Sorry I'm piping in on the topic so late in the game.

I'll just say this outright. The MSN crew came about simply from people who use msn msgr. Anyone can join. Some of us wanted to chat in real time as opposed to, I dunno, thru comments and PMs. If we all had yahoo, we'd use that, y'know? I've invited many people but sometimes, they just don't have the right system. Does that constitute a clique because some of us chat on msn? Probably but we're open to anyone. If JD had a chat, we could all chat there, right?


The elitist side of things... I can understand how that can be seen. It's simply when a new comer comes in and see that a group is tightly knit and buddies and etc, one feels like an outsider very quickly. When I came in, Violentfix, General Hawk, LeoTDragon, Luke Ellison and several others were "the old guard". They were the vets and with the way Nate handles this site (no offense, Nate), they laid down the rules. When guys like me, Lord Raven, ToneGuns (the original, not the goodfed up account version), Mobius, Frk525, CodeRedShockwave and many others, we followed the old folks lead. And many of us tried to uphold that. (notice the oft confused Dioramas vs Photos debate? lol)

If I'm considered "Elistist", that's up to you guys. But I give comments and help to anyone; old or new. Elitist to me were the ones who wouldn't give you the time of day. They won't answer your PMs. They won't comment and it's like Prince Adam said (iirc), "they only chill with each other".

Self-righteous as a mod here? I was trying to uphold the rules the best I could. Did my banning of certain people create an uproar? Yes it did. But according to the rules, I did give reprimands (or write-ups) before there was a banning (unless of course, it fell under the "1-way ticket" rules). I was only doing the job that I was asked to do.

The picture cap. Sure, if I weren't mod, it would never happen. That cap was brought forth by me because of many complaints. There were past members who would literally flood the site with upwards of 50 pics at a atime. A lot of the "old guard" left partially because they got tired of their stuff being bumped so quickly. While I posed a posting cap, it was up to the community here to decide how many pictures would make the cap. People had all sorts of ideas and the posse here voted on it. IIRC, it started at 6 then 4 then 3 where it's at now. If someone feels it needs to be changed, feel free to make a post and gather support.

The Flickr vs JD thing. That's... uh... How do I explain it? There are some of us who simply do not believe in posting the same picture on various sites. That's how I saw it at least. Personally, I'm not a flickr guy. And there have been many times where it's like, "Dude, check out this picture so-and-so did on flickr..." Then I'd usually say, "*sigh* Ok..." And then I'd end up seeing the picture on JD and Flickr. I'd rather just see it on the JD. I've noticed that there's a division between the Flickr and JD but I just figured, "to each his own".

The NFO/OWN thing... Did it really turn into funky hatred? Whoa. It was meant to be an exercise of which side could come up with the best pictures. Errrrr, I think that was why. Sure wasn't to make enemies. We just wanted to see some good pictures, in which we did!

People tend to use what is the latest. The Modern Age taking over? Only cuz it was new. But with all things, the old tends to come back. Shoot, I got pics of Razor Troopers that I did as of late (beating up on MA Gung Ho). I even have those DTC Blueshirts in the latest diostory and you'll see them again in the upcoming story. The figures Hasbro makes are tools for me to use. I use what is easiest and best (for me).

uh, what else were we talking about?