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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8969001" data-attributes="member: 7808">Here are some GaryCon updates (that are tangentially related to NuTSR).There's a bit of drama about Frank Mentzer again.  For anyone who doesn't know, Frank used to be a Guest of Honor at GaryCon. But in February 2019 it was announced that his status was being revoked due to issues with him harassing people in various unpleasant forms.  Fast forward to 2023, and Luke Gygax has done an interview with a local news station about GaryCon: <a href="https://www.wisn.com/article/dungeons-dragons-convention-honoring-creator-coming-to-lake-geneva-wisconsin/43353117#" target="_blank">'Dungeons & Dragons' convention honoring game's creator coming to Lake Geneva</a>In the video, at the 1:54 mark, you can clearly see a photo of Frank Mentzer.  It seems Frank has taken offense to this, leading him to post about it on FaceBook:[ATTACH=full]278807[/ATTACH]AFAIK, the video from WISN is what he is referring to.  In the form typical of those who would rather be upset than actually address an issue, Frank has not given any direct link or specific information.  I can find no other marketing for the current GaryCon that uses Frank's image.  If you hunt around the GaryCon site, there are a few pics from old cons that you can see Frank in, but that's it. Considering all that, I think it's safe to say that Frank is being very unreasonable here.  It's clear that the image was used by WISN, not GaryCon (obviously, GaryCon doesn't own the images from the D&D movie either).  And it's clearly being used because they were pulling images from old GaryCons when Frank happened to be there.  That's not false advertising, that's just the way photos work; I don't expect to see James Doohan at Star Trek conventions just because someone uses a picture that includes Scotty.So, how does this get back to NuTSR?  At this point, we should all know that NuTSR's envy of Luke and GaryCon is bottomless, so of course NuTSR is going to repost this info and share it anywhere they're still allowed to spam:[ATTACH=full]278808[/ATTACH]Elsewhere on the internet, Ernie has shared that he hopes The Marmoreal Tomb may be available in time for GaryCon:[ATTACH=full]278809[/ATTACH]This train wreck of a Kickstarter has been discussed before.  I just want to remind everyone that Benoist Poire and Ernie Gygax are both supporters of Dave Johnson and his white supremacist beliefs, and that the Hobby Shop Dungeon game content has been featured at the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum many times.HSD being played at the DHSM:[ATTACH=full]278811[/ATTACH]B. Poire's take on SFNG:[ATTACH=full]278810[/ATTACH]People that supported the Kickstarter had no way of knowing about all this.  But please, don't buy this product or support this company now.</blockquote>

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