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Re: Gary Gygax Died Today

youtube downloader — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:12:02 -0000

I asked the question tonight on Twitter whether a lot of D&D geeks outed themselves today. Here’s just a sampling of the pages of responses I received from the question.

Re: Gary Gygax Died Today

Shannon Ehlers — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:43:04 -0000

I was such an out of place nerd in the 1980s that I owned the game, I totally understood the game, but I couldn't find a kindred spirit in my little hometown of 200 souls. So there I was, maybe not the world's first or only one of my kind, but a stunning display nonetheless: a solitaire D&D player.

Later, in college, when I found an active group of D&D folks on the second or third floor of my dorm, the group was so far into the scene that I was actually frightened to introduce myself and so I remained a "closet solitaire D&D" player throughout college!

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Dan York — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:28:25 -0000

Chris,

I was likewise a DM and D&D player. Somewhere I'm sure I still have those dice... ;-)

Dan

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Eryk — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:45:44 -0000

This sure is sad news. I also have my character sheet from around 25 years ago and to this day, I use that character's name as my online alias in games and all over the web. I only stopped playing D&D in recent years due to moving away from my friends. We could play over the net with some cool table-top simulation software, but the fun (for me) of RPGs is sitting around with a bunch of friends, eating greasy food and having a good laugh.
Thanks for all the laughs and memories Gary.

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Jon (was) in Michigan — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:07:18 -0000

Speaking as a misunderstood ceative dreamer, I will say it is a sad day. :(

(I still have my character sheet from 25 years ago. Paladin, ofcourse :) )

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John Wall — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:50:00 -0000

I will set down my 20-sided die in a moment of silence.

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Scott Monty — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:00:08 -0000

I hear that someone said his name backward and that sent him back to the 5th dimension...

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Darren Daz Cox — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:18:38 -0000

oh wow, he was a hero of mine :(

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Andrea Vascellari — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:26:11 -0000

I admit, I was a mage...
R.I.P. Gary

Andrea

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Linda R. Moore — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:21:09 -0000

LOL! Just a few of us, then.