Etcetere

Tell me about it.

So... seriously? BZP is 12 years old, the toy line that inspired it has been discontinued, we're all probably in our 20s by now, yet I can count on quicker (and better) responses than I do with my [REDACTED-DV] posts? Hm. Need to go find some Bionicles to buy on craigslist and have more to do here!

A post loaded with helpfulness Lyichir, I appreciate it!

Ok, a further question, because it's pretty unanimous that WE made it great How did we manage to get so many great people with quality creativity/dedication? Is Bionicle an inherently creativity-inspiring storyline? Did the tight forum moderation procure quality content?

Amazing that 7 years later I read all these names and memories flood back. People really got involved on a devoted level!

I got on BZP soon after Bionicle first launched in 2001 when I was 11. I stayed on up till 2007 when my interest in Bionicle simply waned. But during those years the friendships I made and the community I was a part of actually very close to my heart. Fast forward to today, 11 years later, I'm a missionary in Mexico and I want to create an online community for youth in Latin America to work together for social justice. - I won't mention any more details, because if I remember correctly BZP rules forbid talking about other forums. What I do want to talk about is how the idea intimidates me because I see dozens of heavily-funded, big-name projects that failed to do the very same thing. But then I remembered BZP, and how it was an incredibly successful and thriving community, and how much it was a part of my life. Maybe I could learn a few lessons from how things worked here? Miraculously I remembered my old yahoo address and could recover my password, and here I am. So my question is: What made BZPower such a great community?What made it more successful and interactive than others? I personally think that it is mostly because BZP was community-invented. Nearly every BZ innovation was birthed out of the users, not out of the "designers" producing new "features". Contests, RPGs, entire categories and sections, were created because someone started an idea that others caught on to, so the administrators gave it a permanent place.

I returned to BZP after 5 years absent. I had originally logged on to this place in 2002, when I was 11. I went by Core Dimension most of the time and switched to Etcetere later. Crazy! Now it's 11 years later and I'm 22. Miraculously, I managed to remember the old yahoo email account I used and could recover my password. I'm going to pop back in to BZP from time to time now. I'm interested in seeing how many of my 14-year-old virtual friends I can find again!