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croxiscroxis I am the walrus
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  • Gaia Online has over 3 million members? Christ, I wonder how the Firstones server would handle [i]that[/i]? :D
  • ArethusaArethusa Universal Cathode
    This place could really do with some sort of revival, but I suppose some people may not want that.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    A revival would be nice, but it's a difficult thing to do when your obsession ceased production eight years ago, and all attempted spinoffs have been miserable failures...some even going as far as to scare off potential fans...
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Well, here's another post. :D
  • i love that list.. anime-games-people-rpg-sex-general-general-hardware-games-medical-cars-general-christianity

    good to see people having priorities :rolleyes: :D
  • Falcon1Falcon1 Elite Ranger
    I think its safe to say that Biggles will help us on our way to achieving that number ;) :D
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    I dunno. I'd have to make 11 posts a day to catch up to him tho.

    Now if us and B5TV could somehow find a way to slowly merge together....
  • Space GhostSpace Ghost Elite Ranger
    The Covette Forum is # 25... glad to see the vette representin' despite all of those Hondas. ;)
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    You post 1.14 posts per day and Biggles posts 9.92 posts per day, so you just have to post 8.78 more posts per day to catch up to him.. eventually..

    and 300000 something posts is not that hard, get cracking!
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Ahh, a few months ago it was 10 for Biggles. He is slipping it seems!
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    It's the PhD thing. Real time waster.

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Falcon1 [/i]
    [B]I think its safe to say that Biggles will help us on our way to achieving that number ;) :D [/B][/QUOTE]

    I do try.
  • ArethusaArethusa Universal Cathode
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sanfam [/i]
    [B]A revival would be nice, but it's a difficult thing to do when your obsession ceased production eight years ago, and all attempted spinoffs have been miserable failures...some even going as far as to scare off potential fans... [/B][/QUOTE]
    That's my point, really. The site can't really attract new people, people will drift off for a variety of reasons, and some people don't want that to change and would leave if the site became something different.

    Still, I think it's worth discussing the possibility of redesignating the site towards something else, whatever that may be.
  • Take off the 30-second spam filter and we can start a few more "Beachball" threads. :D
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Arethusa [/i]
    [B]
    Still, I think it's worth discussing the possibility of redesignating the site towards something else, whatever that may be. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Maybe some hot Lumati-action clips...
    Acts of Sacrifice, anyone?
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]Take off the 30-second spam filter and we can start a few more "Beachball" threads. :D [/B][/QUOTE]

    I hear that!
  • TyvarTyvar Next best thing to a St. Bernard
    First of all Gaia Online makes the denziens here look perfectly normal. the only place where there are even more freakier people would be 4chan, and those guys are complete messed up in the head.

    Probablem with reorienting the site is that well, weve got so diverse of interests it would be hard to focus on one in particular. Although if anybody has an ideas, our fearless leaders probably wouldnt mind input.
  • PSI-KILLERPSI-KILLER Needs help
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sanfam [/i]
    [B]A revival would be nice, but it's a difficult thing to do when your obsession ceased production eight years ago, and all attempted spinoffs have been miserable failures...some even going as far as to scare off potential fans... [/B][/QUOTE]

    God thats depressing.

    I still have hope that something new will happen. From the original ST to the first movie it took over 10 years.
  • ArethusaArethusa Universal Cathode
    Honestly, the situation here is extremely different. Star Trek was building critical mass as a subculture. Babylon 5 is rapidly being forgotten, and where it is not forgotten, it quite honestly eclipsed by shows like Firefly and BSG.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Frankly, I don't think B5 [b]needs[/b] anything new. Constantly trying to make more stuff is what drove ST into the ground.
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Sanfam tossed around a few ideas in IRC a while back and many of them would be quite useful injecting more life into the site. I'm just wondering what he is waiting for? ;)
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    A combination of time and the skill to do them.

    With the archive project, it requires getting permission from the site owners to mirror their content...

    The response for small older sites has been a *single* email saying "maybe."

    And the Mod Cooperation Project requires EVERYONE to jump on and agree on some standards. Everyone seems to [b]love[/b] the idea, but almost nobody is willing to make the leap and get their materials out.
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    I would if I had any materials to get out =Þ

    Sanfam have you saved copies of the old sites?
  • All I got is models right now, no textures, unless you want me to include all the cruddy stuff I had before.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by croxis [/i]
    [B]I would if I had any materials to get out =Þ

    Sanfam have you saved copies of the old sites? [/B][/QUOTE]

    Well, I've got a few things saved, but nothing terribly much. I know some have older content that's probably never going to see the light of day...

    I just don't want to put anything up (or even start doing so) until I have permission of some sort to from the webmaster.
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Quite understabale, i'm just saying have a copy so that it wont be lost forever is something happens.

    Which site said maybe?
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    I don't actually remember. It was a couple days back.
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    What else can we do?
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    Actively recruit, that's what. :P

    There's very little that can be done, really. Shows come and go...and the B5 universe will, without much new material, eventually fall into the hands of the small cult following similar to the one that existed when it first started.
  • ArethusaArethusa Universal Cathode
    My idea for reviving the site was more along the lines of repurposing it to something more current and vital (whether that's turning it into a website for BSG or general scifi or something else is a matter for a different discussion) than something new and B5 related.
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    And another random responce in the spirit of gaining 360k posts.
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