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Maxwell "Max" Potter

Amherst, MA, USA
2001 - July 24, 2021
2001 - Jul 24, 2021
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2021
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I first met Max in middle school. I remember being roommates with him and Levent during the trip to Kenbrook and he always found a way to bright up the room. His laugh and smile were almost contagious. Yet, it was not until this year when we all started playing Dota 2 again did I start to get to know Max better. Through the wins and the losses he was always there to cheer us up or crack a joke to make us laugh. Max, I know you are in a better place, and rest in piece. My condolences go out to all of the friends and family he had, but Max, you will always be in our thoughts.
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I met Max in an english class at UMASS Amherst for dystopian literature. He was the only friend I made in the class, and we got a long really well. We walked out of class together a few times a week always finding something fun to talk about. At the end of the class I knew I didn't want our friendship to end without a reason to keep seeing each other, so I thought of creating a D&D group with some other friends on campus who I was just getting to know at the same time. I brought together a group of strangers across a huge campus where they really only knew me, none of their fellow players. Max was so outwardly comfortable and supportive of the process the whole time. He treated his fellow players like good friends, and very quickly that's what we all became. Being his DM was a blast. He was analytical, he loved the puzzles i presented for the group to solve. His character was an angry drunken dwarf who he loved embellishing in. He even occasionally brought out a scottish accent. I distinctly remembering feeling a comfort during COVID's lockdown, that while we played, we were building a friendship that would last for years. To be honest, despite the circumstances I don't believe our friendship is dead in the slightest. He was a brilliant, kind, and a fun person to be around. I am immensely grateful for my time with him, and I take comfort in knowing that his influence will keep him alive. I know I'm not the only one he positively affected. I'll continue telling my stories of him to anyone who will listen. That way, he isn't really dead. Just not here right now.
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Dear Bert, Susan and Jackson, and all the Potters/Havraneks - we have been thinking of you often - the deep loss and pain - and the celebration of Max's life that we see below. He was kind and open ... I remember talking with him a few times at Thanksgiving in Cambridge, his laughter and smiles. With love, Thalia, Rom, Karlie (and Camila!)
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Bert, Susan, Jackson -- the Rowe-Jacobsons send our love and warmest condolences to you. Dan, Beah, Bruce and Kathy cannot be at the memorial but our thoughts will be with you all day and in the months to come.
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Max and I had crossed paths a few times before the whole pandemic began, but I got to know him a lot better after things went remote. We ended up becoming study buddies for several computer science courses and I came to seriously respect him because he was brilliant, yet immensely humble. I still remember thinking to myself after an exhausting spring semester something along the lines of "wow, I can't wait to hang out with Max in the fall when things return to normal!"

Always a positive interaction with the guy.

My deepest condolences to everyone who knew him, and to Max -- I hope you're in a better place man, rest in peace.
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