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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8753739" data-attributes="member: 5948">Thing is, if he'd done a basic amount of research, used spell check and got people's names right, then he probably could have gotten a gig at Wizards in the early days as some sort of creative consultant or whatever.&nbsp; Probably with a degree of caution, because WotC were all about making it be seen they were in touch with the hobby's history so they wouldn't have wanted to alienate Gygax, but they'd have found SOMETHING for Arneson along the lines of what Greenwood does these days.&nbsp; At least until he failed to meet deadlines too many times, i guess.&nbsp; Say what you like about Ed Greenwood, but the guy reliably churns out material.But he had to go in and ask to run the whole shebang.&nbsp; Not just a creative gig, not just a historical consultant or elder statesman, he wanted the big chair.&nbsp; Was never, ever, ever going to happen, under a regime that only even bought D&amp;D/TSR because it'd fallen apart due to amateurish management and was really leery about seeing it happen again.&nbsp; Anyone could have told him so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8753739, member: 5948"] Thing is, if he'd done a basic amount of research, used spell check and got people's names right, then he probably could have gotten a gig at Wizards in the early days as some sort of creative consultant or whatever. Probably with a degree of caution, because WotC were all about making it be seen they were in touch with the hobby's history so they wouldn't have wanted to alienate Gygax, but they'd have found SOMETHING for Arneson along the lines of what Greenwood does these days. At least until he failed to meet deadlines too many times, i guess. Say what you like about Ed Greenwood, but the guy reliably churns out material. But he had to go in and ask to run the whole shebang. Not just a creative gig, not just a historical consultant or elder statesman, he wanted the big chair. Was never, ever, ever going to happen, under a regime that only even bought D&D/TSR because it'd fallen apart due to amateurish management and was really leery about seeing it happen again. Anyone could have told him so. [/QUOTE]

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