There are a number of threads where I see replies w/o quotes, and the page is like 4 replies long......it isn't just new people, but yes, that is an issue.
This is not unusual, and they need it for protection from others claiming they stole an idea. It's why authors and TV writers tell you to never send them ideas or tag them with ideas.
Same. Every once in awhile I try, for comedic effect. I think I've had one player, maybe two, in nearly fifty years who did. I think it's less common than most think, but I have no idea if that's true.
Agreed. I have so many thoughts about those last years of episodes.... But no interest in rehashing that conversation. I'll never read another of his books, if he writes more anyway.