Comments on: The end of an era…. http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: David http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/comment-page-1/#comment-383 David Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:05:41 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=103#comment-383 What a hero that man is. He produced something that is almost without limit or boundary. A true magician ... XX What a hero that man is. He produced something that is almost without limit or boundary. A true magician … XX

]]> By: Wil from Portland http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5761 Wil from Portland Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:03:57 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=103#comment-5761 Wow, an ending of an era truly, while my D&D days were limited(5-7th grade) until the lure of girls and sports took me...it was a powerful influence. I've always been a lover of fantasy books but without Deities & Demigods, I don't know when I would have found the likes of Michael Moorcock's "Elric" series. I think without that I might have lost my love of fantasy books before it really truly started. So I roll this 20 sided dice in your honor Mr. Gygax, you will be missed! Wow, an ending of an era truly, while my D&D days were limited(5-7th grade) until the lure of girls and sports took me…it was a powerful influence. I’ve always been a lover of fantasy books but without Deities & Demigods, I don’t know when I would have found the likes of Michael Moorcock’s “Elric” series. I think without that I might have lost my love of fantasy books before it really truly started. So I roll this 20 sided dice in your honor Mr. Gygax, you will be missed!

]]> By: Ella http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5762 Ella Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=103#comment-5762 I feel like a random lurker...posting on a blog that's a year old.<br /><br />Gary Gygax made me comfortable with my nerdyness. My boyfriend introduced me to D&D about a year ago, and through it I've been able to meet like-minded people. I'm also got enough confidence to insist that everyone I know should try it. None have...but they sort of agree that it sounds sort of awesome.<br /><br />Oh, and I'm the only girl in my group. Makes for lovely invincibility when they encounter Succubus, or at least bonuses on my saves.<br /><br />The DM doesn't really know our minds very well. He keeps asking whether we want the game censored. Hah! Let's see...collection of 16-18 year old guys (optional girl included) wanting game with no innuendo and only briefly described succubus in there. Not happening...<br /><br />I also get to invoke Rule 0. Heh heh heh I feel like a random lurker…posting on a blog that’s a year old.

Gary Gygax made me comfortable with my nerdyness. My boyfriend introduced me to D&D about a year ago, and through it I’ve been able to meet like-minded people. I’m also got enough confidence to insist that everyone I know should try it. None have…but they sort of agree that it sounds sort of awesome.

Oh, and I’m the only girl in my group. Makes for lovely invincibility when they encounter Succubus, or at least bonuses on my saves.

The DM doesn’t really know our minds very well. He keeps asking whether we want the game censored. Hah! Let’s see…collection of 16-18 year old guys (optional girl included) wanting game with no innuendo and only briefly described succubus in there. Not happening…

I also get to invoke Rule 0. Heh heh heh

]]> By: Ben http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5763 Ben Sun, 03 May 2009 04:48:31 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=103#comment-5763 I remember spending the better part of one of my summers in gradeschool playing D&D at my friend's house. I played with my friend and their brother who was 4 years older, at an age when this was a nearly unimaginable age difference. We started out playing strictly by the rules (I remember my first character creation, having the bad luck of rolling a dauntingly high saving throw for multiple threats), but gradually shifted to a more free-form game that evolved as we grew as players. I remember when my friend's brother got a book about Greyhawk, and seeing the incredibly badass artwork. D&D was certainly a foundation of my love of fantasy and storytelling. I also in grade school stumbled across a D&D-style choose-your-own-adventure book. It had the same dynamic story property, but the decisions were often made based on dice rolls, and the outcomes had the potential of being much more dire than the typical CYOA fare. I recently got the Annotated Chronicles and Legends for Christmas and can't wait to read through them. Long live D&D, in our hearts and minds as well as our games and stories. I remember spending the better part of one of my summers in gradeschool playing D&D at my friend’s house. I played with my friend and their brother who was 4 years older, at an age when this was a nearly unimaginable age difference. We started out playing strictly by the rules (I remember my first character creation, having the bad luck of rolling a dauntingly high saving throw for multiple threats), but gradually shifted to a more free-form game that evolved as we grew as players. I remember when my friend’s brother got a book about Greyhawk, and seeing the incredibly badass artwork. D&D was certainly a foundation of my love of fantasy and storytelling. I also in grade school stumbled across a D&D-style choose-your-own-adventure book. It had the same dynamic story property, but the decisions were often made based on dice rolls, and the outcomes had the potential of being much more dire than the typical CYOA fare. I recently got the Annotated Chronicles and Legends for Christmas and can’t wait to read through them. Long live D&D, in our hearts and minds as well as our games and stories.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5764 Anonymous Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:44:49 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=103#comment-5764 I bought all my D&D stuff at the original store up in Lake Geneva, where my grandparents lived.</></>I DM'ed for years with all different groups, creating a huge world that covered eight different pieces of paper and incorporated parts of all my favorite books. We created civilizations, and played so much that our characters had several generations of additional characters as the originals grew old and died.</></>Death comes for us all, but it is the fun and meaning we create before then that matters. Gary helped set the stage for that for millions.</></>He will be missed -- and thanks for this forum Patrick to discuss it. I've loved reading everyone's thoughts. I bought all my D&D stuff at the original store up in Lake Geneva, where my grandparents lived.I DM’ed for years with all different groups, creating a huge world that covered eight different pieces of paper and incorporated parts of all my favorite books. We created civilizations, and played so much that our characters had several generations of additional characters as the originals grew old and died.Death comes for us all, but it is the fun and meaning we create before then that matters. Gary helped set the stage for that for millions.He will be missed — and thanks for this forum Patrick to discuss it. I’ve loved reading everyone’s thoughts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5765 Anonymous Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:49:55 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=103#comment-5765 i can remember playing till 5 in the mourning with everyone then trying to stay awake for school the next day... xome of the best days of my life, i;ll miss you Garry i can remember playing till 5 in the mourning with everyone then trying to stay awake for school the next day… xome of the best days of my life, i;ll miss you Garry

]]> By: m.q.zed http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5766 m.q.zed Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:01:40 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=103#comment-5766 http://xkcd.com/393/ http://xkcd.com/393/

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5767 Anonymous Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:25:08 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=103#comment-5767 Sorry, i'm supposed to be posting this on the 'italian cover' entry, but Pat you would probably miss it, so...</>Here it is: i'm italian, and was really looking forward to the italian distribution of the book after all these marvellous reviews here on amazon and on various sff sites and blogs, but now you can put your soul at rest, because i will never NEVER buy it! That cover is awful, and from what i hear it has nothing to do with the story either.</>I will have to do with the upcoming mass market u.s. version, which is a lot cheaper by the way, with the european friendly eur/usd exchange rate.</>Really, if i were you, i would get in touch with the italian publishers and 'warmly invite' them to amend things, for future books at least.</>Kind regards from venice (italy), and please forgive my ramblings :) (and my bad grammar too), </>ugo Sorry, i’m supposed to be posting this on the ‘italian cover’ entry, but Pat you would probably miss it, so…Here it is: i’m italian, and was really looking forward to the italian distribution of the book after all these marvellous reviews here on amazon and on various sff sites and blogs, but now you can put your soul at rest, because i will never NEVER buy it! That cover is awful, and from what i hear it has nothing to do with the story either.I will have to do with the upcoming mass market u.s. version, which is a lot cheaper by the way, with the european friendly eur/usd exchange rate.Really, if i were you, i would get in touch with the italian publishers and ‘warmly invite’ them to amend things, for future books at least.Kind regards from venice (italy), and please forgive my ramblings :) (and my bad grammar too), ugo

]]> By: Llyralei http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5768 Llyralei Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:03:54 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=103#comment-5768 I had almost the exact same conversation with my friend, and I was you. xD; She was so depressed about Brett Favre or whoever and I was so down about Gary Gygax.</></>I used to play D&D like ten years ago when I was still in single digits with my father before he left. :[ Now I'm in my school's D&D club. We had an official day of mourning for him. It was sad... I had almost the exact same conversation with my friend, and I was you. xD; She was so depressed about Brett Favre or whoever and I was so down about Gary Gygax.I used to play D&D like ten years ago when I was still in single digits with my father before he left. :[ Now I’m in my school’s D&D club. We had an official day of mourning for him. It was sad…

]]> By: Kyle http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2008/03/end-of-era-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5769 Kyle Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:44:31 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=103#comment-5769 I know I can't go back. If I tried to play basic D&D again, it wouldn't work out. It would be like trying to hook up with my old high-school crush. But the truth is, you love best what you love first. And I loved D&D before I was cynical, before I knew what a cliche was, and before I understood about death. I can't go back. It wouldn't work.</></>It almost sounds like Kvothe talking about Denna, and that more than anything else brings to life in my mind how formative Gary's work was for you. Cue horrible, horrible Pat/Gary fanfic... now. Oh God, my retinas are burning. The terrible searing pain!</></>Gary's death is sad, but one thing I did learn from playing his early adventures is that you cannot become obsessed with one death (or several, what do you mean no saving throw?) and forget to live yourself. I know I can’t go back. If I tried to play basic D&D again, it wouldn’t work out. It would be like trying to hook up with my old high-school crush. But the truth is, you love best what you love first. And I loved D&D before I was cynical, before I knew what a cliche was, and before I understood about death. I can’t go back. It wouldn’t work.It almost sounds like Kvothe talking about Denna, and that more than anything else brings to life in my mind how formative Gary’s work was for you. Cue horrible, horrible Pat/Gary fanfic… now. Oh God, my retinas are burning. The terrible searing pain!Gary’s death is sad, but one thing I did learn from playing his early adventures is that you cannot become obsessed with one death (or several, what do you mean no saving throw?) and forget to live yourself.

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