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(...) A message to the Evil Oppressors: Your disparagment and oppression only serves to strengthen my resolve. I have 5000+ views on the Qwelder-Mech Gallery that says it is a good idea to let folks know about the sale. No one speaks for the "mecha (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) And yet... (...) ...you admit you would do it again, even after it's been explained to you (more than once) why posting auction notices in .build.mecha is against the TOS. (...) And yet you agree to be "controlled" by the Lugnet TOS every time (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) If you really think that reminders to follow lugnet's TOS and international copyright law constitues 'Evil Opression', then you're more delusional than even I thought possible. (...) Here's a little feature of Lego that you may not be aware of (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) Let me guess - You're represented by the shiny knob. The diver surrounded by the twisty turntables is the Lugnet community entagled in the knob's particular brand of lunacy, and the skeletons are the lurkers waiting to complain about all the (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
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(...) YOU OWE ME A NEW KEYBOARD, AL! JOHN (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) Since I was one of the many to reply to the violation of the ToU, I cold take offence to this remark, but I'm Canadian, so eh... (...) I don't speak for mecha community, I, as well as others, speak for the LUGNET community. It's the 'community (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I just love art that's open to interpretation. Legoswami (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) A few things to note here. 5000 views does NOT mean 5000 people from build.mecha looked at it. Nor does it mean 5000 people want to hear about a sale announcement in build.mecha when most of them probably don't even read the group. Lastly, (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
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I really didn't want to become part of this post because I felt so puzzled by what I was reading. I have always held Lugnet with high regard, due to the civillized nature of the people here, unlike most public forums which are not so. I don't post (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I agree with everything you've said - up until this point. True, having his for-sale post in .mecha doesn't do any harm, but rules are rules. Just because he happens to be "one of the world's leading LEGO builders" (not everybody will agree on (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) The rules are the rules, whether you think the breaking of one is harmful or not. The rule against marketplace type posts in theme groups was a direct result of the high number of such posts (and other off-topic messages, such as political (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Just to be a complete compartmentalized dork about this, actually if it's an auction it should not be posted to market.bst but to market.auction, since bst specifically excludes auctions: (URL) trading post, items wanted, items for straight (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general) !
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(URL) Soren (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
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(...) SNIP Eric, What is going on, man? People have brought up a lot of legitimate points and you haven’t really given a clear explanation or rebuttal to the points addressed... As an artist myself, I am learning a lot about publicity and reputation (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
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(...) What an incredibly crass blast of bad taste, even more so than anywhere else in this thread. I'm really disappointed to see that posted here under your name, Soren. If this is emblematic of where LUGNET is heading, I want no part of it. LFB (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade) !!
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(...) Eric, you do realise "recent" folders on BS get several hundred views per day without even trying, don't you? ROSCO (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Soren Roberts wrote (snip) (...) I have to agree with L.F. Braun. Crass, rude, and NOT kid-friendly. Please consider not posting items that would be offensive to children. Would your sister/mom/grandmother/aunt (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) No Paul, you are not speaking only for yourself. It's a safe bet that you are speaking for virtually all women. I'd say much of the righteous indignation in this thread is misplaced. And I also agree with LFB, Lugnet sure ain't what it used to (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
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(...) Often in the past we have lamented the sort of "fringe group" stigma attached to LEGO as an adult hobby. An air of "geekiness" or "nerdiness" seemed to linger, no matter how many dazzling sculptures or mosaics or train layouts are displayed. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade) !
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(...) If children young enough to be harmed by that image actually read lugnet in meaningful numbers I will eat a hat. With your choice of garnishes. (...) Well, I haven't got a sister, I'm not married, the girlfriend list would be mostly on the (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I see this sort of comment with fair regularity and it makes me sad. Not because I wish for these supposed "good days" but because it means people have already reached the stage where they are forgetting/rewriting the past. I've been around (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) Well, all right. I don't really care about flame-wars because they're self-evidently juvenile and they tend to involve the same flamers over and over again. I myself have lamented what I will refer to as Rhinoceros Dominance (search for (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) Hi Dave, You make a good point about the signal:noise ratio 1. With that I agree. I'm not sure that the dramas were so much in hidden forums as there was enough masking but either way I agree with your point. I would be worried if I saw (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) I wasn't really aware this stereotype existed until now. For the record, I'm independent, reasonably polite, and perfectly capable of healthy social interaction - I just don't see Eric as a fit person to waste it on. And yes, I have done (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Why is it always implied that newer members are largely to blame for LUGNET's decline? It seems to me that more often than not, newer members are even more uncomfortable here than you vetrans. LUGNET more than any other LEGO fan site, seems to (...) (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) I'll admit that I haven't read the entire thread, so I haven't seen those threats. When I get a chance, I'll find them and respond appropriately. Paul Sinasohn speaking for myself (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well I think (URL) this> comes pretty close, but I suppose that's subjective. ROSCO (19 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) It seems so. I just came back (again) after a year of being on leave, Just clicked on top of the highlight list, BAAAAMM! Guys, what did you do to this place? what really is changed?.. And Eric, I remeber you from the old days of Lugnet, as (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I see no such implication in anything Dave wrote here. (...) Huh? Not that I have anything against elitism, but LUGNET doesn't seem to even have any mechanisms for an elite, aside from background stuff (whether or not a set is put in the (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Soren, one is a meaningful number where that is concerned. But the bad-taste quotient in general was really my particular lament--not having children or being an actual small child, I'll leave that outrage to those who may. (...) I think (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote: ***snip (...) ***snip (...) ***snip (...) ***snip (...) Not to make sport of all this, Lindsay, but I can't help noticing a vaguely eccliesiastical flair to this post. Are you undergoing a (...) (19 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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