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<blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 9433959" data-attributes="member: 2732">Two quick points.&nbsp; The Dragonsfoot argument looks a lot more lukewarm when put in that context, if you judge Gary for that level of conflict, you'd have to put the same judgements on half the posters here.Secondly, I think the context of the insult is not Gary drudging up the memory to be petty but referencing the specific dragonsfoot conflict they just had the previous day.&nbsp; So looking from that specific perspective.In terms of the work ethic -- well, Rob Kuntz proved to miss a lot of deadlines and as others have reported elsewhere, he pretty much lost clout with other publishers because of lateness.&nbsp; So that's not coming out of nowhere.This was an email to me specifically, not something on the forums.&nbsp; I only shared it because I feel it provides more context than the quick blurb on the podcast.But then again, a lot of you will believe what you want to believe... in the 16 years since his death I've seen him be transformed from a real person people interacted with to a figure who will get analyzed and criticized by folks who didn't even know him or who weren't even alive or in this hobby at the time.&nbsp; This is why I hope there will never be a movie about him, since it will increase the distortion.&nbsp; At the very least, the most comforting thing I think will happen is eventually, he and D&amp;D will be forgotten after a few hundred years...as is the fate of most things in the world.&nbsp; And people will find new petty things to argue and critique.&nbsp; Such is the way of life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnRTroy, post: 9433959, member: 2732"] Two quick points. The Dragonsfoot argument looks a lot more lukewarm when put in that context, if you judge Gary for that level of conflict, you'd have to put the same judgements on half the posters here. Secondly, I think the context of the insult is not Gary drudging up the memory to be petty but referencing the specific dragonsfoot conflict they just had the previous day. So looking from that specific perspective. In terms of the work ethic -- well, Rob Kuntz proved to miss a lot of deadlines and as others have reported elsewhere, he pretty much lost clout with other publishers because of lateness. So that's not coming out of nowhere. This was an email to me specifically, not something on the forums. I only shared it because I feel it provides more context than the quick blurb on the podcast. But then again, a lot of you will believe what you want to believe... in the 16 years since his death I've seen him be transformed from a real person people interacted with to a figure who will get analyzed and criticized by folks who didn't even know him or who weren't even alive or in this hobby at the time. This is why I hope there will never be a movie about him, since it will increase the distortion. At the very least, the most comforting thing I think will happen is eventually, he and D&D will be forgotten after a few hundred years...as is the fate of most things in the world. And people will find new petty things to argue and critique. Such is the way of life. [/QUOTE]

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