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Re: Bionicle Avatar pictures flooding BrickShelf
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Sun, 6 Jan 2002 09:27:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeff Stembel writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Inosanto writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Steve Runnels writes:
I thought Kevin was an admin of brickshelf, other than that I have no idea.

Kevin is the Owner, Maintainer, and Administrator of Brickshelf.


I'd be selling them too. :D
So would I, I just found it ironic that he was talking trash about bionice
(as well as the images) but he was selling them, and assuming he was making
money from them.

Why is that Ironic?  One doesn't have to like something to make money on it.
Fads are notorious for being big money makers for a short period of time.  Jon
obviously feels Bionicle is a fad, and wants to get a little extra money by
capitalizing on it.  I see nothing ironic or wrong about it.

How can you ignore that hideous, pixelated garbage?

Its easy. And your hideous, pixelated garbage is others treasure (not mine,
but thats not the point).

Perhaps, but I can't see how anyone looking at the Brickshelf Recent page can
see it as such.

Ouch, is that how you treat everything you do not like? Tell me, what
product line of Lego do you like... lets trash that, as well as your work
for awhile - ok?? Thats what you are doing here....

Well, for one I don't check brickshelf anywhere near as often as I used to
knowing full well the only thing I'm going to see is junk drawn in MSPaint.
For another, anything good that actually gets posted is drown out by this
junk before anyone sees it.

Nothing is really drowned out, you just have to hit 'next' one or two times
more than you used to do.

I constitute that as being "drowned out."  Besides, when you check it less
often, you have even more pages to check.  I've had to go eight to ten pages >at
times to get to stuff I've seen when I used to go two or three, and that was
checking once a day.  Now it is far more likely to wait a day or two longer,
which means even MORE pages I need to check.  When the number of pages you >need
to check more than doubles, I'd certainly say the content is being drowned >out.

If it is still there, then it is not being drowned out, its just being
joined. When you drown something out you overtake it and hide it from view.
Nothing is being hidden from your view. It seems you are saying you are too
lazy to pass these up and hit the 'next' button.

He specifically said he has no problem with BIONICLE. It's those ugly and
useless "avatars" that are the problem.

No, he said he did have a problem with it and it was a passing fad.

However, he does see Bionicle MOCs as valid content.  What he has a problem
with is the Bionicle Avatar images that he feels are ugly and disruptive.
These images are only used on forums to give posters a "self-portrait," rather
than show off new and interesting building ideas or some such.

In his opinion they are ugly and whatever. But does that mean they should be
banned. I personally do not like the 2001 racer sets - so does that mean
they should be banned?

How does expressing his opinion make him immature?

There is nothing wrong with expressing your opinion (like I am doing) but
there is something wrong with saying basically 'I do not like them, so they
should be banned' there IS something wrong and immature about that.

Um, no.  Asking for a ban IS expressing an opinion.  If asking for a ban is
immature, isn't asking for something to NOT be banned, which is what you're
doing, just as immature?

No, saying you do not like them is stating an opinion. Calling for
banishment is not an opinion.

tom

Jeff



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  Re: Bionicle Avatar pictures flooding BrickShelf
 
"tom" <tinosanto@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GpIFL7.MEB@lugnet.com... (...) view. Quality MOCs are being overtaken on Brickshelf because of the avatars. They're not permanently hidden, but they're pushed out of the way (and hidden from view (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Bionicle Avatar pictures flooding BrickShelf
 
(...) I can only imagine you are confusing my opinion on avatar images (and I include all avatar images, not just Bionicle ones) with my opinion on Bionicle MOCs. I have not bashed any Lego line in this thread, nor have I bashed any MOCs. Whether I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Bionicle Avatar pictures flooding BrickShelf
 
(...) Kevin is the Owner, Maintainer, and Administrator of Brickshelf. (...) Why is that Ironic? One doesn't have to like something to make money on it. Fads are notorious for being big money makers for a short period of time. Jon obviously feels (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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