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I was surfing threads today and noticed an old posting by GGG. I happened to look at his page, and noticed that he hasn't posted on Paize messageboards since June of 2008. So whatever happened to this guy? I liked his posting style and kind of miss him.
While I'm on the subject, where the heck has Steve Greer been hiding? Plus you hardly ever hear from Dryder anymore either. Logue and Pett have been somewhat quiet too.
What gives????
There are many other people who used to post here that are no longer coming around. I miss them and their wit.
Hi, I'm Farewell2kings and I used to be a Paizo addict, regular messageboard poster and occasional contributor to Dragon and Dungeon. I co-authored some stuff (Seeds of Sehan trilogy) with GGG, Steve Greer, Koldoon and Dryder. I also wonder what happened to GGG. He dropped off the face of the earth after authoring a True20 sourcebook, released just before GenCon 2008, called "Interface Zero." (Superb!).
Theory is that real life caught up with him. Last time he posted on another messageboard I subscribe to was about 10 months ago.
As far as the others....RL issues too, I suppose (no, well, I know, not I suppose).
No offense to any of the later arrivals to Paizo, when the paper magazines went back to Wizards and the extremists of the edition wars took over every thread, I got turned down to "1" in contribution.
I still love Paizo the company. Best folks ever. Some of the old regulars on these boards now have facebook accounts and we keep up with each other that way--Gavgoyle, et al.
I run a PBP game on Paizo that brings me here almost every day posting as DM F2K.
I just bought the PF RPG and plan to study up on it. My entire gaming group is dead set against any edition change whatsoever and they're still slogging through Ptolus with 3.5 rules (10th level) and a FR campaign at about 15th level. I'm still running my first Eberron campaign ever (PCs at 10th level as well) with 3.5, so our pace of play is not fast enough to keep up with edition changes or revisions.
My PBP game is in Greyhawk, so we are involved with GH, FR, Eberron and Ptolus, all still with 3.5 rules. We're not grognards, just not fast enough. By "we" I mean my gaming group. Our intense gaming sessions and campaigns back in late 2005 all the way through 2008 brought me to Paizo and inspired me to contribute and post here. I'm just explaining why I no longer post regularly.
So...I don't yet play the edition most discussed here. I don't care to be attacked/insulted by advocates of any RPG game edition, version, revision etc and it's just not what it used to be.
But I'm not totally gone....I'll never be totally gone.....as far as GGG and the other regulars...maybe they'll chip in a comment or two after a gentle nudge somewhere in a leafy, restricted portion of the Internet.
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Oh well, I am here (almost every day), and even posting from time to time. As F2K already said: RL is always there to keep us away from our hobby.
Aside from prepping (and pathfinderizing) my own game (I am DMing RotRL - Pathfinder Rules), I have much work to do on the german Pathfinder, which I help to translate and edit for Ulisses-Spiele. I never posted as much as GGG, F2K, Steve Greer or the others, but I am here. I hope my posting-frequency is rising soon again... :)
Thanx for taking care!
And a big HI THERE to my fellow Texan-Cabbage! We haven't talk much as well this year! I am glad you finally try to get a grip on Pathfinder, F2K! Maybe the time for a collaborative adventure will come again, someday...
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Hi, I'm Farewell2kings and I used to be a Paizo addict, regular messageboard poster and occasional contributor to Dragon and Dungeon. I co-authored some stuff (Seeds of Sehan trilogy) with GGG, Steve Greer, Koldoon and Dryder. I also wonder what happened to GGG. He dropped off the face of the earth after authoring a True20 sourcebook, released just before GenCon 2008, called "Interface Zero." (Superb!).
Theory is that real life caught up with him. Last time he posted on another messageboard I subscribe to was about 10 months ago.
As far as the others....RL issues too, I suppose (no, well, I know, not I suppose).
No offense to any of the later arrivals to Paizo, when the paper magazines went back to Wizards and the extremists of the edition wars took over every thread, I got turned down to "1" in contribution.
I still love Paizo the company. Best folks ever. Some of the old regulars on these boards now have facebook accounts and we keep up with each other that way--Gavgoyle, et al.
I run a PBP game on Paizo that brings me here almost every day posting as DM F2K. And I too miss the Great Green One.
I just bought the PF RPG and plan to study up on it. My entire gaming group is dead set against any edition change whatsoever and they're still slogging through Ptolus with 3.5 rules (10th level) and a FR campaign at about 15th level. I'm still running my first Eberron campaign ever (PCs at 10th level as well) with 3.5, so our pace of play is not fast enough to keep up with edition changes or revisions.
My PBP game is in Greyhawk, so we are involved with GH, FR, Eberron and Ptolus, all still with 3.5 rules. We're not grognards, just not fast enough. By "we" I mean my gaming group. Our intense gaming sessions and campaigns back in late 2005 all the way through 2008 brought me to Paizo and inspired me to contribute and post here. I'm just explaining why I no longer post regularly.
So...I don't yet play the edition most discussed here. I don't care to be attacked/insulted by advocates of any RPG game edition, version, revision...
I noticed you had gone quite quiet. I'm glad you are back.
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Hi, I'm Farewell2kings and I used to be a Paizo addict, regular messageboard poster and occasional contributor to Dragon and Dungeon. I co-authored some stuff (Seeds of Sehan trilogy) with GGG, Steve Greer, Koldoon and Dryder. I also wonder what happened to GGG. He dropped off the face of the earth after authoring a True20 sourcebook, released just before GenCon 2008, called "Interface Zero." (Superb!).
Theory is that real life caught up with him. Last time he posted on another messageboard I subscribe to was about 10 months ago.
As far as the others....RL issues too, I suppose (no, well, I know, not I suppose).
No offense to any of the later arrivals to Paizo, when the paper magazines went back to Wizards and the extremists of the edition wars took over every thread, I got turned down to "1" in contribution.
I still love Paizo the company. Best folks ever. Some of the old regulars on these boards now have facebook accounts and we keep up with each other that way--Gavgoyle, et al.
I run a PBP game on Paizo that brings me here almost every day posting as DM F2K.
I just bought the PF RPG and plan to study up on it. My entire gaming group is dead set against any edition change whatsoever and they're still slogging through Ptolus with 3.5 rules (10th level) and a FR campaign at about 15th level. I'm still running my first Eberron campaign ever (PCs at 10th level as well) with 3.5, so our pace of play is not fast enough to keep up with edition changes or revisions.
My PBP game is in Greyhawk, so we are involved with GH, FR, Eberron and Ptolus, all still with 3.5 rules. We're not grognards, just not fast enough. By "we" I mean my gaming group. Our intense gaming sessions and campaigns back in late 2005 all the way through 2008 brought me to Paizo and inspired me to contribute and post here. I'm just explaining why I no longer post regularly.
So...I don't yet play the edition most discussed here. I don't care to be attacked/insulted by advocates of any RPG game edition, version, revision...
Yes, I've been missing you too! All the Rush references; and you always seemed to riff off of Fake Healer. I miss a lot of you guys, even though I was mostly a lurker then. I guess I am still mostly a lurker as my post count is less than 1000; but I visit Paizo everyday as I got turned off by EnWorld (too anti 3.5 there) and WOTC (for much the same reasons).
I don't post a lot, because I tend to be very opinionated and I am major troll and flame bait (I'm extremely liberal [a rarity on these boards it seems] and extremely anti-4th edition). Why stir the pot if you don't have to?
It would be nice to see more of you, GGG, Steve Greer, Dryder and a lot of the others that have faded into obscurity. I suppose this happens on all message boards. Some active posters fade away, while new ones rise to take their places.
I confess, edition wars have largely been the culprit keeping me away, though I try to still hang out in the chat room fairly regularly.
When the play tests first started on Pathfinder I thought, great. But the play test forums and indeed almost all the forums became toxic for anyone who played (or even liked) both systems.
I love paizo, they're great people and I enjoy the opportunities I've had to write for them. I like their world and can only say I wish they'd slow down the pace a bit, cause it is hard for me to keep up! I have no trouble saying that paizo produces the best interwoven adventures in the business and does so consistently. That's not to say other companies don't manage a gem now and then, but I know I can buy almost any paizo adventure and trust the quality will be outstanding.
I have mostly switched to 4e for my games. That doesn't mean that I'm not reading pathfinder and hoping to (eventually) run some online 4e conversions of the adventures. It doesn't mean that I won't play or run a pathfinder game in a pinch. But it does mean that I do, for the most part, avoid posting on boards where the mere mention of liking 4e gets me branded as some sort of traitor (or worse).
Not posting doesn't mean I'm not reading, however, though I readily admit I don't do so every day as I used to.
- Ashavan
F2K, good to see a post from you. It's been too damn long. Hope to see more of you roundabouts.
F2K! I was wondering where you went! Its amazing how attached you can get to some posters without ever having met them. I remember sharing some stories of your boy with my wife a couple of years ago. She was very touched by them and then stopped in her tracks saying, "wait. how again do you know this person?"
I guess it just goes to show that not all cyber communication in the 21st century is dead and void of heart. People make can make heartfelt connections, sometimes without even knowing each other.
Thanks, that's really nice to hear. My son is doing really well. He still faces more surgeries in the near and distant future, but he's in 1st grade now and besides the 'waking up' part, really likes school.
Hopefully once I digest PF and start running it, I'll become more active again on these boards. I would have liked to have participated in the mega play-test of the rules, but I just didn't have time.
Best regards to everyone, especially my old connections :)
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I kinda left for a while not because of the edition wars (in fact, Paizo was a place where I could vent) but because my favorite place to post was in the Dungeon Category. And it's pretty much dead now that the magazine is dead.
That and work.
Now I'm back, mostly on Pathfinder general discussion even though I'm still mostly 3.5 -- I'm getting time (little by little) to browse the new Core book but it's sloooow going.