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'Paalam, kaibigan': Tributes pour in after death of man behind 'revive me Jett' meme

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<p>MANILA -- Lance &quot;Finest&quot; Arcilla, who was behind the iconic Valorant &quot;Revive me Jett&quot; meme, died at the age of 21, his mother confirmed on Facebook. </p><p>The cause of death was not mentioned. </p><p>Arcilla became a monumental figure in the Valorant community after <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gat0s4Zl_iI">footage</a> of him repeatedly telling his teammate to revive him in-game when the agent did not have the ability to revive him at all, went viral on social media. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><div dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/CYNSPbaBEs">pic.twitter.com/CYNSPbaBEs</a></div>— VALORANT (@valorantde) <a href="https://twitter.com/valorantde/status/1510928489234546691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Official Valorant platforms also quoted the iconic meme in various occasions, a show of his permanence in the international Valorant community. </p><p>Tributes poured in on Twitter following the announcement of his death. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">We would like to extend our condolences to friends and family of Lance &quot;Finest&quot; Arcilla, who recently passed away.<br/><br/>He made millions of us laugh with his iconic &quot;JETT REVIVE ME&quot; and will forever be a monument of Valorant PH games.<br/><br/>Paalam kaibigan 🖤 <a href="https://t.co/iW5cn8NMm0">pic.twitter.com/iW5cn8NMm0</a></p>— Team Secret (@teamsecret) <a href="https://twitter.com/teamsecret/status/1513165279345397768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;Your duty may be over in this world but you will never be forgotten. <br/>This man created one of the &#x27;Finest&#x27; moments in [Valorant] and surely his legacy will live on,&quot; gaming organization Rumble Royale said. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Your duty may be over in this world but you will never be forgotten. 😥💔<br/><br/>This man created one of the &#x27;Finest&#x27; moments in <a href="https://twitter.com/PlayVALORANT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PlayVALORANT</a> and surely his legacy will live on.<br/><br/>Let&#x27;s take a moment to commemorate Mr. Lance Arcilla (Finest#s2pD) a.k.a. Mr. Jett Revive Me. <a href="https://t.co/zJSiPbBdzZ">pic.twitter.com/zJSiPbBdzZ</a></p>— RUMBLE ROYALE (@RumbleRoyalePH) <a href="https://twitter.com/RumbleRoyalePH/status/1513336030530715651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>In its commemoration post, international squad Team Secret, whose Valorant team is based in the Philippines, said the meme will &quot;forever be a monument of Valorant PH games.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Paalam, kaibigan,&quot; Team Secret said. </p>

Lance 'Finest' Arcilla, who was behind the iconic Valorant 'Revive me Jett' meme, died at the age of 21. 