"But, as Steve himself was fond of saying, that's why he writes things down. "
Yep! I need to reference nWoD rules sometimes, and I've developed at least four books that use the system and often wrote the rules myself.
"The game happened because when I arrived at SJ Games, I was horrified to learn that nobody in the office had been gaming in ages."
A brilliant and famous designer visited the WW offices and was horrified that we had 4 D&D games going and only 2 #WoD.
Clarification: When I say "used," I mean they included a complete version of the nWoD 2e system.