 Gary Gygax passed away |
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 Mar 4 2008, 06:06 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522  |
An announcement was made on Troll Lord Games' forums today.
He passed away of a heart attack at age 69. A salute to the man who founded our hobby. |
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Mar 4 2008, 06:22 PM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
/raise glass
/salute |
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Mar 4 2008, 06:25 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 20-April 02 Member No.: 2,622 |
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Mar 4 2008, 06:25 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
NOOOOOOO! DEAR GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I feel so negative about this. Gygax was the most original and creative voice in RPGs in my mind. I absolutely loved his Slayer's Guide To The Undead. And yet all the crappy people who got into the RPG industry did their best to exclude him and crap all over him his whole life. Then all the White Wolf snots decided to shit all over him by claiming that 1st ed D&D was somehow flawed and instead we needed to talk about how it was okay to have a crappy rule system for White Wolf because if we cared about rules we were stoopid twinks. I feel like from this point forward we have only the crappy uninspired dysfunctional bean counters. And no more heart. |
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Mar 4 2008, 06:42 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 12-April 07 From: Ork Underground Member No.: 11,440 |
*Sound of a Bosun's Pipe Call "Piping the Side"*
"Gary Gygax Departing" "Hand Salute!" "Fair Winds and Following Seas, Ship Mate." Your games and the industry you helped created, kept myself and many others sailors in the Indian Ocean deployments, entertained and occupied during the long hours out there. You will be missed but not forgotten. *Raises a glass of Bushmill's Single Malt* WMS |
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Mar 4 2008, 06:57 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...wow...
...bit at a loss for words. right now... |
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Mar 4 2008, 07:41 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Hmmmm ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)
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Mar 4 2008, 07:44 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 87 Joined: 11-September 07 From: Saeder-Krupp Rhine-Ruhr Regional HQ Member No.: 13,215 |
Quick, send the mages so we can cyberzombify him! Or at the very least, save his brain! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)
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Mar 4 2008, 07:56 PM
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Project Terminus: Soul Hunters Group: Members Posts: 1,052 Joined: 6-November 03 From: Casselberry, Florida U.S.A. Member No.: 5,798 |
While sad to see one of the greats go at least for the time we still have Dave Arneson who helped create the first D&D.
I never meet Gary but have been lucky to be able to talk to Dave on occasion when he is down at my local hobbie shop I even played in one of his D&D games a few years back. Sorry to see ya go Mr. Gygax heres to you. |
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Mar 4 2008, 08:21 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
QUOTE (Wounded Ronin @ Mar 4 2008, 02:25 PM)  NOOOOOOO! DEAR GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I feel so negative about this. Gygax was the most original and creative voice in RPGs in my mind. I absolutely loved his Slayer's Guide To The Undead. And yet all the crappy people who got into the RPG industry did their best to exclude him and crap all over him his whole life. Then all the White Wolf snots decided to shit all over him by claiming that 1st ed D&D was somehow flawed and instead we needed to talk about how it was okay to have a crappy rule system for White Wolf because if we cared about rules we were stoopid twinks. I feel like from this point forward we have only the crappy uninspired dysfunctional bean counters. And no more heart. C'mon dude -- a thread about someone's death is not the place to go off on a rant about game styles that you don't like. |
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Mar 4 2008, 08:41 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,532 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Canada Member No.: 769 |
wow... I'd always hoped to get a chance to meet the guy... I'll have to get my group to bust out our 1st ed books and give him a sendoff.
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Mar 4 2008, 10:06 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 15-February 08 From: East Lansing, Michigan Member No.: 15,684 |
I think the quote on his MySpace page says it all:
"i give the gift of endless imagination." He will be missed. Chuck |
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Mar 4 2008, 10:36 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
QUOTE (Adam @ Mar 4 2008, 03:21 PM) C'mon dude -- a thread about someone's death is not the place to go off on a rant about game styles that you don't like. Sorry, I got emotional. |
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Mar 4 2008, 10:55 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
good bye and thanks for all the rpgs.
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Mar 4 2008, 10:58 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314 |
I did get to chat with the man a few times. He knew his stuff and could tell a story, at least the ones I heard. And it was his work in AD&D that taught me the proper use of e.g., i.e., and cf, when I was young, not to mention being the only one of my childhood heroes who answered the scrawled letter of a fourth-grader.
I'd like to think of this as a day that the world cries and he rejoices. |
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Mar 4 2008, 11:25 PM
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Mystery Archaeologist Group: Members Posts: 2,906 Joined: 19-September 05 From: The apple tree Member No.: 7,760 |
I once healed in his name at a LARP event.
I thank him for the joy he has given me and the outlet for my creativity. Ophis |
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Mar 4 2008, 11:31 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,532 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Canada Member No.: 769 |
Does anyone know if the family is asking for donations to a particular charity in his name?
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Mar 5 2008, 12:17 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 346 Joined: 17-January 08 Member No.: 15,341 |
QUOTE (IronSphinx @ Mar 4 2008, 06:06 PM) I think the quote on his MySpace page says it all: "i give the gift of endless imagination." He will be missed. Chuck and he leaves us with a large gap in our community, and even larger shoes for the next generations of gamers to fill. |
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Mar 5 2008, 01:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 325 Joined: 9-December 06 From: the Maaatlock-Expressway! Member No.: 10,326 |
Although I never had much direct contact with (A)D&D and Mr. Gygax' work in general, there's little doubt to be had that the world of RPGs, and nerdtertainment in general, would have been a different, poorer one without his partaking.
My thoughts are with Gary Gygax' family, maybe knowing that his work has, directly and indirectly, inspired and entertained entire generations of people that shared his enthusiasm for the power of imagnination can be of some comfort at this time of loss... |
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Mar 5 2008, 01:50 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 13-July 03 From: Scotsprawl Member No.: 4,923 |
So many of us started with that old box set, RIP Dude.
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Mar 5 2008, 01:56 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
QUOTE (Sticks @ Mar 4 2008, 05:50 PM) So many of us started with that old box set, RIP Dude. ...I still have mine. |
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Mar 5 2008, 03:02 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 313 Joined: 26-February 02 From: UCAS Member No.: 1,015 |
QUOTE (IronSphinx @ Mar 4 2008, 05:06 PM) I think the quote on his MySpace page says it all: Unfortunately that is not actually his MySpace page. As far as I can tell he didn't have one. This fits my expectations although I'm not sure why I have them. Back in the late 90's I was blown away to find him running gygax.com. The idea of being able to directly contact someone of his celebrity on the internet was pretty novel (at least to me). |
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Mar 5 2008, 03:31 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 19-August 02 Member No.: 3,139 |
Gary had a significant impact on popular culture. And an immeasurable one on Nerd culture.
You will be missed. Thanks Gary. ~Eldritch~ |
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Mar 5 2008, 05:03 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 5-January 06 From: Louisiana Member No.: 8,132 |
Ironically enough, today is considered 'DM's Day', which is celebrated by roleplay gamers worldwide. Correlation of the two is purely coincidental, but promises to make the celebration even better known.
The world will miss you, Gary Gygax, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for pioneering the hobby we all know and love so dearly today. |
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 Mar 5 2008, 02:24 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668 |
I just learned that Gary Gygax died over the weekend. It was announce by no less than the BBC in their entertainment section.
He was the one to really kick off the hobby. He was the first GM and all of this flowed from what he started. Take just a momment to remember him. |
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