[Image] R.I.P. Shad Gaspard
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Posted May 20, 2020, 5:23 PM UTC
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Wow I had no idea he was involved in God of War. Cryme Tyme was the best. He will be missed.
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RIP, class act of a man
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R.I.P. :(
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This guy was a legend, we’ve been playing him in games for awhile now
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Loved watching Cryme Tyme growing up. In life, and even in death, he was an absolute hero. And he'll be remembered for it. Rest in Peace Shad.
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I have known 3 people who have died in riptides. It’s beyond devastating that someone can be swimming right next to you one moment, then the next moment they have disappeared and can’t be found until the sea or a diver team returns their remains.... My heart goes out to his family, especially his son :(
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Yeah my dad and I got caught in one a few months ago. I've read best thing to do is let it bring you out, and then ride it back to shore. Or swim parallel
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It might be classless, hell it might even be transparent and shallow, but I hope for the Royal Rumble next year JTG is a surprise entrant so we can hear Shad's name chanted one last time (if we have crowds by then.)
A lot of wrestlers die but most are before I was watching wrestling in 2007. This is the first time I feel genuinely gutted over a wrestlers death. I saw him when I was a kid. He died a true hero.
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I imagine it would be incredibly difficult for JTG to come out to that theme
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Wow had no clue he was the body for Kratos. Man. RIP.
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Yeah I believe the person who was the main combat mocap actor was Erik Jacobus
I linked the literal PSN behind the scenes video of god of war
I don’t mean to take away from the WWE star’s tragedy but people are literally making up shit for upvotes as usual over a guy’s death
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This isn’t taking away anything. It’s correcting misinformation which to me is important. I don’t want extra accomplishments added to my life when I pass away.
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I’ve updated the main post with this info. I don’t care about upvotes, I make about 5 posts a year. I had just beaten this emotional game and saw this image on the net. Thank you for the clarification.
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I know it was taken from the net. My comment wasn’t aimed at you don’t worry.
I’m mainly annoyed with whoever made the original image in the first place but I can’t stop them or countless others from doing the same
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Yeah, like I'm not trying to take away from Shad, I used to watch him in WWE and he seems like he was a good dude, but misinformation is flying everywhere about him being the body of Kratos and all that. He did do some work on the game, so that's cool, but he wasn't the main mocap actor nor was he the body for Kratos.
I remember when this stuff was first posted and it was debunked by other people who worked on the game. Shad even stated when called out that he didn't know how much of his work was used, he just did some work years ago and that was that, and he saw the picture above and tweeted it out thinking it was true. I don't think he was trying to mislead anyone, just think there was some misunderstanding.
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Terrible that he died, but this needs to be higher up
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It's awful what happened. He does look like he could be Kratos though and he did do some work for the game. Not sure what was used from him though, but he seemed like a good dude and it's cool he was involved at all in my favorite PS4 game.
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Is there a geological component to riptides? Like I understand what they are but I am curious as to how they form.
Also, I had never heard of Shad before, but he sounds like a wonderful soul and I am sad that he is gone. I hope his son and family will be okay.
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So basically wherever you have big waves you will have riptides.
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It also depends on the frequency of the waves.
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All the water crashing to shore need an exit back out to sea. So they make channels. Usually you can see them because the surface looks a little different like more rippley.
Watch waves crashing on shore and try and follow the water and you’ll get a good idea how it works. Like a big conveyer belt. As a surfer I look for the because I can save a lot of energy paddling out
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I’m gonna do that next time im by a body of water. I live in Seattle so idk if it can happen in the sound but I will look!
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So sad heard the story on the news yesterday but didn’t know it was him.
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No it wasn't, it was Eric Jacobus, a YouTube Martial artist. You might be right because he did the combat macap I don't know who did the other stuff during gameplay so its probably this guy
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Shad died?!
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Yes,unfortunately.They found his body this morning
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That's so sad...
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He, his wife and son went to the beach this past Sunday.
While he and his son went out swimming, a tide came and took them along, the safeguards rushed into the water and Shad directed them to his son right before another wave took him down again.
He went missing until his body was found last night.
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That's sad as hell.
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Horrible to hear.
As someone who almost drowned a time or two it was an experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone. Fearing that you’ll leave children behind would make it even worse.
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I know this is not a good timing, but Shad was playing with us when he tweeted that.
The guy which Shad mentioned replied to him.
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He's in the credits.
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Yes, because he was mocapped, but in the end, his scans weren't used for Kratos, if at all.
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I didnt know him as a WWE Star, but Kratos...damn RIP.
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He did mocap for the game but he was not Kratos.
According to Raf Grassetti, his digital scans were not used. Source
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Edit: The text in the image might be inaccurate. The main combat mocap actor was Erik Jacobus. Shad is listed in God of War’s credits under “movement and mocap”. He’s not the main guy but he was still a key figure in helping to bring Kratos to life. ————————
Telling lifeguards to save his son first instead of him was something Kratos would do.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/05/20/former-wwe-wrestler-shad-gaspard-saved-his-son-before-being-pulled-under-by-riptide/
Just wanted to add another heroic thing Shad did back in 2016, he stopped an attempted armed robbery in a convenience store. Used a rear-naked choke hold on the suspect until police arrived.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2681430-former-wwe-superstar-shad-gaspard-stops-armed-robbery
Damn. Final words a plea to save his son. I hope his son reaps the love from this act and not the guilt.
Very true about the guilt. Personally this would motivate me to accomplish as much as I can with my life, make everyday count.
I believe the person who was the main combat mocap actor was Erik Jacobus
I linked the literal PSN behind the scenes video of god of war
I don’t mean to take away from the WWE star’s tragedy but people are literally making up shit for upvotes as usual over a guy’s death
In both wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad_Gaspard and in the IMDb cast and crew website https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5838588/fullcredits
Shad is listed as having played a role in motion capture.
In https://gamerant.com/wwe-star-shad-gaspard-died-kratos-mocap/ It says "...is credited for some motion capture work in God of War. To what extent isn't exactly mentioned, but he alongside voice and performance actor Christopher Judge and stunt performer Eric Jacobus seemed to bring Kratos to life. "
Probably didn't take a major part in motion capture but he was definitely involved. So I wouldn't exacly call that "Making up shit for upvotes". More like exaggerating or more likely, used a source that exaggerated the facts.
Well that's pretty shitty. But at least I learned about this dude's heroism. I never knew the guy existed before seeing this post.
This is horrific. People seriously need to learn how to deal with riptides, no matter how good you are at swimming, you don’t fight the riptide. Let it drag you out to sea and then swim parallel to the shore to prevent reentering it.
Damn, when you explain it that way it makes perfect sense, but I can understand why someone would panic, especially after swallowing water.
This is something that I wish I knew before it happened to me. I was pulled out and I was panicking. I swam toward the shore with all my might while I kept continually getting pulled back. I'm a pretty strong swimmer and it took me a long time to get back to shore, but by the time I got back I felt so sick and threw up because I used up every ounce of energy that I had. One of the scariest experiences I've ever had. Thought I was going to die. My friend told me that I should've done what you just explained.
Thanks for the helpful advice, u/PussyLunch
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What do you think happens? When they fight against it they get tired and can no longer support themselves?
That's why you don't fight it, as he said. When you feel it take you you can either relax until you feel you're not getting towed, then you swim laterally across the face of the shore until you're past the rip and then swim back to shore or swim laterally against the rip as it's taking you until you're out (some can suck you out pretty far so it might not be great to let it take you all the way out). This is shit everyone in Australia is taught, at least in coastal towns. If you can swim and you're educated on the issue it shouldn't be an issue. If you can't swim and you're not educated swim in the ocean pools or very well guarded beaches.
That's not to say I blame Shad for this. I don't know his background (if he grew up around beaches) and he isn't the first to underestimate the ocean. It's tragic he had to pay such a toll for a mistake. It's an awful event.
Edit: just realised I think I mistook your tone. To answer your question, yes, that's exactly what happens. People either underestimate the power of the rip or panic and fight it until thet don't even have the energy to keep their head above water. It's amazing how quickly it can sap your energy. And it's not until you really start struggling that you think to get people's attention. By then it can be too late.
Edit 2: added that you can also swim laterally across the rip as it's towing you so you don't get sucked out too far. That's what I was taught from memory. Either way the important thing is not to panic, it's very easy to float on your back without expelling much energy to catch your breath. Essentially "work smarter not harder" will literally save your life in a rip.
I got pulled out by a rip and I have no idea how long I was out, but I eventually got washed back in close enough to swim back to shore. Thankfully though I had a lot of water combat training while I was active duty and while I don’t think we covered rips, we did cover how to float for a very long time without exhaustion. I tucked my shirt into my shorts and blew air into it to make a floaty to help keep me above water.
You might be able to fight it, but you need to be very dumb, and have some insane stamina and even insaner luck.
I remember the first time I tried bodyboarding. By then I had been swimming weekly or bi-weekly for over 10 years in pools (and the sea during summer but not an expert anyhow). I had no idea how to body board but I was a great swimmer. Got dragged by a rip tide. Started panicking, specially because the bodyboard was basically anchoring me back and I couldn't swim as fast as I otherwise would. I must have swimmed at top effort for at least like 10 minutes, felt like hours.
Of course, I should have discarded my bodyboard, heck, I should have flagged my mom that was watching peacefully from the beach, but the board was a christmas present, and I was young and stupid, my instinct was to try and hide I fucked up.
By sheer luck, eventually I managed to make it back to shore, bodyboard still in tow. I recall hiding how tired I was when I sat back next to my mom. Never ever bodyboarded (not for this particular reason, just got older, and slowly spent less and less time at the beach). I did use the bodyboard as a makeshift shield when messing around with nerfs with my friends though. I learned about riptides only a few years ago, back then I just thought I had been aught in a really "strong current".
You basically never escape it for starters, but yes, it will tire you very quickly and you drown.
Riptide Explained
I've read a little bit about this before, but the explanation given in the video is well done.
That is exactly what happens. People try to swim against it which is A) useless and B) exhausting. They quickly tire and drown as they get pulled even further out to sea.
Rip tides are fairly narrow at 20 to 200 feet wide; it's best to swim parallel to shore to escape the pull of the rip tide (or just wait it out until the rip tide stops pulling you), then swim toward shore or wait for rescue.
Yes. That’s why they teach you to relax and let the riptide take you out. You have to swim parallel with the shoreline until you are out of it, then swim in. If you try to swim in to the shore while it’s towing you, you’ll never make it.
Growing up in California with beaches and going to multiple swimming camps. I definitely learned this. Especially while surfing. You have to think to do it though. It doesn't come naturally at all. So I can see this happening
The man was all class, full stop.
RIP
They didn't have a fucking flotation device to toss him??
At Marina Beach wtf? That's an enclosed beach. How were there huge waves and riptides?
This is sad to hear. My father got caught in a riptide and I couldnt do anything as he is 100lbs heavier than me. I told him to swim parallel to shore, but he was panicking. I had to abandon him there.
Miraculously, he survived, I dont know how he made it back. Scariest .moment of my life so far.
R.I.P Shad, you are a hero for your son