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== Re: Differences between RAWA and Dr. Watson ==
'''Posted: Tuesday, January 2, 2007'''<br />
''Original: Unavailable''

{{ambox|text=This clarification came about during an [[OOC]] discussion about the similarities between Richard Watson of [[Cyan]] and Richard Watson of the [[DRC]].}}

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QUOTE("vidkid7")

Gah, I'm so confused. For years, I thought that Dr. Watson and RAWA were the same person... but various people (including Rand at Mysterium) have told me that they're actually two different people.</blockquote>

The confusion between me and Dr. Watson is understandable. There are many similarities between the two of us.

* We have the same name, but Cyan is full of coincidences like that. Out of the roughly 100 people who have worked here at some point in the 14 years I’ve been here, we’ve had 2 Bills, 2 “Bret”s (Bret/Brett), 2 “Brian”s (Brian/Bryan), 2 “Brice”s (Brice/Bryce), 4 Chrises, 8 Erics, 2 Jasons, 3 Jeffs, 2 Johns, 2 Karls, 5 Marks, 4 Mike/Michaels, 2 Nate/Nathans, 2 Pauls, 2 (or 3) Richards (depending on the outcome of this debate), 2 Robs , 2 “Robin”s (Robyn/Robin), 4 Ryans, 2 Steves (3, if you want to count “Stephan” as the French version of “Steve”), 2 Terrys, 3 Tims, 2 Tonys, and 2 Victorias.)<br /><br />Sure, first _and_ last name being the same is less common, but we have that, too (2 Eric Andersons).
* We have the same birthdays, though Dr. Watson is ten years older than I am. That isn’t unheard of here at Cyan either - Rand and Ryan Miller have the same birthday, but they are fifteen years apart.
* Dr. Watson and I look very similar: overweight, bald, glasses, beard.

However, there are differences between the two of us.
* Being ten years older, Dr. Watson’s hair is a little grayer, though I’m catching up faster than I’d like (let’s just blame the stress of the last two years, shall we?).
* Dr. Watson prefers his beard very short, while I usually keep my beard quite a bit longer (see the original “Making of Myst” video, or 5 of the 6 picts of me here).
* The sounds of our voices are very different. I think the recording of Dr. Watson in the Kirel Community Room (“To D’ni” expansion) sounds remarkably similar to “Charles Emerson Winchester the Third” from M*A*S*H, while I have a high, squeaky voice not fit for recording (as one of “The Cavern Today” podcasts from last summer clearly demonstrates).
* Dr. Watson has a doctorate in archaeology; I do not.

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QUOTE("BrettM")
Has RAWA ever been down in his own right as a Cyantist? Or has only “Dr. Watson” ever been seen?
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Back in Feb. 2006, when someone wrote asking about Dr. Watson, I wrote:
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If I see him, I will pass that on. Unfortunately, no one has seen Dr. Watson in nearly two years, so I wouldn't expect to see him in the Cavern anytime soon.

(To make the IC/OOC thing even more confusing, I have been in "Until Uru" occasionally as "Rich" over the last two years. In order to keep the confusion to a minimum, I won’t be coming on the D'mala shard under any of the Rich/RAWA/etc. variants (though I hold out hope that Dr. Watson may return someday). That doesn't, however, mean I'm not there under other guises. ;)
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Now that I re-read it, I see that I only made a commitment to try to keep the confusion on D’mala to a minimum, so I’m free to cause as much confusion as I want in Live. :P

Seriously, though, Dr. Watson has been missing for almost three years now. I still do not expect that to change anytime soon. And since there are already several threads of people expecting Dr. Watson to return to the Cavern, it’s probably best to not confuse the issue further by having Rich or RAWA show up.

That still doesn’t mean that I’m not there under other guises.

:)