Gary Gygax
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Has passed on. Thanks for the great memories. :rose: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax[^]
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
All jokes about geek-dom aside, it's interesting to reflect on the influence Mr. Gygax ultimately had on generations of gameplayers, and the fantasy genre in general. May he rest in peace.
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I think 69 was his hit point total. :-D
Adam Smith www.codeproject.com
Ahhh! :D
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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Has passed on. Thanks for the great memories. :rose: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax[^]
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
May his saving throws all come up 20. :rose:
This blanket smells like ham
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Has passed on. Thanks for the great memories. :rose: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax[^]
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
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Has passed on. Thanks for the great memories. :rose: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax[^]
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
If only he'd kept the mana potion instead of giving to the dwarf Paladin :(
only two letters away from being an asset
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Has passed on. Thanks for the great memories. :rose: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax[^]
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
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Well, damn. He changed my world quite a bit. Thanks Gary. :rose:
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Oakman wrote:
He changed my world quite a bit. Thanks Gary
many of us indeed!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Oakman wrote:
He changed my world quite a bit. Thanks Gary
many of us indeed!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I just checked. Marc W Miller who designed Traveler is apparently still alive although I couldn't any recent references to him on the web.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Oakman wrote:
I just checked. Marc W Miller who designed Traveler is apparently still alive although I couldn't any recent references to him on the web.
and I thought I was the only one that played AD&D and Traveller. There were many an assembly that a handfull of us spent at the top of the bleachers playing traveller instead of watching the football players brag about what they were finally going to do that no other team from our school had ever done before... :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Oakman wrote:
I just checked. Marc W Miller who designed Traveler is apparently still alive although I couldn't any recent references to him on the web.
and I thought I was the only one that played AD&D and Traveller. There were many an assembly that a handfull of us spent at the top of the bleachers playing traveller instead of watching the football players brag about what they were finally going to do that no other team from our school had ever done before... :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Has passed on. Thanks for the great memories. :rose: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax[^]
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
I still have the original Dungeon Masters Guide book, with the original art work cover, sitting on my book shelf (looking rather, uh, used). Since the day I obtained that book, I have never viewed dice the same way ... Gary, thank you for creating an entire Universe of fun, wonder and adventure.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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Oakman wrote:
He changed my world quite a bit. Thanks Gary
many of us indeed!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Indeed. Many generations... 3 editions (and the draft of the 4th). What an influence a game can have in the lives of people...
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I just checked. Marc W Miller who designed Traveler is apparently still alive although I couldn't any recent references to him on the web.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
He's got an account in LinkedIn
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Has passed on. Thanks for the great memories. :rose: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax[^]
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
A great man. He kept us from harrassing innocent passers-by in the streets by gathering us together with dice and paper and large amounts of beer to harrass 'innocent' orcs in some fantastic world:) Still have all my books but children and work hampered late night gaming:( Mirabilis A Boreyurazof Lorelord
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Dungeons & Dragons co-creator dies at 69 Now, is that his age, or.... :-O
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
blog: TDD - the Aha! | Linkify!| FoldWithUs! | sighistDefinitely a legend in his own time! Rest in peace!
Happy programming!
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Has passed on. Thanks for the great memories. :rose: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax[^]
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
And for those of you who keep up with OOTS, a tribute comic is up: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html[^]
"I think it's a trollophage and it's the beginning of a viral outbreak." - PerdidoPunk
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He's got an account in LinkedIn
You're right, he does! :) http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?id=6068819&action=vmi&trk=ppro_viewmore&authType=name&authToken=1F4d
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Oakman wrote:
I just checked. Marc W Miller who designed Traveler is apparently still alive although I couldn't any recent references to him on the web.
and I thought I was the only one that played AD&D and Traveller. There were many an assembly that a handfull of us spent at the top of the bleachers playing traveller instead of watching the football players brag about what they were finally going to do that no other team from our school had ever done before... :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Trevortni wrote:
Does that make you a mouse?
yup, I guess so. I was going to be an astronaut, and when that dream was taken away I found the next best things in both games and career. :-D
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Has passed on. Thanks for the great memories. :rose: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_en_ot/obit_gygax[^]
Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns
I know I was hooked the first time I played the game using nothing but the 3 book set, handful of dice and graph paper in Hawaii in 1976. What a blast that was, six of us computer geeks sitting in a living room for 20+ hours straight on weekends, arguing about the damage a dwarf should really have. Now, we play WOW, GuildWars, ..., etc and think nothing of the skill required to create the world we play in. We whine and complain about the people we play with around the world, thinking nothing of the people who started it all. God speed Gary, hope the 20's keep rolling.
Lyle