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Post by George on Aug 28, 2009 17:06:22 GMT 10
The Microhub Forum is officially dead. That leaves 4 micronation forums: 1 which is rapidly spiraling into oblivion, 2 which are kind of muddling along, and 1 which is thriving. Nice to be on the winning team, isn't it ?
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Post by Bokonton on Aug 28, 2009 17:36:57 GMT 10
Which is rapidly spiralling? ;D
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Post by George on Aug 28, 2009 17:47:23 GMT 10
The one that's run by a whiny Welsh brat, a mentally retarded gun nut and an authoritarian anarchist nincompoop.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Aug 28, 2009 19:05:10 GMT 10
The people using Microhub.org had already relocated to a forum hosted at Micras.org.
I think they are currently engaged in a mass "RecWar", an activity which, in my mind, sends them well and truly across the dividing line between online micronation and role playing game.
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Post by George on Aug 28, 2009 19:27:54 GMT 10
The Micras forum is one of the "muddlers".
It'll eventualy collapse when its members graduate the hypersensitive 17 year-old nerd-child running it graduates from high school.
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Aug 29, 2009 1:31:15 GMT 10
You'd think that, but some of them have been at it for a decade or more, and are well and truly beyond highschool.
Adults can have childish fantasys too!
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Post by George on Aug 29, 2009 7:33:23 GMT 10
You'd think that, but some of them have been at it for a decade or more, and are well and truly beyond highschool. Given that most of them started when they were 10, that's no big ask. Change my comment from "leave highschool" to "graduate from uni", "get a job", "get a girlfriend" or "get a life"; they all equally apply. Adults can have childish fantasys too! Don't I know it!
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Aug 29, 2009 8:17:30 GMT 10
The following was written by a grown man, concerning the "recwar" that they're currently involved in:
It's hard to know quite how to respond... apparently they're micronationalists...
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Post by George on Aug 29, 2009 10:16:01 GMT 10
"troy_t" is obviously fluent in Gibberish.
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Post by claudre on Sept 4, 2009 13:24:43 GMT 10
The Microhub Forum is officially dead. That leaves 4 micronation forums: 1 which is rapidly spiraling into oblivion, 2 which are kind of muddling along, and 1 which is thriving. Nice to be on the winning team, isn't it ? You are so mean :-) The level of discussions here has really been very much superior to anywhere else. And that merit is to be recognized, indeed ! Yours,
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Post by George on Sept 4, 2009 13:27:57 GMT 10
As they say... success is it's own reward. And we are so very, very succesful... a fact of which we should all be proud
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Post by commiczar on Sept 5, 2009 2:16:18 GMT 10
Greetings to All !! Not trying to start a fight or debate...merely expressing a personal point of view....as everyone here knows that I am an Admin here, and over at the Open MicroForum too; which, by obligation to the members there, it is my duty to defend and support the Open MicroForum and it's membership. Many of the members here, are also members there; which tends to make one think that there just might be something different offered over there. "Variety is the Spice of Life"....and as such, it is well worth most peoples' want-and-needs to have some sort of a "back-up" plan...a "2nd home" to visit every now-and-then. Both microforums offer different things, to different people, for different reasons; and to assume that either forums can offer everything, to everyone, at all times...well...that's just avoiding reality...and being too focused one one side of the point, which will eventually blind a person from being able to see the forest for the trees. I can speak only for myself....but as a member, and as an Admin, at both microforums, I enjoy much from both; and have learned twice as much...since I have twice the number of fellow micronationalist to learn from....I come away from both forums...having learned something, from someone, every single day. Just my take on this topic..... Regards to All !! _____________ P.S. To be proud is one thing...however, to *over* gloat is another. ( pride is a well deserved reward...to gloat only lessens the joy ) ____________________________________________________
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Post by George on Sept 5, 2009 8:56:40 GMT 10
With all due respect (and as Peter has already noted elsewhere), the Open Forum merely happens to be the "forum-of-last-resort" of four particular individuals who got themselves into personal disagreements (mostly imagined) with me at various times, and also isolated themselves from the rest of the micronational community for various reasons - and yet are all too arrogant and/or foolish to try to apologise and make ammends. It's a simple case of making their own bed and having to lie in it. Were the four to remove themselves from the equation, the Open Forum would be dead.
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Post by commiczar on Sept 6, 2009 2:52:23 GMT 10
With all due respect (and as Peter has already noted elsewhere), the Open Forum merely happens to be the "forum-of-last-resort" of four particular individuals who got themselves into personal disagreements (mostly imagined) with me at various times, and also isolated themselves from the rest of the micronational community for various reasons - and yet are all too arrogant and/or foolish to try to apologise and make ammends. It's a simple case of making their own bed and having to lie in it. Were the four to remove themselves from the equation, the Open Forum would be dead. Who....What 4 ?? I'm an Admin over @ the Open MicroForum, but am only aware of 3 *possible* people which you refer to: Governor Tallini, Nation of YAN, and Price Christopher of Vikesland. ( not fer sure about these three...merely assumed, based upon some past references by yourself and a few others ) If you would, please give the name of #4 on your "hit parade". ;D ___________________________________________________ NOTE: The Open MicroForum has been in existence for many years now; even though the boards have relocated at various times, and for various reason; however, the base supporting membership is still those individuals who have been along on the Open MicroForum's journey from the very start. ___________________________________________________ One point which I was attempting to make, was the fact that: "the higher one extends the ladder...the farther the fall"[/i]; which is to say, in yet another way:... "to *over* gloat, brag, or boast, ( "rub *it* in another's face" ) has been known to come back and blindside you when you least expect it."( i.e. being proud is one thing, which needs no self-introduction, as those within the community are already well aware; however, blatant bragging is quite another thing yet...as there may be a time when one might need a helping hand ) "The BIGGER they are......the harder they FALL !!" ( i.e. to *over* brag / boast makes one look small )Usually...usually...there are two sides to a story / war / etc...; and if no one apolgizes...everyone loses; as it takes a BIGGER man to apolgize...or to forgive-and-forget...by-gones-be-by-gones. ( i.e. "it takes two to tango"...and to tangle )___________________________________________________
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Post by George on Sept 6, 2009 6:07:12 GMT 10
You have the first 3 correct... as for the 4th... My initial encounter with Bo Register from British West Florida was, shall we say, less than optimal. Several years ago I stumbled across a comment by Mr Register on his public forum which basically said "my only experience of George C from Atlantium has been bad; he contacted me concerning the manufacture of some coins for my micronation, but it did not work out". The distinct impression was that I was a dodgy character, not to be trusted. I found this a rather startling assertion, because up until that point I had actually had no contact whatsoever with Mr Register or anyone else from his micronation. When I pointed this out, informed him that I was not in the business of minting coins, had never used the pseudonym "George C" (or any other pseudonym) in my personal online communications, and suggested that perhaps he had confused me with someone else, and maybe should do me the courtesy of correcting his erroneous assumption, I received a very curt, grudging apology. Ever since then Mr Register has given me the distinct impression that he feels I was somehow at fault in the matter. Understandably we do not enjoy a warm interpersonal relationship. Further to your other comments, I am certainly not blind to the dangers of hubris, and personally have always considered bombast and boasting to be distasteful and boorish. That said, it's not "boasting" to celebrate a quantifiable success for which many people are jointly responsible; I think it's fairly self-evident that LOM qualifies as such a success by any metric one cares to apply; 6 months ago it did not exist. Now it is the most lively micronation forum in existence, with more active contributors, and a higher standard of discourse than all the alternatives. That's not to say the alternatives are "bad"... merely that they serve smaller niche interest groups than LOM currently does.
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Post by commiczar on Sept 6, 2009 6:13:28 GMT 10
Thanks for the reply........ 'nuff said ;D
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