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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on November 13, 2001, 02:10:00 pm
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Ok, no-one wants to see the VBB denegrate any further, so please join me in trying to post some sensible topics there (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) Maybe that'll help prolong it.
I'm not abandoning a sinking ship till my feet get wet (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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This is worth taking a look at: http://vbb.volition-inc.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000765.html ("http://vbb.volition-inc.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000765.html")
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THQ's one moderator Chaille has busted out the Bleak hammer of VBB Justice
(and even dusted off the Bleak IP Banning Hammer of VBB Justice on a couple of trolls)
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Its about damn time something was done.
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Originally posted by Kazan:
THQ's one moderator Chaille has busted out the Bleak hammer of VBB Justice
(and even dusted off the Bleak IP Banning Hammer of VBB Justice on a couple of trolls)
Treize after a long absense practically cried his heart out:
Excerpt from post to Chaille:
Being one of the few fans (few meanin the few couple hundred or so other than play the game of the thousands of players in existence) who actually take time out of there lives to actually dedicate some time to making a ship or model, who had found a way to get some imagination into a game that someone else creates and make it seem more interesting, i am truly appaled by the events that have taken place. granted it is business. the game has had its great ups and downs, being game of the year then going to a low seller, and all the other economic nonsense, i would hate to feel i wasted alot fo time and money buying the games (fs1 and 2) four times all togeather and to watch it die out like most other games in a short amount of time is sad. You see half life, a prime example, the game has been around as long as freespace, a bit longer by a couple of months, and its still rated in the top 10. this is becuase of the fan base which has grown imensly because of its popularity with mod's and a common game engine (the quake1/2 engine+minor tweaks =Half Life Engine), allowed the game to excell where others have failed. you see counter strike. which started as a small time beta byt a group of people. now they are mass marketing the mod with the company. although the company (sierra & valve) isnt in strife like interplay was, or volition, whatever the circumstances, whoever runs the rights to the game, or owns parts of the game, should be given back to the comunity it spawned. not be so hell bent (interplay) on doing its dedicated fan base dirty. the company made by gamers for gamers as there company logo is usig false marketing with that statement and i feel and alot of people feel taken advantage of. you have Kazan, who programed half a dozen programs for FS1-2. did he get paid for it, no. but he did it, for all the fans out there who cant do it themselves.
i guess what i am trying to say is, even though interplay has most of the rights to freespace, and THQ-Voliton has some, what is it that THQ-Volition can do now with what you have within your power, and help us fans who have stucked through the worst of the series and still kept the game alive.
You seen Hard Light Productions, you may or may have not seen The Metal Siren Network (my fs HP), you seeN VolitonWatch, and you see all the little fan based sites still out there that still flicker with life, even when theres practically no hope, still continue to make mods. we as fans have practically disected Freespace and maniuplated as much as we could to our benefit, thus gaining us alot of flexibility to make our custom ships, space scenes, ideas that where once only on paper now possible because of the company u now own THQ, and it would be sad to see it fade out because of bad deals between companies. yes you will always have fans and a dedicated customer buying base, but the true fans, who would if had half a chance, band togeather and continue the series on there own, somehow by the will of god, legally do it, we would. and make the series last as long and keep lasting like Half Life. ( The game that takes a friggen half life to die off ).
Make some dreams continue. THQ this is every fans plee, go to the user websites, go to the forums, see the skills we as teenagers to adults have and had applied to the game. take the fans, who even do this for sheer pleasure, into consideration.
Thanks.
Treize K., Deep Eyes, Entire (even SW) forum members, and all FS forums and fans around the world.
please visit those fan sites. see the dedication. and think bout my signature below.
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Freespace 2 will live on through its fans... forever...
Its a revolution...
Freespace 2: New Dawn Resolution
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posted by Treize K.
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i will post this in the regular forum here to build momentum to make a more solid fan based unit to continue the game series, possibly through HLP. i would like to confrence with the HLP members to take what he said into consideration, THQ is either going to make or break our descisions as fans to the series.
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New Project Leader of the New Dawn Resolution Project in conjuction with the Metal Siren Network and staff member of The Eden Project.
The Metal Siren Network: Freespace 2: New Dawn Resolution - The Eden Project ("http://www.angelfire.com/realm/nd_resolution/")
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Originally posted by aldo_14:
Ok, no-one wants to see the VBB denegrate any further, so please join me in trying to post some sensible topics there (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) Maybe that'll help prolong it.
I'm not abandoning a sinking ship till my feet get wet (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
You, good sir, are an admirable fighter (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) Unfortunately, some of us VBB vets already have soaked shorts... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)
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Originally posted by aldo_14:
Ok, no-one wants to see the VBB denegrate any further, so please join me in trying to post some sensible topics there (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) Maybe that'll help prolong it.
I'm not abandoning a sinking ship till my feet get wet (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Wow, I haven't been back there in a while. Well, there's one (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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Originally posted by Setekh:
You, good sir, are an admirable fighter (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) Unfortunately, some of us VBB vets already have soaked shorts... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)
That's an understatement... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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Burn Baby Burn!
[This message has been edited by Wildfire (edited 11-14-2001).]
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I was trying to be polite... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
If we want to be realistic, then suffice to say that I no longer need to wash my hair anymore... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
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Of course you don't have to wash your hair! Since when have AWACS ships had hair?!? Pfft. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)
(http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Oh, oh! Lame AWACS Joke™! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)
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Couldn't help myself... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Originally posted by Kazan:
THQ's one moderator Chaille has busted out the Bleak hammer of VBB Justice
(and even dusted off the Bleak IP Banning Hammer of VBB Justice on a couple of trolls)
No, it's the THQ snowboard of VVB Justice, silly (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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"looking at the title..."
let it die.
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Actually, it's much better now admins back (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
I say back, but there was never any when I registered, so I was never around in the 'good ole days' (tm).
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Anyone visited the VBB lately?
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Burn Baby Burn!
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Originally posted by Wildfire:
Anyone visited the VBB lately?
I tend to, when Im whaiting for a post on a topic or two, or when Im bored and Iv read all the render topics and all the model topics and none of the other topics intrest me and nothing is happening, then I go to the VBB
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I'm keeping up to date with the VBB at the moment, it's wavering between getting back on track and being destroyed all together, and most of this is down to a small group of people. We'll see how it goes.
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It's becoming increasingly hard for me to take the FreeSpace 2 forum of the VBB seriously at all with all the flaming and utterly, totally pointless topics. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. Given all the good memories I've had with this community, probably the latter.
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Originally posted by Slasher:
It's becoming increasingly hard for me to take the FreeSpace 2 forum of the VBB seriously at all with all the flaming and utterly, totally pointless topics. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. Given all the good memories I've had with this community, probably the latter.
Look at the bight side(witch is fairly dim anyway) we have a THQ admin (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
he may not be keeping it all clean but he dose a good job on the bigger ones(like cooldude[some numbers here I forget what they were some 2's and 1's] on the RF PC forum (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif) )
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Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes):
My powerful brain in unraveling the myseries of the universe.
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Head Campaign Manager in Knossos Campaign ("http://www.vidavision.com/entertainment/drzer0/index.html")
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"You have been overloaded with knowlage my young friend" - untouchable
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"When you mess with a doctor, you mess with dark powers" - The Brak show
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Ion bars do not imprison me!
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I must admit, things are better now that I take a look. But I'm not too sure if it's ever possible for things to be back the way they were. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/redface.gif)
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The VBB...
I've been there every day for the last year and a half.
Posting, recruiting, organizing 3D animations, trying a good concept with Top Gun and further wit the accademy of fighter pilots, meeting new people ignoring others, getting banned from both the VBB and PXO, just at a crytical time of my squad and our war against the BDHR and the BMS.
Getting hacked and loosing both our squad BB's of which I am moderator and CO still now. Getting flamed, flaming and in general trying desperately to stop a stupid war started out of bordom for some and taken to some extremess experienced only on the VBB SW forum.
It had to be stopped. Especially latelly it was out of control. Those who out of a certain sense of style would not use swear words, in the last 2 weeks where using them indiscriminatelly.
I don't think there was a direct order to close it.
I think it was a spear of the moment decision someone took.
That's why it's still there.
Someone has to first clean it up.
do a massive job of pruning it hack maybe even erasing all and start again with new registrations and this time appoint someone to moderate it. Impose bans immediatelly and sharpen the blade of the hack.
It's not hard to see who the bad elements are and truly ignoring is usually the ONLY mesure of force the whole community can adopt to safeguard itself from possible escalating involvements.
The sw community shown that SW is still played daily the leagues even if clogged are still slowly cruncing positions away.
It is also exames times for a lot of the peeps so it is now in its down phase.
As per usual it will come back up and already an ever increasing number of newbies have spawned in the lobby of PXO because the game has been bundled with a video card or a joystick.
I feel the SW forum will come back up cleaner and way better than before. All the AZZWipes that have been harassing its society (and I humbley include my own name there) have a different aptitude.
Helping the community seem to make more sense than flamming each other.
We probably still feel the same about each others but at least now there is a good strong attempt at tollerance.
I say Long live this game, its incredible society, and the amazing energy it has created.
By the way the SW VBB is now splintered in to at least 4 different groups and posting an a variety of boards including Volition Red Faction.
A M A Z I N G !
My presence here, if still allowed, will be regular and loyal. I wanted to find a group of 3D animators using Lightwave and hopefully in to sci-fi and of course Free Space, I think I found them.
I have a strong intent to bring back both my squads HAF and HAF-Elite from basically a state of statheis. I will we are resliant us HOMS! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
I would also love to some how fly the F-440 or the herc MK III I created.
I'm not sure if anyone here is familiar with our science officer HAF-Sabrina.
She's amazing. Apart from making interesting missions continuing the storyline of the HOMS and how they came to be part of the alliance the GTVA. She's made some mods and gaves us some aids to the common weapons like laser targetting the Expansion bomb. It's rate of expansion accelerating with its size taking any thing in its expansion. It is a mine and has to be fitted on a cap ship . it activates after the cap ship's destroyed and blows up.
I have not seen anyone also have that on PXO.
Missions I started and she completed in Subspace. She's great value and very dedicated.
It's all part of a dream I hope to make a reality with the first fully animated Motion picture on FS2. "The Great Homs Story."
Reading material available at Osiris Station. link below.
Thanks for the eyes.
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