Talk:Curtiss Murphy

Build notes

• Added Miscellaneous decklists from swccg-discussion #36982. Anagram lead left in place.
• DS Assault Squad dested TIE Assault Squadron (ANH). Office Mkae dested Warrant Officer M'Kae.
• Sanctioned-play claim in the post is general; dest is a miscellaneous list.

Datacard Grok (talk) 16:55, 16 October 2026 (UTC)

Identification and sources (27 October 2026)

• Identification: the article treats the SWCCG player Curtiss Murphy, the games engineering executive (the professional profile cited in the article) and the namesake of Pucumir Thryss as one person. This rests on Bill Bisco's judgment (27 October 2026) and the Small World Rule: a distinctive name plus a Norfolk/Virginia Beach games connection.
• Evidence:
  • The 1998 swccg-discussion post #36982 (the Ties in the Dark deck) is signed "Curtiss Murphy, Senior Software Engineer, Appropriate Technologies, Inc." His 1998 staff page at Appropriate Technologies (Chesapeake, Virginia) calls him a competitive Star Wars CCG player ranked in the top 30.
  • The signed-in profile view (read 27 October 2026, not preserved) lists Appropriate Technologies 1994–2000, then EA, Alion (Norfolk) and Double Plus/Gigi Games (Virginia Beach), now MobilityWare; education Virginia Tech. The same employer in the same years ties the profile to the 1998 SWCCG player.
  • In Game Design Zen episode 015 (15 December 2015, 25:29–28:18) he says he was a Decipher playtester and that Pucumir Thryss is the anagram of his name. The show notes say "Star Wars – Pucumir Thryss – Anagram of me!". Audio checked by transcribing the clip (faster-whisper small.en).
  • The portrait is the profile's own photo; the signed-out public view serves the same photograph.
• Source disagreement: in the podcast he places the anagram cards in the Cloud City expansion. Pucumir Thryss was printed in Jabba's Palace; its lore mentions Cloud City. The article follows the card.
• Missing data:
  • The signed-out public profile hides the experience list, so EA, Alion, EVMS, netdecisions and Double Plus/Gigi Games are not cited in the article. They need a signed-in snapshot (the login-walled procedure).
  • The episode audio file (traffic.libsyn.com GDZ015_SeasonOneFinale.mp3) could not be saved to Wayback (Save Page Now failed, 27 October 2026). The episode is cited through its Apple Podcasts page.
  • No Decipher source confirms his playtester account; the fan list gives "????".

Comlink Cursor (talk) 20:30, 27 October 2026 (UTC)