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Oh I wish I'd thought of it. Alas, no. I can only claim credit for finding this. hmm... it seems a bit sloppy to be official I'm still curious of the origin of Tren Krom's picture, if anyone can track down the source it would give us a bit more evidence maybe

Tren Krom has a picture. Anyone recognise it? I'm sure this is official, it's just too elaborate and too accurate to be a fan project without us knowing about it. I recall either Greg or Bink asking if people used twitter, This could be a reaction to that actually I don't know... did you do this spirit?

Could you make it light blue and gold? Who else would be happy with that?

well, basically the brain is a physical system and anything it does is a reaction to what happened before, so I don't think your decisions are any more likely to cause universes to branch off then say, the flip of a coin. So I'm disagreeing with SPIRIT's statement "human decisions make parallel universes." and instead saying "time machines make parallel universes" which is a lot tidier. I do like fun, I like fun a lot, and I also like philosophy, but only when it's relevant, otherwise you don't make any progress.

I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying. If you’re talking about my mind-universe-jump theory, then I’ll just direct you to the theory of human collective unconscious and be on my marry way . This also brings me to the point that, in theory, if you break further than the limits of your own mind and its allocations, you could then enter the collective unconscious and gain omnipotence. You could then view realities where you have since died or were never born through another. Though, in both theories, you’d have to prepare yourself and be open minded (no pun intended), or else you may end up in mental shock from the sudden inflow of information. Adieu, - MechaFizz No, I decided to stay out of that argument and respond directly to the main post. Basically I just don't think the human mind is complicated enough to start making parallel universes, and neither do I think it's relevant, because Spirit said as soon as you arrive in your time machine it makes a new universe, and that's the problem solved without needing to get philosophical about it.

I disagree that the human mind is somehow exempt from the laws of physics, it may be complicated, but it isn't magic. A simplified version - when you time travel, it creates an alternate universe. No free will discussions needed.

In the main part, I'm neutral about this. The story will go on, and it won't be bound to the sets any more, but in return there won't be any sets. What tips the balance for me is the fact that something is changing. I was slightly concerned that the line might begin to stagnate (it it hasn't started already) but this new freedom and shift of focus will really freshen things up, so while I will miss the sets - overall I'm happy with the news. I'm interested in the mysterious new line, but I don't think I'll be a customer of it, it depends on build, cost and mocing potential, collectors urges are now out of the equation. I might develop a lazy eye and keep that on the story of this new line but I'm not a traitor and never will be. I'll stay with Bionicle to the end! wait... Hopefully in a few years they'll start up again and I'll have something better to spend my food money on. For now - welcome to post-apocalyptic bzpower.

as long as 3 is illegal that sounds like a pretty good plan

I NEED TO FIX THIS BLOG AND START USING IT PROPERLY It's on my to do list now (not that I actually have one)

That's interesting... I've never had a phobia of getting brutally murdered by stalkers before, I think I might stop talking to girls just in case. Anyways, you guys need to be more active and confident, stop stalking people and start talking to them, use your brilliant senses of humour - just don't mention the violent day-dreams or the stalking and you should be fine.

I'm not going to fish for the exact quote, but "she looked like a matoran, but with fancier armor" just seems a bit sloppy to me, perhaps something along the lines of "she looked like a matoran, but with intricate details in her armor." would be better. You're very good at creating intricate plots and knowing when to have action or to set the scene, but you need to put as much effort into your use of words, I get really drawn in to your stories, but it does end up feeling a bit sterile and impersonal at times. I have a... a writing experiment I did a while back which illustrates some of the things you could try, I might send it to you later if I can find the link.

i usuallky just type with my leftr index finger??(occasionnally using mnyh thumb) but his was typed just using my nose (9and toungue for the shift key when using bracketts)./ now I've got spit all over the shift key and a bit of a headache from watching the keys zoom in and out so close to my face, all that dedication just for a sentence full of typos, don't know why I bothered. To elaborate on my answer, sometimes I use both hands or one or the other, it depends what I'm doing, I might be texting or using two computers at once or just too lazy to sit up and type properly, I think I mainly use my left hand because I use my right hand for the mouse. which do you use?

That wasn't Greg's fault though, all of that info was in the movie, and spoilers have been allowed for a while now so we'd know it all anyway even if he wasn't here. Translation: It's bones's fault. well that isn't your responsibility, when you choose the spoiler dates your job is to find the balance between protecting people from spoilers and letting people discuss the new interesting info. There has to come a point where they're left to protect themselves from spoilers (as unintentionally cheesy as that sounds). If they decide to go on an innocent stroll/scroll through the ogd, it's entirely their fault when they get struck down by baterra technicalities or blown to bits by the ending of tlr. regarding the multiverse, from my experience, questions like that (ones that won't ruin the openness but are difficult enough that you need to discuss with Swert) are really going to help you fresh it out and fill any dangerous holes, as well as being good for the fans.

That wasn't Greg's fault though, all of that info was in the movie, and spoilers have been allowed for a while now so we'd know it all anyway even if he wasn't here. People who think it's easy to get new info out of Greg obviously haven't tried recently.

I can't believe you still haven't taken it down maybe you can even keep it up until next year, see how many people notice

this is how I'll be keeping tabs on my collection, so far it represents members of the brotherhood, order, league, dark hunters and toa (including turaga) plus karzahni (a faction in his own until he met teridax) and two versions of the ignika, I'll gradually expand to possibly include the rest of the canister villains, small sets and titans I have (once I can work out how to categorise each one) I took this on my phone cower before my mighty collection or post your own, I'll include the most complete collection in this post.

of course

well I have a blog now, I hope to fill it with the vaguely interesting and will advertise for free (within the rules and by my own personal judgement PM me if you're interested)

in today's society there is too much focus on negatives, people pointing out every imperfection, it's fine if you think the negatives out balance the positives so you will choose not to buy them yourself but I dislike people running around, spamming and flaming about the mistika for example recently (I'm not saying anything about the member, just the post) in the 2008 sets topic, someone posted: "gali is a fat ugly cow" they could have at least said: "in a recent picture I noticed gali bears a certain resemblance to a cow, this put me off buying her a bit" it would have contributed to the discussion more and been less offensive and also less forceful, the first one expects every one to accept it as a fact which they won't, resulting in argument=bad the bashers often make valid points but they somehow do it in a way that starts flame wars, you should be making an effort towards peace rather than going against them, they may be stubborn and try to make a flame war about it if you argue against them I'm not saying you should completely change what you're doing but you should keep an eye on the flaming and think peace when you do it I might join, could I?

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maybe true but I'd like to see you suggest a better alternative that doesn't involve doing anything stupid we just have to put up with this until something better comes along a bit like the mistika if you're a mistika hater have fun and try not to ruin it for everyone else