My LEGO Nexus Organization

.... Reboot Complete.

Welcome Omega Blademan.

/logout

Goodbye.

... Ok, now that that's over with, discuss the Lego Message Boards here! Don't test post please, and don't quote posts that would be considered spam here, because it'll be considered as a spam post and deleted.

What happened to the old topic?

It was assimilated into our archives.
By the way, with Spambusters down and the LMBs falling into spam...
I am beggining to doubt it can be saved.

It's falling into spam yes... Guess why?

Anyway, we can still report all the spammy posts.

Empire has passed 12,000 posts... first LEGO member to reach that high. When will he stop? No one knows...

Yeah, I even remember when everyone was allowed to post there, but we kept it secret. Actually, one of the ones that was on there was here, but... He just disappeared, though I think he's still on BZP... Remember Al?

:-/ Wait, do you have an NXT Rahkshi? If so, is there any way to register it? If there is, try it, and see if you can...

Hmm... If we can register it, we could see if there's a private one, that Private Forum thing is a little suspicious, and maybe it also means that there's a private NXT forum that no-one 'cept people who have one can view?

The LMB's are waaaaaaay to spam filled. If I where a mod it would be better. Mods let spam posts through then lock topics saying "too much spam" and that just is not cool. And they let through double posts and dont ban users for spamming or double posting and topics that are the same as other ones and just lock the old one.

Yay, someone there finally gets it =D

The LMB's are the top-spam website I've seen all over the net. :P

Let's hope that never happens here!  Mods bring it on!

Can somebody say me the LMB Ranks?

Well...if we never make a "maniac status" we should be ok... some people spam to see their name last on a topic, but others do it to get their post count up.
WHAT if you mad a rule that every deleted post reduced the writer's post count by 10??? That might disuade some...

Maybe that will be a idea, or maybe 5

1. Apprentice 0 posts
            2. Journey Man 50 posts
            3. Initiate 100 posts
            4. Junior Builder 250 posts
            5. Master Builder 500 posts
            6. Craftsman 950 posts
            7. Artisan 1,500 posts
            8. Inventor 3,000 posts
            9. Old Timer 6,000 posts
           10. Maniac 12,000 posts

Thanks, so Empire981 is the only Maniac?

Heck, I was a Maniac at one point because of the post glitch...

Seriously?

ONLY because of the post glitch, and I even reached Rank X :P

Rank X? ???

There was a non-existant image at certain post levels, and it had the IE x box, so we nick-named the glitch rank, "Rank X".

I think i have 2 posts at the LMB

I had over 3k of posts until it got hacked. :'(

Ouch.

I know. And the worst part was I was almost to 4k and having a fun time on it. :P

Heh. That's always the bad thing ::)

IMO, on a scale of 1-10 on how good the LMBs are, with 10 being the best, I label it:

Epic Fail.

Obvious reasons. ::)

XD Nice one Dudebot.

LOL. :P

AGREED!
The thing I hate the most about LMB is that many of my posts go into a black hole of data somewhere...They don't make the boards, don't show as rejected... they just drift away.......

I hate it too, the posts often get rejected, and it takes alot of time to get it rejected/accepted

We all hate the LMBs, but remember, whitout them, would some, if any, of us be here?

I dont know, i would, but the site haven´t been here maybe

Good point.

ok - so you guys have all talked about why you hate the LMB....

but before you should hate something - you should probably know why it's it's like that...

Notice that MyLegoNetwork has drop downs in all of it's communication?  Notice also that once you enter a birthday in your LEGO ID that you can't change it?  Notice also that LMB are moderated?

Do you think LEGO purposely did this? In order for you to 'hate' it?  Do you think that LEGO, a huge company would actually design it that way purposely?

hmmm....

it has to be with COPPA.

(someone ask, 'What is COPPA') and I will tell you.

LMB must be like it is, because of security reasons

You misunderstand. We don't hate it because it's moderated(Though one reason is the weeks it takes to approve one little post >_>), we dislike it because of the numerous amounts of SPAM there, and the fact that on-topic stuff isn't approved, while spam is. >_>

It could also be a accident that somebody clicked, maybe if they used the mouse page to scroll down a page, and then clicked. That have happened to me with other things

Clicked what? They full on talk totally off topic, not even about Lego sometimes... :-/

Below are 3 postings with the words, 'hate'.  

I was merely mentioning that there is a reason why it's designed the way it is.  And I know the LMB's can be frustrating - as I have been there.  

There is a tremendous amount of traffic there.  And it could be that someone puts in PII data in one of the messages, or cyberbullying or something like that.  So the spam posts may be 'safer' than some of the other types of posts they get.  It could also be that there is a group of moderators, approving a single message, without the context of the rest of the thread.  A whole lot of reasons.  So yeah, I am not a huge LMB supporter, but if I am 6, 7, 8 years old, it may be the only place I can go to that is safe, and my parents approve.

Again, it is due to COPPA, and if anyone wants to know, by asking 'what is coppa', then I will explain.

Yes, it is better for children than here, fully safe (i think)

Ok, say I post in the "WHICH TOA IS THE STRONGEST", there might be things about "I want Axonn to appear in 2010," or "The Toa Stools are the new Toa," but I post that I think Lewa Nuva Phantoka is one of the strongest, and it gets rejected for being off-topic... That's what we mean.

but maybe Lewa Nuva Phantok isn't the STRONGEST, and it's the WEAKEST?

and therefore it is off topic.  ;)

(jk)

XD Nice. But nah, when the title's like that, and it's asking you who's the strongest, and is said to be off-topic, multiple times, that's when you get annoyed :P

so that is when you post "Toa-Lewa Nuva Phantoka is one of the strongest" or ""ToaLewa Nuva Phantoka is one of the strongest" or ""ToaLewa Nuva Phantoka" is one of the strongest" and it gets through!  ;)

and the ones that post back that "Toa-Lewa Nuva Phantoka" isn't the right name - won't get through cause they are off topic!  ;D

Or rather, the other way around ::) But yeah, that goes to show how weird the LMBs can be at times with it's weird approval states :P I hope with the redesign they fix all these spam problems too, they SEEM to be getting better... But we'll see.

Yeah, and people like Empire should be supspended from posting for a while because of spam. Because just to tell you about 3 quarters (9k) of Empires posts are spam. :-\

A lot of people seem to do that...trying to get their post count up.. It gives new meaning to the word maniac ::)

dude, if i was spamming the mods would hav told me it.              HEY?!!? wait.... u got told not to spam!

Actually, the mods haven't told anyone AFAIK not to spam, and take a look Here (http://mln.smfforfree4.com/index.php/topic,1341.0.html) for what's considered spamming. Which is what should be on the LMBs in terms of spamming rules.

You don't get punished on the LMBs...
Nor do you get notified.
Though I wouldn't advise you to keep posting so much... The Spambusters aren't picky. *Looks around*

The LMB has no hope of resurrection.  Offsite forums are the only way to go.  Rule by the people.

Lol.

Yes.. on Offsite forums,  if people spam, it will be deleted, and they will be warned...and even banned if need be.

*Ignores revival rule and necromances like I did with ZETS*

...


Heh, here's my response.

-_-'

Link to topic: http://messageboards.lego.com/en-US/showpost.aspx?PostID=1727646 Last page, look for my only post there currently.

What periods?

Yeah, it is xD

Oh yeah, the overuse of punctuation gets annoying, but I tend to block it out xD

Don't forget the handful of posts that read, "how do you talk to mods????" in the Talk to the Mods topic. It's these type of posts, the ones that fall into the "I-can-answer-my-own-question-just-by-browsing-through-two-pages-of-the-topic" category, that drive me insane. Then five people respond, "Well, you talk to the mods by..." and their responses take up a third of one of the pages in the topic! It's absurd!

Five people respond because it takes a day for posts to get through, and noone knows if someone's answered yet... But I quit LMBs a while back...

They should have a warning that pops up when you open the post screen that says

"Did you read the topic first to see if your question is already answered or your comment has already been made?"

yeah that would help and if any one made a copy or quoted the message it should give you a option to go right to the post

What I find ironic about the LMBs compared to us is that the site is administrated by we kids, yet there is very little spam here. On the other hand, the LMBs is run by grown-ups, and there is an endless amount of spam being posted, even though posts are to be approved by the moderators.

I never thought of it that way. We are more civilized apparently. ::)

I think it is because many adults expect LESS from children then they are actually capable of.   Kids, on the other hand, often expect more.
And if the LEGO mods have no school age children of their own, they would be even more likely to underestimate their capabilities.

Or at least have the Spambusters be able to have influence =P

Tell what? The Spambusters are dead, aren't they? =/

Ok then... >_>

Anyway, what could we do about all this spam anyway? I mean, we can't report all of it...

that would take too long

I found something hilarious in the Star Wars forum. legoliese had posted an announcement that the different HQs were getting gory,and out of hand. The funny part is,THEY'RE the ones who were allowing it. Don't ask me to not do something if you're going to allow it. Not that i post in the HQs.......

Probably for Roleplaying or something, the LMBers seem to be into that =P

But they probably can't do it that well... since their posts get approved 5 days after they are posted allowing anyone to post a reply to something.
Roleplaying shouldn't even be on there... it doesn't work on a place like them.

It would be better if they approved posts sooner.

I agree, but hey, each to their own... They also probably only respond to the latest or the first reply either =P

I agree to that. Most of the members there only look at the first post and respond.
Not really too good.

Yeah.

Like you said,RPGs don't work there.

I just read a couple posts and they made my eyes strain because of very bad grammar.
But the good thing was they weren't spam.
I like their MLN Forum.
And I think the 'Sign up sheets' in the LEGO News Forum are pointless. Members sign up, never come back, nothing else in the signing up= SPAM.

IMHO, the LMBs are a waist of cyberspace  :P

I just post here. I prett much gave up on the LMBs. Although i do still try and post there a lot....

A lot of people here gave up on them.
I haven't. Yet.
Is there a Rank higher than Maniac?

Not that has been found, other than "Rank X".

Rank X?
Sounds cool. What did its logo look like?
If that played a part in MLN on day... XD.
*Hopes that Empire doesn't get rank X because he spams there*

It looked like this:
(http://mln.smfforfree4.com/index.php?action-post;msg=90356;topic=1364.80;sesc=953203d252f276999a9f6ae2a9bfecea)

Heh. Empire just might, and if he does, he'll be so disappointed... xD

Why?
Does the image not work?

Off Topic: Right now I'm in a battle at space wars...

The post count gained in the glitches was soooo high that the image glitches out and turns into that red X, so it was called Rank X.

Oh no wonder it didn't show anything for me, it's supposed to be a broken image xD

No, we still post there, but if the spam and such was cleaned up, it'd be a much better place. That and if the psots were approved faster... I think the Racers forum was updated like once or twice this week, compared to around 3 times or more a week back in '07.

yeah. It seems to be steadily getting longer to approve posts.

*Hopes that Rank X may become an official rank here*

I'm thinking about it, and I think some of the images in the SMF image thing are broken, so... =P

Same here, just about the waiting for post thing =P

Yeah. I had a topic that got started 2 MONTHS after i posted it.

Their contests?
EPIC FAIL.
Sometimes they say there's a limit of something like 50, and then there's like 500 posts instead.
All because of that moderating...
And then they break down, never to be seen again except for a few exceptions.

Out of all the 'forums' there, I say the MLN, News and BIONICLE are the spammiest.

Racers is actually not very spammy, with the exception of stuff by Jamesdey =P

News isn't that bad in some topics, though In-Commands are the downfall of the forum.

MLN is on the brink of being spammy, though it's not too far gone.

Bionicle? >_> *Remembers the "Bionicle Is Not Ending In 2009" topic there last year* >_<

Rahkshi8000:
Everyone's been posting a heck of a lot. O_o All the Artisans are now Inventors. The Inventors are now Old Timers. And then there are the mass amount of newbies that need to be instructed in the ways of the forum (Ways of the Force  :P) first.

Very few Old Timers are, well only Empire has made it to Maniac.
-I don't know if I should stick to my old "reach Maniac" goal, since I only have 10% of what I used to have >:(.

-Oh OmegaBlademan, you and your rank X theory. It's a filter, you see it all the time. Unless it's some sort of top secret rank, but pbbbb :P.

-Well I never saw Jamesdey in action, other than duping CRX.

-HA! Funny Lego News is always getting non-lego related jokes, which ******** me off, I wish I could report, but I doubt it's enough to just report for a non-Lego "funny" post.

it isn't swearing,but still somewhat profain. Please avoid.

Anyway,at this point i am using the LMBs in desperate hope of finding pipes/gypsum,and trying to raise duping awareness.

That's good, DD.

Also, I can imagine the Chaos in the new racers Team Topics IF they get approved or happen...

Oh,it will happen. Unfortunately,people will try  to take charge on the LMBs,becoming "team leaders",and then the whole thing will become a democracy and,um...well,i don't feel like losing a rep point today.

*imagines LMBs in flames*
I can see Spam, off topicness, chaos and too many 'i wana b tem leder's...

*shudders*

Which is exactly why I won't enter this LRC buisness. It gets me overly nostaglic, and then I remember what happend last time... Meh, the system isn't that good when you look at it either. I'll keep to Need for Speed...
Yes, I got the invitation, but it doesn't work for me anyway. "Out of memory at line 126"

One thing that keeps people on the LMBs is the HQ topics. Oh and I am a Artisan ;D, and soon to be inventor ;D! Yes!

that's right. i can play on my computer but not on my brother's. it's the same message

IE6 perhaps?
*Must make topic on LRC*

Rakoua, all that happened last time because the glitch stuff just got unfair. This is what the Beta's for, to prevent that from happening...

Anyway, if only Spambusters could enter a new phase, but we need him active for that, which probably won't be happening for a while...

Anyway, I've started posting more and more often on the LMBs. Not sure why I've just been wanting to recently.
Rakoua_edit: Since the off topic post was removed, I removed the part in which you note it to prevent confusion.

They HAVE and people are already squabbling over being leaders and in commands... what a farce!!

Good Gosh.

Someone (I might) should complain to LEGO and ask if they could stop discussion about people wanting to be team leaders, because it just causes fights and spam.

Come to think about it, this could be a good time to bring SpamBusters into action!

*I play GoustBusters music* Who ya gonna call? SAPMBUSTERS!

Same here. >:D

Has anyone seen the SW HQs?  We used to fight, now we can't even breathe on them with out having the mods on our back.

EDIT: Please don't double post.

Yeah I tried to join the sith HQ one time, but nobody noticed me because they were fighting so much.

Yep, but now there is no fighting at all so they'll notice you if you go.

Aw come to the Sith HQ, I'll welcome you with open arms, I'm a leader of the Sith, thats what the Rule topics says and most Sith say that too! But I will get rid of some Spam.

MsRR: That quote was before they WERE THERE. Please check the dates on posts.

Spam, Spam, Spam, Intelligent Post, Spam x100, Spam x200, Intelligent Post, Off-topic Post x400, Spam x1000

No offense, but that's pretty much what I see there nowadays.

I am probably one of the biggest spammers there. I didn't know multi-posting was bad,so there were whole pages with my posts.

Don't worry, double (or more) posting is allowed there, because you can't edit posts.

Spambusters isn't dead, we're just waiting for you to do stuff there =P

And if you want a good advertising thing... I could put it in a tab like the MLN Wiki.

lol!!!! and yet, you got talked to buy the mods there your spamming got so out of hand even the mods of the lego message boards called u a spammer!!!!!    lol!!!!! ;D

One, that was quite a few months ago, Two, that thing on the LMBs was probably a long time ago, and three, how many multi posts have you made there?

i hate roleplaying and storytelling.  oh, and especially those HQ's in pirates.


ive noticed that when i wasnt on lego.com for 2 monthes there were like 3 oldtimers.
and i only trade here. other than my on page trading.

/Don't double post. -- Blade


i dont care its an offence.
besides he made an ''anti empire981'' topic

//Don't post after you've already posted... -- Blade

I meant posting with the same stuff, I don't care about these multi-posts there.

And again, how many dupe posts have you made? I'm just curious. And have you ever made any posts totally off topic, or somewhat off-topic there?

And don't multi-post here please.

Talk for yourself, Empire. As far as I know, a lot of people see you as a Spammer yourself, which is not good. You can get rid of that by not spamming. ;)

ya know if i was a spammer, why havent there been any recent posts from me on the LMB? and if i was gonna spam i would have 1000 posts here by now.

I don't know... Perhaps you're more occupied with forums now, rather than the LMBs.

Reached past Maniac yet?

No he hasn't and maybe a reason you(empire981) are called a spammer is because most of your posts are one word, no offence but apprentices write more in there posts then you and that says something.

I haven't been on the LMBs in a while. I mostly use it to discuss LU now.

I just noticed 5 days ago was when I started posting on LMBs. My acount is now 3 years old.

Mine will be 2 years old in June.

I've been on Lego.com for about 4 years now, but my account will be 2 years old in August!

Mine would be five years old this may if two certain hackers didn't delete my two previous accounts...

I'm so sorry.

I'm just glad it glitched up so my final thrid account got the Old Timers Badge.
Also, *throws LMBs into a trash bucket*
Those old two accounts... I hate the Hacking Deleters...

Can we get on-topic please?

The two things that would get me on the LMBs more are:
1.All posts are approved immediately
2.It would show replies to your posts,like here,to let you respond more quickly.

no, i made all my post 4 words or longer.

sorry about double posting.....
i only post on lego.com for the on page trading topic, and to keep the hq somewhat in line, and express the views of some people here.

/Merging Double Posts -- Blade

You could edit that into your above post... you did a double post like you said.

Ok... you seem to have changed... for the better.

i dont obsessvily post anymore. if you post alot on the lmb it helps your page a great deal.

I Know. I earned 1000 clicks from it, 500 of which were on my DEM and the other 500 on my Elementals and Pet Panther.
If they could post with readable posts though...

the more posts the more clicks.

Exactly and do you know the more you post on the lmbs and the higher the rank, the more people want ot be your friend on MLN, I'm avid there and it has helped me a great deal.

i know its true, I'm a Artiisan there and I now I get about 5 FRs a day, not a lot I know but more then I did get a day.

You wanna know what sucks?  Walter313 says he is probably going to kick me out of the sub council for the LTIII because I don't post a lot, but that isn't true I'm just never on when there is a moderator so there is no talking back and forth.

Walter313 is on here. I suggest you talk to him on is profile here or PM him.

If you want to get that LMB situation resolved.

I just find it unfair for him to think I have a bad future,  I thought he had faith in me.

Join LSNBC then ;D jk..
And posting on the LMBs is really good cuase not only do oyu get a lot of friend requests, but when you're a lower rank hihger ranking people will accept your friend request if they recognize you.

Yeah like I'm rank 3 but pretty active on the mbs and Darth Nehimis is Rank 2 but we still are accepted for lots of friend requests.

Yeah I managed to get a few rank 10s and 9s and 8s, becuase they recognize me.

I remember seeing those when my brotehr used to be active. I remember there was a lego tips topic they used to have in 2008 that had been started by a member of the KOH in 2005 and it was still there for some reason.

What was his username? ???

the rank 10's and 9's asked me to be thier buddy, at one point i was CRX's friend until he blocked me last summer. (still hasnt unblocked me).

I'll unsticky this because it's inactive...

Here's the official LMB topic, because I didn't see one here. Talk about the good ol' LMBs. What rank/how manyposts do you have? Roleplay? Forums? etc.

Seems my friend has revived a very old topic, in some Lego related forums that would get you banned, trust me, I know.

The LMB's still hold a warm place in my heart and if there are those still playing MLN read this, please join us, it's still a cool place

Hence;
http://messageboards.lego.com/en-us/showpost.aspx?PageIndex=25&PostID=4347868#4347868

He started a new topic, staff merged it with the old.

Yes, I got in trouble on BZPower for doing that. after I made about 150 posts one day. I had no clue about the rule. The LMBs needs that.

So, yeah, been looking at the state of the LMBs today. It's iffy, really... It's gotten better with the modding staff, surprisingly... However, it's gone into a downward spiral of spam, to be honest. =/

I checked it out too the other day and yeah, it's pretty bad...

The LMB is cursed with spam, and nothing will ever break that curse, unless you kill the mighty teacup Spamlor.

And should you ever go in the LMBs expecting sane, rational posts... what in the world were you thinking?

The LMBs are an asylum for only those who spam the most... a dumping ground for spammers. Don't spend too much time there, or you'll become a spammer yourself.

I'm immune; I'm a former LMBer, after all. =P

Most of us are former LMBers =P

Exactly, so we're all immune. =P

 Lol, is the LMB even running any more? I thought that it'd died out with MLN years ago.

No, because the LMBs survived a lot more than that. =P

MLN probably has active members too, people who just joined recently.

They do indeed have active members too, from the looks of it. =O But LEGO's abandoned MLN, so, well, there's nothing new for us. =P

Well, there is something keeping them active....

People there consider having tons of posts affects their status. Also, a lot of people there are new, since it is LEGO.com, the place where a LOT of kids go.

SO.. how do we make that work for us???

It IS an endless source of new people.

 >:(

Indeed. Do you remember the Knights of Honor trying to curb forum spam??

 >:(

KoH was a LMB group organized to stop forum spam.

 >:(

No.. long gone. They started their own forum and that eventually died.

 >:(

Most went off to college.. and yes, on my old account which was later hacked/stolen on 07.. MsRowdy.

 >:(

Yes.. long story, and it's almost time to make dinner & feed the dogs...

I wish the KoH were still around, but despite attempts to bring the group back, it's pretty much impossible, especially with some of the mods in the past expressively denying talk of the KoH. I'm not sure if that's changed, though, it's been a while since I've been there. =/

 >:(

It was around for a while back in 2005, if my memory serves me right. I want to say that members of the LMBs are aware of it now, but I can't be certain; it's possible the Wiki on it has something, which might be good for it's awareness. But I'm not sure at this moment. ^^'