StickSlayer will live on Forever.

Ben Spurgin (aka Spurginator) has been gracing newgrounds with his creativty for almost a decade now. I loved his over the top flair for the dramatic, as well as the ridiculous, and I rarely found anyone who was able to marry the two so effortlessly.

No matter what medium he worked with,be it film,games, or music, he attacked it with the same Zest and flair that only Ben could do. At times Ben would come to me for advice, but I would always go to him for inspiration, and thankfully I still can through his submissions.

I feel selfish in saying this, but I'm more pissed than sad that he's gone.

We had plans man!!!..I wanted to see both of us grow, compare notes, goof on each other. Whatever. Thankfully he left us his StickSlayer , Power of the Geek, Peeman cartoons to watch, and forever will his work be immortalized on NG, for the old and new flash artists alike.

And to Ben's mom,

well you know how I feel, and that feeling is echoed throughout NG and every upcoming flash artist hes ever inspired.

StickSlayer will live on Forever.

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kokonut10 2009-10-22 16:04:56

Aw shit. :(

killerrob 2009-10-22 16:33:36

R.I.P Ben, Jeff, Adam and Brain
(AKA StckSlayer, Regret, Livecorpse and TheGimpsta)

TheReno 2009-10-22 16:37:34

I prefer to not let death affect me. I dont care anymore, shit happens. If your religious and he was a good person with a few sins then theres nothing to fear, hes kicking it in heaven. If your not and prefer the thought that nothing exists in death then he went out like a champ in that he created one of the most memorable series on NG and made some kicking music. He didnt die homeless and suicidal with nothing accomplished, he died a man who gave his audiance a few moments of happiness watching his movies.

But whats happened has happened, and there is nothing mourning will do. I learned that 30 minutes after my moms funeral. You can cry or get pissed, but the best medicine is laughing at the good times and moving on. S'all I can say really.

ilikeblamingcrap 2009-10-22 17:23:38

HEROIN? Damn dude he pretty much killed himself. That's such a waste. It sad he died but come one, he o.d.ed on HEROIN? Damn.....

ReignOfHell 2009-10-22 17:30:03

I waited and waited for the next one to come along. Especially Pimp's Quest, which was just too fun for me when I joined up on Newgrounds all those years ago.

Any who, that's fuckin' terrible... Wish the mother best of luck to deal with this tragedy.

EM549 2009-10-22 17:36:23

Ben was one of my early inspirations, sad to see the news.. :(

RubberNinja 2009-10-22 17:38:07

Wow.. I'm so sorry to hear that. I grew up watching his work on Newgrounds, I can recall all of the episodes and how much they inspired me to learn Flash all those years ago.

RIP Ben.

fallensoul289 2009-10-22 17:52:51

Oh man that sucks. Pimp's quest was one of the first games I ever played on ng even before I had a account. Rock N' Roll does horrible things to good people.

14hourlunchbreak 2009-10-22 18:01:34

that sucks. I just saw one of his animations and it was great, he sort of made something simple over dramatic and just plain awesome. :'(

MindChamber 2009-10-22 18:01:34

He was definitely destined to be one of them crazy directors. Along the lines of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor.

MadFLeX 2009-10-22 18:06:18

That's a realty nice tribute, Jose. Couldn't have said it better.

Starogre 2009-10-22 18:46:11

ugh i was so excited for his next film. it shows in his work he was getting much better, too.....ugggggh

rip ben

MindChamber 2009-10-22 18:46:11 (Updated 2009-10-22 19:11:28)

ya, the art was actually catching up to that crazy vision of his

HappyViking 2009-10-22 18:50:21

Stick Slayer was one of the first things I ever watched on Newgrounds and I have very fond memories of it.

Rest in peace, Ben. We love you, man.

lolman99 2009-10-22 18:55:55

*sniffle* we will all remember him..

MindChamber 2009-10-22 18:55:55

Except you,.... since well , you just signed up this year and you wouldve been 3 when he was around.

Lundsfryd 2009-10-22 19:00:33

Man that is sad..
Gone gone, the damage done.

Rest in peace..

lenkalamari 2009-10-22 19:06:58

oh wow, i grew up watching this guy's stuff.

RIP.

ZagmenO 2009-10-22 19:38:07

Did he pass away?

That's sad. I've never heard of him, but it's sad to hear nonetheless.

PiGPEN 2009-10-22 20:15:39

Newgrounds is full of heroin addicts and murderers.

MindChamber 2009-10-22 20:15:39

and you pretend to be both, but mommy allows you to be neither.

MaestroRage 2009-10-22 20:20:44

Watching every episode I have to admit Ben deserved this role of inspiration. His work had elements in it which I would never have thought to see in such early flash files. There was some pretty good 3d, some slick animations, after episode 6 it was just nuclear epic after nuclear epic.

A damn shame to have lost him, I too can feel his loss now.

MindChamber 2009-10-22 20:20:44

definitely. He treated flash more as a medium instead of a gimmick

SchnizzleFits 2009-10-22 22:00:30

Its sad I had forgotten him, seeing only a few way back then. Considering his flashes dates, they are extremely well done. After seeing his last SS, no doubt the next was going to be the flash worth watching. It sucks his comeback was cut to soon.

SpoonHunter 2009-10-22 22:45:38

I wish this were some sort of sick joke - I remember laughing my ass off when I was a kid to the first Stick Slayer. That cartoon really cheered me up when I was down. I can't believe this happened!

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