Comedians and those of us who work in academic IT have the same problem though. People assume we're always "on". Comedians are always supposed to be funny or have something amusing to say, academic IT workers (and I'm one) are supposed to always be knowledgeable of your specific IT problem ("you know a lot about computers, can you..."). Some days, I just want actual mileage between me and an electronic device...
I wish I had a great Loren story, but I don't. Fair to say we were acquainted (we talked online and met in person a couple of times), but that's as far as things got. I will however always remember how much he cared about Traveller and about GDW. I'm glad he got a second act of sorts with Steve Jackson Games.
On Thursday, March 9, 2017 2:48 PM, "David Nilsen [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
It wasn't really that much of a "story," more like some habits and behaviors he had. I'm trying to think of some actual "stories."
He used to like to tell the story about how he and Marc Miller left work in the middle of the day to so see Star Wars the day it came out. There wasn't much to the story, that was pretty much it. Shortly after that is when Marc would have said, regarding Traveller vis-a-vis Star Wars, "we could do that scenario."
I remember being at DragonCon with Loren one year, after the exhibit hall had closed for the day, sitting in the hotel bar inside the gigantic multi-story atrium trying to have a quiet drink with Loren, and we couldn't even finish a sentence to each other because all of the LARP players kept coming up to us and trying to get us to give them the secret code word, or next clue, or whatever. I can remember one or both of us being annoyed, and the other one trying to calm him down. I recall one of saying words to the effect of, "dammit, we're pros, we can't do this 24 hours a day, we need a break." And I also recall being torn between the sensation of thinking the idea of the LARP game was cool and liking the idea of being involved in it, and the sense of being exhausted and wanting to have nothing to do with gaming for a few minutes.
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:37 PM, [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
Dave,Thank you for the story about Loren. I enjoyed both the games and sourcebooks in which he had a part and the period where he contributed to JTAS on the SJG site. I wish I'd known him other than through a distant mirror.
Matt
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I wish I had a great Loren story, but I don't. Fair to say we were acquainted (we talked online and met in person a couple of times), but that's as far as things got. I will however always remember how much he cared about Traveller and about GDW. I'm glad he got a second act of sorts with Steve Jackson Games.
On Thursday, March 9, 2017 2:48 PM, "David Nilsen [Traveller_TNE]" <> wrote:
It wasn't really that much of a "story," more like some habits and behaviors he had. I'm trying to think of some actual "stories."
He used to like to tell the story about how he and Marc Miller left work in the middle of the day to so see Star Wars the day it came out. There wasn't much to the story, that was pretty much it. Shortly after that is when Marc would have said, regarding Traveller vis-a-vis Star Wars, "we could do that scenario."
I remember being at DragonCon with Loren one year, after the exhibit hall had closed for the day, sitting in the hotel bar inside the gigantic multi-story atrium trying to have a quiet drink with Loren, and we couldn't even finish a sentence to each other because all of the LARP players kept coming up to us and trying to get us to give them the secret code word, or next clue, or whatever. I can remember one or both of us being annoyed, and the other one trying to calm him down. I recall one of saying words to the effect of, "dammit, we're pros, we can't do this 24 hours a day, we need a break." And I also recall being torn between the sensation of thinking the idea of the LARP game was cool and liking the idea of being involved in it, and the sense of being exhausted and wanting to have nothing to do with gaming for a few minutes.
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:37 PM, [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
Dave,Thank you for the story about Loren. I enjoyed both the games and sourcebooks in which he had a part and the period where he contributed to JTAS on the SJG site. I wish I'd known him other than through a distant mirror.
Matt
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