Piratecat said:
The advantage of having been friends with Mike for close to ten years (he used to be in NH and Boston) is that we have a life-sized photograph posted of him in my game room. The women in my game are in love with it, of course, but even the guys use it as an altar to ask "WWMMD?"
And I can't believe I didn't see the guy once at GenCon!
I count it as great luck that I got to run into him - the guy DMing the table took a break and Mike steps in; after we were done, so was he. By the same token, I'm glad I got to play at the same table as you and hang out a bit afterwards on Thursday. I can understand how you became a mod - I don't think I have ever met someone with quite that much charisma that wasn't in politics - hence my sign on Thursday night.
I can be charming or a total jerk depending upon my mood and can suck in a crowd if I so choose, but you just kind of show up and steal the spotlight, just
by showing up. And I don't think I saw any prjudice in any action you took, you carefuly (though quickly) weighed everything in your mind before acting, a rare trait indeed. I should know, I've worked with folks that could do either through the military, but couldn't quite pull off both at the same time.
As for diaglo, I knew him from the Castle of Fun on the WotC boards (think Looney Toons meets the D&D cartoon on uppers)- WAYYYY back in the day and know his humorous side 1st hand, so he's a bit opinionated on gaming matters, I think to some extent we all are, we HAVE to be, otherwise, we all end up playing Monopoly with strange dice. Diversity is what makes this hobby so ... ummm ...well, diverse (couldn't think of a better way to say it).