(S29) PT 4 - Statues

[Memento Mori]

This is a weird one for me, because anyone who's been in the league for longer than I have knows there's only one candidate to be remembered for Orange County. That's Marc Spector.

Personally, I didn't know him. Eleven days after I joined the site, Speculadora posted this media post. One of the first ISFL streams I watched - it might have been the week 1 stream, or perhaps one of the draft streams - was dedicated to him. The Children's Organ Transplant Association, the organisation the most recent charity drive was in support of, helped Spector to receive the lung transplant that extended his life.

Spector was Orange County's co-GM from Season 10 to Season 12, the Otters winning the Ultimus in S12. His first player is in the Hall of Fame, spending all of his nine seasons with Orange County and winning the Ultimus three times. He's responsible for bringing the best GM of all-time to the team, who said "He’s honestly the reason that I thought the Otters' open co-GM position was worth leaving NOLA for when I saw it." in the linked post. His achievements alone are worthy of being remembered, but the fact that he did it while literally fighting for his life is extraordinary. Sometimes when searching for something in the OCO discord, I'll stumble across a message from him; or when scrolling through the list of users in the server I'll pass his name. Unless discord purges inactive accounts, he'll always be there and that feels fitting.

Even those who didn't know him, like me, won't forget him.

(265 words minus 21 words from Spec's post)