Being named DiMaggio does not mean you can hit a lot of home runs. No matter who might be claiming what, they simply do not have the credentials. There is no one of the creative side of TSR from the early days involved with the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum. Now there've been claims in a couple of posts, one of which is by Ernie, about how the stalwarts, the old TSR are flocking to the banner. It's a foolish person that doesn't wet his finger once in a while and feel the wind shift. He's a troll, a troglodyte, a neanderthal, if he really means that. Now there are some little Karens going on some of the social media and painting with the same brush all of us that were there back then based on the stupid ass sh*t that Ernie just said. This whole thing has brought the OSR (the old school revival) into serious disrepute. Probably more than that, I don't believe that there's a quarter of the gaming industry that still are the neanderthals that he would make us out to be. That they were men, and they didn't give a sh*t, and la la la.īut right there they alienated three quarters of the gaming industry. The transcript of his podcasts are there for everyone to read. He basically waved his bare ass in front of everybody that's concerned about pronouns, and woke, and all that right now in the industry and thumbed his nose at them. Ernie Gygax made a most egregious mistake in an interview he did on a podcast. "There has been bandied about in social media over the last several days several claims about what's going on in Lake Geneva right now. So I’m making it clear I don’t like this style and I have ZERO to do with TSR" Making a quick nostalgia money grab based on my fathers name and not much else. The bombastic press releases and claims to old IP. Also basically jacking the TSR logo from Jayson Elliot. Going out of the way to talk gender/woke stuff. Using names of people to promote without their knowledge. The museum is a for profit business and was asking for donations. The way TSR treats people online in their public exchanges is rude. Luke Gygax - "FYI- I am not involved with any TSR company nor is Gary Con nor anyone else in my family outside of Ernie. Yes it's a name with some logos, that is all I know." Right now I don't see how anyone could pick up where the old company left off. Jim Ward, an original TSR alumnus and who wrote Giantlands, TSR3's flagship product - "At the present time I know little or nothing about the relaunch of TSR. And yeah, I could sure use some new commissions to make up for this big hit on my cashflow" I've returned their downpayment on the next piece of art I was scheduled to do for them. UPDATE: After investigating reports about statements made by representatives of this new TSR, I have determined that I can no longer do business with them in good conscience. If I ever become a full-time employee anywhere again, I will announce that myself.
That’s how I make my living, and spreading the misinformation that I’m now employed full-time by one particular client could stop other clients from approaching me and hurt my business. I have done some work for them as a freelance artist. Jeff Dee - "There is a rumor going around that I am part of this new TSR company. That means that TSR is not welcome at Origins Game Fair, GAMA Expo or any event affiliated with our organization." Transphobia, racism, and sexism will not be tolerated. Our motto is “A game at every table, a table for everyone”. We pride ourselves on supporting and promoting inclusivity always. GAMA (the Game Manufacturers Association) - "We’re aware of the appalling statements published by TSR Games and their founder - GAMA does not condone nor agree with any part of it. Other companies including Gen Con and freelancers such as Jeff Dee have also made statements.įor reference - TSR1 is the (no longer existing) company which launched D&D in 1974, TSR2 is the company founded by Jayson Elliot in 2011 to create Gygax Magazine and which currently publishes the Top Secret RPG, and TSR3 is the newly launched company.Ĭatch up on my previous coverage of this story: Various entities are moving to distance themselves from the company and its activities, including TSR2, the company founded in 2011 by Jayson Elliot, which has now declared that it will not be using the name TSR any longer.
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The new TSR ( which I refer to as TSR3 to avoid confusion) has doubled down on its stance-which has been widely condemned online-via an ongoing series of tweets and replies from its TSR Games, Giantlands, and Dungeon Hobby Museum social media accounts (possibly operated by Justin LaNasa) in an astonishing PR campaign which makes the original interview which sparked off the controversy look mild in comparison.
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