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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9181735" data-attributes="member: 7026594">I agree that they can die mad about it.&nbsp; One of the reasons the proposed change rubs me the wrong way.I remember her objecting to his misspelling her name in the original term, and I remember him giving kind of weird pushback on her correction.&nbsp; Oddly, I'm having trouble now finding her comments on the original article series, where she asked for that correction.&nbsp; I'm digging through and finding nothing from her.&nbsp; Weird!I have not encountered anyone harassing anyone about the term.&nbsp; The linked article about the renaming seems to refer to people harassing users of the misspelled term, not harassing Jacquays.&nbsp; Which makes me less enthusiastic for this change.Skip the town?&nbsp; I'm not in love with the way Lakofka wrote it, but IMO Restenford and the local area map are great.&nbsp; My most recent three-year campaign used that as the starting area/local map and I replaced the dungeon on Bone Hill with Dyson's Delve. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Yes.&nbsp; The story as he relays it rings a bit false to me, though.&nbsp; I have a sad suspicion that Jacquays wanted her name removed because she didn't want to be associated with JA and her name used to promote his stuff.&nbsp; Which sucks, because even if JA is off sometimes, that article is genuinely good and her early dungeon designs ARE what's being talked about.&nbsp; A principle/best practice which she innovated and deserves every bit of credit that naming it after her gives.It does read to me like the issue is more one of ownership/self-promotion of the original article and the new book, rather than any kind of defense of Jenell/avoidance of harassment toward her.&nbsp; Which is saddening to me and makes me resistant to the change.I do appreciate him linking to her Go Fund Me, though.&nbsp; May that benefit from all this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 9181735, member: 7026594"] I agree that they can die mad about it. One of the reasons the proposed change rubs me the wrong way. I remember her objecting to his misspelling her name in the original term, and I remember him giving kind of weird pushback on her correction. Oddly, I'm having trouble now finding her comments on the original article series, where she asked for that correction. I'm digging through and finding nothing from her. Weird! I have not encountered anyone harassing anyone about the term. The linked article about the renaming seems to refer to people harassing users of the misspelled term, not harassing Jacquays. Which makes me less enthusiastic for this change. Skip the town? I'm not in love with the way Lakofka wrote it, but IMO Restenford and the local area map are great. My most recent three-year campaign used that as the starting area/local map and I replaced the dungeon on Bone Hill with Dyson's Delve. :D Yes. The story as he relays it rings a bit false to me, though. I have a sad suspicion that Jacquays wanted her name removed because she didn't want to be associated with JA and her name used to promote his stuff. Which sucks, because even if JA is off sometimes, that article is genuinely good and her early dungeon designs ARE what's being talked about. A principle/best practice which she innovated and deserves every bit of credit that naming it after her gives. It does read to me like the issue is more one of ownership/self-promotion of the original article and the new book, rather than any kind of defense of Jenell/avoidance of harassment toward her. Which is saddening to me and makes me resistant to the change. I do appreciate him linking to her Go Fund Me, though. May that benefit from all this. [/QUOTE]

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