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Re: FBTB Forums
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:15:06 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Collin Harvey wrote:
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From what I can see, Collin Harvey (NOSPAMchalcyon at NOSPAMmac dot
comNOSPAM) and Mike Crowley (countblockulaNOSPAM at gmailNOSPAM dot
NOSPAMcom) are the head honchos over there, send ‘em an email and tell them
what you think.
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Yeah, you can thank Repoort for doing that. He put the forum together for
us, so I haven’t been bugging him much about taking certain liberties with
the layout, etc.
I’ll PM him about this. He’ll change them if he hears that people are
finding it offensive.
My quotes were better anyway. It was a bunch of lines from the ill-cancelled
sci-fi series “Firefly.” ;-)
Thanks for blowing the whistle, friends.
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Howdy do, awesome guys and gals of LEGO!
As of this morning, it seems as though the news ticker has been adjusted, so
there’s no more flashing potty talk. :p Ahh, much better now! :)
Yeah, the fans of FBTB.net have been dealt a pretty nasty blow recently, having
our forums – our bastion for Bothan-esque bricky banter - yanked abruptly out
from underneath our hairy feet. “Repoort,” doing what any one of us would have
gladly done given the necessary and immediate time and resources to do so,
reacted with lightning speed, and in a great show of support for our community,
quickly set up a makeshift forum for us all to use. All us members of the real
FBTBforums.net have really stepped up to the plate and are doing our best to
contact each other with word of the new temp forum location. We’re hoping to
let everyone know that we’re still around -- just in a bit of a transition phase
while things get back to normal. We’ve made threads explaining what happened,
and what we can maybe expect for the future. All in all, it’s just our little
attempt to keep the gang together until our old digs are back up.
I would ask, though, that everyone keep one thing in mind before judging too
hastily the FBTB community based on what you may or may not see in these
temporary forums: they are not FBTB.net. They are merely a makeshift and
valiant effort to maintain the communication and camaraderie of us loyal members
while we eagerly await the restructuring and reintroduction of, from what some
people are saying, will be an even better FBTB.net than ever before. Of course,
I’m just a fan and member myself and am in no way associated with or involved in
the official decisions and goings-on of FBTB.net. I, like the rest of us on the
temp forum, am simply trying my best to do whatever I can to make sure we keep
our momentum going and our presence felt.
So, what I guess I’m saying is, if you happen to notice something on the temp
forums that seems a little “out-of-character” or “inappropriate” according to
the usual standards and COC of FBTB.net:
(1.) accept our thanks and appreciation for your concern, your attentiveness and
your general desire to promote a better, more friendly, wholesome and respectful
online LEGO community (I, myself, truly admire those who are dedicated to making
this particular hobby of ours something that we can all be proud of and feel
good about sharing with everyone),
(2.) try to contact one of us and let us know, so that we can promptly address
the issue,
(3.) bear with us, as, like I said, we are not the official FBTB.net, and
therefore do not have the resources, wisdom, or experience of the owners and
operators of the real FBTB.net; so, we’re bound to make mistakes.
Basically, the temp forum has been constructed by using a free service that
we’re all just learning the ins and outs of. We don’t have the same rules and
restrictions set securely in place that helped keep us on track like we did back
at the real forums. Remember, FBTB.net is still online, and it still appears to
be offering all the same great benefits and resources it always has, simply
minus the forums. Many people forget just how much FBTB.net has to offer above
and beyond the forum aspect of the site. So, I say, if you’re a fan of
FBTB.net, please continue to visit the official site. And, if you’d like to
engage in Star Wars, LEGO and other fun discussion with fellow fans of FBTB,
stop by the temp forums, maybe sign up so you can participate in the
conversation, and have fun. We’re all just fans trying to enjoy what we love in
the best way we know how.
However, all that being said, I’m sure I speak for all the Bothans when I say I
can’t wait until the real FBTB forums are back – it’ll be so nice to once
again have the watchful eyes and leading hands of the Admins and Mods to make
sure everything stays friendly and fair, so that the rest of us can simply
concentrate on being our old, goofy, geeky, Lucas lovin’ LEGO lackey selves once
again! It’s fun to have a little extra freedom every once in a while to be able
to cut loose, go wild and do things a little differently, but it always feels
much better to be back home.
-Mike “Count Blockula” Crowley
(*patiently and eagerly waiting for mom and pop FBTB to finish rebuilding the
ranch so they can call us kids up and tell us all to come on home…*
Yee-haw! Y’all come back now, y’hear?)
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| (...) Yeah, you can thank Repoort for doing that. He put the forum together for us, so I haven't been bugging him much about taking certain liberties with the layout, etc. I'll PM him about this. He'll change them if he hears that people are finding (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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