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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1718918" data-attributes="member: 158">I will not comment on another person's marriage here, but there's one thing that this story doesn't put into perspective, that I received from the 25th anniversary boxed set: Gary had quit a job at insurance sales to work full-time on gaming . (I do not know if it was by the time of Rob's narration or not). If someone with a family of several children has quit a full-time job to follow a dream that is completely new and untested, regardless of ultimate outcome, then it can paint quite a different picture than someone who is merely intent on hampering someone else's dream. Who was right or wrong is none of our concern, really - but remember no one has the whole picture here, exept Gary and his family, and frankly, in my opinion it's not that respectful to discuss it (the right or wrong issue, not the story, mind you).But what this DOES give us (and things I love about stories from D&amp;D's early days) is putting a human face on the participants, to see WHY they did what they did, and how they came to certain conclusions. Rob's and Skip's stories especially paint a &quot;younger&quot; perspective on stories, the perspectives of the secondary figures in a story of the rise of a fad into an almost cultural movment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 1718918, member: 158"] I will not comment on another person's marriage here, but there's one thing that this story doesn't put into perspective, that I received from the 25th anniversary boxed set: Gary had quit a job at insurance sales to work full-time on gaming . (I do not know if it was by the time of Rob's narration or not). If someone with a family of several children has quit a full-time job to follow a dream that is completely new and untested, regardless of ultimate outcome, then it can paint quite a different picture than someone who is merely intent on hampering someone else's dream. Who was right or wrong is none of our concern, really - but remember no one has the whole picture here, exept Gary and his family, and frankly, in my opinion it's not that respectful to discuss it (the right or wrong issue, not the story, mind you). But what this DOES give us (and things I love about stories from D&D's early days) is putting a human face on the participants, to see WHY they did what they did, and how they came to certain conclusions. Rob's and Skip's stories especially paint a "younger" perspective on stories, the perspectives of the secondary figures in a story of the rise of a fad into an almost cultural movment. [/QUOTE]

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