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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Brennen" data-source="post: 8488170" data-attributes="member: 553">I really don't think it's about memories of different versions of TSR causing any "heat" or "virtriol". That line of discussion upthread was more about its value as a marketing tool in the modern gaming era, and the different way people remember the company (if at all) impacting said value. I've never really seen any heated arguments over TSR as a company, though, despite those different feelings/memories of it.What LaNasa and nuTSR are playing on are a couple of different but occasionally intersecting things:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">People who would be drawn to products with the TSR trademark, for a variety of reasons (Nostalgia, "official" OSR products )</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">People who are "offended" by the labeling of older products as something that might have some content problems when viewed through modern sensibilities (anti-Wokeness)</li> </ol>It's the second one where the vitriol stems from. There may be bad faith arguments about the first, especially with regard to the trademark legal drama, but I'd say they're mostly rooted in the feelings of the second group.Because of the type of person LaNasa seems to be, it's like he doesn't understand or care (more likely) that the second item conflicts with the first item to a large degree, as it actively drives many people who might have been actually interested in some new TSR-labeled products. It's certainly driven away some of the creative talent they hoped to draw to nuTSR.</blockquote>

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