## Does anyone know what happened to Sir Poley?

* Author: u/Sailor_Vulcan  *Champion of Justice and Reason**
* URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/5lx4q6/does_anyone_know_what_happened_to_sir_poley/
* Score: 31

* Created: 2017-01-04T04:54:01

### Post:

What happened to Sir Poley? Is he still alive? I just found out that he has his own forums. When I looked in the HPN20 section no one was talking about HPN20, and no one was using english. It did seem like they were all talking about a variety of drugs though, in russian i think? All the threads were about drugs. No one was talking about HPN20. WTF?

:(

### Comments:

> **u/RadHominin** [+30]  (22 minutes later)
> 
> Judging by his [most recent comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/5loink/alright_lets_have_a_look_at_the_populoh/dbxf1ig/) (from yesterday), he's been sucked into Dwarf Fortress. This is death to a fic.
> 
> In [another comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/59kpxu/what_is_the_most_original_harry_potter_fanfiction/d99akjc/) from a couple of months ago, he mentions that he "hope[s] to get back to it one day". So, while he seems to be alive and well, I wouldn't be too optimistic about a HPN20 return in the near future.

>> **u/PeridexisErrant** [+6]  *put aside fear for courage, and death for life* (a day later)
>> 
>> Hey, it worked for [*Overseer*](https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/overseer-worm-x-dwarf-fortress.326914)!  
>> 
>> ^(*Worm* / *Dwarf Fortress* crossover, complete)

>>> **u/RadHominin** [+2]  (2 days later)
>>> 
>>> Well now, that was a Fun couple of hours.

> **u/Electric999999** [+21]  (21 minutes later)
> 
> He went off to make a game and never came back, the drugs stuff may just be that they found a nice empty forum for their illicit activity. Sadly we probably won't ever see him finish that story.

> **u/PeridexisErrant** [+1]  *put aside fear for courage, and death for life* (a day later)
> 
> Mod here - for future reference, this kind of post would be better off in the weekly off-topic thread.

>> **u/Sailor_Vulcan** [+1]  *Champion of Justice and Reason* (a day later)
>> 
>> OK sorry didn't realize this was off topic thx

> **u/traverseda** [+3]  *With dread but cautious optimism* (an hour later)
> 
> /u/sirpoley, work on your fics!!!!!!1

>> **u/LeifCarrotson** [+15]  (16 hours later)
>> 
>> What authority do you have to demand that Sir Poley do anything?
>> 
>> If you're going to ping him, at least be encouraging.
>> 
>> Sir Poley, if you read this, I really enjoyed your characters and story in HP and the Natural 20. I think you had a great thing going, and would love to read more! If you want to get back into it, but need help that I can give  (Editing? Amateur LaTex typesetting? Amateur web hosting/site development? Fact checking against canon/HPMOR? A few bucks?), then please reach out - I would be happy to contribute.  If you've moved on, then thank you for the laughs, smiles, and memories.

>>> **u/traverseda** [+9]  *With dread but cautious optimism* (16 hours later)
>>> 
>>> As much authority, and seriousness, as anyone randomly yelling about stuff on the internet.
>>> 
>>> These things are not serious business. I thought the triple-exclamation-marks would have made that obvious.

>>>> **u/LeifCarrotson** [+7]  (16 hours later)
>>>> 
>>>> > I thought the triple-exclamation-marks would have made that obvious. 
>>>> 
>>>> Sorry, I missed that cue. Honestly, I didn't see that there were multiple exclamation points. No sarcasm here. Argh, this is just making it worse.

>>>>> **u/traverseda** [+9]  *With dread but cautious optimism* (16 hours later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well I've added a few more exclamation points and a one, so hopefully that further reduces ambiguity ;p

>>> **u/kuilin** [+3]  (18 hours later)
>>> 
>>> Does he have a Patreon or something that we can use to provide extrinsic motivation or something?

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