Dude, I totally got that.

Quote from: Pierce InveraritySomeone's so obsessed with his obsession with certain RPGs as his lifestyle that he must dismiss other people's interest in other RPGs as an obsession with RPGs as lifestyle.

And people still think Freud has nothing to teach us. See Laplanche/Pontalis, The Language of Psychoanalysis, s.v. "Projection."

Quote from: Zachary The First(I)t'd be nice to have the common goddamn courtesy to observe some basic measures of respect for departed.  That's a grade-A self-identified Asperger's move.

And if it's not clinical, then it's just being a jackass.

Those of you that posted comments under his blog get mad props from me. You guys were eloquent, dignified, and intelligent: the latter I expect, but the first two from RPGsite members? Freaked me out. I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Nice retorts though.

-=Grim=-

Which post in this thread had linkage to what you guys are referring to ?

 Y 'all got me damn curious.


- Ed C.

I find it ironic that the supposed "point" of that guys article was to dismiss "gamer culture". On his blog about GAMING... Gary was instrumental in there even being a hobby for him to blog about.

If you really don't care about something, why would you blog about it? I guess if you know it's going to piss someone off you are doing so to provoke and get attention.

And who did he think he would piss off the most with that? Gamers. Christ on a crutch! He hates gamer culture so much but there is no fucking point to his blog without it. Are "normal" folks stopping by every day to read his insights into RPG design? There's a guy with his head so far up the ass of gaming culture he can't tell it's his own ass.

Quote from: KoltarWhich post in this thread had linkage to what you guys are referring to ?

 Y 'all got me damn curious.


- Ed C.

Here's the link. http://www.chimera.info/2008/03/06/a-guy-who-made-a-game-the-end/

Don't look Koltar, it's like one of those gruesome accident scenes. No good will come by gawking at it. He might even think the enormous number of hits he's getting is a good thing.

The damning thing is -- the general public has pretty much a similar reaction when cultural icons die. You see it with pop stars, famous sportsmen, writers and other assorted celebrities. The behaviour is pretty much identical; it occupies peoples' thoughts, and it impacts some of them worse than others. There wasn't a remarkable difference - the only reasons Matt jumped were his own little hangups about his hobby.

What surprised me a bit is how Gary and the game form he had co-created were discussed in the dreaded "mainstream press" as -- perfectly normal, and maybe even somewhat interesting and wholesome. Yup. The obituaries were respectful, rather accurate, and remarkably free of mocking. There doesn't need to be a shame, because there is nothing to be ashamed of. Gaming still produces colossal wastes of skin, but so do sports and music.

And let's be rational: it isn't even a wide Story Games majority beating the "obsessed geeks" drum, it is one guy on the Internet with an unhealthy fixation on game theories that don't work but make people feel bitter and used-up.

It is all right.

Interesting note: One of the people I play with was on a trip to Vietnam and heard about Gary's passing via a Hong Kong newspaper. It was just a tiny clip but it was mentioned.

Fuck this guy.

Whats happening is just what he wants- attention.
 
"Look at me I'm the rebel, I'm controversial, discuss me, look at my stuff".

theres no such thing as bad publicity.

If he really didn't care he wouldn't have gone through the trouble of posting anything. he's whoring for hits using shock value.

I gave into temptation - I clicked on the link

My gawd!
 I'm not even a major fan of D&D -I've only played in a few games of it over the years  and I have more respect for Gygax than that guy does.


- Ed C.

Good read, this thread. Some posts brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.

I'll have to sift through it tonight after the game.

I have a couple of Gygax stories maybe I can add content as well.