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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 9433749" data-attributes="member: 6680772">The full exchange pretty much confirms the podcast's take on it, IMO.Gygax posts his recollections on Dragonsfoot. Kuntz respectfully suggests he is misremembering something. Gygax comes back disproportionately hot, and makes it a point to bring up a person's dislike of Kuntz. I mean, this was essentially a disagreement over 30+ year old memories between ostensible friends and collaborators, but Gygax acts like he's shutting down some &quot;But AKSHUALLY...&quot; nerd.I will not speculate as to Kuntz's motivations to leave Castle Zagyg, other than to say that I doubt the Dragonsfoot thread was only reason. In fact, his fairly professional letter resigning from the project (which Gygax calls &quot;hate mail&quot;) gives other reasons as well. At no point in this &quot;hate mail&quot; does he attack Gygax personally, or assign any blame or reproach to him. At best, there is an oblique reference to the Dragonsfoot thread.Gygax, on the other hand, liberally peppers his response with mocking, personal attacks on Kuntz's character and work ethic, culminating with the drudging up of an insult from when Kuntz was a kid.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 9433749, member: 6680772"] The full exchange pretty much confirms the podcast's take on it, IMO. Gygax posts his recollections on Dragonsfoot. Kuntz respectfully suggests he is misremembering something. Gygax comes back disproportionately hot, and makes it a point to bring up a person's dislike of Kuntz. I mean, this was essentially a disagreement over 30+ year old memories between ostensible friends and collaborators, but Gygax acts like he's shutting down some "But AKSHUALLY..." nerd. I will not speculate as to Kuntz's motivations to leave Castle Zagyg, other than to say that I doubt the Dragonsfoot thread was [I]only[/I] reason. In fact, his fairly professional letter resigning from the project (which Gygax calls "hate mail") gives other reasons as well. At no point in this "hate mail" does he attack Gygax personally, or assign any blame or reproach to him. At best, there is an oblique reference to the Dragonsfoot thread. Gygax, on the other hand, [I]liberally[/I] peppers his response with mocking, personal attacks on Kuntz's character and work ethic, culminating with the drudging up of an insult from when Kuntz was a kid. [/QUOTE]

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