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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5422387" data-attributes="member: 40177">A few reasons:1)&nbsp; The mods have already stated, on another thread, that this amounts to &quot;cheating&quot;.&nbsp; And as mentioned upthread here, Gary himself would be against the idea of unearned levels.&nbsp; 2)&nbsp; This isn't necessarily just about Gary, although it jokingly started as such.&nbsp; It's just as much about people remembering Gary, and not just on the anniversary of his death or the creation of D&amp;D.&nbsp; I'm sure I'm not the only one who has been enjoying re-reading his old threads.&nbsp; I think it's a great way for us to thank him without going into the maudlin posts that were all the rage immediately following his death;&nbsp; just the good, without the bad.3)&nbsp; A mod just adding some numbers to Gary's XP total means nothing - I don't really think anyone would even NOTICE... after all, it's not like he posts here anymore.&nbsp; However, a community having to get together to, with a little bit of &quot;busy work&quot;, power-level one of the RPG greats (and a downright awesome human being, let's not forget) - that's something pretty powerful.&nbsp; At least, my two cents on the subject.So, those are three pretty good reasons.&nbsp; Or, to sum it up:&nbsp; sometimes, it's not so much about the destination, but the getting there that counts.EDIT:&nbsp; Ninja'd by Relique!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 5422387, member: 40177"] A few reasons: 1) The mods have already stated, on another thread, that this amounts to "cheating". And as mentioned upthread here, Gary himself would be against the idea of unearned levels. 2) This isn't necessarily just about Gary, although it jokingly started as such. It's just as much about people remembering Gary, and not just on the anniversary of his death or the creation of D&D. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has been enjoying re-reading his old threads. I think it's a great way for us to thank him without going into the maudlin posts that were all the rage immediately following his death; just the good, without the bad. 3) A mod just adding some numbers to Gary's XP total means nothing - I don't really think anyone would even NOTICE... after all, it's not like he posts here anymore. However, a community having to get together to, with a little bit of "busy work", power-level one of the RPG greats (and a downright awesome human being, let's not forget) - that's something pretty powerful. At least, my two cents on the subject. So, those are three pretty good reasons. Or, to sum it up: sometimes, it's not so much about the destination, but the getting there that counts. EDIT: Ninja'd by Relique! :) [/QUOTE]

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