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<blockquote data-quote="Blackmoor_Film" data-source="post: 7807290" data-attributes="member: 6968402"><p>When I see people questioning Rob Kuntz I have to wade in as well.</p><p></p><p>It's easy to go online and be yet another self made expert.</p><p></p><p>So my first question is: Who are you that you think you can disparage Rob Kuntz freely while hiding behind internet anonymity.</p><p></p><p>My second question is: what are you sources?</p><p></p><p>I saw a post stating something along the lines of: <strong>Others disagree with you.</strong> What others disagree with Rob? Using that language is as good as when a politician says: <strong>Mistakes have been made.</strong> It's a weak tactic, cite your sources and name the names.</p><p></p><p>Somehow it has been forgotten how research is conducted. <strong>Rob is a Primary Source</strong>, why attack him? You should be asking him questions.</p><p></p><p>Most of the arguments being posited against Rob are the same old arguments. They lack sophistication and really do not add anything to the discussion of the history of RPG's.</p><p></p><p>I am going to pose a serious question for everyone to ruminate on.</p><p></p><p><strong>Q: How does Gary Gygax learn to play RPG's as a referee?</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>A: He goes to Minnesota and plays with Arneson and his group of players.</strong></p><p></p><p>There are letter indicating that this trip occurs and one of the sources from Secrets of Blackmoor told me this story which I recorded.</p><p></p><p>It is supported by Rob's narrative of: We tried to reproduce what Arneson had done the next morning, but couldn't.</p><p></p><p>If Gygax does not know how to run an RPG style game, despite a lot of later efforts to create a smoke screen surrounding this issue, why is it the only person on the planet that can teach him to play an RPG is Dave Arneson?</p><p></p><p>Because Arneson invented what I call the Adventure Game and most people call RPG's.</p><p></p><p>The flow of information only flows one way - Arneson to Gygax. Without Dave Arneson to teach Gygax this game style, Gygax would be a nobody.</p><p></p><p>As to who created D&D, it's a collaboration. They did it together. Arneson did a lot more than provide 18 pages of notes. There are entire manuscripts that have been found now that were not typed by Gygax.</p><p></p><p>Griff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blackmoor_Film, post: 7807290, member: 6968402"] When I see people questioning Rob Kuntz I have to wade in as well. It's easy to go online and be yet another self made expert. So my first question is: Who are you that you think you can disparage Rob Kuntz freely while hiding behind internet anonymity. My second question is: what are you sources? I saw a post stating something along the lines of: [B]Others disagree with you.[/B] What others disagree with Rob? Using that language is as good as when a politician says: [B]Mistakes have been made.[/B] It's a weak tactic, cite your sources and name the names. Somehow it has been forgotten how research is conducted. [B]Rob is a Primary Source[/B], why attack him? You should be asking him questions. Most of the arguments being posited against Rob are the same old arguments. They lack sophistication and really do not add anything to the discussion of the history of RPG's. I am going to pose a serious question for everyone to ruminate on. [B]Q: How does Gary Gygax learn to play RPG's as a referee? A: He goes to Minnesota and plays with Arneson and his group of players.[/B] There are letter indicating that this trip occurs and one of the sources from Secrets of Blackmoor told me this story which I recorded. It is supported by Rob's narrative of: We tried to reproduce what Arneson had done the next morning, but couldn't. If Gygax does not know how to run an RPG style game, despite a lot of later efforts to create a smoke screen surrounding this issue, why is it the only person on the planet that can teach him to play an RPG is Dave Arneson? Because Arneson invented what I call the Adventure Game and most people call RPG's. The flow of information only flows one way - Arneson to Gygax. Without Dave Arneson to teach Gygax this game style, Gygax would be a nobody. As to who created D&D, it's a collaboration. They did it together. Arneson did a lot more than provide 18 pages of notes. There are entire manuscripts that have been found now that were not typed by Gygax. Griff [/QUOTE]
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