Guest chris Posted November 14, 2001 Share Posted November 14, 2001 Our community has forever been involved with squabbling among ourselves, dissent, and more recently, pointless religious debates. I admit that I have participated in many of these things. I think we all have been guilty of something that did not benefit this community. What community hasn't had these things happen to it? But we can do better than this. This is my attempt to forge a closer bond between each other. I'm calling upon all of us to make our community stronger than it already is. A bond between us already exists, and it is slowly growing stronger. I see lots of us working to help each other out. We have learned to deal with newbies effectively, I believe, to get them started down the right path. Several projects exist where teamwork is essential and, for the most part, is running smoothly. The XWAUP is one such project. They have survived through things from shortages of volunteers to the death of Wedge, a close friend and compatriot of many of the team members. Still, they have perservered through teamwork and through effective leadership. Congratulations to all of you for being so successful. The State of the Community still needs work though. There is no doubt about it. Many of us cannot seem to learn to live with the many differences that separate us from everyone else. These differences are emotional, physical, and ideological in nature. Again, I admit that I am guilty of some of these failings. I do not claim to be above anyone by coming here and saying this, only that I see that the bond between all of us, the Community, needs work, and that a call to action must be made. We must work together to make this bond between us stronger. If we are to truly come together and become one Community, each of us must learn to agree to disagree, to put away our pride when it matters, and to learn to forgive each other. Forgiveness does not mean however that those who committed acts against us are to go unpunished. And pride is what keeps most of us fighting even when the point of the arguement is long lost. Agreeing to disagree will stop any more bad blood between us, the Community, before it has been spilt. We must learn how to do these. If we do not, more and more talented people in our community will end up going the way of Draegos, producer of The Path Not Taken Shipset for XvT. To those who would say otherwise, you are hurting the Community. We must work together and put aside our personal differences. It is not about us, as individuals. It is about each other. It took me some time to see that, but now I do, and that's all that matters. In an effort to do just this, I'm going to borrow from a part of government that exists in several countries. In the USA, we call it the State of the Union Address. I propose that every six months a community member gives a dissertation, similar to this one, on the state of our community. This speech should put the community's successes and failings into perspective for all of us, so we have something to work towards for the next six months. Each time the address is given, it should be given by a different member from the community so each time we will have a brand new perspective on how things are progressing. Let me know if you think this is a good idea. Only together can we reach the level of unity once felt during the days of the OPT Project. Only together can we succeed. Respectfully submitted, ------------------ Chris "Janz" Walker Episode I Shipset New Jedi Order Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted November 15, 2001 Share Posted November 15, 2001 So what do we do now? [This message has been edited by JR2000Z (edited November 14, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem Posted November 15, 2001 Share Posted November 15, 2001 Originally posted by Chris: I propose that every six months a community member gives a dissertation, similar to this one, on the state of our community. I already have enough dissertations to do in my philosophy class... I would do anything not to have any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zargon Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 who are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 Someone from XWlegacy.net. Guess you don't visit there that often. Well don't. I can tell already that the speech didn't work when I posted it over there and at XWAupgrade.com. (Now in about 5 minutes, if everything is on schedule, Nob will come along and chew me out for saying that. If he does that, then he monitors everything XWA related. ) Well at least I tried to salvage the situation... cya somewhere else, perhaps in the JK2 editing community. *sigh* ------------------ Chris "Janz" Walker Episode I Shipset New Jedi Order Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold leader Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 This is never going to work, for one simple reason: it sounds like homework. Sorry dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 Homework? lol. Boy you people don't get it do you? Nobody ever said everyone had to do it. Just someone in the community. But since everyone on the other boards are opposed to it for no good reasons, you don't have to worry about it. ------------------ Chris "Janz" Walker Episode I Shipset New Jedi Order Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 The one and only good reason not to do it: Lazyness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattleDog Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 Well, for what its worth, I think you're right. ------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 Personally, I think we're all the community we need to be... You don't need semi-annual dissertations and huge lectures to have a functioning community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 And besides, we won't be here forever. In a few years, we'll go on our own seprate ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Bastard Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 In my opinion, we're not even part of the XWA community anymore. At least not the people who post on this part of the board. I bet most of us haven't played xwa for several months, at least. We have actually nothing to do with the rest of the "xwa community"... ------------------ "It's funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was the fond memories they were creating."<font size=1> [This message has been edited by Poor Bastard (edited November 17, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted November 17, 2001 Share Posted November 17, 2001 Most of us are in squadrons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Odin Posted November 18, 2001 Share Posted November 18, 2001 PB is right, as for a commnity xwa.net is strong. XWA might not be the biggest thing here, but that doesn't mean the people here are falling apart. ------------------ "Dulce bellum inexpertis." (Sweet is war to those who have never experinced it.) Roman Proverb God Bless America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted November 18, 2001 Share Posted November 18, 2001 But it will fall apart sometime in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Beastie Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 Originally posted by Admiral: but that doesn't mean the people here are falling apart. Dude. . . You taken a head count recently? <small>Between Nute, and Nitro, and Niner, and me, and . . . where is Zoomie, anyway?</small> ------------------ "Don't f_ck with the Jedi Master, son." --Mark Hamill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 I suspect he was grabbed by the FBI. I always knew he was a terrorist. His sig said so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taarkin Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 Not to mention that he was always going off on his eastern philosphy stuff. Like how you go to heaven if you die of a self-inflicted explosion. [This message has been edited by Taarkin (edited November 18, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander 598 Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 Originally posted by Flying Beastie: Dude. . . You taken a head count recently? <small>Between Nute, and Nitro, and Niner, and me, and . . . where is Zoomie, anyway?</small> I guess no one ever mentions me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 Well, he only need the most important people... It's even more convenient that we three kings of the forum can be grouped together as "The Three N's"... ------------------ Ryan "Nitro" Cole - The man who can fly anything with wings... And some things without... "If they could get a washing machine to fly, our Nitro could land it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 Nobody ever mentions me either. That's OK - it means you're not annoying enough to stick in people's minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zargon Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 but I usually aim to be that annoying, ****....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rogue 9 Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 I don't count cause I'm not an old fart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 Watch who yer callin' "old", sonny. There's still some life in these hands of mine. I can still fly an X-wing with the best of 'em. Hmm...I wonder what my sig is...haven't used it in a while... ------------------ Love people. Use things. Not vice versa. XWA's Resident Finance Manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest garyah99 Posted November 20, 2001 Share Posted November 20, 2001 Hmmm....for a guy with a whole 21 posts, this guy Chris sure has a lot to say about our community. He says he made the same speech at two other sites and they didn't listen to him there either. Maybe he should take notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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