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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trainz" data-source="post: 1478809" data-attributes="member: 2122">Gary, I wasn't aware you were going through this, and it came as a shock to me. Quickly followed by the news you're doing well. Damn... it's weird, but the concept of your potential demise was just never part of my life. This puts things in perspective. I remember in 1985 back in college, when I joined this weird group called a "Dungeons & Dragons Club". I was of course smitten with awe by the concept (I mentioned way back on these boards how discovering D&D was to me akin to someone hearing music for the first time, a birth of sorts). I remember looking at the books in the club, with the words "Gary Gygax" written on the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual... I remember how intrigued I was at such a special and dynamic name. Obviously, over the years I became more familiar with the name, but to me, it didn't represent a guy, but an entity that was the creator of something that has been a huge part of my life, weekly, for the past 19 years. Obviously, as I grew older, the man Gary Gygax slowly replaced the entity, but never totally, even to this day.  To me, your existence is intrinsically bound to D&D, and D&D being something that will always be around, so, I guess, I felt you would be. The idea that this may not be is a very saddening concept to me. Should that pass, RPG's would never be the same to me, and I think I speak for all of us. I am confident your adamantium spirit will push your body to many more years of creativity, enjoyment, and gaming, and as I type this sir, I am literally raising my glass to you !</blockquote>

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