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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 4101171" data-attributes="member: 25619">Gary Gygax's influence in spawning a new multi-billion dollar form of entertainment is self-evident to anyone who cares to step back and think about it.&nbsp; That is, I agree with the New York Times and others who claim &quot;World of Warcraft&quot; and the entire RPG genre, on paper and more importantly now on computers, would never have existed without Gygax.So, either Matt Snyder is highly misinformed, he's delusional, or he's a troll.It's interesting to me to think about exactly now he's delusional.&nbsp; I suspect it's three common delusions:-- Historical amnesia.&nbsp; The delusion that anything that happened in the past can affect no affect on the current world.&nbsp; In the comment that Gygax hasn't done anything important since 1989, I see: &quot;FDR is so last century, why do I have to study him for the test?&quot;-- Anti-success.&nbsp; Anything that is popular must be bad.&nbsp; Success = liked by the uncool masses = not good enough for me.&nbsp; I'm going to guess Matt Snyder is the type who bad mouths Coke, WalMart, McDonald's, Starbucks, etc., not because of any intrinsic traits of these companies, but because they are large and successful.&nbsp; I imagine him saying: &quot;Eww, Starbucks is so played.&nbsp; Go to Tully's instead.&quot;-- I'm cooler than everyone else.&nbsp; Unwashed nerd hordes in basements play D&amp;D.&nbsp; ONLY the elite gamers who bow to my superior coolitude may play my game.&nbsp; The fact that the cool gamers are just me and brother and his two buddies doesn't mean my game is lame, it means it's &quot;indie&quot; and hasn't sold out to the man.&nbsp; If I could only go sell 100 units, I'd go celebrate my creativity and indie spirit by . . . going to Urban Outfitters and buying some vintage T's.&nbsp; That'd be rad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 4101171, member: 25619"] Gary Gygax's influence in spawning a new multi-billion dollar form of entertainment is self-evident to anyone who cares to step back and think about it. That is, I agree with the New York Times and others who claim "World of Warcraft" and the entire RPG genre, on paper and more importantly now on computers, would never have existed without Gygax. So, either Matt Snyder is highly misinformed, he's delusional, or he's a troll. It's interesting to me to think about exactly now he's delusional. I suspect it's three common delusions: -- Historical amnesia. The delusion that anything that happened in the past can affect no affect on the current world. In the comment that Gygax hasn't done anything important since 1989, I see: "FDR is so last century, why do I have to study him for the test?" -- Anti-success. Anything that is popular must be bad. Success = liked by the uncool masses = not good enough for me. I'm going to guess Matt Snyder is the type who bad mouths Coke, WalMart, McDonald's, Starbucks, etc., not because of any intrinsic traits of these companies, but because they are large and successful. I imagine him saying: "Eww, Starbucks is so played. Go to Tully's instead." -- I'm cooler than everyone else. Unwashed nerd hordes in basements play D&D. ONLY the elite gamers who bow to my superior coolitude may play my game. The fact that the cool gamers are just me and brother and his two buddies doesn't mean my game is lame, it means it's "indie" and hasn't sold out to the man. If I could only go sell 100 units, I'd go celebrate my creativity and indie spirit by . . . going to Urban Outfitters and buying some vintage T's. That'd be rad. [/QUOTE]

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