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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] You know...Irishman has a [i]fantastic[/i] idea: A Gallery. If we had a Gallery with a link to whatever thread the image originated with, we'd not only showcase our creative side, but also the refining process that is pretty unique to Flare and our community. For example, some casual Google browser might be looking for info on the New Orleans class. He/She sees a cool image of a CGI version of the ship, visits our Gallery and gets a link to the thread where The Red Admiral get much feedback from the group... If there's one place we never bash, it's when asked for critique on artwork- it's always been a very constructive experience here (even if it's a Lego project or one of my models). A Gallery would require us to be cool with our art on display (moreso than it already is). As to attracting new members...so what? I'll take one new "Mars Needs Women" a year over a dozen of the adverage TrekBBS/ Subspace Comms rabble (not that both are not fine sites in their own ways- just not Flare). Quality over quanity. Waaay back on page one of this thread, Shik quotes me comparing Flare to a 1920's gentleman's club (think original Hellfire Club) and I think that's a big part of Flare's charm (for me). Here I can socialize with a wide array of somewhat like-minded people, from a wide variaty of nationalaties, gender preferences, political views and personal tastes and I can call them all fuckos without someone looking down their self-righteous nose at me. I'm a fucko myself, after all, so it's all good. Flare's relative secrecy is sort of a [i]good[/i] thing you know? Like finding a great new bar, but while you want to to tell everyone about it, you secretly hope it [i]never[/i] becomes the "popular hangout", because a crowd would kill the atmosphere. Besides, the need for a "thick skin" is a kind of litmus test for new members- I recall one of my first threads someone pointed out various mis-spelled words and typos in an unkind manner, but I shrugged it off and said it would take more than [i]that[/i] to run me off. Being able to take a [i]bit[/i] of criticsm weeds out the nutjobs (Mountainman, anyone?) from a member that will be cherished as part of our strange and fascinating family. CHERISH ME BITCHES! <small>I [i]know[/i] you all [i]love[/i] me- deeep down.</small> [/QB][/QUOTE]
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