For those that are interested in sending on their thoughts, I've posted this in our members only section.

I think that one of our own will be in attendance next weekend. I'll leave it to them to provide any further details.

Craig, Scott's Memorial Service is being Held this coming Sat. the 19th at

Talaris Convention Center in the University Village, Seattle. (www.talariscc.com) We have a block of rooms for the memorial for $59/nite should you need a place to sleep if you are attending.

The Memorial will be held from 1pm-4pm in the Cedar Room. This is a casual event (please no formal wear). Come as you are, Scott wanted to have a celebration of his life.

If you would like to send flowers, a card, hell a stuffed animal please send them to Scott Harlen, C/O Linda Botts to Talaris Convention Center.

All flowers will be given to people in attendance and/or donated after the event

Cheers
-Ian

I've been communicating with Scott's friend Ian Botts about this weekend. I'm flying up to Seattle early Saturday morning and coming back home Sunday night.

As I stated before, I'm really happy to be able to go to this and be a representative of sorts- to help Scott's friends and family understand that VS is a group of real people who cared about Scott in real life, and what he meant to all of us.

So if you want to pass anything along for me to share, let me know. Also, I'm sure it'd be great to see flowers or plush penises sent to the service. If anyone needs any help reaching out- let me know.

Rick (Rod, from the AC2 days) and I will also be there. We haven't been a large part of "Victorious Secret", although we were part of "The Enlightened" back in the day, and we were also former D&D buddies of Scott along with Ian until Scott had to return home.

I can't imagine that Scott's friends/family would think of VS in anything OTHER than a positive light (considering that they notified you)... Of course, that may just be because I do know what a great group of people you guys have been (and are now) - but it shouldn't be hard to convince anyone who's on the fence. And it will be awesome to meet you, Brendar. :)

Great! I'm staying saturday night at the hotel the family has blocked rooms for. I think Scott will be ashamed if we don't do some boozing afterwards.

Back when Scott was stuck in the hospital for 2 weeks I sent his mom a message on Facebook asking if she could tell me where he was at so I could send flowers or something fun. Sadly, she only just got the message and replied. I replied to her so she knows how much he meant to us. Here's the correspondence:

Scott's mom:
I am sorry I did not see your message, I know it would have meant a lot to Scott to hear from you. I am sure by now you have heard of his passing. I would be amazed and pleased that so many people cared for him. Thank you!

My reply:
Yes, we did hear of his passing and I am so very sorry for your loss.

I don't know how much you know about us, but we are part of a large group of friends that Scott played online games with. But it goes beyond gaming as we have often gone on vacations together over the years and Scott even came to Toronto to meet a bunch of us. Scott was such a fun person and we all miss him terribly. We all gathered online the night of his passing and had a memorial service of our own. There were over 25 people in attendance. I know it might be hard to believe that people can care about each other when they predominantly only know each other online, but believe me, this group of friends is special and Scott was such a great part of it. He will always be remembered fondly by us.

A few people from our group will be attending the memorial service this weekend. Sadly, I have vacation plans next week and won't be able to fly out there for it. I would have loved to meet you and the rest of his family and friends. Our good friend Brendan, who was in Iraq a year ago, will be attending. (I believe you sent him cookies while he was in Iraq, and he still raves about them!) I want you to know that if we were closer geographically, there would be a whole bunch more of us there.

Take care,
Michelle

You guys are awesome. I can add nothing else that you aren't already prepared to say or have not said already.

Fox and I are sending an arrangement of purple flowers on Saturday. Epic! Bren, please give hugs for us to anyone who is willing to accept them!