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D&D master Gary Gygax was a nerd's nerd
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| 3/6/08
| Peter Hartlaub
Posted on 03/06/2008 1:06:02 PM PST by Teflonic
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To: Tanniker Smith
I caught that as well. WTF?
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
You guys are too funny, I wasted many nights worshiping satin, uh... playing D&D!!!Old school media manipulation still holds true even for freepers who should know better by now. So the game had devils and demons and evil beasties...what else should a noble holy paladin whet his sword against?
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:33:43 PM PST
by
Teflonic
To: Teflonic
The writer doesn’t come across as a player. He’s writing about our hobby as if we were Gorillas in the Mist.
Anyway: God Bless you Gary! You gave a lot of people the key to their own imaginations.
To: Teflonic
And how many Rangers named Strider did you have?
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:34:28 PM PST
by
AD from SpringBay
(We deserve the government we allow.)
To: Tanniker Smith; bolobaby
I noticed -- but that still didn't make any sense. Now, percentile dice can be set to 00, but that usually indicates 100, not 0.Not true. The original 20 sided dice had 0-9 on them, twice. The 10-20 values were represented by a line under the numeral. Thus, a ten was a "0", and a twenty was a "0"
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:35:53 PM PST
by
Shryke
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:38:00 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Those who surrender personal liberty for lower global temperatures will receive neither."--weegee)
To: Teflonic
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:39:20 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President!)
To: bolobaby
The biggest clue was that the comment about Second Life - every decent nerd knows that Second Life is based off the Metaverse in Neal Stephensons's Snow Crash, and that WoW is far more like D&D than most other even relatively well-known MMORPG's. Incidentally, in my history class the other day we were discussing rules for medieval clergy, and my TA pointed out how the ban on priests or bishops carrying bladed weapons (made official by the Fourth Latern Council IIRC) carried over to games like D&D where the 'cleric' class isn't able to use bladed weapons.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:43:05 PM PST
by
Hyzenthlay
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: Shryke
Not true. The original 20 sided dice had 0-9 on them, twice. The 10-20 values were represented by a line under the numeral. Thus, a ten was a "0", and a twenty was a "0" And the plastic used in those early dice included in some of the older D&D editions was SO poor. I still have a d12 and d20 from a set I bought in 1977, and they are both worn to nearly perfect spheres - they wobble around forever before they finally settle on a number.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:43:36 PM PST
by
AzSteven
("War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." Jean Dutourd)
To: Teflonic
Gosh. I still have my blue softcover first edition “Beginner Dungeons & Dragons” that I got my junior year in high school.
And - by the way.. it was a LIGHTNING BOLT!
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ04mfAY2BU
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:43:41 PM PST
by
Dominnae
(When asked by a Persian emissary for his weapons, King Leonidas said "Come and take them.")
To: Hyzenthlay
I think the Second Life comparison was more on the metalevel, people creating imaginary versions of themselves to live through vicariously, some while maintaining a healthy real world life some not so much. In that regard the fantasy aspects of D&D and WoW and the “almost real” aspects of Second Life are just trappings, the core concept is the same.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:47:05 PM PST
by
discostu
(aliens ate my Buick)
To: Teflonic
Let us observe a moment of silence (10’ radius).
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:50:39 PM PST
by
steve-b
(Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. --RAH)
To: qam1
This might be worth your Xer list...
To: Dominnae
That YouTube video achieved a level of Nerdness that I have never encountered before. I’m still speechless. LIGHTNING BOLT.
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posted on
03/06/2008 1:54:22 PM PST
by
rednesss
(Fred Thompson - 2008)
To: Dominnae
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posted on
03/06/2008 2:13:32 PM PST
by
TheThirdRuffian
(McCain is the best candidate of the Democrat party.)
To: AzSteven
Most of my dice date back to the early 80s ... until I got interested in "Button Men" and suddenly didn't have enough dice!
Then I discovered that I could use my "Teachers Choice" money to buy a Pound o' Dice bag, which was cool (I've even given some of those away to students who liked the pretty colors) and other unusual looking dice. (I do teach probability, so it was connected to the curriculum. And I can take them home over the summer ....)
Too bad I can't get my kids into this stuff. It's computer games for them and that's it.
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posted on
03/06/2008 2:14:36 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(Any Monday you can walk away from is a good one.)
To: rednesss
Nerdness Nirvana! Looks like a bunch of those SCA (Society for Creative Anacronism) fruitcakes.
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posted on
03/06/2008 2:19:02 PM PST
by
Sudetenland
(McQueeg or Obama? McQueeg or Obama? Emotionally Unstable or Socialist? Decisions decisions!)
To: Tanniker Smith
Some of you may insult, or be amused by your comments. Gary would have laughed at the comedic ones himself.
Consider, mind you, with his political views he’d be very close to many of you who post on Free Republic. With some of the stories he used to send out over his various mailing lists, chances are he was a closet FReeper.
His dislike of Hillary Clinton rivaled that of some of those posting here. He supported the troops, but he also was a strong advocate of libertarian ideals of freedom of speech.
As pointed out, Gary was happily married at the time of his passing, and had six children between this marriage and his previous one.
Losing both William F Buckley and E Gary Gygax in a span of less than a week is really disheartening to someone who listened to both.
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posted on
03/06/2008 2:24:20 PM PST
by
Lightfinger
(Those that are ignorant of the past are doomed to repeat it. Progressive = National Socialist.)
To: Teflonic
I credit him with getting my son to write between the lines and read. I will never forget the day my 16 year old son dressed in a cape, belt, head sash, sword, and glove, and then proceeded to explain all the powers. Oh, to have had a video camera. Usually imaginations are pretty well buried under the load of being “cool” at 16.
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posted on
03/06/2008 2:31:42 PM PST
by
Excellence
(Bacon Bits Make Great Confetti)
To: Domandred
Very true. I don’t think the computer world would be what it is today had the D&D legacy not occured.
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posted on
03/06/2008 2:32:12 PM PST
by
Free Vulcan
(Don't think I can vote for you John, I'm feelin' like a maverick.)
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