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1) pick a more active venue than BZPower. The unfortunate truth is that this website doesn't get as much traffic as it used to and probably never will again. 2) respectfully, put more effort into your topics. Of the recent ones I have checked out from you, most of them were not things I found very interesting. Your recent question about whether you are allowed to put "Official" in a topic name is a basic yes/no question that I just assumed an administrator would eventually handle for you. [I think the answer is no, BTW, or at least it used to be. I once tried to make something like an "Official Rhotuka Spinner Power" topic some years ago and it got closed.] I don't know anything about the Pringles vlogs you mentioned in another topic. You don't actually mention BIONICLE that much. If you can write/draw or make MOCs, posting those would be the most baseline way of engaging with the BIONICLE community. 3) tying in to point 2, try not to post as many topics. A small number of higher-effort engagements will be better received than a ton of fairly low-effort posts bordering on spam. On a deeper level, though, not just BIONICLE fans but people in general don't like to follow creators who feel like they're trying to get popular. The people who get platforms are the ones with interesting talents or unique perspectives, not people going out of their way to just get popular. Hope you found this helpful.

Chapter 3 Dark Horrendous' pirate crew had already begun using their weapons to cut through the titano-carbite walls lining the cargo hold. Wane's three allies huddled in a corner, too in shock to be of much help to the lone ex-Hero. On his own person, Wane carried nothing except a small, blunt knife; the only memento he had kept of his time as a Hero. It would be worthless as a combat weapon, he knew, but perhaps he could put it to some other use. The pirates were almost through when Wane finally figured out a way, not to prevent, but delay their entry: the pipes above their heads. Taking careful aim, he threw the knife, lodging it deep inside one of the pipes right above where the pirate bots were about to break through. For a moment, the pipe hissed and vibrated, before exploding in a puff of white smoke. Wane took a step back, feeling the coldness on his skin even from a distance. Already, he could see ice begin to form on the wall separating them from the pirates. This was good, then. Unless they had fire-based weaponry, it would take them some time to find another way in. Not enough time for Hero Factory to arrive, but more time than they had otherwise. "Are you crazy?" the service bot asked. "That could have been a main fuel line, you could've just blown us all to pieces!" Of course the service bot had no idea what he was talking about. Wane knew no Makuhero-registered craft would fly without covering fuel mains with exo-plating, which would have deflected his blunt little knife immediately. He had no way of explaining that to the service bot without revealing too much, though. Then, the sounds of trouble came from above them. "Hey, um, whatever your name is!" one of the civilian bots guarding the upper corridor shouted. "We need some help up here!" Wane reached forward, tolerating the bitter cold, as he wrenched the knife, his only form of potentially useful protection, out of the freezing tube. He raced up the staircase to the upper service corridor, followed by the three passengers, who apparently did not know whether it was safer to do so or stay behind. The two bots he sent to keep watch were cowering in the corner. One of Horrendous' crewbots, a small-sized machine in blue armor, had managed to create a small hole and was reaching through, firing plasma blasts wildly and laughing maniacally. Right as Wane reached the upper level, the blue bot broke through, revealing that what he might lack in size, he more than made up for with firepower: he sported four arms, each one terminating in a different weapon: the plasma shooter, a double-edged sword, a whip, and a blaster carbine. Wane thought fast, for any moment of hesitation could be his last. His two fellow passengers had already reached the upper level with him; only one more bot remained downstairs. That gave Wane an idea, one which might be foolhardy enough to not get them killed. "He's up here, Hero! Hury!" Wane cried. At the same time, the sound of the other passenger's footsteps echoed through the chamber. The blue-armored bot hesitated. Captain Dark had promised there'd be no Heroes this far out. Wane continued his charade, in the few seconds he had to do so: "Thank goodness you found us! It looks like your team has him outnumbered." That was enough for the blue pirate to turn and run the other way. *** The next few hours were spent engaging in similar psychological tricks, setting and activating makeshift booby traps, and generally staying one step ahead of Horrendous. Given the circumstances, they broke open the storage pods containing the passengers' belongings, and between the eight of them were able to craft some surprisingly creative tricks to create the impression of real Heroes aboard the vessel, until there really were. When Wane saw a real Hero Craft nearing their ship, he knew that was his mark to take his leave. The Hero Craft docked as a squad of fresh Heroes raced aboard to fight the pirates and get medical supplies to the passengers who had sustained injuries. In the chaos, Wane managed to slip past onto the docked Hero Craft and commandeer one of their escape pods. He regretted not staying to say goodbye to his comrades who had followed his orders surprisingly well, but that would have been an unnecessary risk that could have blown his cover. *** From there, Wane made his way to RF-34, in the same system as his original goal. He landed on the outskirts of a small settlement. The Hero Pod would have been too conspicuous to sell on its own, but if he broke it down and sold the raw metal, he could still probably afford passage on another ship. Stopping at a nearby refueling station, he watched coverage of the battle against Captain Horrendous on the Hero News Wire. "There's just one thing we don't understand," the Hero Team Leader was saying to Daniela Capricorn. "One of the pirates claims we arrived much earlier than we actually did. He even says he heard a Hero racing up the stairs to save some civilians. We suspect he's playing some mind-game, or maybe his CPU's just been fried from years of crime." "That's a mystery indeed," Capricorn replied. (Wane found Capricorn's corny commentary insufferable.) She continued: "We hope the citizens of the frontier feel safe knowing Hero Factory always saves the day!" (Wane imagined she received a three-figure sum from Makuro every time she said that.) For his part, Wane enjoyed his drink of oil while another robot appraised the scraps of metal he brought. Even though no one could hear Wane, he raised a small toast before finishing his beverage, "To Hero Factory." *** Mission Manager Joshua Thrift raced to Mr. Makuro's office. Even though Mr. Makuro had warned everyone sternly that he was not to be disturbed, this news could not wait. "Mr. Makuro!" Thrift cried, bursting in through the doors of the creator of Hero Factory's office. Makuro was clearly in a heated discussion with several holographic figures. Thrift recognized a few of them—fellow multi-billionaire industrialists, planetary governors, intergalactic trade officials—while just as many only appeared in hologram form with disguise modulators activated, obscuring their true forms. "Excuse me," Mr. Makuro said, deactivating the holograms. Turning to Thrift, even though he was a small and time-worn robot, Mr. Makuro radiated power and influence. "This had better be important." "It's the mission against the pirates," Thrift reported, still catching the robotic equivalent of breath. "The one just today. An escape pod was jettisoned. Not by any of the Heroes, pirates, or civilians." Mr. Makuro looked ready to fire Thrift on the spot for his interruption, but his expression changed at the mention of the mission. "Interesting," Makuro said, more to himself than Thrift. "Send out search parties. The only robots with the know-how to enter a Hero Craft and commandeer a Hero Pod undetected are made in this factory." Review Topic