R.I.P Sir Patrick Moore a.k.a The Gamemaster

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#1  Edited By Alpha1

British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore has died, aged 89. He may be best known as a popular astronomer but too most U.K gamers in the early 90's he was simply known as The Gamesmaster.

He will be missed R.I.P

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#2  Edited By fattony12000

It's GamesMaster, not Gamemaster, for Chrissakes.

RIP big dappa dan Sir Moore.

Raise up the lighter one time one time.

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#3  Edited By Plipster

Well, there's me bummed out for the next six days. :'(

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#4  Edited By Nitrocore

Dear Gamesmaster, I'm stuck on Sonic.

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#5  Edited By mowgers

He was a cantankerous old dinosaur, but I suppose I'll miss that big ol' stargazing, xylophone playing floaty head.

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#6  Edited By kadayi

A British institution. Much sadness at his passing.

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#7  Edited By Laiv162560asse

Deeply saddening. I'm totally gutted. I kind of assumed he would live forever. He was still as alert and enthusiastic as ever the last time I watched him on TV, a couple of years back on The Sky at Night, although age had obviously caught up to him long before.

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#8  Edited By JohnstonThistle

This dude was British as British. Good luck to him in space heaven.

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#9  Edited By CaLe

Every time I saw him on TV I thought he was too old to be so alert and vibrant. The world just became a little darker today.

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#10  Edited By sweep  Moderator

Sad times :(

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#11  Edited By Ramone

Why did I not know Gamesmaster was a thing?

Anyway, RIP Pat.

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#12  Edited By MachoFantastico

Very sad, man was a legend.

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#14  Edited By Alpha1
@FLStyle whoops fixed!! thanks duder
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#15  Edited By MocBucket62

This sucks. R.I.P. Sir Moore.

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#16  Edited By Jimbo

Gutted. What a man.

"When war came he turned down a place at Cambridge and lied about his age to join the RAF, serving as a navigator with Bomber Command and rising to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. His RAF experiences, which included a visit to the Dachau concentration camp, left him a bitter opponent of war.

The war also brought a personal tragedy. His fiancee, Lorna, was killed when an ambulance she was driving was hit by a bomb. He never married. "That was it," he said. "There was no one else for me. Second best is no good for me. I would have liked a wife and family, but it was not to be."

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#17  Edited By Phatmac

RIP :(

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#18  Edited By ShaneDev

Oh damn, sad to see him go.

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#19  Edited By FLStyle

@Alpha1: No worries.

@Jimbo said:

Gutted. What a man.

"When war came he turned down a place at Cambridge and lied about his age to join the RAF, serving as a navigator with Bomber Command and rising to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. His RAF experiences, which included a visit to the Dachau concentration camp, left him a bitter opponent of war.

The war also brought a personal tragedy. His fiancee, Lorna, was killed when an ambulance she was driving was hit by a bomb. He never married. "That was it," he said. "There was no one else for me. Second best is no good for me. I would have liked a wife and family, but it was not to be."

Wow, good man.

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#20  Edited By Akyho

May his Xylophone playing go on.

Tis sad as I always felt on the horizon, just hoped it would never come. I knew of Patrick Moore both as an Astronomer and as Gamesmaster in the 90s. However as the Gamesmaster was left in the 90s, I knew him more as the Astronomer and often watched Sky at night.

Hopefully people dont mix Patrick Moore the Gamesmaster up with Peter Moore the Game tattoo man.

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#21  Edited By bibamatt

While I'll mainly remember Moore for shaping my gaming childhood in part as an avid watcher of Gamesmaster, let's not suddenly forget that he was also a massive homophobe, sexist and a German hating xenophobe.

"homosexuals are mainly responsible for the spreading of AIDS(the Garden of Eden is home of Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve)"... taken from his autobiography.

See ya, Patrick.

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#22  Edited By poperamone

a man who was not of this earth

gamesmaster; classic show

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#24  Edited By StarvingGamer

Goddam, a mod needs to edit the title of this post. Get the man's moniker right at least.