We lost a good one... R.I.P. Rawd

[Dazz]

It is with a heavy heart that I post that Rawd passed away.
He was a major contributor and friend to the community. Always, involved with various community projects and always willing to help.

Below is a link to his obituary and tribute wall. If you knew Rawd, please write something nice on his tribute wall.
https://www.serenity.ca/obituaries/Rodney-Bruce-Ferguson?obId=49429335

There will be a live stream of the celebration of life for Rawd on Sunday September 13th at 2pm MDT. Save the link below.
https://www.mattfosseyent.ca/rodney-ferguson/

Also, PinsRUs (Marty) did a great tribute to Rawd on Twitch. Very special. Everyone should watch it. 
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2861148590

[Wildman]

Good times Rawd your gonna be missed Bud,  Cheers 

 

[Rascal]

Love ya Rawd, you will be really missed in our chat room.

 

[Solters]

We'll miss you. My condolences to your family and friends.

[scottacus]

So sorry to see this!  Rawd was always one of my go to guys for help with the VR end of a table release.  Super helpful and great to work with,

[JFR1]

 Read about this sad and sudden tragedy a few days ago. He touched a lot of lives and all the many comments posted say he did so in an amazingly positive way.  

Only 51. 🙏

[strangeleo7]

so SAD news.. RIP RAWD

[TerryRed]

Many of us are still in shock by this. I was just chatting with Rod about lots of things the prior few days before his death. One of the most fun dudes you could ever know.

 

 

RAWD wasn't active with FP in recent years, but he always wondered what his old FP Spy vs Spy table would be like with modern updates for FizX physics, BAM lighting, shadows, and more. I took an evening to do that very thing in 2025 and passed the results to RAWD, much to his delight.
 
I couldn't help but think that updating this mod of his table, like I do my other PinEvent Lite releases, would be my own way of remembering him and hoping others can know part of him in some way.

 

I uploaded the table here for those who may be curious:

 

https://vpuniverse.com/files/file/31592-spy-vs-spy-bam-edition-pinevent-lite-fizx/

 

 

 

RIP RAWD (Rod). You will be missed by many.

 

 

[Rascal]

Guys, I'm talking to Christel and I'm thinking about collecting some donations to send her in paypal to help her pay for the live stream and anything else she could use the money for.  I would collect the fund in my paypal and send it to her paypal account. If you are interested then send what you want and DM me when you have. My paypal.me is: https://paypal.me/rascal5688?locale.x=en_US&country.x=US

 

I know you guys don't know me from Adam, but I assure you any donation to my paypal will 100% be forwarded to his widow to help cover some of her expenses. Minus whatever PayPal takes that is. She is live streaming his celebration of life for us internet people, and I thought it would be nice to pitch in for the cost. You can message me here if you want a mention along with the donation.

 

Thanks,

Al

 

P.S. I really must be a mess, I got grammar and spelling advice from of all people... Wildman! Ain't that a trip.

Thanks, Wildman.

[Wildman]

Hey Rascal  thanks for doing this man, Me you and a bunch of other guys been hanging  right from the early days and this is like sad sad sad shit man Umm yeah well I already sent my donation in man I just hope other people understand the how the sites started and where we all came from and you guys that are out there even reading this right now all these guys who are here Rascal and everybody else and me and Dazz we're all old school man we all been here from the begining, And Rod was one of the biggest contributors and without him you wouldn't even see half of the cool shit you even seen.. So take 5 minutes send us a cup of coffee what's a cup of coffee cost?  Five bucks or 10 bucks ? send a little donation to help his wife out and stuff the guy was too young there's no way he should have passed like he did.  there is just too much history the most of you people don't even know and how VPX is today because of guys like rawd and the rest of us OG's , so toss us a cup of coffee throw it to Rascal He's one of the original guys and it's gonna go to a good cause.... OK Thanks for your time guys and please help out man Thank you

 

[Rascal]

LOL, thanks Wildman, subtle as always, my man or beast.