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Dire Bare reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with
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I was lucky enough to spend an entire afternoon with Rose in her shop a year or so ago. Her relationship with Gary was...not the best... -
Dire Bare reacted to Toe Knee Nose's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
I think you might be reading things into this that might not be there. I'm not sure though. It does look fairly well balanced to me.
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Dire Bare reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
People can say up and down that Williams on her own made several jaw-droppingly bad decisions post Gygax, but that was just not the time...
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Dire Bare reacted to MGibster's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
I came under some (mild) fire here for having the temerity to suggest it might be time to reevaluate the legacy of Lorraine Williams. I...
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Dire Bare reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
Mod note: You seem to be about half an inch from calling someone a liar to their face, and you're effectively shouting. If you cannot...
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Dire Bare reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
It would appear that you did not actually read what I wrote? Because as I wrote, you took a single sentence out of context- I agree that...
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Dire Bare reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
This. I've also been inexplicably accused of beatifying Williams, apparently because I've pointed out that a lot of the hate directed at...
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Dire Bare reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
I admire your, uh... fervour... but this is the second time in the past 24 hours I've wandered into a thread and watched you lose your...
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Dire Bare reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
Kinda weird that failure to hate on Lorraine Williams is an extreme bias in her favor. I'd say that very much emphasizes the typical...
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Dire Bare reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
This is, per your usual standards, both an entertaining and carefully argued, meticulously supported OP. Not everyone values the...
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Dire Bare reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
@Mistwell There appears to be an absence of any reference to the well-researched book I stated that I was primarily relying on. There...
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Dire Bare reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
I've mentioned before how TSR era was a textbook class on how not to run a business (both under Gygax and Williams), but Gygax is also...
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Dire Bare reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
I appreciate that you made my point? You claim that the reason my account of Gary Gygax's ouster from TSR in 1985 is a very biased...
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Dire Bare reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
Given that you have such very strong feelings on the subject, I will try to be as nice as possible despite this claim. I will note the...
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Dire Bare reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with Like.
I'm not sure it was malice so much as a move away from dungeon delving and the wargamer-level detail that Gygax liked to put into...