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<blockquote data-quote="Rykion" data-source="post: 4100925" data-attributes="member: 33035">The blog post really isn't about Gary's death.&nbsp; Mentioning that he doesn't really care that much about Gary's death seems to be just an attention grab.&nbsp; Using Gary's death that way, plus his message is what I suspect upsets most people here.&nbsp; The point of the blog seems to be that those who have come out and mentioned how important Gary was to them are the wrong kind of roleplayers.&nbsp; They're the ones that play in their parents' basement, and scare away the cool kids because they make RPing a &quot;lifestyle.&quot;&nbsp; The vast majority of people in the world don't care that Gary Gygax died, and that's fine.&nbsp; Implying people who do care about Gary's death shouldn't and that those people are the problem with RPGs isn't fine.The Gary's death blog post was a set up for his next blog post which is about his mission to &quot;un-geek&quot; roleplaying games.&nbsp; It's not that he wants the &quot;geeks&quot; out of roleplaying, he just wants them to act normal so they don't offend his sensibilities.&nbsp; Maybe he'll &quot;un-jock&quot; sports, and &quot;un-nerd&quot; math and science while he's at it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rykion, post: 4100925, member: 33035"] The blog post really isn't about Gary's death. Mentioning that he doesn't really care that much about Gary's death seems to be just an attention grab. Using Gary's death that way, plus his message is what I suspect upsets most people here. The point of the blog seems to be that those who have come out and mentioned how important Gary was to them are the wrong kind of roleplayers. They're the ones that play in their parents' basement, and scare away the cool kids because they make RPing a "lifestyle." The vast majority of people in the world don't care that Gary Gygax died, and that's fine. Implying people who do care about Gary's death shouldn't and that those people are the problem with RPGs isn't fine. The Gary's death blog post was a set up for his next blog post which is about his mission to "un-geek" roleplaying games. It's not that he wants the "geeks" out of roleplaying, he just wants them to act normal so they don't offend his sensibilities. Maybe he'll "un-jock" sports, and "un-nerd" math and science while he's at it. [/QUOTE]

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