TSR Just when you thought it was all over.... now there’s a fourth TSR!

In the story that will never end, after having this week turned itself into Wonderfilled, Inc, and deleted its Twitter account, TSR is BACK AGAIN! Like again, again, again, again. Complete with old-school logo! And Michael appears to actually exist!

Michael K. Hovermale says in a press release that an unnamed individual (I’m guessing Stephen Dinehart) apparently ran all the social media accounts for TSR, Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum, Ernie Gygax, Justin LaNasa, and Giantlands. He goes on to say that this person has been replaced, and that all posts on those social media accounts are "invalid". There's no mention of Stephen Dinehart's social media accounts though.

Dinehart has left TSR3, taking Giantlands with him. Given that Star Frontiers mentions have been quietly removed a week or so ago, that would leave TSR3.5 without any roleplaying game products, as far as I can tell.

The existing (TSR3} website still says it's WONDERFILED (sic), Inc. However there’s now a NEW one at TSR Hobbies. We’ll call that TSR3.5 for now. I’m struggling to distinguish TSRs from tribbles at this point. They just keep on coming!

TSR - TSR3 Throws In Towel, Rebrands Wonderfilled

In the news story that never ends, after reversing its position earlier and admitting that it was NOT the original TSR reincarnated, the new TSR company, embroiled in acrimony for the last two weeks, and having blamed the widespread criticism it has received on Wizards of the Coast, has deleted...

www.enworld.org

I don't really know what to say anymore, but my job is to report the news. So here's the news.

TSR Appoints New Public Relations Officer; Responds to Social Media Mismanagement - PR.com

TSR has replaced the individual that was serving as both social media manager and information technology manager for TSR and The Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum.

www.pr.com

TSR Appoints New Public Relations Officer; Responds to Social Media Mismanagement​

Lake Geneva, WI, July 09, 2021 --(PR.com)-- TSR has replaced the individual that was serving as both social media manager and information technology manager for TSR and The Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum. This individual was also the social media manager for Giantlands, Justin LaNasa, and Ernie Gygax.

All posts on all social media accounts for TSR and Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum should be considered invalid.

All posts on all social media accounts of Justin LaNasa and Ernie Gygax should be considered invalid.

TSR is in the process of recovering the social media accounts of TSR, The Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum, and the personal Twitter accounts of Justin LaNasa and Ernie Gygax.

Michael K. Hovermale
Public Relations Officer
TSR

Ernie Gygax:
“I wish to speak directly to the transgender community regarding this incident. The individual who was speaking to you on Twitter does not represent me or TSR in any way. Trans people are always welcome to play with us. Everyone is welcome at our table.”
Contact
TSR LLC
Michael K. Hovermale PR Officer
(209) 819-7504

 

[SkidAce]

no! stop! I'm going on vacation this weekend! I need a break! nooooo

I also have started vacation. Huzzah! raises grog mug

 

[SkidAce]

I played back then.

My age: 53
My desire to have "it" (and its current baggage) back: 0

58.
Same.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Another 53yo here: things are better now than then in SO many ways.

 

[Charlaquin]

And I'm over here feeling guilty that I still like Buffy et al so much.

For me, this kind of thing depends on how much of whatever makes the artist distasteful is reflected in the art, and on if I can consume the art without financially supporting the artist. I can still enjoy Buffy (though there are some episodes I’ll definitely skip…) without seeing Whedon’s misogyny all over it, or giving him money. It’s a bit harder for me to overlook Rowling’s transphobia and racism in Harry Potter, and I’ll certainly never buy any merch for it again.

 

[grimslade]

Two things bug me about this.
One there is no acknowledgement of the actual argument of what Ernie and associates said in regards to transfolk and the horrible doubling down.
Two there is no acknowledgement of all the OSR companies who have been pumping out tons of old school feeling products for 2 decades.
The really terrible thing was that people were excited about a new Star Frontiers. TSR3.Doh had interest and positive buzz for about 12 hours. Granted there were many questions about rights to copyrighted material and what form Star Frontiers would take without licensing, but people were excited. It all started to go downhill when Ernie, LaNasa and Dinehart began to speak. A vortex of stupid that has drawn Drawmij into its pull at this point. At no point has there been a pause in the blundering and stumbling along like a drunken wildebeest through the interwebs. There will not be any reflection or acknowledgement of what could have been done better, only more victimization and echo chamber.

 

[Azzy]

47yo and I have not desire to turn back the clock to where games were in the past.

 

[Azzy]

For me, this kind of thing depends on how much of whatever makes the artist distasteful is reflected in the art, and on if I can consume the art without financially supporting the artist. I can still enjoy Buffy (though there are some episodes I’ll definitely skip…) without seeing Whedon’s misogyny all over it, or giving him money. It’s a bit harder for me to overlook Rowling’s transphobia and racism in Harry Potter, and I’ll certainly never buy any merch for it again.

Right. I'm not going to give another penny to artists that are (to my knowledge) crappy human beings. Even the stuff I do have, there's stuff that I no longer want to partake in (like a lot of GnR's songs or Clapton, for instance). Where I draw the line of what I keep and what I throw away isn't always rational.

 

[Faolyn]

For me, this kind of thing depends on how much of whatever makes the artist distasteful is reflected in the art, and on if I can consume the art without financially supporting the artist. I can still enjoy Buffy (though there are some episodes I’ll definitely skip…) without seeing Whedon’s misogyny all over it, or giving him money. It’s a bit harder for me to overlook Rowling’s transphobia and racism in Harry Potter, and I’ll certainly never buy any merch for it again.

It's been a few years since I've seen any of my DVDs of his stuff. But it's not even the misogyny (I'm assuming you mean stuff like the "funny" times he had male characters fall onto female ones and things like that in some of his super hero movies) so much as finding out that he was a terrible bully to the actors. I keep thinking about what was going on behind the scenes when he was threatening actors or slamming them against walls.

 

[Parmandur]

For me, this kind of thing depends on how much of whatever makes the artist distasteful is reflected in the art, and on if I can consume the art without financially supporting the artist. I can still enjoy Buffy (though there are some episodes I’ll definitely skip…) without seeing Whedon’s misogyny all over it, or giving him money. It’s a bit harder for me to overlook Rowling’s transphobia and racism in Harry Potter, and I’ll certainly never buy any merch for it again.

It also depends on the artform: if Brahms was a jerk, it doesn't necessarily get conveyed in a Symphony.

 

[MGibster]

47yo and I have not desire to turn back the clock to where games were in the past.

I wouldn't mind recapturing the feeling. But, as they say, you can't go home again.