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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darjr" data-source="post: 8437354" data-attributes="member: 52905">I cried tears of sorrow and loss when I read that Gary died. I read it here at <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/e-gary-gygax-dead-at-age-69.220742/" target="_blank">this very site</a>, at this very desk, at this very window. This site put up a special tribute to Gary. I have volunteered many late night hours of technical emergency work to this site in part because of his posts that live here.But I also know he was a human being.Gary and Lorraine were "partners" in the beginning, he brought her on board specifically to run the business side so he could concentrate more on the creative. Those of you that wonder about what that partnership could have been like wonder no more, you have seen it.Gary was a good business man, Lorraine was also good at business. Together they saved TSR. Also I believe it was the second time Gary had stepped back in to save TSR. Good being on a spectrum, Gary did have to save the business at least once.Businesses fail all the time, some great ones. Sometimes the seeds of success grow the fuel of the pyre of destruction. The odds were always against TSR as they are for most businesses.Gary and Lorraine both made mistakes in my opinion, some of them colossal and seemingly obvious in hindsight, some of them might have been the best option among many bad ones. And yes I do think the Flash Gordon stuff was at best problematic.I also believe, unfortunately largely in hindsight, that Lorraine was painted with a misoginistic brush. But I also know that she is responsible for the state of TSR at its end.So yea, I think there is a lot of undue hate for her. I also still hold her responsible for TSR. She was the president and in charge.Finally to complicate things. Flint Dille is Lorraine Williams brother. From what I understand him and Gary became friends before they worked together and it was he that suggested Lorraine to Gary for running TSR. I believe he remained friends with Gary, he has even been an Honored Guest at GaryCon. <a href="https://garycon.com/honored-guests/" target="_blank">Honored Guests (So Far) - GaryCon</a>Currently I think he's part of Niantic games the creators of Pokemon Go.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Flint_Dille[/URL]</blockquote>

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