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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 9237760" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>I’ll add, I was literally in the room with Ben, Pat, and other historians a few years ago at Gary con before Ben released his book. Lorraine never gave her side. She’s always remained silent. So the only story we heard for the past 40 years was Gary’s side, by Gary loyalists and others who felt personally slighted by Lorraine. We only got one side, and as each year went by, the legend of the evil Lorraine grew. To this day, on nearly a daily basis, I see people comment about how she ruined D&D and if only Gary was still in charge. </p><p></p><p>That point shouldn’t be lost. We’ve been told for decades how the ambush was a dirty trick that robbed Gary. Knowing what I know now, I don’t think there could have been any other way. Knowing how Gary attacked Rob Kuntz in front of everyone—a person who was like an adopted kid, knowing how Gary treated people he felt slighted him, and I don’t think that ambush could have been different. They couldn’t have given him a heads up or warning, because they knew he’d lose his…composure. Which he did anyway. Which is unfortunate. </p><p></p><p>I don’t know why it’s so controversial to say Gary brought this wonderful game to all of us, made some really great creative decisions, and also was an ego maniac who made disastrous business decisions that drove the company into the ground. A guy who was fiercely loyal to those he got along with, and spiteful to those who he didn’t. And Lorraine saved the company for years, paid the employees, and worked for them while also being abrasive, and having no clue how the hobby worked or what made it special. They both had huge egos (you have to, to be a CEO). They both did good things, they both did bad things. They were people. Not a god, not a villain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 9237760, member: 15700"] I’ll add, I was literally in the room with Ben, Pat, and other historians a few years ago at Gary con before Ben released his book. Lorraine never gave her side. She’s always remained silent. So the only story we heard for the past 40 years was Gary’s side, by Gary loyalists and others who felt personally slighted by Lorraine. We only got one side, and as each year went by, the legend of the evil Lorraine grew. To this day, on nearly a daily basis, I see people comment about how she ruined D&D and if only Gary was still in charge. That point shouldn’t be lost. We’ve been told for decades how the ambush was a dirty trick that robbed Gary. Knowing what I know now, I don’t think there could have been any other way. Knowing how Gary attacked Rob Kuntz in front of everyone—a person who was like an adopted kid, knowing how Gary treated people he felt slighted him, and I don’t think that ambush could have been different. They couldn’t have given him a heads up or warning, because they knew he’d lose his…composure. Which he did anyway. Which is unfortunate. I don’t know why it’s so controversial to say Gary brought this wonderful game to all of us, made some really great creative decisions, and also was an ego maniac who made disastrous business decisions that drove the company into the ground. A guy who was fiercely loyal to those he got along with, and spiteful to those who he didn’t. And Lorraine saved the company for years, paid the employees, and worked for them while also being abrasive, and having no clue how the hobby worked or what made it special. They both had huge egos (you have to, to be a CEO). They both did good things, they both did bad things. They were people. Not a god, not a villain. [/QUOTE]
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