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  • We get it...

    All right already.
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by jaded empath on March 27, 2008

  • A poorly-thought-out troll

    I am embarrassed that Erik Sofge’s essay mentioned me, but since it did, I’m entitled to refute it!It was too poorly reasoned to be worth a very long response, but it was too wrongheaded and offensive to ignore completely. So:OF COURSE the original D&D seems unsophisticated by today’s standards. It was the very first RPG, for crying out loud, ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by Steve Jackson (as in SJ Games) on March 15, 2008

  • D&D and Gygax

    I think you're missing the point that I, and most of my gaming friends, made about D&D and Gary Gygax, and that is that the importance of D&D doesn't lie in the game or the system itself, but in that it created the hobby. The hobby of gaming has grown so far beyond D&D, and you haven't been paying attention if you haven't seen that. ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by GeekGirlsRule on March 13, 2008

  • Sofge Misses the Boat: A Defense of D&D

    I don't know, to me it just sounds like Sofge had a very unhappy adolescent experience with the game. Perhaps a lousy Dungeon Master (DM) or perhaps his character died after attempting to loot some gold from sleeping orcs. Or perhaps even more likely - he was murdered by the folks playing with him. Okay, he's basically right that the ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by Glorfindel on March 13, 2008

  • Apology to the Gygax family

    I wish for an apology, but not for me. I'm reposting this previous message. RFC Apologize to the Gygax familyby MadPoet440 03/12/2008, 4:23 PM The postings speak for themselves. Slate scewed up by allowing Sofge's article to be on its site. Slate should issue an apology to the Gygax family for publishing this vicious article. No apology is ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by MadPoet440 on March 13, 2008

  • An Apology by Slate

    In short, I want one. Slate hosts the site, and thus, is responsible for the content of it. The article on Mr. Gygax was in bad taste, as is clearly evident. It is a shameless display of disrespect for the dead, and wild misconsceptions about the game of Dungeons and Dragons. His information is misleading, and presented in an aggressive fashion. ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by TheCheshireCat on March 13, 2008

  • GURPS fanboy much?

    I agree with the comments about the morality (or complete lack thereof) in tabletop roleplaying, and I can't really say anything about how good storytelling and deep roleplaying can be done in just about any system (except FATAL, but I won't talk about that) without repeating what has been said already (and better) in other posts. However, it ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by Bowmore on March 12, 2008

  • Apologize to the Gygax family

    The postings speak for themselves. Slate scewed up by allowing Sofge's article to be on its site. Slate should issue an apology to the Gygax family for publishing this vicious article. No apology is needed from Sofge himself. After all, what would it be worth? RFC
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by MadPoet440 on March 12, 2008

  • For Erik: Here's where you're wrong

    You wrote: ''A good role-playing game provides the framework for a unique kind of narrative, a collaborative thought experiment crossed with improvisational theater. '' This is YOUR definition of a good role-playing game. Not THE definition, and certainly not mine. Gygax et al were always clear that D&D and AD&D were not meant to be ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by Baltezaar on March 12, 2008

  • Writer without a clue

    Without Gygax, there would never have been a Steve Jackson Games studio. Or the millions (billions) of dollars that video games make in the way of jobs and salaries. Sofge needs to stick to commentaries on nuts and bolts, because his presumptuous and ill informed article on GG was outrageous. In twenty years, I'll still be gaming on with Gary ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by Muse on March 12, 2008
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