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Well finally an old TSR employee has had enough...

Started by honeydipperdavid, June 24, 2024, 02:41:42 PM

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honeydipperdavid

June 24, 2024, 02:41:42 PM
Rob Kuntz is pissed at WotC

Good for him, meanwhile a lot of the other grognards are so fucking scared of getting cancelled they tend to keep their mouths shut.  I mean the Latin American family of orcs got Kask to state that is not going to work, which was a surprise.  When I went to Garycon this year and I had Perkin's at one of the events memorializing Gygax I held my nacho's down and enjoyed sitting down without asking him his take on WotC insulting TSR and Gygax with their claims, so yeah I'm a coward on that, but getting escorted out of the con, wasn't on my bucket list either.

JeremyR

#1
June 24, 2024, 03:30:15 PM
Rob Kuntz? The guy who made a career out of bashing EGG when it was popular to do so?

Aglondir

#2
June 24, 2024, 04:48:25 PM
Holy Smite

Evocation [Good]
Level:    99
Components: V
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range:    Web
Area:    Web

You draw down holy power to smite your enemies. Woke creatures cry. 6th Edition sales flounder. OSR and indie community is not affected.

honeydipperdavid

#3
June 24, 2024, 05:32:27 PM
Quote from: Aglondir on June 24, 2024, 04:48:25 PMHoly Smite

Evocation [Good]
Level:    99
Components: V
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range:    Web
Area:    Web

You draw down holy power to smite your enemies. Woke creatures cry. 6th Edition sales flounder. OSR and indie community is not affected.

Kuntz was a minor guy, he'll impact some of the Gen X sales.  Still its better to hear someone say enough is enough for christs sake.

Spinachcat

#4
June 24, 2024, 07:19:26 PM
Good for Rob.

The RPG hobby - like America - needs a National Divorce.

Armchair Gamer

#5
June 24, 2024, 08:53:08 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat on June 24, 2024, 07:19:26 PMGood for Rob.

The RPG hobby - like America - needs a National Divorce.

  Even if we didn't have several different religions (WotC's Church of Asmodeus, Paizo's Reformed Church of Asmodeus, Pundit's Sorcerous Masonic Enlightenment, the Jeffrogaxian Fremen ... ), I'd still support this for the fact that we seem to have numerous different hobbies all calling themselves "RPGs," several of them even laying claim to "D&D" itself.

Mistwell

#6
June 24, 2024, 09:17:16 PM Last Edit: June 24, 2024, 09:20:43 PM by Mistwell
This is the same Rob Kuntz who said Gygax had little to do with inventing D&D, was "stone cold jealous" of Dave Arneson, and the "one good thing" he could say about Gary was he knew how to move on a good idea when he saw it? Who described Gary as a sort of meglomaniac who was screaming at employees and firing or demoting anyone who dissented from what he wanted, who drove Rob to resign from TSR?

That's the guy who says he is burdened with "watching this slanderous episode unfold?"

What, he's pissed he didn't have a monopoly on slandering Gary's reputation?

Omega

#7
June 24, 2024, 09:21:06 PM
Quote from: Mistwell on June 24, 2024, 09:17:16 PMThis is the same Rob Kuntz who said Gygax had little to do with inventing D&D, was "stone cold jealous" of Dave Arneson, and the "one good thing" he could say about Gary was he knew how to move on a good idea when he saw it? Who described Gary as a sort of meglomaniac who was screaming at employees and firing or demoting anyone who dissented from what he wanted, who drove Rob to resign from TSR?

That's the guy who says he is burdened with "watching this slanderous episode unfold?"

What, he's pissed he didn't have a monopoly on slandering Gary's reputation?

Pretty much yeah.

Festus

#8
June 24, 2024, 09:58:24 PM
Quote from: Mistwell on June 24, 2024, 09:17:16 PMThis is the same Rob Kuntz who said Gygax had little to do with inventing D&D, was "stone cold jealous" of Dave Arneson, and the "one good thing" he could say about Gary was he knew how to move on a good idea when he saw it? Who described Gary as a sort of meglomaniac who was screaming at employees and firing or demoting anyone who dissented from what he wanted, who drove Rob to resign from TSR?

That's the guy who says he is burdened with "watching this slanderous episode unfold?"

What, he's pissed he didn't have a monopoly on slandering Gary's reputation?

Hypocrisy, thy name is Kuntz.
"I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it."     
- Groucho Marx

Man at Arms

#9
June 25, 2024, 01:08:27 PM
WOTC is sitting on a gold mine, and yet they choose to shit upon it.

Why build it up, when they can tear it down, and shit upon it instead?

honeydipperdavid

#10
June 26, 2024, 01:16:20 AM
Quote from: Man at Arms on June 25, 2024, 01:08:27 PMWOTC is sitting on a gold mine, and yet they choose to shit upon it.

Why build it up, when they can tear it down, and shit upon it instead?

WotC is owned by race marxists now, they are against profit.  They don't put out content to make sales they put out content to create converts.  WotC will keep putting out race marxist crap until they go bankrupt and on the way out they will put up the hammer and sickle and rise up on the web page on the way out.  They are not gamers and have never cared one bit about the hobby, not a single day.

Melan

#11
June 26, 2024, 04:11:46 AM
Rob is looking for a new group of mugs and suckers who are not yet familiar with his MO. He has burned several bridges in the last two decades, leaving behind unfulfilled promises, unpaid artists, swindled co-authors, and advances he cashed but didn't follow up with substantial work. He has sung this tune before, and there were always people willing to believe him. The move to a "based TSR creator" stance is a new iteration of the grift.
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#12
June 26, 2024, 02:21:44 PM
Quote from: Melan on June 26, 2024, 04:11:46 AMRob is looking for a new group of mugs and suckers who are not yet familiar with his MO. He has burned several bridges in the last two decades, leaving behind unfulfilled promises, unpaid artists, swindled co-authors, and advances he cashed but didn't follow up with substantial work. He has sung this tune before, and there were always people willing to believe him. The move to a "based TSR creator" stance is a new iteration of the grift.

Well, there goes my hope of ever getting a proper sequel to Castle Zagyg: Dark Chateau....
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SmallMountaineer

#13
June 26, 2024, 03:28:03 PM
Dungeons & Dragons has more than enough issues and naysayers. I cannot fathom why they thought pursuing new ways to piss people off was the best course of action at this juncture.
As far as gaming is concerned, I have no socio-political nor religious views.
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SHARK

#14
June 26, 2024, 03:39:26 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat on June 24, 2024, 07:19:26 PMGood for Rob.

The RPG hobby - like America - needs a National Divorce.

Greetings!

Absolutely TRUE, brother!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK
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