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A moment of silence please . . .
skwanch
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html
TL;DR: The man who created the RPG from scratch is no longer with us
TL;DR: The man who created the RPG from scratch is no longer with us
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Now it's Warhammer.
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Also, I already used my Vice Presidential Action Rangers joke in the D&D Gygax thread.
Fixed. Don't get your Groening mixed up.
May his pantheon of choice rest his soul. Reroll? y/n
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He might have been, but he was definitely on Futurama:
He did not appear on The Simpsons with Al Gore and Stephen Hawkings. That's more the point.
you stole that from Fark
I did not. I don't even know what Fark is. I made it up all on my lonesome.
It wasn't a hard joke to think of.
Bite me.
That's what killed him you bastard.
So, not only have you met the man who created D&D, but you’re posting about it on a dork/video game forum... You’re a nerd like the rest of us, accept it and move along. :P.
Still the coolest D&D movie I have ever seen.
Take video games for example. It's obvious many old RP video games on PC and console alike emulated D&D to various degrees and in various ways. In some cases what used to be technical constraints of such D&D-inspired engines became defining features of the genre that persist to this day.
Heck, what about the lingo and in-jokes people are throwing around in this thread? D&D wasn't the first or only RPG (or Gary's only work), but it profoundly popularized the hobby and sure does have a pervasive (sub?)cultural influence. Even bad RP'ing jokes passively acknowledge Gary's impact.
That said, may he reroll onto a better plane, with a kind DM.
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Hell, Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy probably wouldn't even exist if it weren't for D&D. In many cases, they've been directly influenced; not only in the gameplay system, but a large amount of "classic" FF monsters are directly taken from D&D, such as the Marilith or the Mindflayer.
D&D practically invented leveling up!
-- George Bernard Shaw
He will live on, on our memories and games.
He brought life to our minds, and to many, something to look upon to.
Hopefully he passed away in peace.
Thank you Gary, if you can read forums from there!
Suffice to say, years later I still remember those books with a great deal of fondness, and they were definitely my gateway into the world of tabletop gaming, and later on computer gaming. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Gygax briefly two years ago at a convention here in Toronto. I caught him just as he was heading out of the building to catch a cab. He was obviously in a hurry, but I very much wanted to shake his hand before he left. Despite being in a hurry, he graciously stopped and listened quite patiently to my compliments. Then he humbly thanked me for the compliments and apologized for having to rush off.
Rest in peace Mr. Gygax. Thank you for a wealth of wonderful memories.
RIP Gygax. Thanks for the opportunities, the friends I made, and the imaginations you inspired in our culture. And one of the funnier episodes of Futurama.
Man, now I really want to find a group to play with. Shame I don't have any local gamer friends (well, not any particularly social ones).
I did indeed, it seemed to have the importance and all around of a scentence, thus it recived punctuation.
Maybe in honor of his passing, my D&D friends will stop using min/maxed power game characters. :roll:.
Not to overshadow the man's death with nerd infighting, but with no internet to speak of and a hefty language barrier, how exactly did D&D become popular enough back in the 80's, when it was still just nerds in their basement, even moreso than it is today, to influence non-English speaking Japanese programmers that probably didn't even know what it was? Lord of the Rings or some other influential fantasy book, which influenced and created most of the races and creatures in D&D, probably had more impact on Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy than some super niche, barely marketed table top game in the 80's did.
I have to disagree if for no other reason than spells per day. The very idea is convoluted if you attempt to explain it in real life. I refuse to believe that many people came up with the idea independently. Also, I cannot think of any other source than D&D for mindflayers.
Also, I think you're underestimating the extent to which nerds in the basement were also the nerds making computer games.
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How does it feel to be so wrong?
To be fair, the D&D magic system was heavily influenced by Jack Vance. But I'm not disagreeing, D&D and Gary Gygax heavily influenced gaming in general and CRPGs specifically. D&D was hardly "super niche" in the 80s. Hell, the market was FLOODED with PnP RPGs by the 80s.
Seeing that Gygax has left us for the big gaming convention in the sky (or whatever plane it is on) makes this a sad day, indeed.
Especially given that this is GM Day
From his last interview on gamespy:
GameSpy: Last question. I hope this doesn't sound morbid, but what would you like to have written on your tombstone? How do you want the world to remember you?
Gygax: I was gonna say, "Better here than Philadelphia," but I think somebody already did that. [Laughs] I would like the world to remember me as the guy who really enjoyed playing games and sharing his knowledge and his fun pastimes with everybody else.
Source: http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/538/538820p1.html
We can do that.