In online commentary on various forums, and even in my own group's games, I've noticed that we've gotten away from the "take what you get" emergent character creation that supposed to be part of old-school D&D. I've made little concessions myself, like allowing the 7th roll for starting gold to be swapped out with one of the six stat rolls. Or even (horrors) allowing "roll 3d6 six times and arrange to suit".
