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Offline neoterran

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What happened to Lightspeed
From what I can see, quite a lot of work in upgrading various effects and background graphics was done by a character named Lightspeed who is "no longer available"

Why is Lightspeed no longer around and what happened to him ?

Also, why does it seem like many projects lost steam around the 2005 time period ? Did alot of people lose interest in the SCP or something ? It still seems like it is ever evolving to me.
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Offline Mars

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
The honeymoon is over, repeat, the honeymoon is over.

Lightspeed drifts about at times.

 

Offline StratComm

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
2005 being a huge window in the life of the SCP.  You can go back and find similar periods of inactivity all the way back to 99, if you know where to look.  Also remember that a couple of incidents in 2005 (both here and in real life) sent a number of long-time members packing and to an extent that void has not been properly filled.  Lightspeed left due to RL issues and really hasn't been back since (though he still keeps in touch with a select few members, he doesn't do it here) and he's not the only very high profile dissapearance we've gone through.  Many of the projects that lost steam and were closed had already lost steam, there was just a culling of many of them around that time, and just as many more have cropped up in their place so it just seems more like a cyclic thing to me.
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Offline Turambar

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
yup, LS is gone it seems

looks like youre stuck with me and dabrain, although we mostly are working on mods now

you find something you want a new texture for, request it i guess. 
anything in mind?
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Offline BlackDove

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
LS won't be coming back ever. Pretty much all there is to it. Move along.

 

Offline neoterran

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
Yeah it just really seems like there is this "blue wall of silence" about it, like people never give an actual reason other than "RL" and then they discourage talk about it. It sure seems like there was an arguement or something bad happened.
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Offline Mars

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
Shhhhh...
*becons neoterran out of room*
Sounds like one of those things where you don't want to say ANYTHING

 

Offline CP5670

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
I think the stagnation really started around the beginning of February this year. The SCP for one was very active until about that point. As Stratcomm said, the community has gone through these cycles several times before. Things will pick up again eventually. Maybe I'll even get my own project finished at some point. :p

 

Offline WeatherOp

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
I think the stagnation really started around the beginning of February this year. The SCP for one was very active until about that point. As Stratcomm said, the community has gone through these cycles several times before. Things will pick up again eventually.

Most likely when we complete the teaser version of BTRL.
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Offline Trivial Psychic

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
Lightspeed isn't here anymore because he went straight to Ludicrous Speed and hasn't been seen since.  :lol:
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Offline Taristin

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
Yeah it just really seems like there is this "blue wall of silence" about it, like people never give an actual reason other than "RL" and then they discourage talk about it. It sure seems like there was an arguement or something bad happened.

Sometimes the reasons, other than  "RL" just aren't anyone's business. LS' reasons are more than valid, but still nobodies business.
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Offline Lt.Cannonfodder

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
Most likely when we complete the teaser version of BTRL.

Uh oh, things are going to stay slow for quite a while then  :p

 

Offline NGTM-1R

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
Lightspeed was killed during my last run through the Main Campaign. Died aboard the Iceni.

He's a Shivan, you see...
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Offline WeatherOp

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
Most likely when we complete the teaser version of BTRL.

Uh oh, things are going to stay slow for quite a while then  :p

Yep. :p
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Offline Ulala

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
LS will come back when FS:FPS is finished.



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Offline Flipside

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
Remember, a lot of people hit exams etc last year, many were moving away to college. Black Wolf, for example isn't around as much because he is at college etc. It's a natural cycle of things, some Modders will die down for a while, like me or Raa, others will rise to fill the gap, like Scooby Doo, and you'll always have people like Vasudan Admiral lurking in the background and making some of the most incredible 3D models I've ever seen outside of commercial movies.

It's not so much that the project has slowed, but the focus moves around, the WCS and Babylon 5 projects have been pretty productive of late, that means that any other mods being worked on by members of those teams is going to suffer a drop in activity :)

 

Offline Turambar

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
BTRL is going to be the absolute best mod ever, and thats the way its going to be.

nothing will come close, there will be no way to challenge its sheer awesomeness.

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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
BTRL, Need site link..... Please :D
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Offline Turambar

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10:55:48   TurambarBlade: i've been selecting my generals based on how much i like their hats
10:55:55   HerraTohtori: me too!
10:56:01   HerraTohtori: :D

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: What happened to Lightspeed
Mucho Thanko, V good cdc inter-art.
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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