Under the Influence today...

[seawasp]

... talking about my experiences with RPG/Gaming giant Wizards of the Coast -- starting when they were not so giant at all!

Comments

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* Would you believe I've been acquainted with Mavra the online centaur since the 1990s and never connected that handle to Peter Adkison of WotC? To be sure, Mavra doesn't know 'Scott Sanford' either so I guess it balances out. Small world. And the net was smaller once.

[seawasp]

I didn't learn his real name for quite a while. :) He addressed me as "Wasp" most of the time.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. I saw a Ryk Spoor novel in Powell's last night and reflected how much less common that name was in my life than "Seawasp."

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

This Mavra wouldn't be the source of FurryM* (and other Furry online sites) referring to a mistell as a 'Mav' now would it?

'Cause that would make for an exceedingly weird way to have heard of one of the founders of WotC.

[seawasp]

That I don't know. My *guess* would be "no". Peter may have taken his name from the Stravinsky opera.

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

Further investigation suggests it was a different fur that happened to have the same start to their fursona/handle.

As per:
http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Mav_%28term%29

and

https://archive.is/znL9