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Lorraine Williams: Is it Time for a Reevaluation?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8437009" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>Again, Lorraine wasn't the only one in charge sending C&Ds to fans. TSR has always been that way:</p><p></p><p><em>During this era, there were a number of competitors and unofficial supplements to D&D published, arguably in violation of TSR's copyright, which many D&D players used alongside the TSR books. Among these were the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduin#The_Arduin_Trilogy" target="_blank">Arduin Grimoire</a>, the Manual of Aurenia, and variants such as Warlock and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnels_%26_Trolls" target="_blank">Tunnels & Trolls</a>. TSR regarded these very warily, and in cases where they felt their trademarks were being misused, they issued cease-and-desist letters. More often than not, this legal posturing resulted in only slight changes to competitors' works, but caused significant animosity in the community</em></p><p></p><p>So to blame her for continuing a practice set forth by Gary himself and not placing any blame on Gary is...extremely disingenuous. About as disingenuous for blaming her for nepotism while completely ignoring how Gary was trying to funnel more and more money to himself from company coffers.</p><p></p><p>The more information is revealed, it looks like Gary did <em>everything </em>bad that Lorraine did, <em><strong>and </strong></em>also doubled down on sexism and racism, <em><strong>and </strong></em>blew money on hookers and blow <em><strong>and </strong></em>refused to pay contributors or uphold his contracts.</p><p></p><p>Remove the name "Gary Gygax" and just look at the actions of person X, if I were a stakeholder back then, I'd be pissed if Lorraine <em>didn't</em> try to drive him out of the company. That was her fiduciary responsibility, and responsibility as the leader of a company to everyone who had a stake in the company.</p><p></p><p>Again, to be very clear, I think we can celebrate Gary, and recognize everything he did well, but also try to look at things objectively. One can be a fan, even a diehard fan of the Seattle Seahawks, and acknowledge how not giving the ball to Marshawn Lynch in the Superbowl was a franchise crushing move.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 8437009, member: 15700"] Again, Lorraine wasn't the only one in charge sending C&Ds to fans. TSR has always been that way: [I]During this era, there were a number of competitors and unofficial supplements to D&D published, arguably in violation of TSR's copyright, which many D&D players used alongside the TSR books. Among these were the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduin#The_Arduin_Trilogy']Arduin Grimoire[/URL], the Manual of Aurenia, and variants such as Warlock and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnels_%26_Trolls']Tunnels & Trolls[/URL]. TSR regarded these very warily, and in cases where they felt their trademarks were being misused, they issued cease-and-desist letters. More often than not, this legal posturing resulted in only slight changes to competitors' works, but caused significant animosity in the community[/I] So to blame her for continuing a practice set forth by Gary himself and not placing any blame on Gary is...extremely disingenuous. About as disingenuous for blaming her for nepotism while completely ignoring how Gary was trying to funnel more and more money to himself from company coffers. The more information is revealed, it looks like Gary did [I]everything [/I]bad that Lorraine did, [I][B]and [/B][/I]also doubled down on sexism and racism, [I][B]and [/B][/I]blew money on hookers and blow [I][B]and [/B][/I]refused to pay contributors or uphold his contracts. Remove the name "Gary Gygax" and just look at the actions of person X, if I were a stakeholder back then, I'd be pissed if Lorraine [I]didn't[/I] try to drive him out of the company. That was her fiduciary responsibility, and responsibility as the leader of a company to everyone who had a stake in the company. Again, to be very clear, I think we can celebrate Gary, and recognize everything he did well, but also try to look at things objectively. One can be a fan, even a diehard fan of the Seattle Seahawks, and acknowledge how not giving the ball to Marshawn Lynch in the Superbowl was a franchise crushing move. [/QUOTE]
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