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    November 2015 updates

    in BS01/HS01

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    I'm not too pleased with the addition of a chat room, there is practically no activity on the wiki anymore asides from people going to visit, steal pictures or the admins cleaning up a few things. I see it as an unnecessary cost on the server.

    It's not any stress on the server really. Just a place members can go which has actually stimulated activity a bit since it was added. We've seen a handful of new users join since publicizing the chat feature, and some new users editing articles as well and getting to know the site's policies and style guidelines.

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    November 2015 updates

    in BS01/HS01

    Posted

    Hi guys!

     

    I've made a couple major updates to BS01 so far this month that I'd like the bring to everyone's attention.

     

    First of all, and most-noticeably, there's now a live chatroom on the wiki! 

     

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    This can be accessed at http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Chat by any logged in user. It is moderated but allows for you to discuss the wiki, Bionicle, LEGO in general, or really anything. You can private message other users as well. Emoticons are slowly but surely being added but be sure to check it out!

     

    The other update has to do with anti-spam. I've gone ahead and set up several anti-spam filters, visible at http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Special:AbuseFilter, all of which were copied or derived from Brickipedia. So far they've proven themselves quite successful, as I allowed some spambots in to test the filters out and they prevented several hundred spam actions in the first day. Since finalizing the new anti-spam methods for BS01, there hasn't been a single spambot. :D

     

    Feel free to let us know what you think of these updates and don't hesitate to ask questions!

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    Official BS01/HS01 Wiki Topic

    in BS01/HS01

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    Fixed all the error messages that were being thrown on the front-end. Some things here and there may not be correct as far as wiki skins go, but I'm leaving that to Swert to fix. The skin is functional and there are no more fatal errors being thrown.

    Ambassador?

    in BZPower Q&A

    Posted

    A LUG Ambassador is an individual who represents a community between that LUG and the LEGO Group, not between two LUGs. As Andrew linked, the LEGO Ambassador Network has all the answers you may be looking for in regards to LUGs and Ambassadors. :)

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    chrome isn't letting me on the site

    in BZPower Q&A

    Posted · Edited by Meiko

    Try going to any page on BZPower, press F12, go to "Console" and run this code:

    var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open('GET', '/board', false); 
req.send();
req.status
    Don't worry, all this will do is test for an HTTP request header and return whatever status code you get. You should get "200" if the connection between the site and your browser is correct. If you get an error code starting in a 4, such as the common 404 error, it's an issue on your end. If you get an error code starting in 5, such as 500, it's an issue on the server's end.
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    LEGO Lifts Lid on 10249 Winter Toy Shop

    in BZPower.com News Discussion

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    I said in the article that this is a redesign. The new set certainly has more than the old, with an additional minifigure and some more toys, at the very least. Plus it's good for people who missed the first one.

     

    Missed that.

     

    Well... At least they're using a good design. I just hope it's not as pricey.

     

    The price is US $79.99 / CA $99.99 / DE 69.99€ / UK £59.99 / DK 599.00 DKK. You can read the full press release in the news story.

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    Bionicle 2016 Set Names Discovered

    in BZPower.com News Discussion

    Posted

    Everyone needs to stop being so paranoid about "leaks". It wasn't a leak. It was a mistake on Amazon's part. We did what any fan site would be expected to do. LEGO does not blame us and can't blame us. When information comes out about something, fans share it on fan sites. It's no big deal. Hasbro fans would do it. Star Wars fans would do it. Why would LEGO expect its fans not to share new info? Also how would we expect we would be asked to take it down? It didn't say confidential and wasn't from a shady source. Amazon is a credible source and a business partner with LEGO. Their mistake does not mean we made a mistake. Imagine if LEGO DIDN'T ask Amazon to take it down and it were perfectly fine for it to be published? Would you all have not wanted BZPower to cover that news? Stop complaining and being so paranoid about something that doesn't matter at this point. It's been taken care of. Nobody in BZP News is at fault. None of you are parts of LEGO's sales or research departments so stop pretending you know what is/isn't hurting the company's sales. It's just annoying.

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    Bionicle 2016 Set Names Discovered

    in BZPower.com News Discussion

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    LEGO has asked us to remove the list of set names. Please do not post them on the forums until they are officially announced.

     

    Then does this mean this topic should be closed? Since it now turns out that we're not allowed to discuss this subject after all, then what's the point of keeping this particular topic open?

     

    From my interpretation of the request LEGO sent out via email, and from what Andrew has said in this forum, it's fine to discuss it as long as we don't spread the list of set numbers+names around.

    CCBS or Bionicle?

    in Bionicle Discussion

    Posted

    CCBS all the way. The consistency among parts over the years is a lot more favorable in my opinion, whereas using Bionicle parts from a couple years apart, there is little consistency in the design and shape of the parts.

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