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Thread: Gary Gygax
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2008-03-04, 11:59 AM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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Gary Gygax
It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after one’s own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between.
– Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
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2008-03-04, 12:07 PM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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This is indeed sad to hear. My condolances go out to his family and friends. He was the pioneer for the hobby.
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2008-03-04, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)Troll in the Playground
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Holy crap, dude! Is this a joke? Please tell me this is a very bad joke!
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2008-03-04, 12:17 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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Appears to be true, and yes, very sad.
Wish I could've shaken the fellow's hand.It doesn't matter what game you're playing as long as you're having fun.
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2008-03-04, 12:20 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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Heartbreaker. Gary Gygax gave birth to the very best games ever. He will be missed.
Methabroax
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2008-03-04, 12:26 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Aye, I just came from fark.com. Gary has had such an influence on almost everyone, weather it be through D&D our setting up how video games in the future would be influenced. I take today as my duty to spread the word among all my social news websites.
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2008-03-04, 12:27 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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Rest in peace Gary.
I've played DnD for near three years now, and never had a single thought about the guy who created it...even looking at the thread title, the name meant nothing to me. But...wow. A guy who I never knew...yet he did so much for me. A guy I never knew, but I will mourn his death.
I never knew your name until today, but you've done so much for me. For that, Gary Gygax, I thank you.
Rest in Peace.Last edited by SoD; 2008-03-04 at 12:30 PM.
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2008-03-04, 12:28 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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RIP, Gary. RIP.
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2008-03-04, 12:30 PM (ISO 8601)Bugbear in the Playground
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He will be missed.
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2008-03-04, 12:31 PM (ISO 8601)Titan in the Playground
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Oh man. I've never played any D&D older than 3.5 edition, but it's still sad to hear that the creator of such a great RPG is dead.
Last edited by Morty; 2008-03-04 at 12:31 PM.
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2008-03-04, 12:42 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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Up until this moment, I hadn't noticed that I actually LIKED the guy. Damn...
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2008-03-04, 12:56 PM (ISO 8601)Bugbear in the Playground
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Addio Gary! RIP
I think I'll think much more about him now every time I see his name on the cover of my 1st ed. books.Knowledge, logic, reason, and common sense serve better than a dozen rule books.
E. G. Gygax
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2008-03-04, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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... Close Wounds? ... Delay Death?
...Animate Dead?
Come on, someone's gotta get him back in the game.
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2008-03-04, 12:59 PM (ISO 8601)Barbarian in the Playground
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Very sad event, my condolences to his family and his friends. He will be missed.
There is no good and evil. There is only more and less.
- Khorn'Tal
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Kalar Eshanti
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2008-03-04, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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I met him at GenCon in 1986, when my uncle (Jon Pickens, a TSR editor) introduced me. I was 6. I made a point to seek him out and talk to him at every GenCon I attended after that. He remembered me, and was always interested in how I was growing up.
I'll miss you Gary.
/anyone have a diamond worth at least 10,000 gp?"I'd complain about killing catgirls, but they're dead already. You killed them with your 685 quadrillion damage." - Mikeejimbo, in reference to this Originally Posted by Dervag
No, but Swordguy appears to have studied people who are. And took notes. Originally Posted by kpenguin
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2008-03-04, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)Orc in the Playground
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Sorry man, but you know Gygax is enjoying the True Awesome alignment afterlife, where he's got every game design tool he could ever want.
"The only thing between us and victory is that Ogre Mage!"
"So...defeat?"
"...shut up."
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Kurik
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2008-03-04, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)Ettin in the Playground
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I'm going to need a lot more than a post on an Internet forum, by just about anyone, to believe that the Dice God has lost his ranks
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2008-03-04, 01:15 PM (ISO 8601)Bugbear in the Playground
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Godspeed, Mr. Gygax. Godspeed.
The perfect fighter fix. Originally Posted by true_shinken
Hey, the magnificent Shades of gray made me the cool paladin! Give him a hand!
From time to time, I vanish from the boards. Like Frosty, though, I'll be back again some day!
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2008-03-04, 01:15 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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Legit news source:
http://www.wbay.com/global/story.asp?s=7963395"I'd complain about killing catgirls, but they're dead already. You killed them with your 685 quadrillion damage." - Mikeejimbo, in reference to this Originally Posted by Dervag
No, but Swordguy appears to have studied people who are. And took notes. Originally Posted by kpenguin
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2008-03-04, 01:18 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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We need a d100 table full of weird, idiosyncratic and downright bizarre objects to give as condolences. Seems fitting, really.
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2008-03-04, 01:34 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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Here are some dice and a fresh character sheet Mr. Gygax, 4d6, pick the best 3.
in other news.. Wow .
Last edited by Yeril; 2008-03-04 at 01:35 PM.
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2008-03-04, 01:52 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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Re: Gary Gygax
Nothing on earth stays forever
but none of your deeds were in vain
Deep in our hearts you will live again
you're gone to the home of the brave
Farewell Gary
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2008-03-04, 01:58 PM (ISO 8601)Ettin in the Playground
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This was something that Gary had to do.
It was in preparation for the release of 4th edition, so he can roll over in his grave.
Just kidding. RIP Gary.
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2008-03-04, 02:02 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Goodnight Mr Gygax - You were, in a way, a father to us all, and you will be sorely missed.
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2008-03-04, 02:03 PM (ISO 8601)Firbolg in the Playground
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That's a shame.
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2008-03-04, 02:09 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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As the Troll Masterchef was wont to sing : "There's no Race like Gnome for the Hollendaise".
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2008-03-04, 02:09 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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Just...yeah. Gygax's work and it's derivatives pretty much made my childhood worth going through.
I just hope that he actually knew how much he was appreciated while he was still alive. He's an icon, and deserves every bit of the quirky sort of fame he got and more."It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
- Thomas Jefferson
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2008-03-04, 02:15 PM (ISO 8601)Banned
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He did, I think. He was also very approachable and friendly, to the point that when I posted a question about population figures in Yggsburgh the other day and didn't get an answer back quickly, I was worried. Sadly, I was right to be so, and the question will now go forever unanswered. Originally Posted by Zincorium
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2008-03-04, 02:15 PM (ISO 8601)Pixie in the Playground
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Rough year for fantasy. First Robert Jordan, and now Gary Gygax.
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2008-03-04, 02:16 PM (ISO 8601)Orc in the Playground
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odd, i was just thinking today what it would be like when he died.... i guess now i know. definitely sad.
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