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#317061
Topic
What should be bannable offenses on Originaltrilogy forums?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/317061/action/topic#317061
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Rob said:

lordjedi said:

Hey retard, learn to read. I said phone calls and emails can be TRACED (the phone call) and ignored (the emails go right into the spam bucket).

There is everything wrong with threatening his life. An adult can be prosecuted for threatening the life of a child just like you can be prosecuted for merely threatening the life of a public official. Do you really want to get arrested if the kid ends up dead and you were the last one that said "Stay away from my kid or I'll kill you!"? You just don't do it. No matter what you may have really done or how the kid acted, juries don't like adults killing kids.

We live in a very modern world. If someone calls you, more than likely you'll get caller id. Even if you don't, you can ask the phone company to tap your line and they'll see the number whether it's blocked or not.

The only time a threat needs to come into play is when they show up at your doorstep or try to pick your kid up at school (or something similar). A 16 year old isn't likely to get that far though.


If your daughter came to you and said "Some googely eyed pedophile weirdo has been sending me e-mails and calling the house" your reponse would be "Stop being such a neaderthal, we'll just ignore this until he actually shows up at our door". Then you would say "I love man ass!"


If my 6 year old daughter (I believe PSYCHO said his daughter was 6) came to me and said that, the first thing I'd be wondering is how in the hell she was getting to emails without me sitting there with her since my computer is password protected. I'd also be wondering what the hell she was doing answering the phone since she's not suppose to be doing that either.

However, if some dipshit was emailing her and I saw them, I would be dumping them in the spam filter and ignoring them. I would probably reply to the first one telling them to stop, but I'm not sure. Having them dumped into a spam folder is perfect because then we don't have to see them, but they can be saved for evidence if necessary. If the same dipshit (or any other dipshit) started calling the house repeatedly, I'd first ask them to stop calling. If they persist, I would immediately be on the phone with the police department and phone companies initiating call traces. Both the police department and the phone company are very accommodating when it comes to tracing those type of people.

In either case, all contact would summarily stop. Just because you guys are to retarded to use technology and the law to your advantage, doesn't mean the rest of us are.
Post
#316943
Topic
What should be bannable offenses on Originaltrilogy forums?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316943/action/topic#316943
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Rob said:

lordjedi said:

If it went beyond email to him actually showing up at your door, then I might agree. However, you threatening a kid with "ending him" isn't going to do you or your kid any good. If my kid, for some weird reason, got a threat to "end him", I'd be on the phone with the police so fast your head would spin. Yeah, you have a reason to bring charges up on him and his father now has a reason to bring charges on you. You don't go around threatening minors with ending their life.

Phone calls, emails, etc, etc. Most of that shit can be easily traced and ignored. Showing up at someone's door is a different story. Since you never mentioned AWK showing up at your door, I assume it never went that far. I don't really care how many crude, disgusting emails you got from him. Block the email address. It's really that easy.

You sound like a good father, but you also sound a little overbearing when it comes to taking the life of someone elses kid. If it did come to you "ENDING HIM", then your kids would end up without a father too, since last time I checked, murder is still against the law. Do you want what's best for your kids or do you want to make yourself feel better?


I hope your not a father. "Ignoring" strange phone calls and e-mails from a googely eyed weirdo is just poor parenting. I'm not endorsing killing a guy that makes such a move , but to treat it lightly is to be a big fag. There is certainly nothing wrong with threatening his life. Don't be so gay, weirdos are supposed to be threatened.


Hey retard, learn to read. I said phone calls and emails can be TRACED (the phone call) and ignored (the emails go right into the spam bucket).

There is everything wrong with threatening his life. An adult can be prosecuted for threatening the life of a child just like you can be prosecuted for merely threatening the life of a public official. Do you really want to get arrested if the kid ends up dead and you were the last one that said "Stay away from my kid or I'll kill you!"? You just don't do it. No matter what you may have really done or how the kid acted, juries don't like adults killing kids.

We live in a very modern world. If someone calls you, more than likely you'll get caller id. Even if you don't, you can ask the phone company to tap your line and they'll see the number whether it's blocked or not.

The only time a threat needs to come into play is when they show up at your doorstep or try to pick your kid up at school (or something similar). A 16 year old isn't likely to get that far though.
Post
#316909
Topic
What should be bannable offenses on Originaltrilogy forums?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316909/action/topic#316909
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PSYCHO_DAYV said:

lordjedi said:

HotRod said:

Your view may change once you have kids of your own!


I have a 16 month old. I'm pretty sure "END HIM" doesn't even enter the equation unless they show up at my door. Even then, "END HIM" wouldn't come into play unless they were actively trying to break in or prevent me from leaving. There would be a call to the police followed by the threat of death from a 12 gauge shotgun.

A warning to "END HIM" over email wouldn't even be considered. That's what spam and junk mail filters are for.


THE THINGS IS THAT THERE WAS MORE TO T THAN WHAT I POSTED. YOU WEREN'T THERE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE. OH, AND WHEN IT COMES TO MY KIDS, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WILL STOP ME FROM "ENDING SOMEONE."


If it went beyond email to him actually showing up at your door, then I might agree. However, you threatening a kid with "ending him" isn't going to do you or your kid any good. If my kid, for some weird reason, got a threat to "end him", I'd be on the phone with the police so fast your head would spin. Yeah, you have a reason to bring charges up on him and his father now has a reason to bring charges on you. You don't go around threatening minors with ending their life.

Phone calls, emails, etc, etc. Most of that shit can be easily traced and ignored. Showing up at someone's door is a different story. Since you never mentioned AWK showing up at your door, I assume it never went that far. I don't really care how many crude, disgusting emails you got from him. Block the email address. It's really that easy.

You sound like a good father, but you also sound a little overbearing when it comes to taking the life of someone elses kid. If it did come to you "ENDING HIM", then your kids would end up without a father too, since last time I checked, murder is still against the law. Do you want what's best for your kids or do you want to make yourself feel better?
Post
#316815
Topic
What should be bannable offenses on Originaltrilogy forums?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316815/action/topic#316815
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HotRod said:

Your view may change once you have kids of your own!


I have a 16 month old. I'm pretty sure "END HIM" doesn't even enter the equation unless they show up at my door. Even then, "END HIM" wouldn't come into play unless they were actively trying to break in or prevent me from leaving. There would be a call to the police followed by the threat of death from a 12 gauge shotgun.

A warning to "END HIM" over email wouldn't even be considered. That's what spam and junk mail filters are for.
Post
#316681
Topic
What should be bannable offenses on Originaltrilogy forums?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316681/action/topic#316681
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*sigh*

FF, you fail to see what's right in front of you. My point was that I don't want to see ANYBODY banned, but sometimes it's necessary. No, I don't want to see you get banned, but if you're going to admit to baiting then yes, I think you deserve at least a temp ban.

No, you didn't make any flagrantly trolling remarks, but that hasn't been a bannable offense in the past either (I'm sure I can find plenty of posts from past members Jay). From the Politics thread to threads in the General Star Wars area to the preservation threads. It's happened in the past and users weren't banned. The reasoning is usually "This isn't TFN, so we're not nearly as strict with bans."

I suppose the fact that you added the "and a predilection toward pedophilia" gives you an out since none of the "flagrant trolls" in the past showed a predilection toward pedophilia.

With all that said, did this really need its own thread? You obviously can't list every instance of what should be considered bannable since new things will come up all the time. That's why most boards list "baiting" and "trolling" as what will likely get you banned. That way they're not locked down to a specific list of items.

EDIT: Is this another one of those times where you think you're being targeted by "gang think" or whatever the hell that term was you used before?
Post
#316658
Topic
China
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316658/action/topic#316658
Time
False planet? That's not a false planet. That's the biggest cover-up the world has ever known!

I'm all for most of what's allowed here. It just seems to me that when someone admits to baiting, they deserve at least a temp ban. I guess the community here is small enough that they don't want to alienate anyone though.
Post
#316643
Topic
New "Dark Knight" Viral Marketing: Operation Slipknot
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316643/action/topic#316643
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Johnboy3434 said:

C3PX said:

A friend of mine is bind. He was born that way. He cannot comprehend why people would want to watch movies or TV, seems like the silliest, most pointless thing in the world to him, but I for one am still happy they make movies and TV shows.


If he acted like that toward me, I would pick up a random book and talk non-stop about how good it is. Then when he asks what it's about, I'd say, "You'd have to read it to understand". He wouldn't be my friend for very long, but it'd be fun while it lasted.


Damn...you're a dick.
Post
#316630
Topic
China
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316630/action/topic#316630
Time
FanFiltration said:

lordjedi said:

Talk about splitting hairs. The graph you posted sure doesn't seem like it was baiting to get discussion going. No, that graph was clearly posted as a means of baiting people into what could possibly be a negative reaction. You even said yourself following that that even though it didn't target anyone specifically, you aren't surprised by the responses and who responded. That's typical baiting.


You are truly grasping at straws here. Posting of photos of smog in Beijing could be said to accomplish the same end, as could posting a photo of a watch of Mao Tse-tung. The photo of the graph was posted as an aid to my opinion of the ongoing debate, just as the smog photos had been posted by another user. Sure you are offended because you seem to me to be type of person who thinks they know more then they truly do, and deep down you are aware of it. Another user on OT named Darth Chaltab has a sig graphic putting down liberals.


Huh? When did I say I was offended? I never made such a response. All I did was point out how one side of this discussion could easily think that graphic was targeting them. In fact, I actually perused the site the graphic came from for a bit before anything else (it wasn't hard to figure out where it came from). Then I left the thread alone to see if there would be any responses to it. Yesterday I was so busy taking care of my kid that the response you see is the only one I had time for.

Chaltab's signature was a direct response to another users signature that put down conservatives.

I do not wish to see you banned. On the contrary, I love debating topics with those of opposing views. However, there are many websites that will not tolerate bullshit. I've seen a fair number of users here that are given a pass on their comments because we tolerate everything. I've seen other sites where very similar users are summarily banned. Since you outright admitted to baiting, I simply mentioned that many many message boards consider that a bannable offense. Your justification of how you "bait" people wouldn't be enough to keep you around. But I guess that mods at OT.com just don't give a shit.
Post
#316594
Topic
China
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316594/action/topic#316594
Time
Talk about splitting hairs. The graph you posted sure doesn't seem like it was baiting to get discussion going. No, that graph was clearly posted as a means of baiting people into what could possibly be a negative reaction. You even said yourself following that that even though it didn't target anyone specifically, you aren't surprised by the responses and who responded. That's typical baiting.

You're right, you didn't specifically enter any part of the debate. But you did post the graph in the middle of the debate expecting some kind of reaction. The posting of the graph alone was enough to make everyone on one side of the argument believe that you were targeting them with the graph. It doesn't take a genius to think that's what the intent was either.

Seriously, if you want no part of this debate and are just here to "see the reactions of the participants", then why do you even post? Why even read the thread?

Your personal history was brought into it because if you act like this IRL then yes, it's no wonder those things happened to you. Just because you're actually benefiting from the bad treatment you received, doesn't mean you were right in the first place. All it means is that you suddenly have friends in high places. We've seen time and time again how that works out in the end.
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#316553
Topic
China
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316553/action/topic#316553
Time
Apparently no one caught this:

FanFiltration said:

I got that graph from a very entertaining article about how the seeds of the next American civil war can be seen in worthless debates such as this.


Yeah, a debate that you're actually participating in. So it seems to me that you're just as guilty as the rest of us.

FanFiltration said:

This tool is for people such as myself that enjoy baiting, and also observing the types of debate tactics, reactions, and over reactions employed by the posters here.


And here you admit to baiting, which is generally a bannable offense on most sites. There are actually statements in the TOS that could fall under that, but I'll leave it to the mods to decide if it's worth a ban.

FanFiltration said:

Do some of you truly feel you are changing anyones mind about any issues here? By the amount of strong emotions placed in some of the postings, I think they do.


Maybe, maybe not. We're all, with the possible exception of you, here to have a hopefully civilized debate.

FanFiltration said:

Do some lose sleep about any of this, have their ego bruised, or even carry a feeling of pride of a battle well fought over this banter?


I doubt it. At least I don't. That would truly be a waste of time.

FanFiltration said:

Does the ability to have personal interactions and debate with others outside the virtual confines of this forum mirror your etiquette here?


Of course not. In person, people can see my facial expression. I don't have to curse in order to express "You go to hell!" if someone dares call me a racist in person (not saying it's happened, just using an example). In fact, in person I can either ignore the person who has made the comment and just not talk to them or I can totally walk away with some visible sign that they're just a retard. Online, all I can do is not respond, which is sometimes taken as the person thinking they're right.

So if you're just going to continue to bait us, then either this thread needs to die, it needs to be locked, or you need to be banned.
Post
#316474
Topic
China
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316474/action/topic#316474
Time
Arnie.d said:

Johnboy3434 said:

I can't help but snicker when people say that humanity is "killing the planet". You know what it takes to kill a planet? Asteroids. The size of Texas. If we piled every nuclear, biological, and otherwise unsavory weapon into one spot and set off the biggest fireworks display in the past 65 million years, I guarantee you that, 100 million years later, intelligent life would still be alive and kickin'. Would they be human? Probably not. But the point is that this planet is a tough old bird, and it's nothing short of arrogant to think we could take her down for the count. And that's not even taking religious beliefs into account.

Ofcourse some life will find a way and something will survive. But if we continue like we are doing now and in 100-200 years there are 15-20 billion people on this planet it can no longer sustain us and there won't be much untouched wilderness left. We are killing the natural world as it existed 100 years ago.


First, that is a drop in the bucket compared with the entire history of this planet. Second, the last ice age wiped out a lot in its path and that happened, what, millions of years ago? Maybe it was thousands, not exactly sure.

The point is that 100 years is NOTHING compared to what this planet has been through. Considering that a ME event (Mass Extinction Event) is pretty much what it seems to take to wipe out life (think asteroids that size of Texas like Johnnyboy said) and I think "global warming" is just being politicized WAY to much.

Scientists know that the climate is changing, but they don't know exactly why. They think it might be caused by humans (what a great way to get more funding), but they're not entirely sure. How do we know that it's not a natural cycle? How do we know we can even stop it? We don't. We think we're so great and can do anything as long as we put our minds to it. The reality is the exact opposite. Sure we can recycle and do what we can with what we're given, but if climate change is a naturally occurring process, then there isn't a damn thing we can do to stop it. And even if we tried, we're more likely to screw things up in the process than we are to actually prevent anything.

If you want to survive this planet, then you're better off putting effort into space exploration. The only sure way to survive this rock is to get off this rock.
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#316437
Topic
China
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316437/action/topic#316437
Time
Did you even bother to read that link that was posted about the amount of pollution going into the air in China? Their economy is moving at a break neck pace. The last thing they want to do right now is introduce environmental controls that will stall it.

They've seen what happens when a country goes from Communism to Democracy almost overnight (Russia anyone?). Do you think anyone wants to see that happen again? I'm sure environmental regulations will eventually take hold over there, it's just going to happen a lot slower since the government has total control over everything.

What would you suggest Arnie? That we suddenly stop buying things just because they say "Made in China"? Let me know how that works out for you.

I don't know about where you live, but there are places in the US that dispose of electronic waste properly. They don't all just ship it over to China to be dumped. And these places aren't hard to find either. I don't throw away very much electronics myself since I end up finding a use for everything. I think I even have an 8 year old computer around here somewhere. It may not be running, but it's not sitting in a landfill either.
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#316381
Topic
State of the Trilogy/ annual SW depression
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316381/action/topic#316381
Time
Mature? Infancy? Oh come on. Sure, people who own players is relatively low compared with standard DVD. But if the OOT came out on Bluray tomorrow, there's a built-in market that would instantly buy up players and the discs. Sales would be huge for both and the format would instantly take off.

McCallum told everyone they were waiting to see which format would win. If one format didn't win, they were going to look at digital downloads. Well, Bluray has won. LFL hasn't said a thing. If it was that important to them, I'd expect some kind of announcement. Maybe we'll hear something at Comic-Con, but I don't have my hopes up.

There is no reason at all why Lucas can't work on remastering the OOT for Bluray while working on the Clone Wars at the same time. The TPM DVD was worked on at the same time as AOTC was filming. Let's not act like LFL is only capable of doing one thing at a time. All that has to be done is to hire the people necessary to get the job done. This of course assumes they have any intention of ever remastering the OOT in HD for Bluray. I don't believe they do.
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#316379
Topic
China
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316379/action/topic#316379
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C3PX said:

To be fair to America, look for some honest statistics of pollution in comparison to population size, and suddenly America looks incredibly clean. Americans in general may not be oppsessive compulsive about being "green" like some European countries are right now (though at this rate it honestly wont be long), but it is very conscious about the enviroment. Though I guess the fact that I ride around in an SUV automatically nullifies my opinion on the matter as well as reduces me to an un enviromentally concious neanderthal.


I would only nullify your opinion if you were telling people to "go green" and then driving around in an SUV. I once had a teacher that said "We should be reducing our fuel usage" and yet she drove around in an SUV. I didn't have the chance to say "You should start with yourself first". I had been promoting further oil drilling.

C3PX said:

Once the government starts telling me what cars I can drive and what kind of lightbubls I can use, then you can say China is a magnified version of America all you want, because then it will be true.


It hasn't quite happened with cars yet, but the government has already banned incandescent light bulbs. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59298. I know that's WorldNetDaily, but the fact is that the government has already mandated that we stop using those bulbs by 2014. Admittedly the amount of mercury in a CFL isn't as dangerous as it has been portrayed to be, but the cleanup necessary isn't as easy as an incandescent bulb (sweep up the glass). If a CFL breaks, you have to open your windows, leave the room for about 15 mins, and put the broken bulb into a bag. And then you're not even suppose to throw a CFL in the regular trash. All that in order to save some energy.

Arnie.d said:

Maybe China as a country will become (is?) the biggest pollutor. But aren't the figures something like: US 4% of the population, 25% of pollution? And why is China polluting like it does? Because the entire western world wants cheap products and we move production over there. Very convenient without all those shitty rules.


China pollutes like it does because they can. It's that simple. It has nothing to do with "the western world" and everything to do with not having environmental controls in place. They have a communist government that answers to no one but themselves. If you protest, you're jailed, it's that simple.

On that note, it appears that China is among the countries who have agreed, in principle, to a post-Kyoto protocol treaty. Check the Wikipedia article here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Kyoto_Protocol_negotiations_on_greenhouse_gas_emissions.
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#316342
Topic
China
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316342/action/topic#316342
Time
generalfrevious said:

I knew the Kyoto treaty was rejected because China wasn't treated as an industrialized country; I learned that in Biology last semester. But still, the US also rejected the Kyoto treaty because they felt it was bad for business- which effectively nullified the treaty because US is one of the top petroleum consumers in the world.


Along with CHINA and the UK. Yes, it nullified it because that's how treaties work. Either everyone agrees to them or they're null and void.

So here you are bitching about how the US and China have similar views on the economy over the environment (which is downright bullshit) and then you tell us you already knew why we rejected the Kyoto treaty. It was bad for business precisely because it did nothing to curb China's own petroleum consumption. Enough manufacturing jobs have already gone to China and their non-existent environmental laws. Institute even more, while leaving China out of the requirements, and more businesses will leave the US. Cheap labor and no environmental controls is a recipe for disaster.

You want the US to clean itself up, but you don't seem to have a problem with China spewing crap into the air.
Post
#316313
Topic
China
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316313/action/topic#316313
Time
generalfrevious said:

"Spying on citizens. This is practically laughable."
Apparently you haven't thought about the NSA and the spying controversies a few years back. Besides that, you are absolutely right on all the points that you made. Im really not trying to say that the US is as bad or even worse than China, or that we lack the right to protest. The reason I mentioned "economy over environment" is that the US rejected the Kyoto treaty back in 2001 because it would cause an economic catastrophe. Anyways, you can reply and educate me on the mistakes I made in this post.


Yes, we rejected the Kyoto treaty because it treated China like a 3rd world country. It required the US and the UK (maybe some other countries, can't remember exactly) to reduce our carbon footprint, but it made no such requirements of China or 3rd world countries. China is one of the worst offenders of pollution and that is exactly why we rejected it. You get an agreement that will force China to take some action as well and I'm sure we'll happily sign on. The leftists in this country (US) typically says "We need to lead the way on this and set an example". That's a good statement, but it doesn't carry much weight. There would be no reason for China to follow suit if they're not going to sign on to such a treaty.
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#316303
Topic
China
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316303/action/topic#316303
Time
generalfrevious said:

I'm not trying to imply that American get arrested every day and we have a government-controlled media that spits out communist propaganda. The similarities between China and the US is that we are similar in our concern of the economy over the environment, our relatively high prison populations, degrees of government spying on citizens, and that we are rival superpowers, to some degree or another.


Similar on the surface maybe, but the devil is in the details.

Concern of the economy over the environment. You have to be kidding. Unless you're referring to the recent "climate change" hype, then the US has been very good about protecting the environment at the cost of the economy in the past. Fuel economy has gone up, large areas of land have been set aside, water and air quality standards have been increased. Contrast this with China where you can't even breathe the air without a mask in some cities (Beijing I think). China has no environmental controls. The US has plenty. Try another argument.

Prison populations. Yes, the US puts people in jail when they break the law. China puts people in jail for speaking out against the government. Again, looks very similar on the surface, but the devil is in the details.

Spying on citizens. This is practically laughable. China blocks access to all but certain "approved" material (Internet, books, etc) and arrests people that subvert these controls. The US has no such thing in place. You want to protest in the US? Go ahead and do it. As long as you're doing it peacefully, you won't have any trouble. You want to put up a website saying how bad and evil the US government is? Go for it. You might get a lot of traffic, but you won't find yourself in prison. You can't do any of those things in China.

I think we get where you're coming from. The US is like China the same way Barack Obama is like John McCain. They have some similarities on the surface, but are completely different in the details.

Mao is revered in China due simply to government propaganda. Repeat a lie long enough and eventually people will believe the lie.
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#316296
Topic
Jedi Equivalent of the 501st Legion?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316296/action/topic#316296
Time
C3PX said:

Is recognition really the thing to be looking for? If it is a charity group, shouldn't the point be charity and not recognition?


No, it's not, and that's why it's sometimes very difficult to work with the 501st. They often want to make sure they're name is listed, but they don't care about anyone else. If it was more about "Let's make sure both groups names are listed." and less about making sure the 501st name is mentioned/listed, it would be a different story.

PreludeRM said:

Did you hear anything about the rebel legion helping at the rose bowl parade. Hell No. And if you did it was in a negative remark most likly made by a 501st member.


Well, I personally didn't hear any negative remarks, but I haven't been as active on the RL forums in a LONG time.

I did record the Rose Parade that year though and I do remember not hearing anything about the Rebel Legion. The host announced that it was the 501st which was a costuming group that had volunteered to help Lucas in the parade and also attends charity events. I kinda laughed when I heard it and said "I see nothing's changed."

PreludeRM said:

the 501st are not a charity group. Yes they attend charity functions and help out but if you look at their site they are a costuming club. with really high standards. Heck I have a friend who has a Jango costume. And they are now arguing about the thread on his shoe if it is screen accurate.


When are they not arguing about screen accuracy? I remember when the Darth Vader licensed costume was released. All hell broke loose on the 501st forums about how it wasn't screen accurate. It was finally decided that they HAD to let it in because it was a licensed costume. There was even a guy wearing one at Comic-Con a few years back that was in the 501st photo. Shit, I've seen arguments myself about people using cardboard for their costumes (the majority didn't like it, even though the costumes looked as good as any other).

Darth Lars said:

I don't recall the Rebel Legion ever being part of the 501st. It was started with the help of the 501st' founder Albin Jonson as a separate "good guy" equivalent to the 501st.
Its club charter started out as a copy-and-paste from the 501st charter with the names replaced, but it has evolved since then.


That might be what he was referring to. Instead of simply integrating the "good guys" into the main group, a separate group was started for the good guys. Unfortunately, the good guys don't get nearly as much press from the 501st. I can tell you this first hand as a formerly active RL member.

Darth Lars said:

However ... some garrisons of the 501st have also created a rival detachment, called the "Rebel Command". As far as I have heard, and seen of 501st members in Rebel outfits at events, these do not have as high costuming standards as the Rebel Legion.
The "Rebel Command" is disliked by many Rebel Legion members, as they are often confused, and are bad for the RL's reputation of being a club with only high-quality costumes.


I wonder why that was even allowed. Seriously, if you want to dress as a Rebel, you should be there representing the Rebel Legion, not a 501st detachment. I know plenty of people that have costumes for both groups and they have no problem dressing up as a Rebel to represent the RL. Of course, those people don't act elite like a lot of the 501st members do.

What's funny about having only Stormtrooper armor is that a lot of times those people will actually get shut out of events because the spots fill up quickly. It's the people that have multiple costumes (stormtrooper, bounty hunter, jedi, etc) that'll end up with a greater chance to go to a certain event because if one group fills up, they can just volunteer to dress as something else.

Darth Lars said:

There is also a costuming club called The Jedi Assembly for Jedi. I don't know much of them.


There isn't much else to them. They're strictly for Jedi and I don't think they're very active. Anybody with a Jedi costume can also get into the RL, so there's almost no reason for someone to go as a Jedi Assembly member.
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#316295
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China
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316295/action/topic#316295
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:P

I figured it was either that or I go on the attack over that statement. Since I'm so tired of hearing (and reading) bullshit statements like that, I figured he deserves a chance to clarify his meaning before he's utterly destroyed by the rest of us.

[sarcasm]I can totally see what he's saying though. Ya know, with all those protesters that are being arrested everyday in the US. Oh wait...[/sarcasm]