Question For TFN Expatriates

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2006-05-25 01:15am

I see many familiar names from TFN that have signed up here at SD.net. Tell me, what do you think of the place? Is your experience here completely different from what you were expecting?

Do you find the frank and no holds barred discussion of Star Wars topics more appealing without "mods" playing Miss Manners games? Do you find the much stricter stance on evidence presentation here refreshing?

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2006-05-25 01:30am

One thing for certain, is that you don't have to suffer fools such as McEwok. I think evidence presentation makes for better arguments, and not more "ifs" and more "ifs" and these "ifs" can actually serve as arguments....

And certainly, no mods that are hoplessly biased and totally dictatorial to the point they would even ban on the whim.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2006-05-25 04:25am

Just remember, the language may get harsh, if you present a weak argument with no backing. I guess that's the main thing to think of. And there's no VIP positions, at all. :P

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2006-05-25 04:58am

VT-16 wrote:Just remember, the language may get harsh, if you present a weak argument with no backing. I guess that's the main thing to think of. And there's no VIP positions, at all.

Unless, of course, we're talking about Very Intellectual People, or perhaps Very Influential People. Plenty of both of those.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2006-05-25 07:21am

Very Influential People

Influence is never a guarantee for accuracy. :P

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2006-05-25 09:46am

VT-16 wrote:
Very Influential People
Influence is never a guarantee for accuracy.

If Karen Traviss is to be of any guide, her influence is not welcome.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2006-05-25 10:21am

Sorry to interject, since I'm not a TFN expatriate, but I still can't believe the way TFN allowed people to say bad things about TPM, Jar-Jar, and other creative decisions of George Lucas while clamping down like Kim Jong Il's secret police on anyone who dares say that Karen Traviss is a hack. In what parallel universe is it more acceptable for SW fans to flame George Lucas than some bitchy dipshit egotistical thin-skinned self-promoting second-rate hack EU writer like Karen Traviss?

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2006-05-25 10:57am

- She talked to them.

- She's a 'she'. (Though that didn't help Jan Duursema, apparently.)

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2006-05-25 12:27pm

VT-16 wrote:- She talked to them.

- She's a 'she'. (Though that didn't help Jan Duursema, apparently.)

When I heard she bitched about her being a woman and that sort of thing, it struck me that she could be one of those feminists who thinks the world is against them and has an inferiority complex to boot.

Anguirus · Post by **Anguirus** » 2006-05-25 01:15pm

There's no comparison. I can't stand TFN anymore. The movie boards were amusing for about an hour apiece, and the Lit board was great until I ran into McEwok and the masses who verbally fellate him.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2006-05-26 03:02pm

Darth Wong wrote:Sorry to interject, since I'm not a TFN expatriate, but I still can't believe the way TFN allowed people to say bad things about TPM, Jar-Jar, and other creative decisions of George Lucas while clamping down like Kim Jong Il's secret police on anyone who dares say that Karen Traviss is a hack. In what parallel universe is it more acceptable for SW fans to flame George Lucas than some bitchy dipshit egotistical thin-skinned self-promoting second-rate hack EU writer like Karen Traviss?

Wow, someone should really cite this on TFN next time they have an opening.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-05-26 06:47pm

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Sorry to interject, since I'm not a TFN expatriate, but I still can't believe the way TFN allowed people to say bad things about TPM, Jar-Jar, and other creative decisions of George Lucas while clamping down like Kim Jong Il's secret police on anyone who dares say that Karen Traviss is a hack. In what parallel universe is it more acceptable for SW fans to flame George Lucas than some bitchy dipshit egotistical thin-skinned self-promoting second-rate hack EU writer like Karen Traviss?
Wow, someone should really cite this on TFN next time they have an opening.

Yeah, because it'll really be around for very long.

Elfdart · Post by **Elfdart** » 2006-05-27 04:03pm

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Sorry to interject, since I'm not a TFN expatriate, but I still can't believe the way TFN allowed people to say bad things about TPM, Jar-Jar, and other creative decisions of George Lucas while clamping down like Kim Jong Il's secret police on anyone who dares say that Karen Traviss is a hack. In what parallel universe is it more acceptable for SW fans to flame George Lucas than some bitchy dipshit egotistical thin-skinned self-promoting second-rate hack EU writer like Karen Traviss?
Wow, someone should really cite this on TFN next time they have an opening.

I'll do it if I get around to it, since I was thinking the exact thing Wong was. I'll have to dig up my password.

Elfdart · Post by **Elfdart** » 2006-05-27 04:27pm

It is done:

Yours Truly wrote:Obviously George Lucas, Rick McCallum and Curtis Saxton are NOT considered VIPs. All three have been the subject of attacks on TF.N boards. I guess Karen Traviss is more important to Star Wars than George Lucas.