It’s amazing how many of these stories are out there…
Your story sounds almost exactly like mine. You, however, seemed to hold it together much better than I. I blacked out when I met Ken Williams, then again when we ran into Roberta in the hallway.
I was just chatting today with my family of the honor I had in testing the 900 info line for Sierra. It seems I called it so much they felt that I could have some input as to how well it worked. For helping them I received Manhunter. I kept insisting that I had gotten more than enough just by being able to be a small part of helping the company.
I never get tired of telling the story of the PC jr orphans club in Oklahoma City near where I live. At age 12, I was allowed to do a presentation of Sierra games. I contacted Sierra, and told them what I was trying to do, asking for any advice they had. Three days later I received a HUGE box FULL of shirts, demo disks, boxes, cards, and information packets for the meeting. Try that with the Sierra of today…
Anyway, thanks for sharing your story, and your love for Sierra. I’m so glad there are so many of us out there…