In a post on the FFXIV forums, players from other servers joined in, posting pictures of their in-game vigils.Here's the Balmung server:

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Here's Excalibur:

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And from the Reddit thread, Hyperion:

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And Brynhildr:

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According to Pattmyn, a real-life friend of Codex, the stream of the event made it into the fallen player's hospital room, so at the very least his family was aware of the massive outpouring of support. Pattmyn told Kotaku the machines keeping Codex alive were turned off earlier today. May he rest in peace.

I did not know Codex Vahlda. I couldn't tell name a single person in any of these images, character or real life. But I know the MMORPG community, having been playing the damn things for 15 years, and I know that whoever Codex Vahlda was, every single person in these images — in his final moments — cared for him like they were his dear friends. When a group of people is deeply invested in a virtual world, be it Eorzea or Azeroth or Norrath or wherever, there's a bond there that crosses any and all real-world lines.

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Update: Codex's real-life friend Pattmyn reached out to Kotaku to clarify the details surrounding Codex Vahlda's death. Rather than collapsing on Saturday as originally reported, the player had been in the hospital since Friday, kept alive via machines after suffering brain death. He was kept alive until today to allow family and friends to pay their respects.

The story has been updated to reflect this information.