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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8831348" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I'm going to point out that prior to this comment, there was the following in this thread-1. Multiple people said that they were there at the time, and that this isn't true. Everyone with personal experience said he was wrong, and viewed it either with bemusement (isn't that cute) or annoyance, but there wasn't some sort of "Hey, this guy is on to something!"2. Sacrosanct posted a minute-by-minute brief analysis of the claims, and why they were wrong.3. Multiple people referred you (and others) to a book that has detailed analysis of how people played in the 1970s.4. There were also links to multiple threads. In addition to the book and the multiple references, there was an extended essay with a long section discussing why it is a categorical error to just look at RAW when discussing OD&D.5. Finally, the claim was that this was an "obscure" rule (see, e.g., video at 2:15). As if this person discovered it. Not only is this not true from experience (see my 1, supra), but I specifically noted that this rule* was not just in the LBBs, but it was also in the 1e DMG!** Which meant that it wasn't some obscure 1974 artifact, but part of the rules until 1989.People did explain it. People did set the record straight. And people provided personal experiences as well as resources.So why care? Why do I care that someone on youtube is getting something wrong and telling people the wrong thing?A. To start with, it's more that people are arguing with me (and others) that our experience is wrong. Just think about that- that's what is annoying. It's doubling down and telling people that their lived and actual experience, backed up by research, is wrong. Not great, Bob.B. More importantly, it's annoying. Imagine it's something you know about- say, a children's US history explainer that says, "Abraham Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence." Would you care? We should want people to be accurate- a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth puts its pants on.C. Finally, this isn't hidden information. If you don't demand that people do a better job, they won't. There's a lot of good stuff out there- people can either choose to watch the material that is accurate and accountable, or not. And I'm not just talking about D&D. If you start defending the bad stuff, then eventually that's on you.*Again, this wasn't a rule. There were "rule rules" and "suggestion rules." This was the latter.** [USER=6877472]@James Gasik[/USER] "No One Reads the DMG" is a running joke about the 5e DMG. It's obviously not true about the 5e DMG (someone has read it!), it is more certainly not true about the 1e DMG; I, you, and many others probably know the 1e DMG better than the correct definition of Bree-Yark.</blockquote>

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