Highlighting the bad makes the good all the better. I remember Gary coming into the D&D Open HQ at GenCon when 3E was premiering and apologizing that the last two rounds weren't done (Each round was a brand new mod, so 9 slots = 9 modules) because he and the authors were stuck on a finishing point. Or the other times through the years when GenCon was in Milwaukee where he'd just wander in during a slot, talk to whoever was there, and wander out.
I also remember the argument he had in the hallway near the Living City Interactive one year with Ed Greenwood. It wasn't loud, but everyone nearby heard it.
Without Gary, I'd have a very different life. I would be less socially adjusted, less able to control the urge to throttle stupid people, and far more likely to never have met the people I know now. (I might also have gotten a bit more action in HS, but hey, there's a tradeoff for everything.) I also wouldn't have the most awesome memory of my younger days (Having my cleric/assassin teach the party a lesson for abandoning my former character (A paladin) to die. TPK by the half-elf FTW!)
So, I understand the feeling of loss. Anyone who hasn't burned out on D&D will.
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Date: 2008-03-07 12:01 am (UTC)I also remember the argument he had in the hallway near the Living City Interactive one year with Ed Greenwood. It wasn't loud, but everyone nearby heard it.
Without Gary, I'd have a very different life. I would be less socially adjusted, less able to control the urge to throttle stupid people, and far more likely to never have met the people I know now. (I might also have gotten a bit more action in HS, but hey, there's a tradeoff for everything.) I also wouldn't have the most awesome memory of my younger days (Having my cleric/assassin teach the party a lesson for abandoning my former character (A paladin) to die. TPK by the half-elf FTW!)
So, I understand the feeling of loss. Anyone who hasn't burned out on D&D will.