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<blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 1591639" data-attributes="member: 892">I think Gary is more well-known because he stays involved, and he is a cool guy.&nbsp; 2 cases in point:a) I asked on one of the &quot;Ask Gary Gygax&quot; thread a very obscure question (&quot;Why were monks prohibited from using flaming oil in 1st ed AD&amp;D?&quot;).&nbsp; He gave me a satisfactory answer (&quot;Game balance, not any historical reason&quot;).&nbsp; This is in reference to a minor minor part of the game he developed over 20 years ago!&nbsp; Gary stays involved!b) I once, as an April Fool's joke, started a rumour on ENworld that Gygax was dead (this was well before his stroke, by the way.&nbsp; I wouldn't think of starting such a rumour now).&nbsp; Some (er, a few? <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=":)" />) people got the joke, others (er, a lot? <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=":)" />) jumped on my head.&nbsp; Gary did NOT jump on my head.&nbsp; He was cool about it.&nbsp; In fact, that was how I got my first post from Gary.&nbsp; Gary is cool!p.s. to the latter.&nbsp; I have occasionally heard this rumour start up again, elsewhere on the internet (cue me cringing &quot;was that based off of my joke?&nbsp; Nah, that was years ago.&nbsp; But what if...&quot;).&nbsp; Assuming no parallel development (as per this thread?) it seems that an internet rumour, like internet porn, never, ever, goes away. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Particle_Man, post: 1591639, member: 892"] I think Gary is more well-known because he stays involved, and he is a cool guy. 2 cases in point: a) I asked on one of the "Ask Gary Gygax" thread a very obscure question ("Why were monks prohibited from using flaming oil in 1st ed AD&D?"). He gave me a satisfactory answer ("Game balance, not any historical reason"). This is in reference to a minor minor part of the game he developed over 20 years ago! Gary stays involved! b) I once, as an April Fool's joke, started a rumour on ENworld that Gygax was dead (this was well before his stroke, by the way. I wouldn't think of starting such a rumour now). Some (er, a few? :)) people got the joke, others (er, a lot? :)) jumped on my head. Gary did NOT jump on my head. He was cool about it. In fact, that was how I got my first post from Gary. Gary is cool! p.s. to the latter. I have occasionally heard this rumour start up again, elsewhere on the internet (cue me cringing "was that based off of my joke? Nah, that was years ago. But what if..."). Assuming no parallel development (as per this thread?) it seems that an internet rumour, like internet porn, never, ever, goes away. :( [/QUOTE]

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