tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963408603037048958.post4655303167932594509..comments2024-03-02T00:34:38.701-08:00Comments on The Keep on the Gaming Lands: And Another Legend Passes...Mike Mearlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338840534913321057noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963408603037048958.post-7896788069458826822009-05-03T01:02:00.000-07:002009-05-03T01:02:00.000-07:00I find it unsettling that I never knew anything ab...I find it unsettling that I never knew anything about either Gygax or Arneson until a few months ago. I would have wanted to talk the them while i had the chance. They were so influential its mind blowing.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05377244778303581304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963408603037048958.post-27352277248697662312009-04-09T14:21:00.000-07:002009-04-09T14:21:00.000-07:00Great post, Mike. Dave is an icon who's memory wil...Great post, Mike. Dave is an icon who's memory will continue to live every time we sit around a table with friends and roll dice, every time words are spoken aloud that are not ours but those of our pc's.Red Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238525970725782306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963408603037048958.post-82109177380417068612009-04-09T09:53:00.000-07:002009-04-09T09:53:00.000-07:00I fear that with the passing of Gygax and Arneson ...I fear that with the passing of Gygax and Arneson table-top gaming itself nears its endlokipanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462634973758898272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963408603037048958.post-68036175937000182072009-04-09T06:34:00.000-07:002009-04-09T06:34:00.000-07:00It's very depressing.I began gaming in 1978, when ...It's very depressing.<BR/><BR/>I began gaming in 1978, when I was 14. As my 44th birthday comes barreling down like a charging ogre, I am seeing the true "first generation" of gamers passing, and the second generation -- all of us who started as teens in the late 70s and early 80s -- aging into middle age, and beyond. We owe a tremendous debt to Gygax and Arneson... and Bob Bledsaw of Judge's Guild, and Dave Hargrave of Arduin, and probably a lot more I can't name. (And, just to add a special capper to this week, Aaron Allston is hospitalized following a quadruple bypass.)<BR/><BR/>I really wish the hordes of people playing WoW and other MMORPGs where more aware of where their game came from and the debt they, too, owe. Maybe petition Blizzard to add an in-game memorial to Gary and Dave, at the very least.Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612692415592670468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963408603037048958.post-19070429348877255162009-04-09T05:17:00.000-07:002009-04-09T05:17:00.000-07:00I hope God has His dice ready,We have it on good a...<I>I hope God has His dice ready,</I><BR/><BR/>We have it on good authority that God does not play dice. I hope Messrs. Gygax and Arneson are up for some LARPing.Noumenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597461989960782762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963408603037048958.post-75584172567171036622009-04-09T03:06:00.000-07:002009-04-09T03:06:00.000-07:00"User generated content? The fundamental conc..."User generated content? The fundamental concepts of the multi-billion dollar gaming industry? These guys invented it. Maybe the world will forget their names, Hell, maybe it already has, but it'll never forget what they made. These guys taught us that what's in the book doesn't have to be what's played at the table, that the best stories are the ones we make ourselves, that what's on the shelf doesn't compare to what's in our minds."<BR/><BR/>Apart from the respect paid to Arneson, I was really grateful for these words coming from you.<BR/><BR/>The company you're working for has done its best to erase these words - and the ideology behind them - from the rulebooks. Case in point, opening paragraph in DMG 3.0, which got shifted somewhere else in its 3.5 version, and the following (second) sentence got deleted:<BR/><BR/>"You (the DM) are in charge. You get to decie how the rules work, which rules to use, and how strictly to adhere to them."<BR/><BR/>Contrast that attitude towards the D&D commodity with the final paragraph in OD&D booklet 1. It's been said before, but with Arneson (and Gygax last year) a whole CULTURE of gaming has passed away to from the franchise.<BR/><BR/>So it was heart touching to hear you paying respect to that culture. Thanks for that, much appreciated.Windjammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04698459678843671796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963408603037048958.post-61500372837493620412009-04-08T17:55:00.000-07:002009-04-08T17:55:00.000-07:00I hope God has His dice ready, because they're bot...I hope God has His dice ready, because they're both up there now and have an awful lot of free time on their hands..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12804034302999404869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6963408603037048958.post-49681172572241889072009-04-08T17:19:00.000-07:002009-04-08T17:19:00.000-07:00Hear, Hear Mike. This was a sad week for us all.Hear, Hear Mike. This was a sad week for us all.ChattyDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774125843333573256noreply@blogger.com