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{{Infobox player
 
{{Infobox player
 
|name = erik.cassel
 
|name = erik.cassel
|image = Erik Cassel.png
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|rname = Erik Cassel
|admin = Yes
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|image =
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<gallery>
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Erik Cassel.png|2013 - Present
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File:ErikFeb2012.png|February 2012
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File:Erik2009.png|2009
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Erik2008.png|2008
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</gallery>
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|admin = y
 
|activity = Deceased
 
|activity = Deceased
 
|month joined = July 2004
 
|month joined = July 2004
|membership = Builder's Club
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|membership = premium
 
|place visits = 55,943
 
|place visits = 55,943
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|twitter = CasselErik
}}'''Erik Cassel''' (December 16th, 1967 – February 11th, 2013), known on the platform as '''erik.cassel''', was a co-founder, [[administrator]] and former VP of Engineering on [[Roblox]]. He was fairly active on the website but rarely played any games. He passed away due to him committing die on February 11, 2013, almost 9 years after the creation of his Roblox account.
 
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'''Erik Cassel''' (December 16, 1967 – February 11, 2013), known on the platform as '''erik.cassel''', was a co-founder, [[administrator]] and former VP of Engineering on [[Roblox]]. He was fairly active on the website but rarely played any [[game]]s. Erik passed away due to [[Wikipedia:Cancer|cancer]] on February 11, 2013, almost 9 years after the creation of his Roblox account.
   
== Death ==
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==Death==
On February 11th, 2013, the Roblox staff said on the [https://twitter.com/roblox Roblox Twitter]  that Erik Cassel had apparently went <strong>[[Roblox Death Sound|OOF!]]</strong> earlier in the day at age of 45. [[Community:Keith|Keith]] confirmed it in the late hours in a forum post. He did the [[Roblox Death Sound]] after he died.
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On February 11, 2013, the Roblox staff stated on the Roblox [[Wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]] account that Erik Cassel had "lost his fight with cancer" earlier in the day at age of 45.<ref>https://twitter.com/Roblox/status/302597973156716544</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Roblox/status/301417442666745856</ref> {{player link|Keith}} confirmed it in the late hours in a forum post.<ref>https://archive.froast.io/forum/89090761#89090761</ref> A blog post was then created later in the day.<ref>https://blog.roblox.com/2013/02/in-memory-of-erik-cassel/</ref>
== Memorial ==
 
On February 12th, 2013, hundreds of people gathered in the Erik Cassel Memorial [http://www.roblox.com/games/106513515/Erik-Cassel-Memorial] to mourn the death of Erik Cassel. Many of these people dressed up as Erik Cassel's character to pay tribute to him. On February 15th, 2013, ROBLOX created a shirt called "[http://www.roblox.com/Official-Erik-Shirt-item?id=106779740 Official Erik Shirt] " in memory of Erik.cassel. The shirt went off sale 8 days later. Also in memory of Erik Cassel ROBLOX changed the name of a hat formerly known as "Well Worn Hat" to "[[Catalog:Erik Cassel's Hat|Erik Cassel's Hat]]" in memory of Erik, and put it on sale for a short time. Roblox put this description on both of these two items.
 
   
 
===Memorial===
:''"To honor our co-founder Erik Cassel, Roblox will make a substantial contribution to commit die in Erik's name. Thank you to everyone for your respect and support."''
 
 
On February 12, 2013, hundreds of users gathered in the Erik Cassel Memorial [http://www.roblox.com/games/106513515/Erik-Cassel-Memorial] to mourn the death of Erik Cassel. Many of these people dressed up as Erik Cassel's character to pay tribute to him. On February 15, 2013, Roblox created a [[shirt]] named "[[Catalog:Official Erik Shirt|Official Erik Shirt]]" in memory of Erik.cassel. The shirt went off sale 8 days later. Also in memory of Erik Cassel, Roblox changed the name of a hat formerly known as "Well Worn Hat" to "[[Catalog:Erik Cassel's Hat|Erik Cassel's Hat]]" in memory of Erik, and put it on-sale for a short time. Roblox then changed the two items' descriptions to the following:
   
 
:''"To honor our co-founder Erik Cassel, Roblox will make a substantial contribution to cancer research in Erik's name. Thank you to everyone for your respect and support."''
== Unknown Activity ==
 
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In May 2014, Erik.cassel was online, shocking many players. Some said that he was hacked by an unknown user, others said his younger brother or his sons were using his account. The kids using the account is generally the accepted explanation.
 
 
==Unknown Activity==
 
In May 2014, Erik.cassel was online, shocking many users. Some said that he was hacked by an unknown user, and others said his younger brother or his sons were using his account. His kids using the account is generally the accepted explanation.
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==Trivia==
 
{{Trivia section}}
 
*His children's Roblox usernames are {{player link|stunshocker}} and {{player link|redustian}}
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*He is one of the few well known users to have unexpectedly died while in the Roblox community.
 
*Strangely, he owns a game [[badge]] named [https://www.roblox.com/Prove-it-item?id=358441686 Prove it], which was created on February 3, 2016.
 
**This badge was given to many popular users due to a feature where you could plant badges into accounts if you had sufficient permission. {{player link|CloneTrooper1019}} eventually added 4 badges when lined up appeared to spell "John Doe is not a hacker you goofballs." CloneTrooper1019 is a confirmed [[intern]], and the Prove it badge is on the accounts of [[Community:John Doe and Jane Doe|John/Jane Doe]], {{player link|Telamon}}, and many other users.
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*It is believed that to remember Erik, Roblox staff decided to keep the administrator badge on his account after his death to honor him.
 
*Erik.cassel has a Series 1 [[Roblox Toys|Roblox toy]] modeled after his [[avatar]].
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*His personal [[Wikipedia:Email address|email addresses]] are [mailto:erik_cassel@pacbell.net erik_cassel@pacbell.net] and [mailto:erik@cassel.name erik@cassel.name].
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Keith_announcing Erik's death..png|Keith Announcing Erik Cassel's death.
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Keith_announcing Erik's death..png|Keith announcing Erik Cassel's death.
 
ErikCassel.png|Erik Cassel's Hat
 
ErikCassel.png|Erik Cassel's Hat
Official-erik-shirt-sale-snapshot.png|A shirt ROBLOX made in memory of Erik.cassel.
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Official-erik-shirt-sale-snapshot.png|A shirt Roblox created in memory of Erik.cassel.
 
20180207_144143.jpg|Erik Cassel's Roblox Toy
 
20180207_144143.jpg|Erik Cassel's Roblox Toy
 
Erik NoWhitespace.png|Erik.Cassel in real life.
 
Erik NoWhitespace.png|Erik.Cassel in real life.
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</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
== Trivia ==
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==External Links==
 
*[http://blog.roblox.com/2010/02/interview-with-erik-cassel Interview with Erik Cassel]
{{trivia section}}
 
 
*[http://blog.roblox.com/2013/02/in-memory-of-erik-cassel/ David Baszucki (CEO)'s blogpost about Erik]
*His children's Roblox usernames are {{Player link|stunshocker|729762}} and {{Player link|redustian|13345328}}
 
* He and [[Community:NerfModder|NerfModder]] are the only known famous players that have suddenly died while active on ROBLOX.
 
* Strangely, Erik.cassel owns a Game Badge named [https://www.roblox.com/Prove-it-item?id=358441686 Prove it], which was made on February 3rd, 2016.
 
**This badge was given to most popular Robloxians due to a feature where you could plant badges into accounts if you had sufficient permission, [[Community:CloneTrooper1019|CloneTrooper1019]] added 4 badges when lined up appeared to be "John Doe is not a hacker you goofballs" CloneTrooper1019 is a confirmed intern, the Prove It badge is on the accounts of John/Jane Doe, Telamon, and many others.
 
*Erik.cassel has a Series 1 ROBLOX toy modeled after his Roblox [[avatar]].
 
*His personal e-mails are erik_cassel@pacbell.net and erik@cassel.name.
 
 
== External Links ==
 
* [http://blog.roblox.com/2010/02/interview-with-erik-cassel Interview with Erik Cassel]
 
* [http://blog.roblox.com/2013/02/in-memory-of-erik-cassel/ David Baszucki (CEO)'s blogpost about Erik]
 
   
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==References ==
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Erik Cassel}}
 
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<references/>
 
[[Category:Roblox Toys]]
 
[[Category:Roblox Toys]]

Revision as of 21:27, 11 December 2019

Erik Cassel (December 16, 1967 – February 11, 2013), known on the platform as erik.cassel, was a co-founder, administrator and former VP of Engineering on Roblox. He was fairly active on the website but rarely played any games. Erik passed away due to cancer on February 11, 2013, almost 9 years after the creation of his Roblox account.

Death

On February 11, 2013, the Roblox staff stated on the Roblox Twitter account that Erik Cassel had "lost his fight with cancer" earlier in the day at age of 45.[1][2] Keith confirmed it in the late hours in a forum post.[3] A blog post was then created later in the day.[4]

Memorial

On February 12, 2013, hundreds of users gathered in the Erik Cassel Memorial [1] to mourn the death of Erik Cassel. Many of these people dressed up as Erik Cassel's character to pay tribute to him. On February 15, 2013, Roblox created a shirt named "Official Erik Shirt" in memory of Erik.cassel. The shirt went off sale 8 days later. Also in memory of Erik Cassel, Roblox changed the name of a hat formerly known as "Well Worn Hat" to "Erik Cassel's Hat" in memory of Erik, and put it on-sale for a short time. Roblox then changed the two items' descriptions to the following:

"To honor our co-founder Erik Cassel, Roblox will make a substantial contribution to cancer research in Erik's name. Thank you to everyone for your respect and support."

Unknown Activity

In May 2014, Erik.cassel was online, shocking many users. Some said that he was hacked by an unknown user, and others said his younger brother or his sons were using his account. His kids using the account is generally the accepted explanation.

Trivia

This section is a trivia section. Please relocate any relevant information into other sections of the article.

  • His children's Roblox usernames are stunshocker and redustian
  • He is one of the few well known users to have unexpectedly died while in the Roblox community.
  • Strangely, he owns a game badge named Prove it, which was created on February 3, 2016.
    • This badge was given to many popular users due to a feature where you could plant badges into accounts if you had sufficient permission. CloneTrooper1019 eventually added 4 badges when lined up appeared to spell "John Doe is not a hacker you goofballs." CloneTrooper1019 is a confirmed intern, and the Prove it badge is on the accounts of John/Jane Doe, Telamon, and many other users.
  • It is believed that to remember Erik, Roblox staff decided to keep the administrator badge on his account after his death to honor him.
  • Erik.cassel has a Series 1 Roblox toy modeled after his avatar.
  • His personal email addresses are erik_cassel@pacbell.net and erik@cassel.name.

Gallery

External Links

References