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(Some Guy) PSA Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has failed his saving throw vs. death   (freeyabb.com) divider line 1091
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ekdikeo4 [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:12:07 PM  
Anyone got confirmation anywhere?

 
winterlongone [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:20:00 PM  
the google news, it says nothing about gary's supposed death....

 
Shadow Blasko 2008-03-04 12:20:10 PM  
This sucks.

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

 
The Stealth Hippopotamus [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:21:05 PM  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax (pops)

Take it for what's worth.


Man I hope this is wrong

 
Shadow Blasko 2008-03-04 12:21:46 PM  
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..

 
Hung Like A Tic-Tac [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:24:47 PM  
RIP :(

 
Pocket Ninja [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:27:11 PM  
Wow. There's a name I haven't heard in a while.

 
Jounville 2008-03-04 12:27:12 PM  
Anyone got a rez?

/too soon?

 
jgbrowning 2008-03-04 12:27:20 PM  
I'll miss you Gary.

joe b.

 
tweekster 2008-03-04 12:27:48 PM  
I am ... (throws dice) saddened by his passing.

 
MusicMakeMyHeadPound 2008-03-04 12:27:58 PM  
Anyone have a diamond worth at least 1000gp?

 
JohnyFitz 2008-03-04 12:28:01 PM  
gay.

 
MCStymie 2008-03-04 12:28:16 PM  
Gonna swing my +1 Longsword at an orc in his honor.

 
funmonger 2008-03-04 12:28:40 PM  
Thanks for all the halflings.

 
mariner314 2008-03-04 12:28:40 PM  
It's true.

 
Nabb1 [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:28:40 PM  
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.

 
nmiguy 2008-03-04 12:28:45 PM  
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...

 
labman [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:28:48 PM  
That is sad.

 
ghoti_nap 2008-03-04 12:28:49 PM  
I guess it's up to Al Gore and Nichelle Nichols to keep the timeline of the universe intact.

 
theFword 2008-03-04 12:28:51 PM  
Just cast Animate Dead spell on his corpse and he'll be good as new.

 
winterlongone [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:29:03 PM  
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.

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:29:06 PM  
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. :)

 
ravenlore [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:29:15 PM  
Cast resurrect?

 
jlawn001 2008-03-04 12:29:21 PM  
+1 headline
+2 constitution (well maybe not Gary)

RIP D&D VIP

 
Edsel 2008-03-04 12:29:33 PM  
*pours out a little Dwarven Ale*

 
NotWithoutAsswelts 2008-03-04 12:29:40 PM  
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.

www.foldedspace.org

 
Victoly 2008-03-04 12:29:40 PM  
Is there a cleric in the house?

 
Pxtl 2008-03-04 12:29:53 PM  
Now I feel guilty for never actually having played D&D, despite being an avid RPG gamer in my youth.

Paranoia uber alles.

 
funmonger 2008-03-04 12:30:01 PM  
jlawn001: RIP D&D VIP

Niiiiice.

 
Cowboy Spencer 2008-03-04 12:30:09 PM  
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

 
gorgor 2008-03-04 12:30:26 PM  
MCStymie
Gonna swing my +1 Longsword at an orc in his honor.

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

 
frontrowgirl 2008-03-04 12:30:29 PM  
smitty wins.

death, however, fails.

 
INeedAName 2008-03-04 12:30:39 PM  
It's as if billions of nerds suddenly cried out...

/nevermind, wrong dork reference...

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:30:57 PM  
Come on Gary, attack the darkness.

 
Cowboy Spencer 2008-03-04 12:31:05 PM  
Pxtl: Paranoia uber alles.

The Computer is your friend.

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

 
superoogie 2008-03-04 12:31:11 PM  
Rest in Peace, you bastard who helped keep me from getting laid for so long.

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

 
Xerxes99 [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:31:11 PM  
img1.fark.netGary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has failed his saving throw vs. death

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

 
muck4doo [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:31:12 PM  
Resurrect! Resurrect!

 
joethorne. 2008-03-04 12:31:20 PM  
A very carefully worded Wish is in order. Take care to avoid the Zombie Gygax outcome.

 
The Stealth Hippopotamus [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:31:21 PM  
Well I'm just going to roleplay he is still alive.......



so there.

 
jennedae 2008-03-04 12:31:25 PM  
*clutches my D20, cries at his death*

 
ghoti_nap 2008-03-04 12:31:30 PM  
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.

 
Tachikoma [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:31:33 PM  
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

 
Egalitarian [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:31:35 PM  
Thank you Gary Gygax for teaching me words like dweomer and gelatinous.

Spent many hours reading D&D books and modules.

 
Recoil Therapy [TotalFark] 2008-03-04 12:31:42 PM  
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

 
The_Original_Roxtar 2008-03-04 12:31:51 PM  
goodnight, nerdyman

 
VinceVile 2008-03-04 12:32:07 PM  
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.

 
Barricaded Gunman 2008-03-04 12:32:18 PM  
He isn't really dead. He's just missing, in the tunnels beneath the school.

 
Salieri_82 2008-03-04 12:32:31 PM  
He puts on his robe and embalming hat...

 
mooseyfate 2008-03-04 12:32:36 PM  
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

 
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