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Tullaryx
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:39 pm Post subject: Gary Gygax has no more hit points |
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Today is a very sad day for all D&D players everywhere. The man who pretty much created the basic rules for rpgs has died at the age of 69. While I was never a big player of the pen-and-paper game I still knew who Gygax was and pretty much give him his due respect for creating a form of gaming which has made given me thousands upon thousand of happy gameplay.
D&D creator Gary Gygax dead at 69 _________________
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Too bad. I don't know how many hours I spent playing with the stuff he created. I guess he used his unlucky 20-sided die and failed that saving throw vs. death. |
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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I think every gamer who has played and enjoyed rpgs in their life must look to this man as the root for setting the basic foundation of what would become one of the more popular gaming genre's of the past 30 years. Hell, even games one wouldn't necessarily look as being an rpg has dipped in the well of ideas that Gygax helped create (example being Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4).
He may have failed his saving throw vs death but here's to hoping that he gets straight perfect 18's when he rerolls his character to be reincarnated. _________________
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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+1 sadness from me.
A true pioneer of gaming, who knows what the face of the gaming industry would be like if not for him. _________________
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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All D & D jokes aside a legend has passed.
So is the way of the life.
Go meet the great Dungeon Master in the sky... _________________
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Vextor wrote: |
Too bad. I don't know how many hours I spent playing with the stuff he created. I guess he used his unlucky 20-sided die and failed that saving throw vs. death. |
Ha ha ha, gosh that's so wrong...
But, funny! I remember my original purpose for coming to the site was to ask for advice in creating a d20-based Suikoden campaign. While I never did end up finishing my own system, I've spent many hours with friends enjoying our collective nerdy-ness with one another.
I guess you have this guy to thank (or curse) that I ever became a member of Suikox. :mrgreen: _________________
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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We have this guy to thank for lots of the RPG culture we see today.
Thanks! |
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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:cry: :cry: :cry:
yeah
it's so sad to lose an AWESOME pioneer like him
What he did with this forum is Great
When The new forum have established..
it is great if Gygax makes same suikoden battle system...but have more fun on it
Maybe Your Soul Rest In Peace......
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