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On Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:08:23 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>I have to admit, Cleve Blakemore didn't automatically ring a bell for
>me. There's relatively little information about him on the Internet;
>apparently he was a former programmer for the Wizardry series who
>tried to develop his own dungeon-crawler. If he made a mark on Usenet,
>I don't remember it... but it's quite possible I just ignore his
>threads as I did Derek's.
>
>But I think it's safe to say Cleve didn't leave as big a mark as DS
>did. Only the one of them has a wikipedia page dedicated to their
>exploits ;-)

Derek Smart was an asshole. But Cleve Blakemore was clinically insane
if he truly believed the stories he told here on Usenet about
Sir-Tech. I found his posts far more entertaining than Derek's which
is why I remember him more.

He did eventually release his dungeon crawler. It is called Grimoire:
Heralds of the Winged Exemplar. It has mixed reviews on Steam.

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  Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2026-04-12 13:47 -0400
    Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-12 22:08 -0400
      Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2026-04-13 14:11 -0400
        Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-13 15:03 -0400
        Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-04-14 06:24 -0700
          Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-14 11:29 -0400
            Re: Posting with the greatest of trepidation... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-04-14 17:11 -0700
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