Intro

Seriously, it's been a week already? You guys get an early update this week since I'll be busy this afternoon (Watchmen!) and tonight.

Updates

Unfortunately we've recently had several members abusing the PM system to send out inappropriate images and content to BZPower members. Please read this topic about what to do if you receive a suspicious PM. It's likely that these members had their accounts hacked by a malicious individual. We're doing what we can to prevent this from happening and in the meantime urge you to make sure you have a strong password. Microsoft has some good guidelines for this, and also a place where you can check to see how strong it is. If you receive an inappropriate PM, forward it to myself, Tufi Piyufi, or another staff member so we can take care of the issue.

As a result of dealing with the above, there hasn't been much time to work on other projects, but don't worry, they're still coming. We also have at least one more review to be posted soon, with hopefully a couple more on the way.

Finally, as a personal plug, go check out the Bionicle RPG Forum RPG Contest #13. There's still plenty of time to write an entry and submit it, so go check it out!

Mailbag

1) How do you feel when you deduct Proto? Powerful, or Unhappy?

2) What is your favorite BIONICLE set?

3) How much time do you spend on BZP per day, average?

1) In a perfect world everyone on BZPower would be well-behaved and we wouldn't need any rules or staff. I'd like to think we strive for that, so when someone does something that warrants a Proto deduction they're pulling us further away from our ideal state, and that's not cool.

2) Tahu Mata, because I'm old school like that.

3) Too much, usually at least 2 hours, sometimes more like 2^3 or more hours.

The bio on your blog says you became a staff member four days after you joined the forum. How is that possible?

When I joined the only staff member was Dimensioneer. Shortly afterward, he promoted Lego Mecha as the first Moderator. Since I had experience running a small Bionicle community before (and during, until BZC dwarfed it) being a member of BZCommunity, I offered my services to Dimensioneer as a second Moderator. He accepted, so now I'm the second longest-running staff member after big-D.

1) If Iron Man and the Master Chief fought, who would win?

 

2) Which is your favorite Barraki?

 

3) How do you randomly choose the member interviewees?

1) Hmm. Iron Man has lots of cool technology and can fly, but the Master Chief has recharging shields and plenty of his own tricks. I think if Iron Man didn't just fly away, Master Chief is probably stronger and has a higher endurance and would win.

2) Pridak, maybe.

3) Randomly. I use Excel to generate a random number from 1 to however many entries there are and then count down through the entries to that number.

Want to see your questions answered? PM them to me and put 'Mailbag' in the subject line. I'll pick the few I like the best and answer them in the next update.

Conclusion

And with that I leave you for today. I hope you enjoyed it and, as always, questions, comments, and feedback are appreciated.