Rest in peace, SONO

[rubenwardy]

He had stage 4 liver cancer, he is going to be missed very much, I have tried to find as many people that spoke to him to let them know as it is important to me that when his server goes down players will know why. I spoke to Steve often and consider him a dear friend, his brother emailed me to inform me of his death, we have discussed the server, but it would not stay how it is with a new owner as would be their right so the server will close down soon.

Hello everyone, I am here to let you all know that SONO aka stevr59 died on the morning of Wednesday 13th March, he was the server owner as well as a dear and great friend, he is going to be sorely missed, for those of you that actually spoke to him I know that the news that we Admin do not wish to continue with the server now, will understand, it was always a three way team between SONO, personaone and myself, without Steve there is no team, he was the man most of you didn't know, but he worked hard to keep the server up and running smoothly, long hours with very little thanks. I hear your pleas of wanting to keep the server running but it would not be SONOS without the man himself and we have no wish to see the server be taken over by someone else who would not leave it intact as it is, it is natural for someone to change things how they want them but in doing so the server would no longer be the same as it is now, so please do not ask for us to continue, it has been a pleasure for the most part being an admin on SONOS servers, he taught us much and we have grown in the time that we have been here pestering you all to behave, and although we may have seemed harsh at times to you our intention was to keep you all safe while you had fun.

personaone will take pictures and hopefully a video before the server is gone, so that I can post them. Steve's family have our heartfelt sympathies at this time and always.

Regards Tink67

My condolences for those that are affected by this. I didn't know SONO very well, but I have heard from other people about how kind and helpful he was

[LegendOf]

Rest in Peace SONO!
Check out this Link: https://trahanfamilyfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/3775934/Hosterman-Steven-Warren/index.php ... ;/
Nothing is more without you as it was, but you continue to live in our hearts.
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Tears dry, a heart breaks, but you better ... let's not forget.
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God has one more angel, but believe me. we are very lacking.
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We will never Forget you SONO! <3
We Love you...
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to the SONO family, I hope you stay strong and keep SONO in your heart!
We will all miss him and never forget
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Check out Tink67's blog about the server!
https://tink67.blogspot.com/
Check out this Videos about the Server!
https://youtu.be/LffQyXPW1qA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuxaZjdm73E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wvOEL-GUQ
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Thanks to Tink67 and personaone for the Nice time on the SONO Survival Server!


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[Festus1965]

RiP

may the open source code be with him ...

(was he born 59 ? - that's too young !!!)

[SONICXGATO]

SONO was a good person and it is very sad that he left this life
Rest in peace SONO

[MineYoshi]

We should make a kind of memorial for all the important people from this Minetest project that have passed away, so SONO and others can be remembered for posterity at least.

[TillCoyote]

First generation of minetesters goes away...

[SONICXGATO]

I feel that this is the darkest day for the minetest community and right now I am very sad about the death of SONO and that the server will close but I know that it will close due to SONO's respect

[Shara]

My condolences to all who knew him.

When I first met SONO he had a dream to make a server, and every time we caught up he had come a little further and learned a whole lot more. It was obvious he really cared about giving players something they could truly enjoy, and when last I looked around the server I was very impressed with what he, and the rest of the team there, had achieved.

He will be missed by many, including me.

[LegendOf]

We never will Forget SONO and the Server! This Server was the first Server i have played on in Minetest!
We will miss you!
<3

[runs]

RIP

[LegendOf]

My condolences to all who knew him.

When I first met SONO he had a dream to make a server, and every time we caught up he had come a little further and learned a whole lot more. It was obvious he really cared about giving players something they could truly enjoy, and when last I looked around the server I was very impressed with what he, and the rest of the team there, had achieved.

He will be missed by many, including me.

Yep, SONO was a good Men, his Server was so very Nice!