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Re: The Lego Mecha Hall of Fame - What do you think?
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Thu, 13 May 2004 06:47:37 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Eric Sophie wrote:
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When the LMHoF was created back in August 2001, the Founders wanted to
present a fan created resource and archive honoring Mecha design.
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We had some simple criteria.
1. Do it ourselves with permission from the builders.
2. Keep our identities secret.
3. Keep an eye out accross the web for Mecha Designs.
4. A simple voting process conducted in a remote forum.
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I think that’s a reasonable system. I never knew that before. It might be worth
putting this on the new website.
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We kept our identities secret for many reasons.
Mostly because we did not want to hear a buch of flack from people and avoid
all the second guessing that comes along with a public arena.
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Did it help? From your descriptions further down, it seems it didn’t. Still, I
respect that choice.
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Now there are just a few things I must say. These are not easy things to
say,
but they are the truth.
The old Founders have all but gone away.
Some are dormant, some have moved on, some lurk. Some are living great
adventures elsewhere in life. These things happen. A couple just simply
don’t
want to be involved anymore. Hey fine. We are not married and I wish
all the
best to those in their personnal pursuits. The LMHoF will always be
there to
greet you when you return.
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Fair enough, but I’m sure you’d find enough willing members to fill out the
ranks of those that have moved on.
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To those who say the LMHoF is elitest, your missing the point.
I ask you, to what level of excellence should people be held for induction.
The whole point to having a Hall of Fame is to exemplify excellence and
inovation. The standards should be somewhat high. Or we risk just having a
big
Mecha Club. Something we wanted to avoid.
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I don’t recall any such talk here in recent memory. Besides, I thought the whole
point of the Hall of Fame was to be elitist. It is a gallery of the elite
builders of the genre, and something for us mere peasants to aspire to. And this
is where my problem is - there have been some outstanding builders in the time
I’ve been here, but no change in the Hall of Fame, even though I think they are
more than deserving of a place. I don’t have a problem with the selection
process (now that I know what it is), nor the secret society of The Founders,
nor any of what you’ve talked about, merely that it seems to have become one of
those lost and forgotten cornes of the web that never gets updated, when it
really should be a vibrant, integral part of the mech building community.
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What do you think of the Lego Mecha Hall of Fame?
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It could be excellent.
When I first came out of my dark ages, certainly. It never occured to me to even
think of building these things until I saw the HoF and .build.mecha. But it
hasn’t changed since then, so I hardly ever visit any more. I didn’t even know
the site was under construction until yesterday, and you say it’s been this way
for a year? These days I find the ‘New Mech’ archives on the sidebar a much more
useful reference.
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What would you like to see happen?
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Something. Anything. I trust The Founders intentions, but they seem to need a
little prodding into action ;) This seems to be happening now.
Cheers, and thanks for the clarifications.
Allister
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| (...) I suppose back then we didn't know how to put it politely. TBH, I think we also liked the mystery. Perhaps now it should be made more clear for the present times. Remember when Shazam visited the "Elders". (...) Thank you. (...) Question is: (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (URL) When the LMHoF was created back in August 2001, the Founders wanted to present a fan created resource and archive honoring Mecha design. At the time, building Lego Mecha designs was in it's infancy. So when you wanted to see the few designs (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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