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low-life scum Занятное http://blackmoormystara.blogspot.com/20 комментарии от сотрудников компании TSR 1980-х, с личными подробностями общения с директором компании Lorraine Williams (скупившей акции TSR по дешевке и выдоившей TSR досуха, доведя ее банкротства). Lorraine hated and loathed gamers in general; she felt that they were low-life scum, and didn't want to have any of them working for TSR Hobbies. She's the one who branched out into TSR woodburning kits, TSR needlepoint, and other 'interesting' parts of the TSR ctalog from those days. She made a point of purging anyone who came to her attention at the company who was tagged as a 'gamer', and worked very hard to remake TSR into 'her company' as what she wanted to have was a 'mainstream' company like Milton-Bradley or Hasbro - and not some sleazy haven for social misfits that pandered to their bizarre habits. In my personal experience, Lorraine was quite the bit of work; arrogant, conceited, and a complete snob. The sales numbers and other metrics from TSR under her reign are the best indicator of just how badly she ran the company; in any case, she increased the debt load of the company from roughly $3 million in total to a good $15 million (mostly in unsold merchandise sitting in the warehouse in Lake Geneva) in the space of about five years. * * * Это я посмотрел, что пишут про историю жизни покойного Гайгэкса, изобретателя AD&D; его эта дамочка довела до могилы, отсудив у него права на все его проекты, настоящие и будущие. Привет Current Mood: |
sick