Comments on: Kill Gleemax! http://www.d20source.com/2007/06/kill-gleemax A must-read Dungeons & Dragons blog for dungeon masters, D&D players and game designers. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:34:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wil K. http://www.d20source.com/2007/06/kill-gleemax/comment-page-1#comment-57577 Wil K. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:58:55 +0000 http://d20.jonnydigital.com/2007/06/kill-gleemax#comment-57577 I'm not sure why this hasn't been explained - Gleemax is a Magic in-joke, and is oft-referenced by members of MtG R&D as the evil brain-in-a-jar that controls them. It was later made into a card in the Joke Set Unhinged ("sequel" to the joke set Unglued). for example: http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr157 http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/203 http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/askwizards/1103 : "November 7, 2003 Q: "What ever happened to Gleemax? Does he still control R&D from a jar on Mark Rosewater's desk? Is Mark still made out of old pizza crusts or did Gleemax finally award him with a real body? Would Gleemax ever greenlight Unglued 2 after Mark obviously deceived him with the first Unglued? Will the truth ever be known about R&D?" --Anonymous A: From Mark Rosewater, R&D senior designer: "A brain in a jar that secretly controls R&D? Preposterous. I mean, if such a thing were true, such a being would greatly punish any R&D member that dared to publicly mention his existence. Such a being would also have greatly tortured any designer who dared to put out a set as irrational as Unglued. What does a brain in a jar know about chickens or the Hokey Pokey? But such a brain would eventually have to sleep, right? And if a crafty designer used that time to answer an 'Ask Wizards' question, then perhaps such a being would be none the wiser. It's safe to say... AAAHHH!!!!! ARGGGG! THE PAIN! THE PAIN! "R&D has no knowledge of any such being. Any talk of a so-called 'Gleemax' is purely the product of an over-imaginative, under-disciplined Magic designer. R&D as a policy does not comment on the existence of any Unglued product. In the future, it would be more productive to ask questions of a less frivolous nature."" I’m not sure why this hasn’t been explained – Gleemax is a Magic in-joke, and is oft-referenced by members of MtG R&D as the evil brain-in-a-jar that controls them. It was later made into a card in the Joke Set Unhinged (“sequel” to the joke set Unglued).
for example:

http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr157
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/203
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/askwizards/1103 :
“November 7, 2003

Q: “What ever happened to Gleemax? Does he still control R&D from a jar on Mark Rosewater’s desk? Is Mark still made out of old pizza crusts or did Gleemax finally award him with a real body? Would Gleemax ever greenlight Unglued 2 after Mark obviously deceived him with the first Unglued? Will the truth ever be known about R&D?”
–Anonymous

A: From Mark Rosewater, R&D senior designer:
“A brain in a jar that secretly controls R&D? Preposterous. I mean, if such a thing were true, such a being would greatly punish any R&D member that dared to publicly mention his existence. Such a being would also have greatly tortured any designer who dared to put out a set as irrational as Unglued. What does a brain in a jar know about chickens or the Hokey Pokey? But such a brain would eventually have to sleep, right? And if a crafty designer used that time to answer an ‘Ask Wizards’ question, then perhaps such a being would be none the wiser. It’s safe to say… AAAHHH!!!!! ARGGGG! THE PAIN! THE PAIN!

“R&D has no knowledge of any such being. Any talk of a so-called ‘Gleemax’ is purely the product of an over-imaginative, under-disciplined Magic designer. R&D as a policy does not comment on the existence of any Unglued product. In the future, it would be more productive to ask questions of a less frivolous nature.”"

]]> By: P-Sanny http://www.d20source.com/2007/06/kill-gleemax/comment-page-1#comment-41703 P-Sanny Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:49:09 +0000 http://d20.jonnydigital.com/2007/06/kill-gleemax#comment-41703 The gleemax is a MTG in-joke. It was a joke card they printed that cost a lot and was ridiculously powerful. The gleemax is a MTG in-joke. It was a joke card they printed that cost a lot and was ridiculously powerful.

]]> By: Antdevamp http://www.d20source.com/2007/06/kill-gleemax/comment-page-1#comment-41038 Antdevamp Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:11:27 +0000 http://d20.jonnydigital.com/2007/06/kill-gleemax#comment-41038 This is a D&D creature description, called a 'write-up' in the parlance. This is not a write up of anything in Magic The Gathering. It is a hilarious fucking joke, and thank you for spreading it! I will be sure to kill that fucking thing in my game SOON. My players will drool for the pleasure. Although....Undead 20th Level Psion Unbodied are pesky enemies. This is a D&D creature description, called a ‘write-up’ in the parlance. This is not a write up of anything in Magic The Gathering. It is a hilarious fucking joke, and thank you for spreading it! I will be sure to kill that fucking thing in my game SOON. My players will drool for the pleasure. Although….Undead 20th Level Psion Unbodied are pesky enemies.

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