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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nikchick" data-source="post: 1628693" data-attributes="member: 344">What Greg doesn't mention, because perhaps he didn't care about this, is that the "rapping hobbit" bit was a one-song performance from the convention's Entertainment Guest of Honor that came as a transition piece between the memorial for Don Turnbull (Hall of Fame inductee and game designer who passed away this year) and the remainder of the awards presentations.  While Greg himself may not have cared about the loss of Don Turnbull, many other attendees knew and loved him and were deeply saddened by his loss, and being able to turn their attention to Luke Ski's short performance before moving on to further awards presentations was appreciated by some (though they didn't run home and post screeds to their blogs about their experiences).In order to honor our thirty years of Hall of Fame inductees, and to help educate some of the younger generations of game fans (and designers) who have never had the opportunity to meet and know some of these foundations of the gaming hobby (Hello Rodney!) Origins brought in as many of the living Hall of Fame inductees as we could.  While some, like Greg, seem to resent being dragged out of their self-imposed retirement or reminded of their roots in gaming, most of our Hall of Fame guests approached me to say how much they enjoyed "coming back" and seeing game fans and old colleagues again.I'm saddened that Greg did not appreciate the effort we made to include him, but there's always that surly cousin at the family reunion, determined to paint everything as lame and beneath him, while the rest of the family embarrasses him by enjoying the experience.</blockquote>

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