Have you seen/met any of these D&D "celebs"?

[Angel Tarragon]

Cripe. What about Erik Mona?

Met him, Ed, Monte and the father of the game itself, Gary.

 

[T. Foster]

The problem with this poll is that relatively few of those mentioned would be easily recognized, even by fans. It's like asking how many radio celebrities you've seen/met.

Well, most of this meeting (all of it in my case) occured at gaming conventions where the persons in question were wearing nametags identifying them. I probably wouldn't recognize, say, Jonathan Tweet (or really anybody on the list except for Gygax and maybe Ed Greenwood) if I ran into him in the grocery, but when he's wearing an identifying nametag (or, even more, the host of a seminar or guest of honor at an event) makes it a lot easier...

 

[Aust Diamondew]

Need a 'none of the above' option.

 

[KrazyHades]

Whoah, whoah, whoah. You're poll is missing somebody. Piratecat!

On a more serious note, there is no option for "I haven't met any of them."

 

[kenobi65]

Whoah, whoah, whoah. You're poll is missing somebody. Piratecat!

Really! I met him, briefly, at GenCon '02 (the last one in Milwaukee), in the "RPGA arena". He probably doesn't remember me, though I was in the company of someone I think he'd recognize (I think the name "Maryrita" would ring a bell with him).

 

[jdrakeh]

The problem with this poll is that relatively few of those mentioned would be easily recognized, even by fans. It's like asking how many radio celebrities you've seen/met.

Good point. I didn't know who Dave or Kelley were (or, rather, I didn't know they were Dave Sutherland and Kelley Foote, formely employed by TSR ) until after I met them and, in Kelley's case, not until I had known him for more than a year. They were just Dave and Kelley. Neither made a big show about having worked for TSR.

 

[Tewligan]

On a more serious note, there is no option for "I haven't met any of them."

I think that option is covered by not answering the poll.

 

[Tewligan]

I used to work with Tim Kask, the original editor of Dragon. I didn't even realize it was him until one day he mentioned in passing during a conversation that he had edited a magazine years ago. When he admitted it was Dragon - or, THE Dragon, at the time - I promptly went home that night to check my old back issues. Yep, it was him. Nice guy.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Where's the poll option for "None?" I haven't met anyone on that list.

 

[Piratecat]

Really! I met him, briefly, at GenCon '02 (the last one in Milwaukee), in the "RPGA arena". He probably doesn't remember me, though I was in the company of someone I think he'd recognize (I think the name "Maryrita" would ring a bell with him).

Small freaking world! I remember that.