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When D&D Co-Creator Dave Arneson Asked WotC For A Job!
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<blockquote data-quote="grimslade" data-source="post: 8754736" data-attributes="member: 6061"><p>I don't see the big deal. Adkinson knew enough of the history of D&D to recognize the good and ill of Arneson. The letter quickly confirmed the hearsay. Arneson was not hired or even considered for anything because WotC was buying a dead company's assets out of a sense of nostalgia and appreciation. I am not going to drag Arneson. Both he and Gygax, rightfully, have a lot of warm feelings for what they brought into the world, but neither could have done any of it without a lot of luck and a lot of help. We like to, as a society, elevate individuals as being the 'parent' of ideas or inventions, but it is never the case. It is a cult of personality and a desire to simplify things. It is also a bit of a projection of what we want. We want some untapped genius in the wings to solve our gripes with the game. The rightful heir who will return to fix all our problems with the game. Arneson was not that guy. There never is, and never was a 'that guy'. They are all human beings with ugly parts and bad habits who threw a bunch of ideas into a stew. D&D was the result.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grimslade, post: 8754736, member: 6061"] I don't see the big deal. Adkinson knew enough of the history of D&D to recognize the good and ill of Arneson. The letter quickly confirmed the hearsay. Arneson was not hired or even considered for anything because WotC was buying a dead company's assets out of a sense of nostalgia and appreciation. I am not going to drag Arneson. Both he and Gygax, rightfully, have a lot of warm feelings for what they brought into the world, but neither could have done any of it without a lot of luck and a lot of help. We like to, as a society, elevate individuals as being the 'parent' of ideas or inventions, but it is never the case. It is a cult of personality and a desire to simplify things. It is also a bit of a projection of what we want. We want some untapped genius in the wings to solve our gripes with the game. The rightful heir who will return to fix all our problems with the game. Arneson was not that guy. There never is, and never was a 'that guy'. They are all human beings with ugly parts and bad habits who threw a bunch of ideas into a stew. D&D was the result. [/QUOTE]
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