had to lose a friend like this. (unless he can somehow make it back..)

 

[LaBeteNoire]

Hello everyone.

I'm just awake here mid-sleep, haven't heard from dylly again (may just be sleeping or not)
And I'm not all there energetically, but I thought before anything else that since all this happened, you deserved to know a little more about Dylly's condition.

Dylly focused alot of little energy there was yesterday talking with me, if you didn't know. I made sure this was ok and he said it was helping him to talk with me so I spent a lot of my day trying to understand and answering in the best ways I felt and could. Dylly surprised me with the last posts here, because that wasn't how he sounded with me, and I can tell you there was a LOT of pain and anguish coming through, that I was able to tell directly and indirectly.
Dylly has been struggling with something for years, and it was very hard for him to face some aspects of it directly--I can't go into specific detail on some things for private reasons, but from what I gathered, this was caused by incredible and unfathomable anxiety and panic attacks over long periods, over years. I also feel that a big harm to the body was also the immense amount of resentment that dylly held in, for some underlying reasons. It's very heart breaking and I don't wish anything like that on anyone. I'm sorry I can't say very much more, and please understand he did not fully understand it either, and also may have felt a lot of anxiety and (self) resentment about the condition itself, or something like that and had trouble talking about it.

He also said it wasn't impossible to survive, but that there was a very slim chance. I'm sorry this came all out and about at once, it was getting overwhelming and the anxiety was even spilling into this thread, and his body almost shut down at some points. There's not much more I can say for now, but if there's more I can say, I'll see about that tomorow, and whatever may or may not be said to others.

Thank you for understanding. I'm sorry we had to lose a friend like this. (unless he can somehow make it back..)

Thank you for letting us know. If you have the time to look over the proposed letter to Matt Bozon, I would appreciate it. Yellowlord's and your opinions would be very helpful as i feel you two are some of the closest in regards to what ought to be said. I wouldn;t want it to be sent without either of your approval.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

You know, seeing Dillybirdy's bickering on double-posting turned out to be facetious, nothing really negative about that. It was fun and harmless, since mods don't even notice this thread at all. Never seen anyone else as dedicated at liking every post possible.

But now, not anymore. In this time of uncertainty about that stupid box, death has decided to take him away at the worst time. He'll never know whether Shantae gets to be in the game, or any reference to Rottytops.

While the cancer patient might get to play Ultimate before dying, Dilly won't have that chance. At the very least Mr. Bozon should credit his name somewhere in some way.

May he watch the Directs with us from beyond.

 

[Jorichi]

I might not have posted much or been here that long, but I frequently checked this thread since I joined these forums.
Dyllybirdy always struck me as the the energetic, playful and positive type... truely a rottytops of sorts. I fully believe that he's the single person that gave this thread the energy and positivity that it had to grow as big as it is now. I think we can all learn something from that.
And if he can make that kind of an impression, despite how the person behind the profile really feels, I do believe he has the strength within him to make it through this. I really do. I have no experience with these sorts issues, all I can say is that I know the strength is there.
But regardless of the outcome though Dylly is, and always will be, a legend here.

 

[Teeb147]

Spoiler: revised letter to Bozon

Dear Mr Bozon,

First off, I am sorry if this is inconvenience, I will try to keep this short.

I am contacting you on behalf of the Shantae board from Smashboards.com

Now I assure you this has nothing to do with Shantae being or not being in Smash, we aren’t looking for answers or responses or anything of the sort. Rather it concerns one of the boards contributors.

His name is Dylan, Dyllybirdy on the board. It has only recently come to our attention that he is in very poor health and may not be long for this world. As of writing this he is alive, but no one knows how long that may be the case. As one of his last requests, he wanted us to contact you and tell you about his story. So, a little about Dyllybirdy.

First thing anyone would learn about him is that he is honestly Rottytops biggest fan. He loves her more than anything and she is at least tangential, if not the subject of the majority of his posts. It’s clear she has had a huge impact on him in a very positive way. The only thing he seems to love almost as much as Rotty is catching people for accidentally double posting on the board, only to follow up with threats of reporting double posters to the proper authorities

When it came to supporting Shantae for Smash, he was the loudest and often the driving force in our Smash Boards community. It’s hard to think that anyone was more vocal than him, and even when the board would take a negative turn, he kept the love of Shantae going strong and back on track.

But more than anything, Dyllybirdy has so quickly and firmly established himself as one of the most memorable members of this board, many would consider him the mascot.

Needless to say he is very loved among all the Shantae fans on Smashboards and we are all very torn up.

We aren’t requesting anything from you, nor expecting, just following through on something one of our friends wanted us to do. Thank you for listening to Dylan’s story.

P.S. Below is a link to Dyllybirdy’s profile page in case you were at all curious.



https://smashboards.com/members/dyllybirdy.405099/#latest-activity

What do you guys think now? I want to give you guys as much time to give your input, but at the same time i want to get the letter out to Mr Bozon as soon as possible for obvious reasons.

I'll check back more later. For now...
please don't say it's an inconvenience. (maybe something else, including maybe replacing the part about being short)
Replace 'Now I assure you' with something else maybe.

I like the rest.


One note I can add that is he wasn't just her biggest fan, he loved her, reveled, and in some ways related to her and I would say inspired by her too.

I don't know if it'd be good to talk about his condition or not. I kind of like it the way it is, not going into too much about that, but really I dont know.
Do what you think works best, but it seems pretty good. gj.

 

[LaBeteNoire]

I'll check back more later. For now...
please don't say it's an inconvenience. (maybe something else, including maybe replacing the part about being short)
Replace 'Now I assure you' with something else maybe.

I like the rest.


One note I can add that is he wasn't just her biggest fan, he loved her, reveled, and in some ways related to her and I would say inspired by her too.

I don't know if it'd be good to talk about his condition or not. I kind of like it the way it is, not going into too much about that, but really I dont know.
Do what you think works best, but it seems pretty good. gj.

Spoiler: Letter to Bozon mk 3

Dear Mr Bozon,

Hello. I am contacting you on behalf of the Shantae board from Smashboards.com

Now I assure you this has nothing to do with Shantae being or not being in Smash, we aren’t looking for answers or responses or anything of the sort. Rather it concerns one of the boards contributors.

His name is Dylan, Dyllybirdy on the board. It has only recently come to our attention that he is in very poor health and may not be long for this world. As of writing this he is alive, but no one knows how long that may be the case. As one of his last requests, he wanted us to contact you and tell you about his story. So, a little about Dyllybirdy.

First thing anyone would learn about him is that he is honestly Rottytops biggest fan. He loves her more than anything and she is at least tangential, if not the subject of the majority of his posts. In fact, saying he was just a fan of Rotty seems like a gross understatement. He seems to adore, admire, relate to, take comfort in and be inspired by her in a way I doubt anyone else could in regards to a fictional character. It’s clear that she has (and as result so have you and all the Wayforward crew who worked on the games) had a huge impact on him in a very positive way. Something that all of us from the board will forever be grateful for.

The only thing he seems to love almost as much as Rotty is catching people for accidentally double posting on the board, only to follow up with threats of reporting double posters to the proper authorities

When it came to supporting Shantae for Smash, he was the loudest and often the driving force in our Smash Boards community. It’s hard to think that anyone was more vocal than him, and even when the board would take a negative turn, he kept the love of Shantae going strong and back on track.

But more than anything, Dyllybirdy has so quickly and firmly established himself as one of the most memorable members of this board, many would consider him the mascot.

Needless to say he is very loved among all the Shantae fans on Smashboards and we are all very torn up.

We aren’t requesting anything from you, nor expecting, just following through on something one of our friends wanted us to do. Thank you for listening to Dylan’s story.

P.S. Below is a link to Dyllybirdy’s profile page in case you were at all curious.


https://smashboards.com/members/dyllybirdy.405099/#latest-activity

Ok, what do you guys think. As far as I'm concerned, once Yellowlord gives the approval we should send it out. If that happens and I'm not on, please someone else do it for me. I want to give Mr Bozon as much time as possible to read it.

 

[Captain Hazama]

I'm afraid I might not be able to post here any longer. I'm tired, I need to get some rest, potentially forever.

I'll try to respond to PMs if I can.

Going to miss you man. Hope Rottytops will keep you company in the next life.

 

[Swade]

To carry on dylly’s legacy I shall replace my profile pic with a different rottytops may he be remembered

Hell, I'll jump on the bandwagon too for a good person.

 

[GoldLiger]

To carry on dylly’s legacy I shall replace my profile pic with a different rottytops may he be remembered

I am glad you are doing that. Let Dyllybirdy live on through you.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

I haven't come to this thread that many times in the past 2 weeks, but God I remember coming to this thread the day Dyllybirdy joined Smashboards which was the day after I joined. May God rest his soul in peace.

 

[zferolie]

I am glad you are doing that. Let Dyllybirdy live on through you.

Well according to his profile he was last seen a moment ago, so hopefully everything is ok!

 

[RetrogamerMax]

Well according to his profile he was last seen a moment ago, so hopefully everything is ok!

Is he still alive? I'm confused.

 

[LaBeteNoire]

Is he still alive? I'm confused.

Yes, still alive last we heard and apparently active on the board at the moment. Likely reading PMs.

I think it's best everyone just be positive for now. Nothing is set in stone and for now Dylly is still with us.

 

[zferolie]

Yes, still alive last we heard and apparently active on the board at the moment. Likely reading PMs.

I think it's best everyone just be positive for now. Nothing is set in stone and for now Dylly is still with us.

Always good to stay positive for sure.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

Yes, still alive last we heard and apparently active on the board at the moment. Likely reading PMs.

I think it's best everyone just be positive for now. Nothing is set in stone and for now Dylly is still with us.

That's good to know, I hope he makes it through this.

 

[Dyllybirdy]

Dylly is still alive, but barely. He will probably be dead in an hour or so.

 

[DarkShadowRage]

Dylly is still alive, but barely. He will probably be dead in an hour or so.

Please no, we need you!

 

[LaBeteNoire]

Dylly is still alive, but barely. He will probably be dead in an hour or so.

Please try and hold on. At least until we can get the letter to Matt.

 

[Deleted member]

Dylly is still alive, but barely. He will probably be dead in an hour or so.

Please don’t. You’re life is just as valuable as those of everyone on the planet. I know you’re going through a hard time but it will get better. And we’re all here to help you through it.

 

[Hollywoodrok12]

Dylly is still alive, but barely. He will probably be dead in an hour or so.

Please don't go. You can make it. You have to make it. If not for yourself then for us and the people in your life. We need you. They need you. If there's anything we can do, please tell us. Just don't let this be the end.

Edit: Shantae... no... Rottytops for Smash!

 

[MagusOfIllusions]

Dylly is still alive, but barely. He will probably be dead in an hour or so.

I pray for your survival my friend stay strong.

I wont be able to see whats going on for much longer because of work so i'll leave it up to you guys to fill me in later.

 

[DarkShadowRage]

Dylly is still alive, but barely. He will probably be dead in an hour or so.

Dyllybirdy

 

[Deleted member]

Dylly is still alive, but barely. He will probably be dead in an hour or so.

It has been a pleasure having you with us here

 

[Jorichi]

Dylly is still alive, but barely. He will probably be dead in an hour or so.

I really hope you'll be able to pull through. This community just won't be the same without you.
Either way, just remember that you're a legend.

 

[DarkShadowRage]

Recovery dance for Dyllybirdy FULLLLLL RECOVERY!

 

[Jave]

I only just discovered the situation with Dyllybirdy, but I just want to say that it was always great seeing the posts of someone so passionate.

I really hope you're able to pull through.

 

[LunarLiv]

So much has happened in a short time

Thanks for bringing so much positivity, Dylly, you're great. If there's a chance, just a 0.5% chance that you make it, I hope that we're on the timeline where that chance is the one that's successful.

Thanks for being here with us.

 

[scarlet solsitce]

i fully expect to see here in smash

 

[PichuMain]

Oh. Ya know what we can do guys?

If Shantae is in, we should make a nametag on her. Like how we can make our own names? We can say we do it by making a nametag named Dyllybirdy for him!

A small change, but a huge victory for the Shantae Thread.

 

[SoupCanMafia]

At this point and time, I think seeing Shantae in Smash will be the largest victory ever.
In memory of good ol' Dylly, I used to PM him with stupid memes and stuff. What a rainy day this is...

 

[gigabows270]

Just recently discovered this thread and found out about the situation with Dylly. I wish I had said something earlier, and I'm afraid I can't say much right now, but I just wanna say that Dylly seemed like a great guy, and when I read some of his posts they really made me smile. Even though I never got a chance to talk with him, I know this thread won't be the same without him. I hope he manages to pull through. Good luck, buddy

 

[zferolie]

So guess who arrived today? Dyllybirdy may like one of them!

They are a little smaller then I though, but look pretty good still. I just need to buy whatever supplies are needed to put her together(probably won't paint if I don't need to, though may need to paint their eyebrows only).

I think I need glue and sand paper and... other stuff. gonna stop at a anime figure place near me (Gundam Planet for anyone in NJ), and see what they recommend.

 

[NukeA6]

So it wasn't an anxiety attack but a terminal disease?

Dylly is still alive, but barely. He will probably be dead in an hour or so.

So who's making the reply here? I hate to make light of a tragic situation but something seems fishy here.

 

[SoupCanMafia]

So who's making the reply here? I hate to make light of a tragic situation but something seems fishy here.

It might be a relative of his or maybe even the doctor if that makes sense.

 

[DarkShadowRage]

Here's hoping there is a miracle and they make a full recovery

 

[zferolie]

oh was looking at Matt's likes, and not sure if you guys saw this, but Wayforward may be pushing for a Shantae figure done by first 4 figures. Or at least fans are pushing for it and Matt approves.

We need your support to make a Shantae statue by First 4 Figures a reality!
1. https://t.co/7jhgjovTj9
2. https://t.co/r8x7NwzQQt@WayForward @MrBozon #Shantae #Wayforward pic.twitter.com/zASTvhusyj

— Zerachin (@Fuooko) September 15, 2018

While I just got my 2 figures I would buy more shantae figures in an instant.

 

[NukeA6]

Whoever is using the account of Dyllybirdy , mind telling me what's killing him and why he would be so attached to a part of a gaming forum that he's been in for less than a month? I hate to look suspicious and heartless but I'm not so quick to believe all of this.

 

[Captain Hazama]

Oh. Ya know what we can do guys?

If Shantae is in, we should make a nametag on her. Like how we can make our own names? We can say we do it by making a nametag named Dyllybirdy for him!

A small change, but a huge victory for the Shantae Thread.

I'll name my Shantae Amiibo after him if she's in as well.

 

[Yellowlord]

Spoiler: Letter to Bozon mk 3

Dear Mr Bozon,

Spoiler: Letter to Bozon mk 3

Hello. I am contacting you on behalf of the Shantae board from Smashboards.com

Now I assure you this has nothing to do with Shantae being or not being in Smash, we aren’t looking for answers or responses or anything of the sort. Rather it concerns one of the boards contributors.

His name is Dylan, Dyllybirdy on the board. It has only recently come to our attention that he is in very poor health and may not be long for this world. As of writing this he is alive, but no one knows how long that may be the case. As one of his last requests, he wanted us to contact you and tell you about his story. So, a little about Dyllybirdy.

First thing anyone would learn about him is that he is honestly Rottytops biggest fan. He loves her more than anything and she is at least tangential, if not the subject of the majority of his posts. In fact, saying he was just a fan of Rotty seems like a gross understatement. He seems to adore, admire, relate to, take comfort in and be inspired by her in a way I doubt anyone else could in regards to a fictional character. It’s clear that she has (and as result so have you and all the Wayforward crew who worked on the games) had a huge impact on him in a very positive way. Something that all of us from the board will forever be grateful for.

The only thing he seems to love almost as much as Rotty is catching people for accidentally double posting on the board, only to follow up with threats of reporting double posters to the proper authorities

When it came to supporting Shantae for Smash, he was the loudest and often the driving force in our Smash Boards community. It’s hard to think that anyone was more vocal than him, and even when the board would take a negative turn, he kept the love of Shantae going strong and back on track.

But more than anything, Dyllybirdy has so quickly and firmly established himself as one of the most memorable members of this board, many would consider him the mascot.

Needless to say he is very loved among all the Shantae fans on Smashboards and we are all very torn up.

We aren’t requesting anything from you, nor expecting, just following through on something one of our friends wanted us to do. Thank you for listening to Dylan’s story.

P.S. Below is a link to Dyllybirdy’s profile page in case you were at all curious.


https://smashboards.com/members/dyllybirdy.405099/#latest-activity

Ok, what do you guys think. As far as I'm concerned, once Yellowlord gives the approval we should send it out. If that happens and I'm not on, please someone else do it for me. I want to give Mr Bozon as much time as possible to read it.

This looks all good to me: feel free to send it.

If LaBete is unavailable, I encourage anyone else with a Twitter to send it to Matt.

 

[Shadowknight1]

oh was looking at Matt's likes, and not sure if you guys saw this, but Wayforward may be pushing for a Shantae figure done by first 4 figures. Or at least fans are pushing for it and Matt approves.

We need your support to make a Shantae statue by First 4 Figures a reality!
1. https://t.co/7jhgjovTj9
2. https://t.co/r8x7NwzQQt@WayForward @MrBozon #Shantae #Wayforward pic.twitter.com/zASTvhusyj

— Zerachin (@Fuooko) September 15, 2018

While I just got my 2 figures I would buy more shantae figures in an instant.

I can think of so many other companies I'd rather see make a Shantae figure. First 4 Figures are out of my price range.