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  • Jun. 19th, 2008 at 6:38 PM
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Robert Aspirin and Erick Wujcik in the same month. Sad times.

True geek points to those who know who Mr. Wujcik is btw.

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[info]atomisk wrote:
Jun. 19th, 2008 11:50 am (UTC)
Erick Wujcik was the co-founder of Palladium. He is most known for his penning of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness & the Amber Diceless RPG. The man was a true gaming maverick, and the industry would not be as interesting as it is now if it was not for him & his work. He was a personal inspiration, and he will be missed.
[info]eldritch48 wrote:
Jun. 19th, 2008 01:16 pm (UTC)
Of course you know who he was, you have true geek points.

I was just thinking today that I wanted to get another game of Amber on...Haven't run that since college.
[info]bjeorn wrote:
Jun. 19th, 2008 01:03 pm (UTC)
Also
I also believe that he is the dude who is going to have a memorial edition of some book that is of swimsuits.

Yes, about 17 artists are doing a swimsuit edition inspired by his settings and work and they are going to release it.

....not that I myself knew who the guy was, but other people of my flist were talking about his death yesterday....
[info]yimkin wrote:
Jun. 19th, 2008 01:28 pm (UTC)
The swimsuit issue of Rifter dedicated to him seems kinda tacky to me, but so be it.

I loved TMNT, liked Ninjas and Superspies, and thought Amber diceless was okay. He had his fingers in a lot of other stuff too. Met him and he seemed a decent fellow besides.

I am not sure whether I think losing Wujcik or losing Asprin is worse. It generally sucks that they are gone.
[info]eldritch48 wrote:
Jun. 19th, 2008 01:32 pm (UTC)
I loved Amber, liked TMNT and thought N&S was Ok ;) Then again, Amber is one of my favorite worlds of all time, so that's hardly surprising. The swimsuit issue seems a bit much.

Hard to quantify worse, but I do think the world is a different and lesser place for their passing.
[info]bjeorn wrote:
Jun. 19th, 2008 01:39 pm (UTC)
Okay, I have to ask why is the world a lesser place for their passing?

From my perspective they have already done their input to the system. They made a mark, and then faded away. Its not like there aren't imaginative people out there who are working on new things, who have their fingers into a lot of works.

*shrug* perhaps because I never really played most of those systems means that it doesn't mean as much to me....but they died and moved on. *shrug* I just don't see the world as a lesser place.
[info]eldritch48 wrote:
Jun. 19th, 2008 01:42 pm (UTC)
*shrug* Because they weren't done creating yet? The world ebbs and flows, and yes, it grows when new things come in, and shrinks when old things go away...

I think the world is a lesser place when anyone dies, even if it's not really measurable.
[info]bjeorn wrote:
Jun. 19th, 2008 01:42 pm (UTC)
*laugh* I saw Marshall being unhappy with the swimsuit Rifter too.

I suppose it depends on the man and the nature of his relationship with the people doing it. From my own personal opinion, I think that a swimsuit edition of, well, anything would be amazingly cool if people did that for me when I die. I mean, it just fits with me and my personality....and I know others who would also find it a hysterical homage....

...on the other hand if he was the type of person who would have found it tacky, and his relationship with those involved wasn't especially close, then I suppose it would be tacky.

*shrug* never met the guy, never really played any of his systems, but I hope that in whatever form he's in he gets a kick out of people remembering him in a swimsuit edition of the Rifter.....
[info]yimkin wrote:
Jun. 19th, 2008 02:01 pm (UTC)
I think Marshall had more of an issue with all his stuff being auctioned off to support Palladium. That was a whole day ago though, so my memory could be failing me. It does that.
[info]yimkin wrote:
Jun. 19th, 2008 02:03 pm (UTC)
Nope, you were right. Maybe I should have checked before posting... Anyway, by all indications Kevin and Erick were good friends so I can't imagine Kevin would give the okay unless he thought Erick would have approved.
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