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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9664031" data-attributes="member: 4534">It's a reminder of just how low paying the RPG industry can be.&nbsp; TSR was all too happy to pay low wages, knowing there weren't many other places employees could go if they wanted to keep working on games.He really, really did.&nbsp; Hubris, thy name is Gary.&nbsp; He was also offered something like $500,000 a year, for five years, in that same settlement.&nbsp; When Gary lost the court case, he had no leverage and had to settle for something much less.&nbsp; He just felt so strongly that D&amp;D was 100% his lock, stock, and barrel he couldn't accept it belonged to TSR.&nbsp; There was still a fair amount of skullduggery in how Williams took over the company.&nbsp; Don't get me wrong, I'm not painting Gygax as a poor, sweet innocent lamb beset upon by wolves.&nbsp; He reaped what he sowed.&nbsp; As a famous Scotsman once told me, &quot;He was the otter of his own fat.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9664031, member: 4534"] It's a reminder of just how low paying the RPG industry can be. TSR was all too happy to pay low wages, knowing there weren't many other places employees could go if they wanted to keep working on games. He really, really did. Hubris, thy name is Gary. He was also offered something like $500,000 a year, for five years, in that same settlement. When Gary lost the court case, he had no leverage and had to settle for something much less. He just felt so strongly that D&D was 100% his lock, stock, and barrel he couldn't accept it belonged to TSR. There was still a fair amount of skullduggery in how Williams took over the company. Don't get me wrong, I'm not painting Gygax as a poor, sweet innocent lamb beset upon by wolves. He reaped what he sowed. As a famous Scotsman once told me, "He was the otter of his own fat." [/QUOTE]

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