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Re: I do feel bad for Gail Gygax by mysteriorc 03/24/2019, 2:06pm PDT
"Robertsconley" on RPGPub offers an explanation for the nerd rage:


The original animosity stems from just after Gygax's death when she yanked all the projects that were being worked on at Troll Lord Games. Then the shutting down of Gygax Magazine.

Then the Gygax Memorial Issue. The memorial was being handled by a non profit foundation whose records are supposed to be public. The foundation was lack in its filings until Tenkar held their feet to the fire. What was uncovered was nothing like in nothing is being done with the money. There is now an issue of where the royalties that Wizards is paying from RPGNow sales is going as that doesn't appear anywhere.

The anger towards Gail Gygax stems from the three things above. It not some random bit of nerd rage but animosity towards an individual who was actively antagonist towards a niche of the hobby. Then compounded by a series of incompetent moves.

I dealt with or was part of family owned corporations for most of my career. They can be very good but often have "quirks" as a result of the owner's personality or the family attitude. For some the quirks are bad enough that it negatively impacts their business. Sadly Gail Gygax appears to be in the latter category.


Really the whole thing is just very sad, though.
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I do feel bad for Gail Gygax by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/10/2019, 6:13am PDT NEW
    Re: I do feel bad for Gail Gygax by mysteriorc 03/24/2019, 2:06pm PDT NEW
        Did they write a version of that in English? NT by What was uncovered... 03/24/2019, 5:53pm PDT NEW
 
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