Having played 00D&D with rolled in order and 3D6 I love the flexibility of point buy. Not being a strong min-max player when character role play is a starting factor (always) I prefer the combination of flexibility and bell curve character creation.
Example from 1973 - fighter where high stat was 12 and second highest was 10 lowest was a 3 and a 6.
Edit: died around 4th level IIRC and not intentionally.