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Newbies / Re: Thought I'd stop lurking
« on: April 4, 2005, 09:35 PM »
Hey Matt, welcome to JediDefender. Glad to have you here!
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Newbies / Re: Hello from Darth_Anton
« on: April 4, 2005, 09:35 PM »
Hi Anthony, glad to have you here with us at the site. I look forward to seeing you around the boards. Let one of us know if you need help with something. Enjoy the site! 
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Rebelscum Spam Mail? WTF???
« on: April 2, 2005, 09:47 PM »
Wow. All I have to say, wow.
I've been in Florida on vacation for the past week and had internet for a few days before the hotel had problems with their provider or something. Now, for something a bit more interesting... I have as well been banned from RebelScum and received the following e-mail from Philip Wise.
"Hi Chris,
As I've mentioned before to you, and it continues to be apparent, many of
your site staff just can't seem to make it a day without publically
attacking RS, the forums and the staff. This is not something I'd ever allow
and would address immediately if it was brought to my attention.
I personally don't understand why you allow this kind of behaviour, but
clearly you do.
Please inform your staff they may no longer use our forum."
Screw you Phil. I would like to say that I have never ONCE in all years of my posting at Scum, not ONCE have I ever been so much as WARNED about a comment. I have done absolutely NOTHING to warrant this. RebelScum is disgusting and I don't feel bad saying it out in the open now. Before this, I found it in poor taste on my part to openly just trash talk, but everything has come full circle and I'm not too worried.
I'm not going to stoop to levels of a site-sponsored attack against RebelScum, but please, if you feel in any way you have been mistreated, or even if you have not and just enjoy it here- TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO COME HERE. STOP POSTING OVER THERE. The only way to stop this stupid **** and get back to having fun is to not go to RebelScum. Do not endorse them. Complaining over here is great for venting, but in the end will get us nowhere. The only thing you can do is cease using RebelScum.
I've been in Florida on vacation for the past week and had internet for a few days before the hotel had problems with their provider or something. Now, for something a bit more interesting... I have as well been banned from RebelScum and received the following e-mail from Philip Wise.
"Hi Chris,
As I've mentioned before to you, and it continues to be apparent, many of
your site staff just can't seem to make it a day without publically
attacking RS, the forums and the staff. This is not something I'd ever allow
and would address immediately if it was brought to my attention.
I personally don't understand why you allow this kind of behaviour, but
clearly you do.
Please inform your staff they may no longer use our forum."
Screw you Phil. I would like to say that I have never ONCE in all years of my posting at Scum, not ONCE have I ever been so much as WARNED about a comment. I have done absolutely NOTHING to warrant this. RebelScum is disgusting and I don't feel bad saying it out in the open now. Before this, I found it in poor taste on my part to openly just trash talk, but everything has come full circle and I'm not too worried.
I'm not going to stoop to levels of a site-sponsored attack against RebelScum, but please, if you feel in any way you have been mistreated, or even if you have not and just enjoy it here- TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO COME HERE. STOP POSTING OVER THERE. The only way to stop this stupid **** and get back to having fun is to not go to RebelScum. Do not endorse them. Complaining over here is great for venting, but in the end will get us nowhere. The only thing you can do is cease using RebelScum.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Rebelscum Spam Mail? WTF???
« on: March 29, 2005, 09:05 PM »QuoteWho needs Rebelscum when you have JD? Urge a fellow scummer to come over here. After all, 'scum is just a dumb website. You'd think who the hell Phillip is. He's nobody.
Who needs it? I for one do. The people who have populated a 5 page thread about it apparently do.
Look...let's call a spade a spade.
if everyone from RS migrated over here, that would be one thing. But as it stands, this site has like....1/10th (at best) of the active population of Rebelscum. I like the cozy atmosphere here at JD, but it's just not fun to post in a random topic and wait three days for a reply. Call it A.D.D, but I like my forum conversations to move a little faster than that.
The only time I see a topic with 5 pages in a one day period over here is (Drum roll) when it's about RS.
As fun as it is to gripe when the admins over there fly off the handle, promote or ban a moderator, or lock a post......it doesn't make me want to give up the daily interaction with my fellow fans to come over here and listen to the crickets chirping.
RS has Wuher's. They have constant news and conversation in every collecting section I care about. They have the Seattle community (whose closest and only rival resides at GH). On top of all that, they have more news than any other site out there with very few exceptions.
If it takes a spam mail or two every once in awhile, or I have to watch while GNT or Lady Jaye locks a thread for post padding (and chuckle at the irony)....I can deal with it.
Everything I just said aside, I like JD. There are a lot of websites I enjoy and this is one of them. It's a fun place, where more than a few people I enjoy talking to hang out. And you know what? Someday, if JD ever gets big and interesting enough to be a "daily hangout", I'll be happy to switch my allegiances and never look back.
Today is unfortunately not that day.
I have to jump in here, sorry Josh. RebelScum news? I won't comment there as it would be rude on my part, but when you say they have constant news and updates in the forums? Have you seen Wuher's? It is 90% bull****. ROTS forum? Kids bickering at one another. Saga, OTC, same thing. The ONLY thing I will give you is their Vintage section which is great, as are their store reports section. I'm going to defend (no pun intended) my site when I say you do not wait days for a reply and all replies here (with natural exceptions here and there) are of the highest adult quality. You have not and will not get that at RebelScum. I HOPE that this site NEVER becomes like RebelScum, and as long as I work here, it will not. If and most likely when our traffic is that of theirs, it will be pruned of the ignorance and child-like qualities. I promise that however much traffic is ever here, even that of 10x RebelScum, we will not have their problems. Period.
I want to say in public that I often have disagreed with Josh in these matters but have no hard feelings- that would be child-like and ridiculous. I enjoy reading Josh's posts and believe he is a worthwhile member of Star Wars collecting. We have competition and always will. I am obviously for the site that I work for and will defend it within reason. Josh is 100% correct when he says we do not have the amounts of traffic in the forums that Scum has. It would be great if we had more traffic, every site on the web can say that. I believe our content and quality is better than RebelScum. That is for our readers to decide though. We simply do the best we can.
With that said, you all need to get a life.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Rebelscum Spam Mail? WTF???
« on: March 27, 2005, 10:43 PM »
Yes, I received that as well and was quite disgusted.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Baby Russell arrived, 03/20/05
« on: March 20, 2005, 11:43 PM »
Congratulations Dean, great looking boy you have there. I'm very happy he and mom are doing well!
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Child prodigy kills himself
« on: March 20, 2005, 10:59 PM »
I sure would like to know what he was thinking and if he took his life looking for something more. It would have been great to know him and to know if he killed himself out of your average depression or if he was wise for his age and had some other purpose. Perhaps he shouldn't be saved, who knows. Still a sad thing.
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Watto's Junk Yard / VoIP Anyone?
« on: March 20, 2005, 04:42 PM »
I'm looking into purchasing VoIP service as opposed to my normal telephone line. Does anyone have any experience with this or any comments?
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Stupid **** From the Internet Thread.
« on: March 20, 2005, 03:49 PM »
58.
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Watto's Junk Yard / The Episode III Trailer
« on: March 19, 2005, 09:03 PM »
This may offend some, so you have been warned.
http://www.heavy.com/heavy.php?videoPath=/content/contagious/flash_video/STARWARS3
http://www.heavy.com/heavy.php?videoPath=/content/contagious/flash_video/STARWARS3
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The Prequel Trilogy / Re: No to Ep 7
« on: March 13, 2005, 08:08 PM »
I firmly believe it and am glad to hear it.
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The Prequel Trilogy / Re: ROTS Trailer
« on: March 10, 2005, 09:01 PM »
Oh ****, I just saw it on FOX. Holy damn that is freaking awesome, I don't think I can wait... man....
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Celebration III: Indianapolis / Re: Celebration 3 Softball Game?
« on: March 7, 2005, 10:38 PM »
I would be in for a few games of pool...
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Constantine
« on: March 5, 2005, 03:38 PM »
I went and saw it last night and I was quite impressed. Really thought the scenes with the devil were cool, wish I wouldn't have gotten to the theatre 30 min late...