Anyone got confirmation anywhere?

the google news, it says nothing about gary's supposed death....

This sucks.

/Will roll a D20 and drink some mead in his honor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax (pops)

Take it for what's worth.


Man I hope this is wrong

The Stealth Hippopotamus: Take it for what's worth.

Man I hope this is wrong

He did have a condition .. Aortic thing...

They are both citing the same source..

RIP :(

Wow. There's a name I haven't heard in a while.

Anyone got a rez?

/too soon?

I'll miss you Gary.

joe b.

I am ... (throws dice) saddened by his passing.

Anyone have a diamond worth at least 1000gp?

gay.

Gonna swing my +1 Longsword at an orc in his honor.

Thanks for all the halflings.

It's true.

Fark. Tonight I will have to dine on Hostess cupcakes and Jolt cola with tons of paper spread out all over the dining room table to mourn his passing.

Don't worry, Gary, there are 100,000 wizards right now casting a resurrect spell. You'll be back shortly as long as you can make your constitution roll to avoid insanity...

That is sad.

I guess it's up to Al Gore and Nichelle Nichols to keep the timeline of the universe intact.

Just cast Animate Dead spell on his corpse and he'll be good as new.

well.

i'm inclined to now think this might be true. my mother-in-law died of this (she had an aortic dissection from an aneurysm). it happens very suddenly.

and the site is FARKED right now.

damn.

The dice always win in the end.

Damn shame if this is true. Can't count all the time I wasted in Jr. High & High School because of him. :)

Cast resurrect?

+1 headline
+2 constitution (well maybe not Gary)

RIP D&D VIP

*pours out a little Dwarven Ale*

I put on my robe and.... no, I can't do it. I had too many good times playing his game, imperfect though it was.

Is there a cleric in the house?

Now I feel guilty for never actually having played D&D, despite being an avid RPG gamer in my youth.

Paranoia uber alles.

jlawn001: RIP D&D VIP

Niiiiice.

ghoti_nap: I guess it's up to Al Gore and Nichelle Nichols to keep the timeline of the universe intact.

You forgot Poland Steven Hawking!

/so that's what would have happened if I had invented the finglonger

MCStymie
Gonna swing my +1 Longsword at an orc in his honor.

Is that what you call sex with the missus?
/I keed :)

smitty wins.

death, however, fails.

It's as if billions of nerds suddenly cried out...

/nevermind, wrong dork reference...

Come on Gary, attack the darkness.

Pxtl: Paranoia uber alles.

The Computer is your friend.

/die, mutant!
/Gamma World was more fun :)

Rest in Peace, you bastard who helped keep me from getting laid for so long.

/D&D FTW
//AD&D is for chumps

Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has failed his saving throw vs. death

/At least now he might get out of his mom's basement....

Resurrect! Resurrect!

A very carefully worded Wish is in order. Take care to avoid the Zombie Gygax outcome.

Well I'm just going to roleplay he is still alive.......



so there.

*clutches my D20, cries at his death*

Cowboy Spencer: ghoti_nap: I guess it's up to Al Gore and Nichelle Nichols to keep the timeline of the universe intact.

You forgot Poland Steven Hawking!

/so that's what would have happened if I had invented the finglonger

I knew I was missing one...

/Too lazy to google it.

Here's to you, Gary, you created one of the best games a girl could ever play.

/pauses a moment in dice roll in mourning

Thank you Gary Gygax for teaching me words like dweomer and gelatinous.

Spent many hours reading D&D books and modules.

Somewhere in a box around here I've got the original manuals & a bunch of little metal dudes. Many an afternoon/weekend was spent with fellow dorks out in the garage arguing over stupid stuff & having a great time.

RIP if true & thanks for all the hours/days/years of fun.

/computers made bashing orcs so much easier
//still have the Steve Jackson Car Wars games around here somewhere as well
///my lawn - off

goodnight, nerdyman

I was in an elevator with him once in Evansville at a game convention.
A dorky kid got on and asked him about falling damage.
It was the living embodiment of a joke.
I was speechless.

He isn't really dead. He's just missing, in the tunnels beneath the school.

He puts on his robe and embalming hat...

My level 34 Priest of War salutes you, Mr. Gygax. You made living in the country in a town of 600 so much easier.

/well, you and marijuana
//2nd Edition for life, baby