Official Forum closed without warning!! :( by AnotherFireflyfan

A-hah! I found you. This board is harder to navigate especially in panic mode. Princess said she was her....has anyone found her?
Is this our new home? was this the contingency plan? Where are the fillionaires and the loony goons headed? anyone know?

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:00 AM

NADJA

SH!T!!! I was hoping it was just me and my wacky computer. You can't reply to any posts either. This better be some temporary problem....

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Keeper of Companion Academy Training & Jayne's loogie

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:05 AM

Anyone know how I change my profile name to damnitgirlie instead of just girlie? This is an old log in from when i was a lurker.

Damnitgirlie

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:10 AM

NADJA

I suspected there was a swear-word missing in that name!!! Hi sweetie!

I'm not sure how you change your name. You might have to set up a new login.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:11 AM

BRTICK

that's f*ck*d!

they said they would give us warning! gorram fox b*st*rds!

Keep Flying!

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:11 AM

KAYTHRYN

Oh good lord, the official fans are here! Run for your lives!

Ahhhhhhh!

Naw, just kidding... well, maybe.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:12 AM

MAGUINAN

bump

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:13 AM

CAPTBAGGYTROUSERS

Hey, if this does prove to be where you come to play from now on, welcome! No need to dress for dinner.

History repeats the old conceits

http://topshelftvshow.com
Updated! Improved! Shiny!

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:15 AM

SERGEANTX

I'm gonna be last!

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:25 AM

HAKEN!!!

Can we have our own message board so that we don't invade the others?

Just a thought.

Thank you.

Rosie

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:25 AM

HAKEN!!!

Can we have our own message board so that we don't invade the others?

Just a thought.

Thank you.

Rosie

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:26 AM

HAKEN!!!

Can we have our own message board so that we don't invade the others?

Just a thought.

Thank you.

Rosie

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:30 AM

CHANNAIN

i DO aim to misbehave

Quote:
Originally posted by Kaythryn
Oh good lord, the official fans are here! Run for your lives!

Ahhhhhhh!

Naw, just kidding... well, maybe.

i find myself wondering whether Nathan and Adam are going to find us here if the shut down is permanent.

“We three are the only ones in this place wearing brown.
Means we’ve found something worth fighting for.
Something worth being more than alive for.”
Sarahetc

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:31 AM

ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Everybody, we are moving IN... to the official Fox Forum.

That's right, the Browncoats are taking over. Moving away from our peaceful rim world right into the heart of the Alliance.

http://forums.prospero.com/foxshows/

~AFf

Keep flying

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:32 AM

ZATHRAS10

Rat...fvcking...bastards. It'll take 'em days to realize what a mistake they've made.

Bastards not gonna get days. :-)

Pissed off,

Z.

p.s. Okay, calmer now, but does anybody have an in with Prospero at all to find out what the eff happened?

p.p.s. So very many unanswered questions. Will the 'Loon ever be the same? What'll happen to all the political discussions? Will I have a second chance to correctly retitle the "Interesting Facts" thread? Do the even *allow* Random Acts of Porn here? I'm so very confused.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:36 AM

ZATHRAS10

Quote:
Everybody, we are moving IN... to the official Fox Forum.

That's right, the Browncoats are taking over. Moving away from our peaceful rim world right into the heart of the Alliance.

Damn straight. Won't know what hit 'em. I'd forgotten til I saw your post that that was the plan all along if they ever pulled the plug.

Z., Off to cause trouble in the Faux Forum

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:45 AM

Malsgal emailed Adam. I'm sure he can get in touch with Nathan. Maybe they will stop by the new loon tonight.

Damnitgirlie

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:48 AM

* DG races naked through the thread, on her way out for the weekend, screaming*

"YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SKY FROM ME"

Do not be alarmed. You have just experienced a Random Act of Porn.

See ya Monday....You will be here right. Don't abandon me to the black!

Damnitgirlie

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Friday, September 12, 2003 11:51 AM

NADJA

Quote:
Originally posted by AnotherFireflyfan:
Everybody, we are moving IN... to the official Fox Forum.

That's right, the Browncoats are taking over. Moving away from our peaceful rim world right into the heart of the Alliance.

http://forums.prospero.com/foxshows/

Shiny, shiny idea!

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Friday, September 12, 2003 12:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Girlie:
Do not be alarmed. You have just experienced a Random Act of Porn.

ROTFLMGAO!! I knew it!

Oh, and Fox?

*do kinda like these emoticons*

Off to wreak havoc on the F*x Forum!

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Some people juggle geese!- Wash

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Friday, September 12, 2003 12:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Girlie:
Anyone know how I change my profile name to damnitgirlie instead of just girlie? This is an old log in from when i was a lurker.

Damnitgirlie

Click on profile in the bottom of one of your own messages, and there should be an Edit Profile thing...try that!

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Some people juggle geese!- Wash

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Friday, September 12, 2003 1:09 PM

LIVINGIMPAIRED

Ooooh! Newbie's! Do we get to haze them?

________________

JAYNE: You wanna go, little man?
WASH: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 1:18 PM

GORRAMFEDS

This is unbelievable. Is this it for us? Somethings gotta be wrong...they can't do that to us. Can we buy it from them? Heck, if all of us raised the money, I bet we could.

This started out a good day, and just came crashing down 2 minutes ago.

With Firefly, it's all good, all de time!

With Fox, life SUCKS!

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Friday, September 12, 2003 1:28 PM

Likes to mess with stuffs.

Quote:
Originally posted by FireflyPassenger:
HAKEN!!!

Can we have our own message board so that we don't invade the others?

Just a thought.

Thank you.

Rosie

Sure. What you want it to be called?

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Friday, September 12, 2003 1:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Haken:
Sure. What you want it to be called?

How about "Official Board members"? I think the Fox board was mostly known as the "official" board. Just don't want to step on anyone's toes over here!

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Some people juggle geese!- Wash

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Friday, September 12, 2003 1:42 PM

Haken,

You really rock. Thank you.

I think a vote should be in order. It should be something recognizable. I am thinking New Official Firefly Forum or something like that.

A place we can call home. It really feels we've lost our place. Thank you again.

Thanks for responding. This is the best piece of news I received today. Hopefully my day is turning better.

Rosie

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Friday, September 12, 2003 1:45 PM

GORRAMFEDS

Quote:
Originally posted by FireflyPassenger:
Haken,

I think a vote should be in order. It should be something recognizable. I am thinking New Official Firefly Forum or something like that.
Rosie

Yeah, Official Firefly Forum sounds kewl. Also, they have taken over the official fox forum as well:
http://forums.prospero.com/foxshows/start

Let's take it over, and make them sorry they EVER messed with us.

FOX SUCKS!

With Firefly, it's all good, all de time!

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Friday, September 12, 2003 1:50 PM

SARAHETC

Quote:
Originally posted by KelKat1:

How about "Official Board members"? I think the Fox board was mostly known as the "official" board. Just don't want to step on anyone's toes over here!

Too late.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 2:03 PM

Please be civil at FOX's board!

Keep in mind that FOX sold it's production rights to Universal, and that they may not be permitted to do things with it anymore. We don't know what the sale looked like.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 2:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Sarahetc:
Too late.

Apologies...we were all just scrambling, we had our forum yanked out from under us without warning, and were trying to re-group. I think a lot have found their way to the Fox forum now.

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Some people juggle geese!- Wash

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Friday, September 12, 2003 2:15 PM

Likes to mess with stuffs.

Yup. Listen to Kiba Rika for she is wise.

And, while it sounds great to have the word "official" for the new forum, I don't think it's such a good idea.

Can't really have an official Firefly anything on an unofficial website like mine. There may be legal issues further down the road.

So. Here's what we can do. Provide me a list of names you all would like to call the new forum and I'll setup the poll on this site and have everyone take a vote.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 2:18 PM

Haken, may I suggest something related to refugees or prisoners of war? Something that relates both to the show, and to the notion of being moved out of a home.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 2:25 PM

Why do we need segregation? Can't we all just talk in the same board? I would like to meet the "official board fans" and I just know they would like to meet me.

Haken has given Fireflyfans to everybody. Nobody owns it any more than anyone else, nobody is cooler than anybody else. Nobody is being "invaded" as FIREFLYPASSENGER suggested above.

We're all super browncoats and I look forward to meeting new people.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 2:28 PM

Likes to mess with stuffs.

Quote:
Originally posted by KibaRika:
Haken, may I suggest something related to refugees or prisoners of war? Something that relates both to the show, and to the notion of being moved out of a home.

You mean kinda like Benjamin Singleton's "Exodusters?"

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Friday, September 12, 2003 2:29 PM

I think that no one is going to believe the Official Forum regulars aren't welcome in other threads - the concern is very specific activities they're looking for, I believe, that may not interest the general populus (such as efforts to get the official board back).

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Friday, September 12, 2003 2:30 PM

Likes to mess with stuffs.

For those interested in the Exodusters:

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/seven/theexodust.htm

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Friday, September 12, 2003 2:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by KibaRika:
I think that no one is going to believe the Official Forum regulars aren't welcome in other threads - the concern is very specific activities they're looking for, I believe, that may not interest the general populus (such as efforts to get the official board back).

Oh, well, that makes darn good sense. Thanks. Good luck.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 2:48 PM

LIVINGIMPAIRED

How about creating a new section called Serenity Valley? It's thematically approprate, I think. Exodusters works well too.

________________

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 3:00 PM

've set up a Firefly Refugee Forum at http://fireflyshow.proboards2.com
I'm not sure how much bandwidth it can handle - it's a free remotely-hosted service. I've got the colors of the Official Board approximated and it is a navigation system I find friendlier than FF.net, but it isn't quite as easy to find new threads as over here at Prospero.

If anyone would be willing to be a mod, please email me at firefly@jossisahottie.com...

I really don't have time to mod but can serve as a basic admin, if others will mod.

Thanks!

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Friday, September 12, 2003 3:01 PM

Kiba,
I thought I had it all figured out then I saw Tzegha's post on the Fox Forum. Sigh.
http://forums.prospero.com/foxshows/messages?msg=6914.10

... and while we are all Browncoats, we have also developed into very different tribes, each very well established and with our own little quirks, lingo and group dynamics. It would be rather jarring to get these two top dogs to mingle on only one stretch of land (and territory that is not our own to boot).

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Friday, September 12, 2003 3:25 PM

TZEGHA

Hiya! I didn't say that in any mean-spirited way, it's just how I personally feel. I do hang here sometimes and enjoy the conversation, but I also sometimes get an us/them vibe from certain persons.

Given Sarah's response to the toe-stepping apology, I felt that only emphasized my vibe. I read your welcome, and I am very glad of it, and I plan to continue to post over here when I can. But a full -scale invasion I think would be unfair to you all as well as to us folks from the OB (whoops, there I went with the us/them-- I'll have to see about that board in my own eye).

It's just elbow room, really, and the fact that I'm not a big fan of how to navigate this board, which is why I chose the OB over any other board. But if Haken does indeed have the room, then that would be grand to move everything, including the kitchen sink, over to here.

And this and the quoted statement was only my opinion, and not everyone's from the OB, and thank you again for your enthusiasm about us coming over! (and sorry if I bummed you out)

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Friday, September 12, 2003 3:40 PM

HLGEM

My suggestion is the Displaced Browncoats Board.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 3:48 PM

Likes to mess with stuffs.

Quote:
Originally posted by Tzegha:
It's just elbow room, really, and the fact that I'm not a big fan of how to navigate this board, which is why I chose the OB over any other board. But if Haken does indeed have the room, then that would be grand to move everything, including the kitchen sink, over to here.

As far as resources go, I believe I still have enough left to handle more members and the increased traffic they bring. I guess we'll find out.

As for the navigation issues with the FFF.NET message board, I would like to discuss the matter further in another thread. More than once today people have commented on the unfriendliness of the navigation.

As a developer, I'm always looking for ways to improve things. I wrote the forum software over a year ago, and now, with the annoucement of the Firefly movie and the possible shutdown of the OB, it is a good a time as any to update things on here.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 4:01 PM

STEVEP99999

Quote:
Originally posted by Succatash:
Why do we need segregation? Can't we all just talk in the same board? I would like to meet the "official board fans" and I just know they would like to meet me.

Haken has given Fireflyfans to everybody. Nobody owns it any more than anyone else, nobody is cooler than anybody else. Nobody is being "invaded" as FIREFLYPASSENGER suggested above.

We're all super browncoats and I look forward to meeting new people.

Thats a mighty shiny reply Succatash :)

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Friday, September 12, 2003 4:02 PM

Tzegha, no worries. Let's embrace our differences. I think you OB guys should come up with your new name, and all of FFF should now be called "The Sons and Daughters of Haken."

The only reason I never went to the official board is because I couldn't find my way around for the life of me. Haken's site was so easy to navigate, in my opinion. I also really like the people who come here. Well, I used to anyway, lately Kaythryn has been pissing me off, although I like her a lot, but that's another story.

I think the Fox boards are hard to navigate, and I am surprised to see how many people find the opposite to be true. I guess we all learn something new every day!

Does anyone have an example of "The Perfect" message board?

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Friday, September 12, 2003 4:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Haken:
More than once today people have commented on the unfriendliness of the navigation.

Haken, I think it's just different to them, is all. As I state above, I had a hard time navigating on the O.B. I found your site to be so easy and well designed.

I guess if you ask 10 people a question, you'll likely get 10 different answers.

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Friday, September 12, 2003 4:17 PM