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<blockquote data-quote="Ottergame" data-source="post: 1585754" data-attributes="member: 9326">I've never really liked Gary's oppinions much, he's always stuck me as a raving egotist and very old fashioned.For one thing, the TSR brand, even when Gygax controlled it, was never a seal of quality, and TSR released more than its fair share of stinkers, including stuff he wrote himself.Gary has always had a &quot;Less is more&quot; mentality.&nbsp; He was against the formation of the AD&amp;D line of books and spearheaded the Basic line, because he didn't like how the AD&amp;D rules provided rules for a larger variety of situations.&nbsp; He's always thought that the GM should make most of the rules up as they went along, and that having printed rules took away creativity and power from the DM.He also went after smaller companies with lawsuits who produced D&amp;D compatable material, though TSR did this to a much large extint after he had left the company.After reading a lot of posts and material from and about Gary, I think he figures the only good RPG rules are the ones he writes himself.&nbsp; He was against the 3rd edition of D&amp;D, and against the OGL, because it further dilutes the material he wrote for D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ottergame, post: 1585754, member: 9326"] I've never really liked Gary's oppinions much, he's always stuck me as a raving egotist and very old fashioned. For one thing, the TSR brand, even when Gygax controlled it, was never a seal of quality, and TSR released more than its fair share of stinkers, including stuff he wrote himself. Gary has always had a "Less is more" mentality. He was against the formation of the AD&D line of books and spearheaded the Basic line, because he didn't like how the AD&D rules provided rules for a larger variety of situations. He's always thought that the GM should make most of the rules up as they went along, and that having printed rules took away creativity and power from the DM. He also went after smaller companies with lawsuits who produced D&D compatable material, though TSR did this to a much large extint after he had left the company. After reading a lot of posts and material from and about Gary, I think he figures the only good RPG rules are the ones he writes himself. He was against the 3rd edition of D&D, and against the OGL, because it further dilutes the material he wrote for D&D. [/QUOTE]

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