Thomas Shey
Legend
Yeah, RM/SM are suffering a 40 year slander campaign. Character gen, however, can be a seriously intimidating prospect, especially for new players. Once familiar, however, it's not hard, just a lot of writing.
As I noted, I was never scared off by the tables, but trying to work my way through Spacemaster character gen ended up dissuading me, and that's something given my general taste in RPGs always leaned into the crunchy.