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41 minutes ago, PortalPuppy31 said:

Actually, I just realized blogs are only available to BZPower Premier Members.

Yeah, I'm sorry - I thought they changed at some point so any member could start a blog, but maybe I'm mis-remembering! 

4 minutes ago, Master Inika said:

I bought a temporary Premier Membership a while back and I’m still able to update my blog, so you can pick any option and still get a permanent blog.

Thank you for the clarification! Maybe that's why I was confused!

18 minutes ago, PortalPuppy31 said:

I don't see the option to create a blog.

Hmm, my mistake. There may be a waiting period for newer members or some other guardrail.  I'll see if I can find the revised criteria for creating a blog. 

11 hours ago, Master Inika said:

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.

Yes, to this point, you might want to consider starting a blog here on BZP for things like pringle vlogs and so on. I've found it nice to use my bzp blog as a place to collect and post non-Bionicle thoughts and musings for the community to interact with. They're a nice platform for getting to know community members and their own interests and hobbies. Sure, the blogs are a bit "out of the way" and don't show up on the bzp home page, but there is slightly more consistent interaction I've seen on users blogs. 

Be sure to read up on the rules, [ link here ]and I recommend browsing some of the more active blogs to get a lay of the land before starting your own. 

Cool to hear more about peoples' creativity and intellect

As for me, I was recently introduced to Baldur's Gate 3, and because I have very little ability to self-moderate when it comes to video games, have just completed my 4th play through. I think I'm done for a while now 😅

Besides that, I enjoy:

• Trying out new recipes (I've found Binging with Babish on YT to be great fun)
• My kitten plays fetch! We try to do that for a stretch every day! 
• I do enjoy reading, and after I finish the Ender's Game saga, I really want to tackle more of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe. 
• Dabble in knitting, comes and goes in waves. Simple but functional things like sweaters, hats, a few scarves, and fingerless gloves, maybe mittens. I have no patience for knitting individual fingers. 
• Enjoy board games and card games, although most of the game time has recently been taken up by DnD campaigns with friends/family, which is also fun and very immersive. 

This is amazingly cool! As others have said, logical, comprehensive, and practical. 

I definitely remember trying to learn this as a kid, and putting a little circle around each letter was so tedious! I like how your system makes the circles essential based on the position of certain markings within the circle.

In my head, it also seems like a writing system very compatible with how I very vaguely imagine biomechanical beings to process written language - I'm thinking like how you fill in the A B C D bubbles on standardized tests to be scanned quickly by a machine. 

Great work!

Right and wrong according to a community's rules and guidelines is one thing. Sure, you can go back and forth about what you did or didn't do in regards to those rules. 

But right and wrong are completely different when it comes to interpersonal interactions and personal boundaries. I understand that those sets of interpersonal rules may seem arbitrary, subjective, and changeable, but that doesn't make them optional. 

And as it seems you've found out, you've discovered just how non-optional those are. 

As a predictive warning, I also suspect that if you keep dragging this conflict out and trying to drag more people into it, you soon won't be welcome in this community either. Tread more carefully moving forward. 

Certainly a hot take you have here - I've always thought of the raffles as a way to give back a bit to the LEGO fans throughout the years.

I think the reward for being active on BZP is a sense of community - you get out of it what you put in. Sure, it's declined over the years, but that's to be expected with the cancellations and time. 

I agree with Nato that a "post quota" would not incentivize any meaningful activity. 
 

Aww, thanks you guys   It's always nice to know a story draws in readers. I had fun writing this one, I'm glad you enjoyed the read! 

13 hours ago, confused piraka said:

ok what about timelines why is 1000 years like the baseline for time?

From what I understand, Matoran and the other biomechanical races in the Matoran Universe can live/function easily for tens of thousands of years, possibly hundreds of thousands but I'm a bit fuzzy on the details. Kinda crazy to think about, but I always reasoned that if you're more than half mechanical, maybe that helps make monotony over the eons more palatable. 

Oooh, I don't think I ever played that one, I couldn't figure out how to get it to run. Maybe I'll have to give it a try one of these days. 

I remember The Son of the Toa was a fun fangame back in the day - there are probably a bunch of other good ones in the archive as well - thanks!

Mm! I see.

My bad, I think I did link to an older topic, and here's a more recent post.
 

I also  think the creator, @Toatapio Nuva is still somewhat active on this site, and I remember him being very receptive and responsive when I belatedly DM'd him about the game back when I first played it. Hope this helps!

Hi - sorry in advance that this is only peripherally relevant to your original question, since I haven't played the GBA adaptation. I do remember quite liking that book though. 

I'm assuming you've read Voyage of Fear, then? Because a year or so ago, I came across a video game adaptation of that book on this site, played it, and loved it. I remember it being kind of short (probably about the same play time as it would take the read the book itself? maybe a bit longer), but I really enjoyed it! It was fast-paced and followed the plot of the source material well, and did a good job (re-)creating the sense of urgency for the characters as I remember them fleeing through the tunnels in the original book. 

The good news is that here's a link to the game/topic, if you're interested. 
 

At the end of the day, there's not much right or wrong to what entertainment companies choose to do with the franchises they own. It's about money. Keeping some rights to produce Spider Man content is a huge money-maker for Sony, and frankly, it's nice to see how the Spiderverse puts more representation for people of color heroes and women heroes into the entertainment mainstream (as one of both). 

Two things can be good at the same time, and accepting that is much less tiring than the do-or-die false dichotomy your posts inevitably devolve into. My mistake for thinking this was actually a topic for anything else. 

I went into seeing Into the Spiderverse with no expectations (neither high nor low, just a general Spidey fan), and I was blown away and thrilled and absolutely loved it. I'm not one to usually notice artistic style, but everything about it was "Wow!". Great soundtrack, got some genuine laughs, I really liked it. 

I'm also a sucker for old pixel-y fantasy RPG computer games, so I've played some of those on and off through the years. (Pokemon Insurgence, Pokemon Zeta, Aveyond, and some old Bionicle fan games from the archive here).

Like others in this thread, I've been following MCU and Star Wars, although the MCU is getting pretty cumbersome to follow and I haven't seen much past Shang Chi. I also have picked up DnD and my husband is prepping to run his first homebrew this fall, so that's exciting

IDK if baking, knitting, and teaching count as franchises I've gotten into, or just "real life", but the immersion into the craft feels analogous to how "into" the Bionicle universe I was, back in the day. 

You know what? I completely forgot that this wasn't the same alternate universe where alternate Tuyet was in charge. 

What do you think stopped Teridax from taking over the Great Spirit Robot after Mata Nui's death?

Very dynamic poses, and I didn't expect to like the black and brown together so much - very menacing effect! Super cool!

I really enjoyed this. I thought your portrayal of each of the characters was well done and completely believable. Makes me want to go back and read the whole Island of Doom arc. 

I also liked the little bits sprinkled in about how the Matoran are each working through what returning to the forgotten Metru Nui means to them - that they have thousands of years of personal history in the place, but they don't remember it. Must be a bit trippy, and those were great details to add. 

Great work, and I'd love to read more from you!

Every time this artwork floats to the top of gallery forum again, I find a new little bit to love - amazingly detailed and I love both the art style and the wry humor used to work in all the references and easter eggs. Really stellar stuff. 

Happy belated! You bring creative consistency and very sweet positivity to many members here, myself included. I hope you know how appreciated you are
 

I can't say anything new that hasn't already been said - I agree that the effect logically would be/should be temporary, especially that emotions are pretty naturally temporary. 

What jumped to mind with the wording of that power specifically was Axonn's ability to cure insanity. Although that's not a temporary effect, it seemed similar in that it regulates a state of heightened disequilibrium. Perhaps both provide a sort of jolt or emotional reset of sorts. 

Hi Mushy! Beautiful work as always - I especially love how perfectly the blue matches Jasmine's blue! As someone who just got back from the arts and crafts store looking for a specific shade of fabric, I am amazed. That's an awesome dream of making your own extravagant bridal gown, and I'd say you're well along on the way to achieving that dream

On 2/6/2023 at 11:41 PM, T.B.O.C said:

I have to agree with confused piraka - the Turaga of Mata Nui are just about the only group thats genuinely characterized, and I would say they're my favorite besides that. I think they run a really good story about unlike characters uniting, learning to trust each other, and ultimately making significant sacrifices for the betterment of their people. I think 2004 had some of the strongest story in that regard.

Word.

And I agree - if I could have expanded content on Lhikan's team and the Toa Hagah (pre-mutation), that would be sweet. I think Jovan's team and Lesovikk's team also would be interesting, both set in an earlier MU and the fact that they purportedly had non-traditional elements represented. But character-wise, I'd definitely like to see more of the Toa Mangai. And that said, now that I think about it, I'd also love more stories of the early Toa Mata on Daxia and in Karda Nui.
 

On 2/7/2023 at 12:43 AM, Nato G said:

I honestly really liked Dume because he was one of the few characters in Bionicle who really went against the stereotypes associated with his status/species. Generally Turaga are portrayed as enigmatic, sometimes a little eccentric, but ultimately wise and insightful. 

In contrast, though, Dume was almost a straight-up villain.

He was ruthless and conceited, unwilling to compromise on anything. He ran his city like a police state, oppressing and borderline-enslaving the Matoran he was supposed to protect. He was so stubborn and prideful that he straight-up states that would rather let the entire city be destroyed than even pretend to accept help from the Dark Hunters. I would've loved to see him get some kind of comeuppance when the Turaga Metru and Matoran returned to the city, though I suppose the fact that barely anyone remembers what he did would've made it difficult to punish him.

I think there was a bit about how Dume chose to stay in ruined Metru Nui to slowly fix the city with his little Kiril while everybody else migrated topside. I think that says something, whether it be dedication to the city itself, or his idea of recompense, or dodging leadership responsibility, or what have you. 

I definitely agree that how he ran Metru Nui was very different than how the Turaga Metru had their Koros set up, but how much of that difference in lifestyle and governance stems from geography? Smaller villages of Matoran who are largely focused on survival and have limited technology and contact with one another seem easier to govern than the paragon metropolis at top of the world. 

I'll have to go back and read the story parts about the Kanohi Dragon and stuff, I remember really liking it. I know I'd like to interpret his refusing help from the Dark Hunters as a matter of principle and maybe common sense (the Piraka don't strike me as particularly savvy ambassadors to forge an alliance? but who knows, maybe Dume was just racist against Skakdi). Of course, how I'd like to interpret things only matters so much, and you may be totally right. 

Chaotic Neutral half-orc Artificer (artillerist subclass), if I had to choose off the top of my head and with limited DnD experience.

Maybe not the most efficient combination, but I think the Artificer class covers Avak's penchant for fighting with gadgets and weapon mods, and it gives him access to some spells, since the Skakdi species have eye beams and some kind of mind power that varies on individuals. 

Absolutely loving the Mer-toran design. I don't think it's anything I'd tried imagining, and it's 110% cooler than anything I could imagine. I also like the story implication that the Mutagen effects are so dramatic that no wonder the Matoran down there had kind of lost all hope of going back to their old "normal". Love content like this, keeps the characters fresh and alive for us all

This is so cool! I've always liked the big franchise mosaic projects I've seen - to see this translated into a franchise closer to my heart is awesome! Thank you and best of luck keeping up the great work!