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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> > [...] Although LUGNET does not aim to be a place for AFOL's only (as far
> > as I know), it appears that mostly adults use the resources. [...]
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> At this stage in its development, it kind of does aim for that a little bit.
> That is, it's been a conscious decision to make the site much more appealing
> and useful to adult LEGO Maniacs than to kids or parents of LEGO-Maniac kids,
> while things are still shaping. Similarly, in the first month or two that
> the newsgroups went up, it was a conscious decision to make the site most
> appealing to serious fans and only later (1 month ago) to casual fans, now
> that things are slowly taking shape.
This is exactly why I like it here so much. For so many years I did not build
with Lego because "society" said it was a toy and a 30 year old should not
build with Lego (Society and Peer presure suck some times). Then one day I was
helping my nephiew build a Lego set and I saw a catalog with Darth Vader on it.
Because I am also a big SW fan I decided to search the internet for SW Lego
info.
As part of that search I found this wonderful site and saw that there was a
community of "Adult Fans of Lego" and soon after I was building again and I had
finally found that elusive hobby I had been searching for.
Now I see that there are Lego Trains (N Scale model railroading is another of
my hobbies) and will be checking out some Lego Trains when I get a chance.
All this being said I was on a couple of occasions under the impression I was
communicating with an Adult when it was actually a Young Lego Fan. Now I am
much more careful in my communications to assume that a Lugnet user is a Minor
until I can determine otherwise.
This is just my story and I guess I just wanted to thank Todd and all the other
Lego fans that have contributed to this site and other internet Lego resources
for making it apparent to those like me that this can be a great adult hobby.
I think that as a result of Todd's and others efforts more and more adults will
see that it is OK to take out their Lego and build again.
Eric Kingsley
One very appretiative Lego fan.
When replying by E-mail remember to remove the ".jawaspam".
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> Although anyone and everyone has always been welcomed, studies of dynamical
> systems in nature and mathematics show that the initial conditions of a
> system have a profound impact on the ongoing long-term development of the
> system. So establishing things from the very start with a more serious and
> mature approach helps set that tone, and I think this has worked very well.
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> At some point, maybe a year down the road, it'll be safe to switch gears a
> bit and start creating special areas that do appeal to kids and/or teachers.
> The closer that these areas are to the newsgroups, the more need or use there
> may be for volunteer mentorships (see second half of):
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=814
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> And here is the whole story of how one 13-year-old ended up finding this
> place a bit too hostile for his tastes -- and about how not knowing someone's
> approximate age can dramaticaly affect perceptions of their actions):
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> http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=2670&t=i&v=a
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> --Todd
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| (...) Well said Eric! I agree, Todd deserves a lot of credit. I also liked your point about how society looks upon a 30 year old playing with toys. Boy did that bring back memories. I left my dark ages in 1979 (at age 26) and was thrown into the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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