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<blockquote data-quote="OptionalRule" data-source="post: 9519078" data-attributes="member: 6680">I wrote something today after watching Tim Cain's (Fallout, Troika) recent video about Temple of Elemental Evil being left out of Art &amp; Arcana. Between that and our ongoing discussions about Gary's legacy, and given a lot of the discussions online and on EN World, I've been thinking a lot about how we remember the actual people who built this hobby.<a href="https://www.optionalrule.com/2024/11/26/the-human-side-of-dnd-history/" target="_blank">The Human Side of D&amp;D History: Reflecting on How We Remember Our Creators</a>Quick TLDR highlights:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tim's story about literally cutting up his personal ToEE module to share with his dev team</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">How Gary was less &quot;internet celebrity&quot; and more &quot;D&amp;D fan's pen pal&quot; in the early days</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The contrast between creators as real people vs. internet talking points</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why veteran gamers might be defensive of Gary (hint: we actually met him!)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The irony of defending creators against AI while reducing them to memes</li>
</ul>Not trying to start another flame war about Gary or WotC - just hoping we can talk about the human side of our hobby's history. Some of you oldtimers probably have great convention stories about meeting these folks - would love to hear them.What do you think? How do we balance honest criticism while remembering these are real people who helped build our hobby?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OptionalRule, post: 9519078, member: 6680"] I wrote something today after watching Tim Cain's (Fallout, Troika) recent video about Temple of Elemental Evil being left out of Art & Arcana. Between that and our ongoing discussions about Gary's legacy, and given a lot of the discussions online and on EN World, I've been thinking a lot about how we remember the actual people who built this hobby. [URL='https://www.optionalrule.com/2024/11/26/the-human-side-of-dnd-history/']The Human Side of D&D History: Reflecting on How We Remember Our Creators[/URL] Quick TLDR highlights: [LIST] [*]Tim's story about literally cutting up his personal ToEE module to share with his dev team [*]How Gary was less "internet celebrity" and more "D&D fan's pen pal" in the early days [*]The contrast between creators as real people vs. internet talking points [*]Why veteran gamers might be defensive of Gary (hint: we actually met him!) [*]The irony of defending creators against AI while reducing them to memes [/LIST] Not trying to start another flame war about Gary or WotC - just hoping we can talk about the human side of our hobby's history. Some of you oldtimers probably have great convention stories about meeting these folks - would love to hear them. What do you think? How do we balance honest criticism while remembering these are real people who helped build our hobby? [/QUOTE]

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