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Re: Disparaging remaks and charges of being elitist
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:27:37 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Nathan Proudlove wrote:
> So, my guess is that this post will go generally unnoticed by the majority of
> the established fan community. The reason, I believe, is that my name is not
> known very well yet.
I'm not sure you'd be correct on that. I find that fresh insight tends to be
very helpful.
> I have been developing theories about the number and nature of responses to
> posts on LUGnet and it seems that there are still a few core members of this
> online community that like keep to themselves. I don't think that this is
> necessarily a bad thing. Are all you newcomers to the community's egos so
> fragile that you must get upset and start accusing the establishment of elitism
> and clique-iness if your post doesn't get spotlighted and discussed at length by
> those who have worked hard for years to establish themselves?
You have a good point, but you might want to take into consideration some of us
have waited years before we posted anything on Lugnet because this is our
artistic outlet and we wanted to post something we thought would be worthy of
what our peers have built.
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> 4. I think that the best way to establish yourself in this community is to
> keep building. Stop complaining and build, build, build. Eventually, with hard
> work and practice, your MOCs will begin to be noticed. I don't get a lot of
> comments on my MOCs yet. I refuse to let that discourage me from continuing to
> post. This community has inspired me to actually try to excel at something and
> I am going to continue to share with it.
>
>
Well put, Nathan, and I couldn't agree more.
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> Here's to all of you and the great MOCs to come.
>
> Nathan
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