Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
News Digest: Empyrea Canceled, New Stranger Things Game, Warhammer 40K Comics, and more!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 7726809" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>I find it unfortunate the Kickstarter turned out as it did, and hope the best for all involved with it to be able to bounce back. My personal interactions with Mr. Mentzer were always seeing him as very LOYAL and strong friend to Mr. Gygax. In interest, I am a male gamer, so I don't know what the other side experienced, but I always found Mr. Gygax to be kind, a great individual to talk with, and personally very nice. I don't know everything that went on between him and Price, but I am shocked at reading it that she states the following about Mr. Gygax. (As found in the twitter link to her messages in regards to this posted in the article above)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In fairness, her explanation of the comment was</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It was a surprise to me to see that brought that up about Mr. Gygax in her stuff with Mr. Mentzer. Why would she disparage Gygax in that way at this moment of time? I think she may have met him, but did she actually know him?</p><p></p><p>In regards to the incident, I'm not sure which one she is talking about, but there is one that I know of (haven't seen any proof of it) wherein a particular staffer at Paizo was assaulted (from what I understand). There is no way to ever exhibit enough sympathy to someone who has been in that situation, and there have been those that have exhibited less to any sympathy in that regards, which is sad and unfortunate. I agree with Price in that freezing up is a very common thing, and no one should be held accountable for freezing up. It is part of the fight or flight type response (no psychologist, just what I've heard) that one experiences in that situation. Assault (I think it was actually worse than just assault, but as this is a family friendly board, not going into details of what I've heard) is a very terrible thing to occur and we should sympathize with the victims and try to help them as best we can.</p><p></p><p>I can understand Price wanting to enforce that idea, but I do not understand completely why she went off on the tangent she did (at least on the link posted in the article above) about Mr. Gygax and his friends (of which I think may be a personal insult at me and some others who were friends of his at various times??? I hope not).</p><p></p><p>That said, I hope Price and Mentzer the best. I personally have never had any bad accountings with Mr. Mentzer, and as I said, he seems as a very loyal friend if you can get it. He stood by Mr. Gygax through thick and thin as I understand it, and for that I would support his KS stuff if it ever comes around again. I remember his Red Box and other BECMI and have a soft spot for that as well. I have many long nights in RPGs with the BECMI (and also RC which is directly related).</p><p></p><p>I think it was more not looking like they were going to meet the goal that caused the cancellation of the KS, as mentioned above. That would seem to be the wisest course of action in the light of where it was going. </p><p></p><p>I hope he gets back to promoting his Empyrea setting soon, and that both he and Price have the best options for their choices going forward that they can possibly have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 7726809, member: 4348"] I find it unfortunate the Kickstarter turned out as it did, and hope the best for all involved with it to be able to bounce back. My personal interactions with Mr. Mentzer were always seeing him as very LOYAL and strong friend to Mr. Gygax. In interest, I am a male gamer, so I don't know what the other side experienced, but I always found Mr. Gygax to be kind, a great individual to talk with, and personally very nice. I don't know everything that went on between him and Price, but I am shocked at reading it that she states the following about Mr. Gygax. (As found in the twitter link to her messages in regards to this posted in the article above) In fairness, her explanation of the comment was It was a surprise to me to see that brought that up about Mr. Gygax in her stuff with Mr. Mentzer. Why would she disparage Gygax in that way at this moment of time? I think she may have met him, but did she actually know him? In regards to the incident, I'm not sure which one she is talking about, but there is one that I know of (haven't seen any proof of it) wherein a particular staffer at Paizo was assaulted (from what I understand). There is no way to ever exhibit enough sympathy to someone who has been in that situation, and there have been those that have exhibited less to any sympathy in that regards, which is sad and unfortunate. I agree with Price in that freezing up is a very common thing, and no one should be held accountable for freezing up. It is part of the fight or flight type response (no psychologist, just what I've heard) that one experiences in that situation. Assault (I think it was actually worse than just assault, but as this is a family friendly board, not going into details of what I've heard) is a very terrible thing to occur and we should sympathize with the victims and try to help them as best we can. I can understand Price wanting to enforce that idea, but I do not understand completely why she went off on the tangent she did (at least on the link posted in the article above) about Mr. Gygax and his friends (of which I think may be a personal insult at me and some others who were friends of his at various times??? I hope not). That said, I hope Price and Mentzer the best. I personally have never had any bad accountings with Mr. Mentzer, and as I said, he seems as a very loyal friend if you can get it. He stood by Mr. Gygax through thick and thin as I understand it, and for that I would support his KS stuff if it ever comes around again. I remember his Red Box and other BECMI and have a soft spot for that as well. I have many long nights in RPGs with the BECMI (and also RC which is directly related). I think it was more not looking like they were going to meet the goal that caused the cancellation of the KS, as mentioned above. That would seem to be the wisest course of action in the light of where it was going. I hope he gets back to promoting his Empyrea setting soon, and that both he and Price have the best options for their choices going forward that they can possibly have. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
News Digest: Empyrea Canceled, New Stranger Things Game, Warhammer 40K Comics, and more!
Top