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twinky
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Gary Gygax passed away today.

I don't have any insightful commentary to provide, just the link. [Frown]

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Noemon
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Blayne Bradley
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What!? What!? No!? He can't!

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Blayne Bradley
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And for those who remember our past discussion...

This I solemnly swear was not in any way shape or form, directly or indirectly brought about by me. So stop looking at me that way.

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mr_porteiro_head
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That guy was weird.

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Achilles
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Whoa. I just saw his cameo on Codemonkeys.

Dang.

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Eduardo_Sauron
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Nothing more.

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Enigmatic
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So, who's starting the fund to get together 5000gp worth of diamond dust?

--Enigmatic

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Primal Curve
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Damn. He'll be missed.

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Chris Bridges
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IMed this to a friend, his immediate response was "guess he failed his saving roll."

I think he got a little crazy there for a while, but he contributed mightily to my teenage years. Gods' speed, Gary.

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Achilles
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Can I have his +1 Mace?

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Primal Curve
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Who wants to take bets his will has lots of references to "loot?"

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Enigmatic
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I'll take that bet. This is Gygax we're talking about, not some disgraceful MMO gamer.

It'll have Treasure Tables. His decendants will have to roll d% to see what they get.

--Enigmatic

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Noemon
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What sort of treasure type do you suppose he had?

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Achilles
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What level of the dungeon was his corpse found on?

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mr_porteiro_head
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I want to know how many XPs he was worth.

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Nighthawk
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And millions of fans tuned down the dimmer dial in their mom's basement for a moment of silence...

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Sterling
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Snarky jokes aside, and while he had his share of contraversies, the man fathered an industry and made a mark that's still distinguishable in half a dozen or more types of media.

Rest in peace, Mr. Gygax.

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MightyCow
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Quick, find his phylactery!

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Blayne Bradley
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If hes as half as good as he is then he wouldve done the cheap thing and thrown it to the buttom of an ocean.

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Puffy Treat
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The immature, bad side of me wonders where he'll go now that the Great Wheel's been retconned away for 4E?

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Blayne Bradley
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You talking about all of the planes? He'' go to Moradins Halls of course.

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Noemon
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OOtS (and Giant Tip's news page)

[ March 04, 2008, 11:08 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]

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Tstorm
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Penny Arcade has a tribute comic, with a punchline of course, but a tasteful one.

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Noemon
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Something Positive

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Morbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris Bridges:
... he contributed mightily to my teenage years. Gods' speed, Gary.

Me, too. And Amen.

Where's a cleric when you really need one?
[Cry]

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Telperion the Silver
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Order of the Stick

[edit: oops, someone already posted this]

[ March 05, 2008, 04:47 AM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]

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Noemon
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They did? I must have missed it.

Questionable Content

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The Pixiest
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Best comment thus far: "He will be critically missed."

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Noemon
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Sure there is; Coffee of Doom's chalkboard is usually worth reading.

[Edit--that was in response to a now-deleted comment by aspectre that the QC I linked to didn't make any mention of Gygax.]

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aspectre
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Sorry, I read the chalkboard after posting on a "just to recheck", then deleted.

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Noemon
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I'm on my way to EI now!

[Edit--that was in response to a now-deleted comment by ElJay. I'm not posting random, babbling comments in response to the voices in my head, honest!]

[ March 06, 2008, 03:04 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]

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Noemon
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I figured that that was what had happened, aspectre; no big deal. I only edited my post so that it wouldn't look like I was babbling to the air or something.

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Primal Curve
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There's a Slate article up now.

Here's his obit from Milwaukee's paper. Some of you may not know that TSR started in Lake Geneva, about an hour or two outside of Milwaukee.

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ricree101
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XKCD

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Primal Curve
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Another good obit this time from the A.V. Club.

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Omega M.
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I saw someone write "Gary Gygax: -10 HP!" on a message board. I thought that made a little too much fun of his death.

(In some versions of D&D, I think a character dies at -10 HP; at 0 HP, a character has fainted but can be revived with normal healing as opposed to resurrection spells.)

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Primal Curve
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quote:
Originally posted by Omega M.:
I saw someone write "Gary Gygax: -10 HP!" on a message board. I thought that made a little too much fun of his death.

So you decide to share it here? Thou confuseth me, adventurer.

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Noemon
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Achewood

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Shmuel
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16 Gary Gygax Jokes We Better Not Catch You Making

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Omega M.
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Regarding #8 on that list, you can't take someone else's XP! Their items, sure.

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Puffy Treat
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“With his last breath, he cursed the name of Marlon Wayans.”

[ROFL]

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