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Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Vellfire on March 04, 2008, 08:50:04 pm
link (http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/report-gary-gyg.html)

All I can really say is that this is really sad.  Not only is D&D HUGE, but I've read a few interviews from this guy and he always seemed like a really cool guy (and a really cool dad).  RIP man.

Also so this isn't a shit "nooo" or "who cares" topic, uh...share how D&D matters to you or something?
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: HL on March 04, 2008, 08:58:48 pm
Quote from: Velfarre on March 04, 2008, 08:50:04 pm
:words:

Man, this is really sad. This guy is basically the dude who *made* the tabletop RPG, since everything kickstarted from D&D. Add to the fact that Final Fantasy 1 based itself around D&D a lot (spell system, etc) to get sales in America, and this guy helped do quite a bit.


I've been an avid D&D player since I was like, 6, cause my dad was into it and got me into it as well. This is a sad day, and I hope the other greats hold out for much longer to continue the series.


RIP Gary...

edit:

heh....i guess....the grim reaper....rolled a 20....heh
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Cheshire Cat on March 04, 2008, 09:16:16 pm
Kind of thing you don't think about but it's weird when it happens. I couldn't care less about Dungeons and Dragons, but i guess it's kind of important, in its own way.

I did chuckle at the Troll Lord bit though.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: dark_crystalis on March 04, 2008, 09:29:03 pm
Couldn't he get a cleric to cast a ressurection spell?

It is kinda sad but he was getting pretty old man.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Carrion Crow on March 04, 2008, 09:39:26 pm
No disrespect to the guy or anything but people really need to stop posting so many obituaries in the general forum. It's not particularly general nor is it entertaining in any way. I just find the whole thing kinda morbid.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Vellfire on March 04, 2008, 09:41:18 pm
Quote from: crumply on March 04, 2008, 09:39:26 pm
No disrespect to the guy or anything but people really need to stop posting so many obituaries in the general forum. It's not particularly general nor is it entertaining in any way. I just find the whole thing kinda morbid.

There are very few of them, and especially not many in comparison to many topics.  A lot of people don't hear about deaths like this unless they hear about them on GW, I know I didn't hear of a lot of them from other places.  There really ISN'T a flood of them, so I don't see what's wrong.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Lars on March 04, 2008, 09:55:07 pm
Quote from: crumply on March 04, 2008, 09:39:26 pm
No disrespect to the guy or anything but people really need to stop posting so many obituaries in the general forum. It's not particularly general nor is it entertaining in any way. I just find the whole thing kinda morbid.
Considering how many people die every day I'd say the number of such topics is relatively small.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: goldenratio on March 04, 2008, 10:03:46 pm
RIP Gary

he finally beat the game :(
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Chubby Skelly on March 04, 2008, 10:17:07 pm
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I didn't really know much about the guy, but I do know that his original game pretty much spawned all of the small-party numbers-based RPGs that exist today, whether they're played with books and dice or on a computer. I think it's safe to say that without Gary's contribution to geek culture, sites like GW wouldn't exist at all.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Death Gulp on March 04, 2008, 11:03:43 pm
I remember when he guest voiced on Futurama, though i dont play D&D. but he created something huge and i am sure he will be missed.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Evangel on March 05, 2008, 01:23:56 am
coincidentally, i'm supposed to be playing my first D&D game tomorrow.  though i've never played, i understand a lot of the mechanics, and he is a pretty imaginative guy for inventing all of it.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Marcus on March 05, 2008, 02:33:47 am
It pisses me off how it was Wizards main goal to steal as much money from Gygax as possible.  Ever since the original 3.0, they tried their hardest to remove any mention of the original Greyhawk world so they wouldn't have to pay Gygax royalties.  Now with 4th edition coming out, Greyhawk and any mentioning has been completely removed and his family gets absolutely shit.

I hope he does rest in peace because if I created DnD I'd be rolling in my grave after seeing the changes they're doing to DnD.  It's more like WORLD OF DUNGEONCRAFT TABLETOP... BUT MOSTLY PLAYED ONLINE.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: HL on March 05, 2008, 03:09:35 am
Quote from: angry black man on March 05, 2008, 02:33:47 am
It pisses me off how it was Wizards main goal to steal as much money from Gygax as possible.  Ever since the original 3.0, they tried their hardest to remove any mention of the original Greyhawk world so they wouldn't have to pay Gygax royalties.  Now with 4th edition coming out, Greyhawk and any mentioning has been completely removed and his family gets absolutely shit.

I hope he does rest in peace because if I created DnD I'd be rolling in my grave after seeing the changes they're doing to DnD.  It's more like WORLD OF DUNGEONCRAFT TABLETOP... BUT MOSTLY PLAYED ONLINE.

QFT.

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    * Gary Gygax rolls a natural 1
    * Gary Gygax fails his fortitude saving throw
    * Gary Gygax journeys to Mount Celestia

*Journey to get 5000g worth of diamonds for Gary Gygax
*Journey to find the Wish spell for Gary Gygax
*Gary Gygax fails his will saving throw.
*Gary Gygax failed his Heal check.
*
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: pburn on March 05, 2008, 03:25:34 am
I just learned about him today. Really, D&D has always been a game I've always wanted to play. But I really don't have any cool nerd friends who enjoy this kinda stuff. It's a shame, I could've tried to get his autograph all this time.

He died too young...at age sixty-nine...
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Vellfire on March 05, 2008, 03:31:43 am
Quote from: McLovin on March 05, 2008, 03:25:34 am
I just learned about him today. Really, D&D has always been a game I've always wanted to play. But I really don't have any cool nerd friends who enjoy this kinda stuff.

This is how I feel.  I understand how the game works and everything, and I know the basic rules, but I have NO ONE to play with.  At most I can get one other person interested but that's where it ends because we can't find anyone else.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Feldschlacht IV on March 05, 2008, 03:36:41 am
Yeah, this is a real loss to the RPG world, and even more so to D&D fans. I mean, this man MADE RPG's as we know it, if not singlehandedly in a lot of ways. People who enjoy RPG's have a lot to owe him. So yeah, I salute him. And D&D is something I'd like to try as well, and there are a few people who play it here at college. I'll give it a shot one day.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Dale Gobbler on March 05, 2008, 03:53:34 am
This is like the only death this year that actually surprised me. I mean, he didn't seem that old and I never really thought about him being 69 years old.

Just one more level and he could've gotten the Sword of Smite + 20.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Rayne on March 06, 2008, 06:34:49 pm
DND 2nd edition was my very first tabletop RPG, which I played when I was about 10 or so, with my parents and their friends. I'm a pretty big nerd about tabletop RPGs, and although I don't really like DND as much as I used to, I do appreciate what it was. Gary Gygax helped to create a great game that was loved by many people, and it's safe to say I probably wouldn't have found a lot of the stuff I enjoy now without it.

Rest in piece, man.

Also, OotS (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html) made a rather touching comic about this.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Layzer Phish on March 06, 2008, 06:41:30 pm
Quote from: angry black man on March 05, 2008, 02:33:47 am

I hope he does rest in peace because if I created DnD I'd be rolling a dice in my grave after seeing the changes they're doing to DnD.  It's more like WORLD OF DUNGEONCRAFT TABLETOP... BUT MOSTLY PLAYED ONLINE.
fixed

But  honestly, i never played dnd to much. A couple of friends and I played a couple games but never really had the time to get a weekly game going and it ended like that. That man was pretty creative to invent such complex game and im sure he will be missed by many.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: raccoon on March 08, 2008, 07:11:16 am
Holy fuck! This completely took me by surprise. I enjoyed both your creations of D&D and Earthbound (aka Mother in Japan).

RIP Gigas.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: HL on March 08, 2008, 07:12:39 am
Quote from: Layzer Phish on March 06, 2008, 06:41:30 pm
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But  honestly, i never played dnd to much. A couple of friends and I played a couple games but never really had the time to get a weekly game going and it ended like that. That man was pretty creative to invent such complex game and im sure he will be missed by many.

Actually, the games he created of D&D were the simple ones.

WotC is the people who made the complex with 3.x.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: dada on March 08, 2008, 08:48:02 am
Everybody has probably seen this already but I'm posting it anyway.

(http://gamingw.net/pubaccess/28695/ultimate_game.png) (http://xkcd.com/393/)

Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: HL on March 08, 2008, 09:30:45 am
Quote from: Dada on March 08, 2008, 08:48:02 am
Everybody has probably seen this already but I'm posting it anyway.

(http://gamingw.net/pubaccess/28695/ultimate_game.png) (http://xkcd.com/393/)



Oh my fucking god.

That is amazing.  :fogetlaugh:
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Bill Murray on March 08, 2008, 04:04:01 pm
I knew someone was going to post that, it's so great.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: the retro gamer on March 08, 2008, 09:44:52 pm
THIS IS SO SAD......I guess he got a game over......I guess death wasnt much of a DnD fan...WHYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cry:
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on March 08, 2008, 11:14:38 pm
the xkcd was the only funny comic about it and xkcd blows entirely so that was really a nice surprise.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: dada on March 08, 2008, 11:43:20 pm
Quote from: Omega the Unknown on March 08, 2008, 11:14:38 pm
the xkcd was the only funny comic about it and xkcd blows entirely so that was really a nice surprise.
xkcd has been pretty lame lately, but it's had a period of constant good comics, I think. The guy who makes them simply is really creative, which is also why this one doesn't capitalize on the whole "he rolled a 20" or "lol saving throw" like the rest of the entire internet did.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on March 08, 2008, 11:51:35 pm
no, his jokes are usually "math/linux more like RULES" and "my GIRLFRIEND" so no it's not good at all ever and at an engineering school I see them all the fucking time please do not ever post xkcd again.

also gary gygax rules.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: dada on March 09, 2008, 12:28:00 am
Well, whatever, this isn't about xkcd. I've actually never played Dungeons & Dragons. I keep thinking that maybe I should, but I'd probably feel really uncomfortable among those people who play it all the time and know exactly what to do.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: UPRC on March 09, 2008, 01:47:27 am
I was just talking about one of my old friends about D&D a few nights ago. Very crappy news that this guy died, because so much of today's gaming culture spawned from what he created.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: Bisse on March 09, 2008, 03:02:46 am
Quote from: Dada on March 09, 2008, 12:28:00 am
Well, whatever, this isn't about xkcd. I've actually never played Dungeons & Dragons. I keep thinking that maybe I should, but I'd probably feel really uncomfortable among those people who play it all the time and know exactly what to do.
Most people don't really care about that and just enjoy playing with beginners since they aren't minmaxing their characters out, are trying fun things out and are roleplaying. Also half the people don't really care at all as long as you don't disturb them when they're trying to convince the DM that the lady in the bar really wants to give them a blowjob.
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: HL on March 09, 2008, 03:32:25 am
Quote from: Dada on March 09, 2008, 12:28:00 am
Well, whatever, this isn't about xkcd. I've actually never played Dungeons & Dragons. I keep thinking that maybe I should, but I'd probably feel really uncomfortable among those people who play it all the time and know exactly what to do.

all you need to do is:

a) roleplay

b) don't be a shitty character (*hint: suicidal char = shitty*)

c) be nice to the dm
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: xanque on March 09, 2008, 04:00:56 am
Anyone who inspires a civilization in which people pretend to be able to have powers is cool in my book. 

I guess this guy is the one to thank for Knights of the Old Republic (in a pretty indirect way).
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: ase on March 09, 2008, 04:57:28 am
Oh man I feel like I mentioned this a couple years ago here, but

my physics teacher in high school was once the #1 D&D player in the world. he put really nerdy word problems on our tests it was awesome
Title: Gary Gygax dies at age 69
Post by: HL on March 09, 2008, 05:02:50 am
Quote from: Xanqui on March 09, 2008, 04:00:56 am
Anyone who inspires a civilization in which people pretend to be able to have powers is cool in my book. 

I guess this guy is the one to thank for Knights of the Old Republic (in a pretty indirect way).

uhhhh, nope not indirect at all!

RPGs entirely wouldn't exist if it wasn't for this guy. He created the ideas of HP, Experience, and what not that you see in every RPG ever.