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RIP Gary Gygax
« on: March 04, 2008, 07:18:16 PM »
We may not have agreed with his style, but his influence cannot be denied.

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Re: RIP Gary Gygax
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2008, 07:35:28 PM »
Oh man :(  That is a huge blow to the industry.  So much suckage.  He wasn't that old either.
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Re: RIP Gary Gygax
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2008, 05:40:55 PM »
 I think it's sort of a watershed moment for the hobby. All my life the people who started the whole thing were still around. It's a different world when the legends are no longer living.

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Re: RIP Gary Gygax
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2008, 07:38:51 PM »
Mr Gygax... wherever you are... I salute you.

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Re: RIP Gary Gygax
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2008, 11:26:06 PM »
You litteraly changed my life Gary.

Thank you