Alas the old Weber pages

Just some short negativity.
I used to enjoy the manifold discussions about different Weber universes, international politics, and random topics.
Now the only topics are concerning Honorverse minor details. Reminds me of the mediaeval discussions of how many angels can fit on the head of a pin. Heated arguments about when pods became used in whatever and such. Sorry to be a dampener people, but it's a story and RFC has the say. Trainspotters in the 40th century?
If the general discussions don't restart, I'll be sad, but plenty of other interests.

Daryl wrote:Just some short negativity.
I used to enjoy the manifold discussions about different Weber universes, international politics, and random topics.
Now the only topics are concerning Honorverse minor details. Reminds me of the mediaeval discussions of how many angels can fit on the head of a pin. Heated arguments about when pods became used in whatever and such. Sorry to be a dampener people, but it's a story and RFC has the say. Trainspotters in the 40th century?
If the general discussions don't restart, I'll be sad, but plenty of other interests.

Well, the activity winded down since RFC stopped to appear here.

Daryl wrote:Just some short negativity.
I used to enjoy the manifold discussions about different Weber universes, international politics, and random topics.
Now the only topics are concerning Honorverse minor details. Reminds me of the mediaeval discussions of how many angels can fit on the head of a pin. Heated arguments about when pods became used in whatever and such. Sorry to be a dampener people, but it's a story and RFC has the say. Trainspotters in the 40th century?
If the general discussions don't restart, I'll be sad, but plenty of other interests.

You can thank Reddit for it. They've drained every forum across the internet.

Mind you, banning certain "dead horse" topics doesn't help. A newbie who just picked up OBS for the first time and wants to talk about you-know-what can't do it here. So they don't. That leaves a dwindling old guard squeezing ever smaller drops of blood out of stone.

munroburton wrote:

Daryl wrote:Just some short negativity.
I used to enjoy the manifold discussions about different Weber universes, international politics, and random topics.
Now the only topics are concerning Honorverse minor details. Reminds me of the mediaeval discussions of how many angels can fit on the head of a pin. Heated arguments about when pods became used in whatever and such. Sorry to be a dampener people, but it's a story and RFC has the say. Trainspotters in the 40th century?
If the general discussions don't restart, I'll be sad, but plenty of other interests.

You can thank Reddit for it. They've drained every forum across the internet.

Mind you, banning certain "dead horse" topics doesn't help. A newbie who just picked up OBS for the first time and wants to talk about you-know-what can't do it here. So they don't. That leaves a dwindling old guard squeezing ever smaller drops of blood out of stone.

Wow, can you imagine the heady excitement of someone experiencing OBS and finding out that there are TWENTY-THREE! more books in this series alone! I'm an old-timer and I am one of the lucky people who experienced OBS when it was originally released in '95? Thirty years ago! And all of the waits while the next book was written, which they WON'T have to. And then finding out that there are more than SEVENTY! books and anthologies! Even the most avid reader is going to take a good long time to go thru all of that library. And that doesn't even begin to count how many of them can be re read for even more enjoyment. I think that I've read OBS 20 times by now.

Wow, can you imagine the heady excitement of someone experiencing OBS and finding out that there are TWENTY-THREE! more books in this series alone! I'm an old-timer and I am one of the lucky people who experienced OBS when it was originally released in '95? Thirty years ago! And all of the waits while the next book was written, which they WON'T have to. And then finding out that there are more than SEVENTY! books and anthologies! Even the most avid reader is going to take a good long time to go thru all of that library. And that doesn't even begin to count how many of them can be re read for even more enjoyment. I think that I've read OBS 20 times by now.[/quote]

Almost enough to wait for Alzihimers, so it will all be fresh and new again.