If You Won't, Who Will?
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A few years ago in my Honors English class we read a story (or watched a news clip, forget which 
) about a young girl who was being harmed (very harshly) in the streets. It was night in a big city. Apartment building were on either side. Several of the people woke up to her screams and looked out the window to witness the harm being delivered to the young girl. And nobody called the police. They all thought someone else would do it and therefore the attacker escaped (I don't remember if the girl lived or not). The moral of the story is, hopefully you can clearly see, If You Won't, Who Will
Now while that's a story giving an example of conformity, it also is something that seems to happen on a (much) lesser scale here. As a guest I'd see many topics come up. Many people wanted movies to be made after they were canceled after WoS. Many people wanted game to be developed, when there weren't any in production. Many want the sets to continue. But no one does anything about it.
Lego isn't going to be serving movies or games on silver platters anymore now that Bionicle's essentially over, marketing wise. In fact, Lego never served anything on silver platters. They provided what they could. They're a business and can only provide so much. They can only hire so many people to work for them and develop products for the Bionicle fandom to enjoy.
But BZPower isn't that way. It shouldn't be that way.
If you want movies, get involved in making those movies!
If you want games, get involved in making those games!
Nobody's going to be giving you this stuff anymore. If you want something, at the very least, attempt to contribute to the work effort. If You Won't, Who Will?
I'm leading BNG. We wanted movies so we've stepped forward to make those movies become a reality. But people continue to think it's impossible. "How could the fans ever create as good movies as the professionals?" "They're doomed to fail." (In some cases, "Lewa Krom is too new to the site for me to want to be involved." Yes. I've been told that in PMs and elsewhere.) Lego can only hire x number of people to make a movie. On BZP, we could use everyone's help (though, obviously irrational). Do you think Lego could have afforded 100 animators for one film? What about BZP? It wouldn't be hard to find 100 people who (a) already know 3D animation or (B) could take the time to learn it.
Many people want movies. And now they're realying on BNG to bring them to them. Well guess what! It won't happen unless we have more animators and modelers. At the moment, we won't be able to produce things as quickly as many people would want expect them to be produced. You don't know how to 3D model? Well we have a Blender Academy for you! If You Won't, Who Will?
There was a topic about "What if Lego were to make a Bionicle MMORPG?". Most of the responses were along the lines of "Lego won't do that for a discontinued line." Well of course they won't! But what about you? Yes, you! If You Won't, Who Will?
And a game? What if Glatorian Arena had more than the current characters? Or a game that spans the entire Bionicle storyline? Or a game for the Aethion Universe? If You Won't, Who Will?
I have stated, in the Blender Academy blog entry, that if you do enroll in our classes you will not be forced to join BNG. Why? So other people can take the initiative and put some effort towards their own dreams. If you wish upon a star and it won't grant you your wish, go to the star and get it yourself!
As a guest, rarely did anyone ever make an effort to do such anything larger than a Flash game (an exaggeration, I admit 
). Lewa11 took the initiatve and worked on BQOTT. It's been five years and he's still working on it (He had a hiatus of a few years though). Bionicle: Next Generation took the intiative. Bionicle: Year One also did. There group projects are the ones doing stuff while everyone else sits on their tail and complains and dreams of a world where Bionicle didn't end. Well guess what? Get off of your bum and do something about it! After all, If You Won't, Who Will.
Despite people wanting to do an MU MMORPG at BNG, I continue to strive for the Aethion Online option. Even if I end up on my own on it, I will see to it that an Aethion Online is at least attempted. Sure, "Keep on doing that good work" or "I can't wait to see the final product" is nice but it doesn't help at all with anything.
BZPers. You are lazy. (in general)
You complain and miss the good old days (last year ). You don't put any effort forward for anything. If I had my way, we at BNG wouldn't release any of our stuff to you guys. It'd be solely for those who worked for it. We could probably plan an MMORPG with only 100 people. Nothing's stopping us from excluding the rest of you.
Many people say "BNG is doing movies. Why must they do an MMORPG too?" My response: Do you see anyone else doing it? I didn't think so. We, along with Bionicle: Year One, seem to be the only organized groups of fans actually doing something about this stuff.
If you really want something DO IT! If everyone who wanted to see an Expanded Multiverse MMORPG joined together, I'm sure they could get something done!
And not knowing how to model/animate isn't an excuse. We have a Blender Academy for you now. If all the slots are filled, I will do my best to see if we can stretch our resources for you. So at least attempt to do something.
If You Won't, Who Will?
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