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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8443043" data-attributes="member: 18182">The Lorraine Williams narrative you most often hear is that she was the evil overlord who tricked her way into control of TSR and then promptly booted poor old Gary. That her tenure was the beginning of the dark times. You'll still see folks reference her pretty insultingly on these boards today.Surprisingly (not), that narrative isn't quite accurate or fair.Turns out the rot started long before Williams ever got involved with TSR, and she probably saved the company from folding under Gygax. Of course, there's lots of first-hand accounts (or reminisces) that she was not a nice person, condescending to the game designers, and was herself guilty of some serious nepotism that didn't serve TSR well (Buck Rogers, the D&D movie). And yes, ultimately she was the captain of the good ship TSR that sank beneath the waves . . . .TSR wasn't managed well until WotC took over in the late 90s. And it seemed like a company that nobody liked, despite it's main product being the most awesome thing ever invented. I remember the days when it was common to add a "$" to T$R when discussing how the company interacted with artists, fans, other companies . . . . none of that started with Lorraine Williams.</blockquote>