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Lorraine Williams: Is it Time for a Reevaluation?
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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8434307" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>This is a bit arguable.</p><p></p><p>Some things seem comparable. Gary sued Mayfair. She sued GDW and Mayfair. Both seem bad.</p><p></p><p>Gary bad mouthed some fan preferences in Dragon Magazine articles. Lorraine sent out C&D letters to online fans and got lots of fan material taken down restricting other fans access to each others material. Lorraine's actions to negatively impact fans seems arguably worse.</p><p></p><p>The argument can be made that Gary had the same general IP philosophy and would have similarly legally intimidated fans, but he was out when the internet took off so the fact is he didn't and she did so their actions taken are different. They generally deserve credit and blame for their actions, not what they would have done.</p><p></p><p>If you are talking blame for TSR's financial implosion, Lorraine took over and ousted Gary eleven years before the end. Things were bad from the beginning, but she was there for the end and was responsible for the decade leading up to the end. The person in charge can make changes in a decade. The person outside is less responsible for things that happened a decade after they were ousted.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Equally to blame for things on her watch after she had been in charge for a decade seems arguable.</p><p></p><p>Gary and the Blumes deserve credit and opprobrium for the decisions and actions on their watch, Lorraine deserves credit and blame for the ones on hers. I would not say they all get equal credit and blame for the actions and decisions of TSR under her leadership.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8434307, member: 2209"] This is a bit arguable. Some things seem comparable. Gary sued Mayfair. She sued GDW and Mayfair. Both seem bad. Gary bad mouthed some fan preferences in Dragon Magazine articles. Lorraine sent out C&D letters to online fans and got lots of fan material taken down restricting other fans access to each others material. Lorraine's actions to negatively impact fans seems arguably worse. The argument can be made that Gary had the same general IP philosophy and would have similarly legally intimidated fans, but he was out when the internet took off so the fact is he didn't and she did so their actions taken are different. They generally deserve credit and blame for their actions, not what they would have done. If you are talking blame for TSR's financial implosion, Lorraine took over and ousted Gary eleven years before the end. Things were bad from the beginning, but she was there for the end and was responsible for the decade leading up to the end. The person in charge can make changes in a decade. The person outside is less responsible for things that happened a decade after they were ousted. Equally to blame for things on her watch after she had been in charge for a decade seems arguable. Gary and the Blumes deserve credit and opprobrium for the decisions and actions on their watch, Lorraine deserves credit and blame for the ones on hers. I would not say they all get equal credit and blame for the actions and decisions of TSR under her leadership. [/QUOTE]
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