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Where do we go from here?
Shuup Nick
Ranger
in Babylon 5
Now that ITF has gone, and most of the devs have gone with it, and now that DG is leaving, I think a lot of us would like to know (myself included) what is our goal at the moment, what are we fighting ofr, if anything at all, or are we beginning to witness the disintegration of Fristones.com?
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I hope not.
In the word of Radiohead:
[quote]Where do we go from here?
The words are coming out all wierd
where are you now, when I need you?[/quote]
Cherio.
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Catapvltam habeo. Nisi pecvniam omnem mihi dabis, ad capvt tvvm saxvm immane mittam.
Mater tva criceta fvit, et pater tvo redolvit bacarvm sambvcvs.
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I hope not.
In the word of Radiohead:
[quote]Where do we go from here?
The words are coming out all wierd
where are you now, when I need you?[/quote]
Cherio.
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Catapvltam habeo. Nisi pecvniam omnem mihi dabis, ad capvt tvvm saxvm immane mittam.
Mater tva criceta fvit, et pater tvo redolvit bacarvm sambvcvs.
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[b]Never start a fight. But always finish it.[/b]
Finnish techno-geek, friend of all aardvarks
Moderator at Babylon 5: Into the Fire Finland message boards
#b5itf-finland (IRCnet) channel operator
[b]nothing ever truly dies....[/b][/quote]
...Until you let it die.
As long as we don't let this place die, it will remain. It will stay.
Any where you want to.
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I have seen the future, and it was dark
and then I took my shades off...
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Only the insane have strength enough to prosper,
Only those that prosper truly judge what is sane.
[This message has been edited by Ranger Brian (edited 07-22-2001).]
Firstones becomes a B5 news site. Chief news poster will be SamK, becuase he always seems to have a bunch to share. Sanfam will be the webmaster, I will be admin on the forums, along with Sanfam, to mantain order in this chaotic environment. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] Not sure exactly what is planned for the mods section, but it will be promoted a bit more.
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[b]Required reading: [url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
...[i]how will this effect us?[/i]
Now, the main side of FO was this ItF community, which we saw suffer it's final knock when the game finally passed beyond salvation in the legal mire of the WB offices - fair enough, we can imagine what effect that would have for you guys, leaving little of what the community was originally brough together around.
Still, the mod side of things has always been about that... simply, [i]the mods[/i] - and a great deal has been accomplished to bring the B5 experience to a number of gaming arenas - but just don't forget us in whatever you're planning!
Out of interest, who's now in charge of the mod side of things? Are we having someone from our own community, or is FO simply going to pick someone from amongst it's own ranks? There's a lot of work that needs doing on mods.firstones.com... and DG seemed to be losing his way.
[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Yes I'm in a pesimistic mood. Now excuse me I have to check if my cynide pills have arrived yet.
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There are 3 things in life I never forget: my friends, my enemies, and my access codes.
Never put gasoline in a fire extinguisher.
"No government, no dictator can hold an imprisioned population by force of arms forever. There is no power in the universe greater than the need for freedom. Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies [i]cannot stand[/i]." - G'Kar, [i]The Long Twighlight Struggle[/i]
[url="http://www.globalserve.net/~archons"]www.globalserve.net/~archons[/url]
As for who will be put in charge of the mods section, I cannot say. Not my decision.
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[b]Required reading: [url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
and lets see how many people here have balls....
or ovaries as the case may be...
Yeah the site is pretty much a B5 one already, I hope the community continues to hang around though, since with the airing of the new B5 LOTR movie there'll be new stuff to talk about. Possibly a new series as well.
I do hope that there's some direction towards a B5 game though. I don't know how this is gonna come about, but it's just something I hope for after hearing abt B5 ITF. It is easy to destroy something, but not the idea behind it.
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[b]Commander[/b] socrates
flightleader, [i]Erinyes[/i]
The Gray Hand of Fate
AnlaShok Blackops
"Do [b]NOT[/b] interfere."
[This message has been edited by socrates (edited 07-23-2001).]
I still think about doing it from time to time, but I'm weak when it comes to organizing and managing a project.
So...
:/
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[b]Required reading: [url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b]Several years ago I pitched an idea for a game based on the B5 universe, that was like TradeWars, but way more updated technology wise.
I still think about doing it from time to time, but I'm weak when it comes to organizing and managing a project.
So...
:/[/b][/quote]
Jack: What's TradeWars? I wish I could work on a project like that too, but the time commitment needed is rather daunting.
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[b]Commander[/b] socrates
flightleader, [i]Erinyes[/i]
The Gray Hand of Fate
AnlaShok Blackops
"Do [b]NOT[/b] interfere."
You have a ship, you can trade, buy, and sell to build an empire, or you could battle others to gain rewards to build that empire, or you could do a combination of both.
The game was well balanced, and you could be a good guy or bad guy...
ASNI graphics and DOS based...
You had to run a BBS, a doorway program, and the Tradewars module, etc.
It was turned based, and had a finite universe. So, if you had a lot of players, things got unfair in a hurry...
All in all though it is one of those programs that shined in its time.
I picture a quantum change in that program to a massively multiplayer internet version with an open ended universe.
I've seen a lot of games come and go since, that used game features (at least in concept) found in Tradewars.
I think the thing that tends to kill newer games is the lack of simplicity. In Tradewars you had a lot of features, but you could use combinations of different ones to get the desired result. You didn't have to use everything, and so the learning curve wasn't so critical.
Anyways, I still have my registration code for my copy of TW 2001 & 2002, which makes me laugh, considering what year it is now...
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[b]Required reading: [url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
I have to say that if would be nice to see the mods given more promotion on the front page, rather than just a small link with no description!
hmm.... maybe turn FO into a b5 "hub" of the internet?
CnlPepper - Fond of this fine community [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
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[b]HW:B5TC Dev. Team Member and B5TC Board Moderator.[/b]
[url="http://www.geocities.com/cnlpepper"]CnlPepper's B5 Mod Resources[/url]
My dream is for it to have EVERYTHING you want that is babylon 5. I mean, absolutely everything. Games, Mods, Articles, Fanfic, Art, models, Editorials, Interviews, and more
PS. Oops, actually it does now, my mistake! [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/redface.gif[/img]
[This message has been edited by KinkyJ (edited 07-26-2001).]
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[b]Required reading: [url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/[/url][/b]
Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
Do you know the reason for this already?
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No matter the pain, no matter the darkness, no matter the loss, no matter the fear. .. We are one.
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