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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Slaw" data-source="post: 4099040" data-attributes="member: 61165">I feel like I have to get my two cents in on this article.Number one, as said before, have some reverence, Mr. Snyder. I respect your opinion, and yes, some people might have overreacted a little bit. Granted, Gary's death wasn't a cataclysmic event, but it was still a major loss to the roleplaying community, him being the father of it, and all. But it wouldn't hurt to wait a little bit longer before trashing him and his fans like that, if you have to do it at all. I'm not going to walk around with a black veil, but if I want to light a candle and delay this week's game, that's my business.Number two, thanks for the stereotypes, my friend. Yes, we ALL play in Mom and Dad's basement, because D&D is a LIFESTYLE, and as such, we don't have jobs or money, since we spend all our time drooling over character sheets. The majority of D&D fans have normal lives - when it comes to picking between school work and D&D, school work wins. Period. For those of us with jobs, I feel confident that they would say the same. Productive work > D&D > sitting around doing nothing > Runescape (only kidding, Runescape fans <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />).Number three, Gary didn't run my life, but he did help aspects of it along. I had friends before, I wrote before, and I had hobbies before. But a bit more of all those things was much appreciated. My writing style is heavily rooted in fantasy, and D&D encouraged me to write more often. It starts as a character background, and it ends up as good practice and good fun. Before I knew it, I had further developed my writing skills, and am now considering beginning work on a novel. I met a few more friends with my geeky sense of humor, and I have brought others together through games every other Friday at Border's. Gary didn't do this, but he gave me the excuse to do it. And I know a very successful businessman who did, indeed, get encouraged to start up in the business world by playing Monopoly. It's the little things that make a big difference, from time to time.So, in conclusion, what I'm saying is not "screw you, Mr. Snyder." And I'm not saying "all hail Gary," either (though respect would be appreciated). What I'm saying is "think before you lash out, Mr. Snyder, and thank you for your small, but immensely positive impact on my life, Gary."Everything that I have said has been said before, but now it is I who am saying it, as I feel that it needs to be said by I. And that's all I have to say</blockquote>

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