@DuckTapeAl My assumption has always been that he was already veeeerrryyy badly hurt by some things well before this site existed. And then I remember how many hours of fun and comraderie I've drawn from his work, and just say a little 'thanks, Frank.'
(Can you imagine what the arguments in Lake Geneva in the early 80's must have been like? That much pedantry and need-to-win-the-argument clustered in one building?)
My suspicion, based on my time in the video games industry, is that there was a really talented producer who didn't get nearly enough credit for getting stuff shipped on time. :P
My vague impression is that the transition from "a bunch of people who looked up to Gary working in his basement" to "a bunch of also really-smart and opinionated people now wrestling over a vision, rather than just following one's vision" was a pretty rough one.
@DuckTapeAl you remember correctly, and he was called out for it quite pointedly. (it's the very same occasion he's complaining about in his profile description.)
don't know what ExTSR's deal is, but they seem to be trying to do some weak victim playing.
he claims he's been abused and humiliated during actions where he was the one engaging in abuse and others simply weren't having it, which is textbook crybullying, one of the ways victim playing can manifest.
@BESW I don't know if you were hoping to point my attention toward something in specific, or if an inbox message was just auto-generated when you moved messages that included mine. If the former, I've missed the message =\