Hi Traders. It’s been a long time since I have posted anything on this forum. Most of you knew Bob and also knew that him and I were friends outside of the tradewars community. I just wanted to pass along that he passed away sometime Monday. I know lots of you were frustrated at how he played the game, but he did make it very interesting. I learned a lot from battling with him and teaming up with him. I am truly going to miss the guy. Just thought you guys should know that he is gone.

I don’t have many details at this time but if you’re interested you can send me mail at LucaneKC@yahoo.com

wow... hard to fathom... I just talked to him a couple days ago... bob will be missed. He was not only my regular corpie, he was my friend. Much of what I learned in Trade Wars is because of his efforts to make me a better player. Yes, he pushed the limits of the game. If there was a loophole in the rules, he'd find it and use it. And although many of you may not agree with me, he never cheated. I've been his corpie for over two years on a very regular basis... This game and the entire TW community is better place for having him around as long as we did. Most of the time he'd use an alias, but we all knew who he was, as his game play was unmistakable. I can only hope to be half the TW player he was.

I now give a farwell salute to one my most trusted corpies, dear friend, and one of the most knowlegable players this game will ever know. He SD'd many of the "elite", taught many a newbie, and should forever be remembered as one of the most colorful players to grace the TW world...

Bye bob, you will be sorely missed...

I have not played Trade Wars in quite some time, and probably won't in the future however I do have many fond memories of playing against Bob and his crew.

Bob was a good player and there is no question he kept a game "interesting". I am very sorry that he is no longer with us.

Rest in Peace Bob.

I just recently found out about Bob's passing. I can say that Bob infuriated me the most playing TW. He will be missed. I am sorry that I never got to corp up with him like he had asked.

Rest in Peace Bob.

hey BR, how come I never see you on Yahoo anymore? Log on and say hello once in a while, will ya?

FM

For anyone who might be interested, Sage is gonna put together a game in honor of bob (the late Ron Rames) on UTW. Don't have the bang date yet, but I got him to wait a bit so I could hopefully promote it a little. Be nice if we could get as many as possible to play. I'm sure it will be an unlim turns/time game and a short truce (prolly 2-day or so), with classic UTW edits. I asked Sage to NOT put any alien planets in the game, in hopes that it will last longer than 2 hours after the truce. bob loved this type of game, so ya'll come over and play, huh? No matter the outcome of the game, I'm sure there'll be plenty of time to talk about our run-ins with bob... Should be fun... Keep a look out for the game post, and hope to see as many of you there as possible!

FM

One last mention about bob's passing. I received an email from his mother and wanted to share it with everyone...

- I am the Mom of Ron Ames that you all knew as Bob. as well as other aliases - A friend passed along to me all the kind and wonderful comments some of the players have made concerning my son. I tried to post a reply on your Trade Wars site and found out I have to be registered and have a password - so I happened upon your post also.
Ron did pass away suddenly of a heart attack on either Sunday or Monday. We are not sure which. He was found by a co worker on April 1 on the floor. FM was correct in his post of April 5. He was 51 years of age.
I just wanted to say Thank You to all of you for your kind words. Myself and the rest of our family is torn up over his death. We don't believe he even knew he had a bad heart. The last time we were together was Easter Sunday and he was his normal ,happy self. I wish I had one last chance to tell him good bye and get one of his big hugs.
Remember him the way you knew him - he enoyed his games.
Shirley - sad Mom