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Message: <blockquote data-quote="+5 Keyboard!" data-source="post: 4098899" data-attributes="member: 48586">Oh, and let me just add my own feelings on Mr. Gygax's passing.I never met him, but I tried to at last year's Gen Con. I missed his last book signing appearance at the Paizo booth by an hour. I was pretty bummed and more son now that I'll never have that opportunity.I didn't shed any tears and didn't post to every messageboard I frequent waxing nostalgic and announcing the various ways I planned to honor his passing.Mr. Gygax (with Dave Arneson's help) created a hobby from which all of the table top RPGs and video games owe their existence to. Literally millions of people enjoy the games he was responsible for inspiring. We owe him a great debt and the honors he deserves.As a writer, I would have never written a single adventure module or the even more abundant material I wrote/write for my home games had I never picked up the early TSR products Gygax wrote directly or indirectly. I would have never met half the people I know had I not taken up Mr. Gygax's wonderful creation as a hobby.Much of the man I am today was influenced by the fantastical, intellectual, and thought-provoking written words of Mr. Gary Gygax. His spirit is found in every dice roll at my game table, every new writing assignment I receive as a freelancer, and every time my little girl picks up a plastic sword and whacks one of my friends with it while screaming, "Sneak Attack!"Though I shed no tears and I'll feel no direct change in my life with his passing, I honor his tremendous contributions to it and his influence on my life and those of the friends and familiy I'll introduce to the game at some point or another. He truly made a difference in the world and he will be missed.</blockquote>

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