Not. Dead. Yet.
Not yet, as far as we know. (Don't mind what the url itself says)
Dave Arneson is NOT deceased ... here's the latest I could find. Don't let the title fool you!
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There's a note over at EN World that he passed away last night. Source: Arneson's daughter.
Linky here.
Any other confirmation sources?
There's a note over at EN World that he passed away last night. Source: Arneson's daughter.
Linky here.
Any other confirmation sources?
Confirmation :(
No! See the other thread.
So, the link is to ENWorld that has the one line about his daughter confirming that he passed away last night with no public source given? Well, given the fact that before we supposedly had a source "close" to Arneson, I'm looking for something more official than this.
I'm looking for a public source at this point. Boards are just rumor mills without them.
The other confirmation seems to evince the same vagueness and confusion, if read from top to bottom.
I'm looking for a public source at this point. Boards are just rumor mills without them.
The link I provided is from John Kovalic of Dork Tower fame ... yesterday he was ranting away about folks posting Dave's passing without checking facts ... and today, he has a post stating he knows Dave is gone.
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I'm looking for a public source at this point. Boards are just rumor mills without them.
The other confirmation seems to evince the same vagueness and confusion, if read from top to bottom.
understood. however, morrus (enworld), shannona (rpgnet), are admins for their sites. And I don't think shane of Pinnacle would place the news so prominently as well given the escapist debacle yesterday.
No disrespect meant, but these sources all seem to be feeding off of the source that Gamer Girrl posted, and it's another game website. Could be right, might not be mistaken like the first announcement, but I'm waiting for a public source. Of course because I hope it's wrong, but also just based on the prudential factor.
James M. was very sure of his source and of its closeness to D.A., and was shocked that it was wrong. As soon as we have public confirmation, I hope we get that posted, but I still haven't found it on Google.
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I'm looking for a public source at this point. Boards are just rumor mills without them.The link I provided is from John Kovalic of Dork Tower fame ... yesterday he was ranting away about folks posting Dave's passing without checking facts ... and today, he has a post stating he knows Dave is gone.
thanks, gamer girrl.
I'm gonna wait for when/if wikipedia is updated..
Well, I was hoping this would be our final confirmation, but I just got off the phone with the funeral home, and the gal I talked to had no one under that name. Too soon?
Well, it's looking more and more likely, but color me hard-nosed: I've seen Wikipedia get corrected when it jumped the gun. The accumulation of unofficial sources is not making me cheery, however. :(
Where ever you are Dave, God bless you.
Well, it's looking more and more likely, but color me hard-nosed: I've seen Wikipedia get corrected when it jumped the gun.
*cough, cough*Sinbad*cough, cough...*
/humor
This is a sad day for FRPG fans. Last year we lost the George Washington of the hobby, now the Thomas Jefferson is gone as well. Rest easy, Dave. I hope you're up there rolling the dice with Gary, Tom Moldvay and Don Kaye right now.
R.I.P. Dave. Thank you for all you have given us.
Thank you Dave.
No words can describe how your one idea has altered my life.
Thanks Dave for all the memory's and all the fun
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Thank you Dave for a hobby that has kept me enthralled for 25 years. Not many people can claim to have invented a whole new type of gaming nor to have brought joy into so many people's lives. Heck...the millions who play World of Warcraft or Everquest II today owe you a huge debt of gratitude for laying down the first foundations.
Last year we lost Gary Gygax, Bob Bledslaw, and Erick Wujcik. Now we mark the passing of Dave Arneson.
Rest in peace, Dave. You are in good company up there.
Thank you for taking the Braunstein in a new direction.
Thespis jumped up on the roof and became the first actor. To this day, actors are thespians.
Would that make role players arnesons?
Thank you Dave.
Just to check, are we still going off of people's blogs? I tried another search, and I continue to fail to come up with an obituary or anything like that.
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Just to check, are we still going off of people's blogs? I tried another search, and I continue to fail to come up with an obituary or anything like that.
Dave wasn't the celebrity that Gygax was. It doesn't surprise me at all that the media has ignored this.
It's like the Israel Bissel/Paul Revere thing. When given the choice between truth and a popular legend, go with the legend...
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Just to check, are we still going off of people's blogs? I tried another search, and I continue to fail to come up with an obituary or anything like that.
Not a too reliable source - but at least it's not a blog: Wikipedia
If we hadn't had the initial false report, and if I hadn't had trouble confirming this with the funeral home on the phone yesterday, I'd probably be less insistent on verification. But an obituary is pretty standard, as of yet, there isn't one in the Star Tribune.
A tip of the hat and a roll of the dice to you, Dave. Thanks for all the great gaming!
:taps:
Game on Dave! And Thanks!
*pours out a tankard of the finest*
If we hadn't had the initial false report, and if I hadn't had trouble confirming this with the funeral home on the phone yesterday, I'd probably be less insistent on verification. But an obituary is pretty standard, as of yet, there isn't one in the Star Tribune.
I agree with you, Mairkurion, but there is a fact about obituaries as well ... they often are not posted until many days after a death. The unfortunate reason is that there are folks that watch the obits (and other announcements) looking for information on when folks would be absent from a house for a period of time, to rob the place. I know this was a problem in California when I was much younger, and a lot of people delay the posting of obits for this very reason. I know we did with the passing of my great aunt, grandmother and father in the past few years, and other relatives I've lost.
Word of mouth notification is much more frequent nowadays.
:taps:
On the bagpipes
GG
You will be missed and remembered Mr. Arneson. Many thanks.