As I'm sure some of you are aware, there's a discussion going on over on another forum about the original campaign and creation chronology of Dave's Blackmoor. I used to be a member of that forum, and recently reactivated my account there. I feel that was a mistake, and I have closed the account again and will not be back to that forum.

To be frank, I have been appalled by the turn that the thread has taken; it's no longer about Dave and his creation, but about 'who has the biggest pile of stuff!' and I am very sorry to see that the producer/director of "Secrets of Blackmoor" taking the line that he is with the author of "Playing At The World", and find that this kind of thing is just not to my taste. I have had several unpleasant experiences with him and his rivalry with Mr. Pederson; one was after Gary Con, some years back, when he called me to accuse me of 'selling out' to Mr. Pederson by selling my original Harchar (and his officers) miniatures for $1,000 as there were photos of the check I'd gotten on the Intenet. He was mistaken - The check was given to Bill Hoyt for the purchase of Jon of Bill's collection of documents and I still have my figures. He also called me during the local game convention, Con of the North, this past spring where I was helping Bill with his "History of RPGs" display, to crow to me about how he'd scored point off of Jon in some sort of Facebook debate. I found that quite distasteful, and quite unsettling.

If this is what passes for civilized conduct in gaming circles, these days, please count me out. If anyone needs to contact me, please use the e-mail address here or on my blog. Thank you for all of your time, and your love of Blackmoor!

I'm sorry to read your post. As the Admin of that forum I try to maintain a balance between freedom to post ideas and an iron fist to stop trolling. I split the Blackmoor chronology thread into two parts -- one which discusses the actual chronology and one which allows for the other stuff. I gave one member a "time out" of a week for his attacks on Jon. I really want that community to be a good one and I'm sad that you left it (twice). :(

I am late to the party, and I am glad that Fin has spoken out on this already. Now, since I am the same Rafael as on OD&D'74, as you all know, I would like to say - nothing that has not been said yet. I endorse how this was handled.

The oldschool movement has gained in significance in recent years, and the segment of the market that depends on it has grown; that changes how people interact. I dislike that change, and I am changing my own attitude to any involvement to the hobby accordingly.

It's a crying shame that on the grounds that we've spent decades building here, a culture of intolerance and bullying is nurturing itself. All of us are aware of it, and it's high time something is done about it. - Now, I have no skin in this game, and my contribution to fandom has long concluded. So, I won't do it. But sooner or later, someone else will have to.

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