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Best part: their healthcare technology division can be found at www.vecnacares.org
Best part: their healthcare technology division can be found at www.vecnacares.org
Vecna cares. In fact, Vecna cares deeply.
No, "Vecna" the lich is from Gary's play on Jack Vance's name. Kind of an homage to the guy he stole the magic system from.Is there symbol a stylized 'eye'?
I got to admit, at first I was a little bit creeped out. Mostly because I can't imagine any nerd would found such a company without knowing the reference.
However, it turns out to be a nerd convergence.
"The founders derived the name 'Vecna' from the Czech word věčný, fem. věčná, meaning 'eternal' implying that the company and its products are built to last."
No doubt Gygax's Vecna has the same etymology.
I brought this company up a few years back, when they were selling this creepy military assistance Care-Bear faced robot that supposedly was used for getting wounded soldiers off a battlefield...
http://www.roboticspot.com/imagenes/robots/bear_de_vecna_technologies.jpgbig.jpg
Funny thing is, as much as we're joking about 'em, I half expect Russ to get a Cease & Desist letter from 'em.Right, I remember that now. The robot that "carries wounded soldiers off to the infirmary". More like "delivers raw materials to Vecna for his necromantic experiments".
Reminds me of those corpse carrier golems from Eberron that stuck bodies on their spikes to return them to the Karnathi necromancers.
...and what if the czech meant "Vecna-y"? Scary...Is there symbol a stylized 'eye'?
I got to admit, at first I was a little bit creeped out. Mostly because I can't imagine any nerd would found such a company without knowing the reference.
However, it turns out to be a nerd convergence.
"The founders derived the name 'Vecna' from the Czech word věčný, fem. věčná, meaning 'eternal' implying that the company and its products are built to last."
No doubt Gygax's Vecna has the same etymology.
When I saw the title of this thread, I immediately thought of Cyberpunk Vecna: He's got a silver eye, a long chrome coat, one cyborg hand, and is smoking a cigar.