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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 5143993" data-attributes="member: 2732">To be honest, EGG was a lot more available to us as soon as late 1996.  The problem is I don't think a lot of gamers knew where to look. Part of the problem is it seems the last decade of "The Internet" is almost akin to the Dark Ages, in terms of what we lost.  EGG started joining some dedicated e-mail lists such as the Greytalk-L list I think in 1997 or 1998.  He had a few mailing lists and used those a lot.  The site who hosted his stuff was the same guys who do Marcray's Keep---I think they had other sites as well.  But all this stuff occurred before the age of Google and the rise of good message board software.Some people don't remember just how hard it was BEFORE the Internet to know what he was doing.  After NIPI folded, I was curious what happened, and for years I wished I knew if my favorite author was doing anything.Another thing is that it took Gary some time to re-warm up to AD&D.  When he started he really avoided fielding questions about D&D, but he mellowed a lot later on.  He really appreciated the communities.One thing I think people should recognize is that EGG loved gamers and participation on these message boards did not directly benefit his profit or bottom line.  All the appreciation in the world didn't and doesn't translate to sales.In fact, he probably spent at least 3 hours a day reading and writing on the various boards and checking e-mails instead of writing manuscripts and other things.  I think fans should appreciate the time he spent with us--especially AFTER the stroke hit and reduced his time to write.   Its possible he could have gotten a few levels of Castle Zagyg published if he cut off all public communications.   But he chose to spend a lot of time here fielding questions and making jokes.ETA:  JRB's pop-ing in reminds me that Gary was making some contributions to independent 'zine's like Shadis.</blockquote>

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