http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/7/7349715/ralph-baer-father-of-video-games-dies-at-92
It finally happened. I know we just shit fling a lot in here, but i hope we can put that aside for one thread and just pay our respects to the man who quite literally started it all.
Press F, /v/. Pay your respects.
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>>274849004
what a consolefag
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;_;7
PC MASTER RACE!
Guess he got game over
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i pressed f but nothing happen
???
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>>274849004
Rip in peice ma niqqa
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To think the most profitable media industry the world has ever seen sprang forth from the efforts of one man.
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>>274849004
>want to have my own video game talk show
>I'm a literal nobody
>Find a radio station willing to host my talk show (for a fee)
>decide I want to prove my sincerity by starting from the very beginning
>Ask Ralph Baer for an interview
>he asks when and where and he'll do it
>Plan falls through due to financing
>I never told Mr Baer because I was too ashamed.
Wooooooooow
How was I supposed to know you had to press F, fucking devs.
Whatever, dude. Huh-huh-huh
Man left a huge impact on the world, many of us here wouldn't even be posting if it wasn't for the foundation he brought us.
Rest in peace, man.
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these niggers dont know this man
phony ass /v/
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>>274850857
>I can't read
>>274850785
>>274850714
in his spare time, dicking around with equipment at his defense electronics job. you literally can't be more based.
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what is this le F meme?
>>274849004
F
Hope he received an S-Rank at the results screen.
My childhood was the result of one man's ingenuity.
If no sticky, mods confirmed fags.
Also, F. R.I.P in piece and thank you for opening the door to the creation of one of my favorite hobbies.
Captcha: and nnngg
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>>274850714
>most profitable media industry the world has ever
are you actually serious
>>274850785
That is legitimately heartbreaking. I'm sorry, anon.
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>>274851172
He's not wrong.
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>>274851260
NORMIES
B T F O
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>>274851101
>mods confirmed fags
Literally not a surprise to anyone.
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>>274851101
mods are busy clucking on /pol/
>>274849004
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>>274851260
Avatar alone made like 3 billion
Film is the biggest and Music is dying/dead as an industry because no one buys physical media aside from records for collection reasons
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>>274851260
marketing is a truly magical thing mang
If Ralph Baer created video games, is he also responsible for the destruction of video games?
anyway F
>didnt work for nintendo
Why am I supposed to care again?
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He's ponging in heaven, now, Anons, supping on doritodew soup with xXxChristxXx himself.
>>274849004
[F]
Why is this not a sticky?
>>274851260
Wait, what. No way this is legit. Or does it only take into account physical copies?
RIP IN PIECES SWEET KING
[F]
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RIP in piss ;n;7
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Simon is my favorite electronic game.
RIPF
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thank you for killing the minds of youth across the world sir
>>274851517
>The date is September 28, 2013
Oh boy, what would the numbers be by now?
>Baer recounted that in an early meeting with a patent examiner and his attorney to patent one of the prototypes, he had set up the prototype on a television in the examiner's office and "within 15 minutes, every examiner on the floor of that building was in that office wanting to play the game"
He was, truly, the lord of vidya games
Why F?
Fuck you. I'm pressing R.
R
F
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Good
just deserts for a faggot who allowed sjw's a medium to push their propganda and agenda's good riddance
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>>274852174
Friendly fire will not be tolerated!
Thanks for making a hobby that manchildren would use to create a movement dedicated to harrassing women.
Thanks for making the world less safe for PoC because you've made a form of communication that benefits racism.
Thanks to the universe that you're dead, white scum.
>>274849004
Rest easy. We'll take good care of your video games.
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>>274851461
what the fuck is going on in /pol/?
>>274852347
I just feel sorry for you
>>274849004
Who?
>>274851260
If you went back in time and told Baer that 1) video games would, by the time of his eventual demise, be a bigger industry that TV and radio, and 2) The highest selling game ever revolves around the inner turmoil of a bisexual, sociopathic redneck thief and spree killer who helps two guys kill CIA agents, do you think he'd be elated or immediately kill himself?
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rip
>>274852437
Moot realized /pol/ was a shithole and all they talked about about were jews, shills, and sjw so he made a bunch of wordfilters and shit to fuck with them and he's probably going to shut down the board soon.
not like it hasn't happened before
OP's article just links to gamestura, which just mentions "independent sources close to Baer"
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Press F to pay your respects?
More like
Press X to pay your respex
After great pain a formal feeling comes--
The nerves sit ceremonious like tombs;
The stiff Heart questions--was it He that bore?
And yesterday--or centuries before?
The feet, mechanical, go round
A wooden way
Of ground, or air, or ought,
Regardless grown,
A quartz contentment, like a stone.
This is the hour of lead
Remembered if outlived,
As freezing persons recollect the snow--
First chill, then stupor, then the letting go.
>>274852494
>The highest selling game ever revolves around the inner turmoil of a bisexual, sociopathic redneck thief and spree killer who helps two guys kill CIA agents
I had no idea Tetris had this much of a backstory
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>>274852494
>implying vidya would never have existed if it wasn't for this man
c'mon man, if he hadn't done it first someone else would've
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>>274849004
>>274852494
He'd be elated.
"Holy shit this is great!"
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Never Forget.
[F]
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Video games will now surely die, as their creator has.
>>274849004
I thought William Higinbotham was the father of videogames. He made tennis for 2 in the 50's.
>>274852157
>literally putting a no-games console on a pedestal
you have doomed us all, mister
nonetheless, F
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I would like to share my personal Ralph H. Baer story.
A little over 5 Years ago, I decided I wanted to get the autograph someone who was sorta famous, but was definitely a industry visionary. Who's autograph did I want? Ralph H. Baer.
It all started on evening of March 12, 2009. I sent Mr. Baer a email asking him if I could have his autograph. 19 minutes later, I get a response from him. He told me to send him a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE), and he would sent me back a signed photo. You can only image the rush of excitement I got when I got that email.
Two weeks later, I sent off a padded bubble mailer with another self addressed one inside. I also sent a note along with it, a note I expected to never see again. (Besides the digital copy stored on my computer.)
A week later, I got the self addressed mailer back with a singed photo in it. But that was not the only thing that came with it. The note I sent him was also sent back, with a short personal message included and his initials.
Getting the signature was cool enough, but that little personal message? That made the whole thing a whole lot more meaningful. Mr. Baer didn't have to to do that, and I sure wasn't expecting it either. It gave me a sense of what kind of man he was. Someone who was happy to see that people cared, and was appreciative of that.
Here are the scans of the photo and the note:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/nightwheel/RalphHBaerAutograph.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/nightwheel/RalphBaersignedletterfixed.jpg
Rest in Peace Mr. Baer. Thank you for all the inventions you created for this world. Your visionary mind will be truly missed.
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>call of duty reference/meme thread
>Pay respect
More like pissing on the grave.
>being upset that a 92-year-old man you never knew is dead
Feels like someone just ripped my heart off
>>274854272
>Being edgy unironically.
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Thank you ralph for ruining my life but also enhancing it and making experiences I would never be able to see otherwise
RIP
>>274854026
Damn, that hits me hard
It was the fucking The Game Awards shitshow that Geoff put out that killed him.
>>274851018
I believe the latest Call of Duty forces you to press F to basically continue the story ("Press F to pay respects ", or something like that).
>>274849004
FI wonder if he looked at what the game industry'd become because of him. Did he smile out of pride, or was he disgusted by it?
>>274854026
what the fuck joey
what does video games have to do with being a boy scout?
>>274849004
Bet none of you fucks even knew who he was until now.Neither did I
>>274851461
What the fuck is going on with /pol/? Did removing the capcha make a bunch of shitposting bots, or is it a /b/ raid or what? What did they do to incur moot's wrath?
>>274849004
[F]
Godspeed, soldier.
>>274854694
No, you're alone on that you uninformed fuck.
>>274852494
Two CIA agents? I know Steve haines was one, who was the other?
>>274854705
Moot shat up the board BEFORE removing captcha. He's trying to destroy it in a really passive aggressive manner in order to impress his Gawker girlfriend.
>s-see? i own this site... they listen to m-me... can we hold h-hands now?
>>274849004
>Robin Williams gets a sticky and people get depressed over it
>the FUCKING INVENTOR of video games just gets a thread spammed with the Pay Respects meme
>>274854915
>reading comprehension
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rest in peace old man
>>274854694
I used to read Game Informer a lot as a kid since I had no internet, and I distinctly remember that in one interview, his biggest regret was that he would not see the advancements of video games 10 years from 20??
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;_;7
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Rip in peace
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The guy seemed to have disliked modern video game violence, though he wasn't a prick about it. He also commented on how mainstream games were mostly interactive movies, though it's not his industry anymore and he likes that they can be taken seriously by adults and scoffs at the notion that they are only for kids.
Seems like a really standup guy, he was also working a full time job all the way till the end.
>>274855005
Not vidya, but consoles.
But I get you.
>>274854979
>Girlfriend
In the same sense that Burch had a wife.
>>274851260
The music industry is much larger than $1 Billion.
Has anyone seen that G4 Icons special about Ralph Baer? It was really good.
>>274855285
That fanart is retarded. Yennefer is the degenerate if anything.
F ucking Tumblr
This guy didn't do anything for games. It's sad to see a 92 year old die, but what AAA games have he made? While I play GTA and Halo, you guys can play your ping pong.
>>274855309
The gaming industry is much larger than the music industry
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>>274855005
It's /v/. A thread full of meme-eulogies ironically criticizing the state of the industry whilst expressing true regret and positive sentiment is about the most appropriate send-off we could give someone we actually respect.
The Robin-sticky was meta.
>>274849004
F. Sad day.
>>274855403
Yes, I'm aware.
Its funny how a random streamer got a sticky and this guy doesnt
>>274855005
Pretty sure that "F" thing is just a facade
As in, it masks the sadness.
I agree on the former part, though.
RIP.
Thank you for giving me a reason to live.
>>274855545
No, you are not aware. The music industry is smaller than video game industry.
>>274849004
>Old, ugly, straight white cis Christian male from the baby boomers era of America
Gross!... I don't care what he did, he is just... ugh. How do I say this... He is everything that is wrong with video games and it makes no surprise that every single video game until 2012 had catered to him and shitty people like him.
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>>274855676
>people that shitpost in a thread like this
This is just sad.
>No sticky
MODS=
F ags
Thank you Ralph Baer. My life is literally devoid of all hope and meaning. i prolong my existence only for the videogames that await on the horizon forevermore.
>>274852350
We must protect his legacy, protect it from these monsters.
>>274849004
>Father of video games
>Didn't even make the first video game
Why am I not surprised that people would give a white cisshit like that old fart all of the credit.
>>274855518
I don't see how using a quicktime event that shows how shit the industry is to send off Ralph is respectful.
>>274855653
Yes, I'm very much aware. How is this relevant to what I originally said at all? A single game isn't going to outsell the entire global music industry.
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But isn't the father of video games wrong through? He fathered the video game console when he invented what would become the Magnevox Odyssey, but games like Tennis For Two and SpaceWars! were around for over 5 years before he invented the console.
He did, whoever, revolutionize home entertainment
>>274855754
Yep. Mods are fags, and the people are even worse.
F, I bet the guy watched anime too.
>>274855005
This.
/v/ moderators have no respect
https://archive.moe/v/thread/268168015/#q268168015
daily reminder that this is the type of person t that gets a sticky
>>274849004
I remember reading an EGM article on this guy back in 2000. It was interesting.
>>274849004
[F]
You know with all the shit we complain about, if it wasn't for this man we all wouldn't would have never experienced all of these awesome worlds people has brought to life.
And Yeah some are betters then others for sure. But if it is always nice to see how far we have come.
My condolences to Ralph Baer's Family and Friends.
Most of all to Ralph him self "Father Of Videogames"
>>274855949
>literally happened today
>considered a part of internet culture already
>>274856124
Mods on 4chan being F aggots?
You don't say.
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>>274856147
lol fag
Mods on /v/ Baerly notice real sticky worthy threads.
>He died before the crash
>He will never see vidya return to its former gloryJust like everyone on /v/.
>>274856382
see
>>274856128
E-celebs only.
correction, he started console peasantry, not gaming
>>274855903
I pray for the day that the whole "CIS white scum" phase passes.over. it's ibcredibly unfunny.
Also, cool how this guy got to stick around all these years to witness the Blossom, the Crash, the Golden Years, and the Stale years all in all.
Rest in Peace, you glorioys bastard, you.
>>274855949
I believe there's a 6 foot deep hole some where just about your size, i think it time to go.
>>274855951
I don't think it's possible to really "father" something. Many similar ideas exist at the same time, most often competing to get on the Market first. Stuff like the NES, Pacman and Donkey Kong? Something else would have done the same thing if they hadn't come along. It's happened throughout history too.
Pong is pretty cool though.
>>274855676
Baer was a Jew whose family escaped Germany for NYC 2 weeks before Kristallnacht. Your bait is weak and comes from a place of ignorance.
>>274856410
>We will all die before videogames are about fun again and not "art"
If Ralph had a meme on here, the mods would be all over stickying a thread about his death.
>>274856481
and he died watching it die and become piece of shit...
>>274855949
Why are you even on /v/? just get the fuck out GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE GO BACK TO WHATEVER FUCKING DEPTHS YOU CAME FROM YOU FUCKING DEMON
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Funny, just realized that if Baer fathered anything specifically about video games compared to the other early game inventors, it's specifically the home console.
>on his deathbed
>looks at latest releases
>cisquisition, CAWWDOODY, rehash, hd reboot, rehash, movie games
>"what have I created"
>last moments alive is seeing how his industry has fallen to large corporations running the show and the players are all meme spouting lets play watchers
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>>274856673
Do you retards even understand what stickies are for?
F in piece... our friend...
>>274856967
DAMMN
FUCK OFF
who cares about this old geezer?
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>>274849004
Thank you and may you RIP in peace.
>>274857134
He's completely right though. Just about every sticky ever made on /v/ is for the purpose of generating memes
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>>274857123
>implying he had any idea at all what is going on in the video game industry today
>>274856967
>>274857285
HaH turning a fucking memorial thread to a fucking get thread only on /v/
YOU HEARD IT HERE /v/.
VIDEO GAMES ARE OFFICIALLY DEAD.
>>274857337
Stickies exist so that we don't have a million threads flood /v/ about the same topic whenever something big happens.
>>274857285
Nice one
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Goodbye, it can only get worse from here
>>274854372
You can't be serious.
>>274857715
That's a 5 2 bro
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>>274857608
I've seen multiple threads about this. You have no point.
>>274857946
And there's no sticky. See the problem?
>>274858067
Yes, the mods are shit
RIP glorious German master.
He lived a good life for reaching his 90s, damn.
>>274857946
>like 2 threads about this guy's death = a flood
Are you retarded?
>>274854026
This is my favorite meme.
>>274858248
OH damn I forgot.
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He was big guy...4 me
>>274852258
I'm surprised it took this long for one of you guys to show up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vvA6Q27hpM
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Oh look, a white guy created something.
East Asians may be smarter but they're not as creative.
>>274854026
My friend sent me a /r/gaming link saying that Baer is dead, before I got on this thread
This was literally the top commentfaggot
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>>274858703
How dare they make a relatively thoughtful comment, they should be spamming "F" and whining about SJWs.
>Hey, how's gaming recently?
>checks
>dies
Can't blame him
>>274854026
This is some prime copypasta
Who would've though such an under appreciated man would have so much impact in the life of millions around the world over, to the point where entire subcultures would form around the concept of a "videogame" and millions of lonely people could shitpost on an anime imageboard rip-off. Best of wishes for his family.
May your works never be forgotten. Rest in peace.
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I saw a few shows and what not about him years ago.
He seemed pretty baller.
Well, at least he's not in pain now.
>>274858607
T_T
>>274859054
Was he in pain?
>>274859426
Dude when you're 90 you're probably in constant pain.
>>274859638
I'm not in constant pain
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>>274855923
because we have nothing else. like black people with the word nigger, we've taken an insult and marker of oppression and made it a term of endearment for our own kind.
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>>274859815
That's because you're probably underage.
>>274858607
>tfw you will never be this based
>Ralph won't get a sticky
>the anti-christ of video games will
but there's no "F" on an Odyssey controller
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For the love god Sticky this shit. This sucks.
>>274855949
>Deleted
bless
>>274860178
Not meta enough like robin williams.
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also the mods are fags
Test.
>>274860167
R-Reset ;_;
He'll make video games in Heaven now :_;7
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>>274860115
>he doesn't understand what stickies are for on /v/.
>>274860247
or that random pro fightan games player who got a sticky for a full day
>>274860462
For non-vidya shit like robin williams apparently.
>>274849004
What the fuck killed him? All the news articles avoid what his problem was.
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>>274860597
>What the fuck killed him
he saw what his baby turned into
F. We all lost a father today /v/.
a 92yo Ralph Baer on his death bed asks you to come closer and tell him what became of his favorite creation, video games
what do you do /v/?
>>274849004
RIP IN PIECES
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