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<blockquote data-quote="Gentlegamer" data-source="post: 4590835" data-attributes="member: 2425">Gary Gygax, &quot;From the Sorcerer's Scroll,&quot; The Dragon #16, page 21, July 1978Excerpt from the end of the editorial:In recent months, I have been the target of some pretty vicious and petty attacks from some of the “APA’s” [Amateur Press Association]. Much to the attackers’ collective dismay, I am still alive and well. I’ve never made any bones about my feelings toward the field: they are unprofessional, unethical and seemingly ignorant of the laws concerning libel. Most of the so-called “authors” seem to live in some sort of fantasy world, totally unconnected with the realities of everyday life. A good many of them are incapable of even quoting correctly.When apprised of error or inaccuracy, their usual response is an outburst of paranoia and persecution complexes. As the author mentions, there are a scant few exceptions in the field. A few have written material for this magazine in the past. Hopefully, a few will continue to do so. There is one who once wrote for TD who will never be asked to again, after he grossly misquoted something I said at Origins last year.When I first got into this business, I felt that the APA-zines might be good for the hobby. I even reviewed a number of them for TD readers. Now I know the error of my thinking. They serve no useful purpose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gentlegamer, post: 4590835, member: 2425"] Gary Gygax, "From the Sorcerer's Scroll," The Dragon #16, page 21, July 1978 Excerpt from the end of the editorial: [I]In recent months, I have been the target of some pretty vicious and petty attacks from some of the “APA’s” [Amateur Press Association]. Much to the attackers’ collective dismay, I am still alive and well. I’ve never made any bones about my feelings toward the field: they are unprofessional, unethical and seemingly ignorant of the laws concerning libel. Most of the so-called “authors” seem to live in some sort of fantasy world, totally unconnected with the realities of everyday life. A good many of them are incapable of even quoting correctly. When apprised of error or inaccuracy, their usual response is an outburst of paranoia and persecution complexes. As the author mentions, there are a scant few exceptions in the field. A few have written material for this magazine in the past. Hopefully, a few will continue to do so. There is one who once wrote for TD who will never be asked to again, after he grossly misquoted something I said at Origins last year. When I first got into this business, I felt that the APA-zines might be good for the hobby. I even reviewed a number of them for TD readers. Now I know the error of my thinking. They serve no useful purpose. [/I] [/QUOTE]

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