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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9427039" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Well, I didn't think it necessary to go over. Let me explain.Let's make some buckets of "bad stuff."In bucket 1 are the things that Lorraine didn't do, but people attribute to. People assume (as some have already done accidentally in this thread) all sorts of bad acts to her, even if they occurred prior to her joining the company. In bucket 2 are the things that are just lies. Or, at best, half-truths. "Everyone knows" that she didn't allow playtesting, but when I hunted that down, guess what? Not. True.In bucket 3 are the many, many, many anecdotes that I now realize say more about that time (and sometimes, the person telling them) than about her. The "chainmail bikini" one, or the "pregnancy announcement one."In bucket 4 are the things that people claim, but I don't find receipts for. Buck Rogers, for example.In bucket 5 are the things that people have accepted as truth, but when receipts have been given (such as the ouster of Gygax), we find out that they were not true.What's left is her performance with TSR. As I wrote in the OP, she saved TSR from ruin at the beginning. I would argue she did a good job through the '80s. But she was in charge in the 90s when it all came tumbling down. I think some of her decisions then that were bad were due to desperation at the end. Some can be considered bad with hindsight (but we all have 20/20 hindsight), and others didn't work out. But yeah, she failed at the end.So treat like we would any other male CEO of a gaming company where it doesn't work out. Stuff happens.</blockquote>

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