[Setekh]

Just remarkable. The Currently Active Users list is a funny place to watch.

[Stealth]

the "Who's online?"
yeah

[chris_2xtreme]

well at the rate these users and posts come this just shows how many ppl want the Freespace franchise saved from the hands of Derek Smart.

[Setekh]

Or at least how many people want to know all the facts to try and piece together what is the best course of action. I know that's the way I'm thinking.

In related news, we just officially doubled our previous most users online.

[vyper]

Wow.


Well I have a party and some beer waiting on me, so try not to get any wars going while I'm gone. I would not be in teh fit state to fight  

[Kazan]

Snipes says we hit 160

[Setekh]

The vBulletin disagrees, apparently.

[chris_2xtreme]

i'm going to spread the word around try to cook up some support.

[Setekh]

Sounds good, chris. It would be greatly appreciated if you perhaps posted a link to the place where you were trying to rally people together - that way perhaps I or another admin could go in there too and speak on everyone's behalf.

[Kie99]

I am a relative "Newbie" but i'm sooooooooooooooooo glad we r finally getting some FS3 news
By the way its 07:29pm here in england, i mean the GTVA Colossus II

[Setekh]

Glad to see someone is enjoying this.

[Gloriano]

Well I was in bar with my friends just did come back 1 1/2 hour ago(I did drink only few beer)

Then i did find myself again here damn there lot's activity

[chris_2xtreme]

here are links to where this is mentioned

Penny Arcade

BlueNews

Ve3D

Relic Forums

WC CIC Forums

TFN Forums

hope this helps to spread the word

[Nico]

The CIC? W00t, they're gonna be so happy.
"checks forum"
Yeah, they are.

[Knight Templar]

Anyone read the letter at WC CIC? Misguided, yet touching.

Originally posted by Bandit Loaf at WC CIC

Dear Freespace Jerks,
I know we've had our differences. Like all the times we've made fun of the big capships guy, or the times we've called your game a soulless Prophecy ripoff. Or even the times we photographed ourselves ripping apart copies of Freespace 2 with our bare teeth... but I'm not here to make fun of Freespace today.

Sure, your game killed any interest in space sims and in so doing killed a lot of viable Wing Commander products. We'll never play Strike Team or Shadow Force or Privateer Online, partially because of Freespace. I really hate you for that; I probably always will.

And sure, in my heart of hearts I've wanted to see you suffer the same fate in some fashion. I've thought and dreamed about that for a long time. Heck, when the news about Fallout 3 came out I hoped someone would buy the Descent license and start churning out generic budget clones.

So let me say this - never, ever, in my most sadistic revenge fantasies could I have ever wished a fate such as Dr. Derek Smart upon you. As a key figure in the varied fan conflicts and as an accepted representative of the Wing Commander community as a whole let me say: I am truly, truly sorry for what has happened.

The Wing Commander community stands with you at this dark hour.

Long Live the Confederation,
Ben "Bandit" Lesnick

[jdjtcagle]

Yes, touching

[StratComm]

I still don't understand where that whole "Freespace killed the Space sim genre" crap came from.  But yes, if even they can put their differences aside, it is indeed touching.

[Unknown Target]

Very. Yet those comments that we posted earlier when we all started to go nuts didn't help our cause. Read down, and you'll see they weren't unnoticed.

[Knight Templar]

Well I'm sure they'd go ape**** too if the rights to the next WC game went to Smart...

[Stryke 9]

When the WC guys decide they were feuding with the Freespace fans?

I'd be kinda amused that this is total news to me, seeing how long I was around the FS community, but there's too many highly amusing things going on these days and I don't want to overload.