Well, let's see here....
I met Azura about... gawd, 3, 4 years back? It's been so long I can't remember. What I do remember is that he was this amazingly helpful--and skilled--Thief. Given there were and are other skilled THFs, I remember jokingly giving him my personal nickname of "PWNTEEF," because of how much I looked up to him as a player, but most of all, as a friend.
I still look at my Gallant Surcoat, Coronet, and Parade Gorget with enormous gratitude--How long did it take to farm up that damned key killing demon after demon with your THF in Castle Zvahl Baileys? I remember 7 hours one night, but the key still hadn't dropped by then, hahahaha.... And then running around Garlaige Citadel like, 3 times with Jc, Kiyo, and Blind, just to find that one stupid chest. I also remember him helping me with that Parade Gorget, popping it 3 times before it finally dropped, AND THEN got a friend of mine one, as well. He didn't have to, but he did.
He "raised" his roommate and our mutual close friend Blindphleb quite well, I might add. He never spoon-fed the guy nor completely neglected him to fend for himself. Blind pretty much started the game off with what I feel was the best possible upbringing.
He used to camp Argus... a LOT. And Hoo Mjuu the Torrent--his drinking buddy. I remember Blind was the one who got claim on the very first drop... XD with Stun, of all things. And Hoo Mjuu's just a ***' tard for not dropping that damned staff any of the 50+ kills.
I remember doing Promyvions for the first time with him and Blind and a few others (Ash, Pump, Saeryn?). I remember Blind singing "A MINIMALL!!!!" while we were all facedown after a failed run. And finding out what "golden showers" were.
I remember him teaching me how to dodge aggro in Qufim after another Promy in which I had... so intelligently aggro'd and killed him and Greiver on the way back from a run. I'm awfully grateful, but I'm not sure if I've learned it quite yet....
I think that was the same night he gave me the nickname "Leaky" because of all the stuff I... tended to blurt out, unaware of the consequences. :x
Oh yeah, and there was that time when I faced him in Diorama, my PLD vs. his RDM, and being slept like... 3 times. I was so frikken furious, kept saying stuff like, "WAKE ME UP, *** D:<" hahahahaa... XD He won, btw. :/
Last of all, I remember him standing up for a friend when no one else would, caring for her when no one else cared. In hindsight, I wholeheartedly regret ever having quarreled with him; my blindness to the situation as a whole and my arrogance to disregard his compassionate actions leave me in shame. I've made my amends, but I'm still left with the regret for having been the cause of the rift in our friendship.
Now, honestly. If you have the gall to say "no one *** cares," I politely ask that you take it back.
There are others who care, and I'm one of them.
So
shut the *** up.
PS. I also remember when he got all shitfaced and logged on one night. :3 You should have done that more often, bro....
PPS. D: And how could I forget this moment:
Gonna miss you, Pwnteef. <3