The only thing that intrigues me is why Wheatley (if it is still him in charge of the domain anyway - Whois search says he is) would have diverted the MI6 and MI6Forums urls to the CBn equivlent links.
Tit for tat?
Posted 15 March 2011 - 06:19 PM
Dated it may have been, but it at least it wasn't as hard on the eyes as Cb.n's interface.
Black backgrounds went out of style more than a decade ago.
Posted 15 March 2011 - 10:55 PM
Posted 16 March 2011 - 02:20 PM
I don't think I've so much as looked at MI6 in years. Or AJB, come to that. The last time I visited those sites was probably when Craig was announced as Bond.
Posted 17 March 2011 - 04:52 AM
for sure you guys need more moderators
What's that supposed to mean?
Posted 17 March 2011 - 06:02 AM
Posted 18 March 2011 - 04:36 AM
MI6 isn't even a forum anymore. It's just another freakin' social network. My Bond internet activities are probably going to decrease dramatically now.So, you MI6ers sticking around for good? It's always nice to have some more members.
Also, considering the MI6 you all know is no more, then I guess we'll probably be the biggest James Bond forum on the internet.
Posted 18 March 2011 - 05:02 AM
]Inferior website? How so? True, they treated their posters like refuse by deleting all history of their years of posting, but as a website vs. this one, how were they inferior, and why is their website being directed here? Are you saying there is little connection?
Off the top of my head:
1. Extremely cluttered and confusing layout, in addition to the problem of redundant subforums. It was only just recently that they finally got rid of their "Die Another Day" forum. CBn, on the other hand, is elegantly laid out and streamlined, in my opinion.
2. The quality of the actual forum members. CBn has had its share of bad eggs, but MI6 was far worse in that regard. It was often difficult to maintain a serious topic without it devolving into juvenile banter. One thing I will say in MI6's favor is that their Fan Fiction forum was more interactive and lively than what we have here at CBn. On the other hand, a lot of it was crap.
I also think the fact that the webmasters there completely lost every post ever made and switched to a radically new layout overnight kind of sums up my feelings about MI6. I had some pals there but due to the new layout and their reckless disregard in handling the transition to the new site, I doubt I'll be returning.
Posted 18 March 2011 - 06:21 AM
Posted 18 March 2011 - 06:38 AM
Did I get this right? No fanfic with Bond, only with original characters on CBn?
Posted 18 March 2011 - 09:30 AM
Did I get this right? No fanfic with Bond, only with original characters on CBn?
No. By no means is that a rule. We just play a shell game in other theads. By all means, just post whatever you've got or want to share in the fan-fic thread. Sorry if it's confusing. We don't like it either compared to what it used to be.
Posted 18 March 2011 - 02:12 PM
Posted 18 March 2011 - 02:24 PM
2. The quality of the actual forum members. CBn has had its share of bad eggs, but MI6 was far worse in that regard. It was often difficult to maintain a serious topic without it devolving into juvenile banter.
Posted 18 March 2011 - 03:14 PM
It's because a while back we got some legal guidelines handed down to us from Simon Trewin acting as representation for IFP. We were as baffled by these new rules as you, but we complied. Fan fiction is a very dicey area legally. At least he didn't ask us to pull it all.[font="Century Gothic"]I still don't get what you're not allowed to write or do in the fan fic section. But then again, it's late, and I am drinking a pretty stout ale at the moment.
All the names are being used and it all seems pretty detailed to me. Is it concerning images and nothing else ?
Posted 18 March 2011 - 03:55 PM
It's because a while back we got some legal guidelines handed down to us from Simon Trewin acting as representation for IFP. We were as baffled by these new rules as you, but we complied. Fan fiction is a very dicey area legally. At least he didn't ask us to pull it all.
Posted 18 March 2011 - 04:10 PM
Thanks for that link, Bryce (003). Interesting idea with some fascinating stories there!
It's because a while back we got some legal guidelines handed down to us from Simon Trewin acting as representation for IFP. We were as baffled by these new rules as you, but we complied. Fan fiction is a very dicey area legally. At least he didn't ask us to pull it all.
These guidelines anywhere to be seen? Dos and don'ts? Avoid-at-all-costs?
Posted 18 March 2011 - 04:18 PM
Thanks for that link, Bryce (003). Interesting idea with some fascinating stories there!
It's because a while back we got some legal guidelines handed down to us from Simon Trewin acting as representation for IFP. We were as baffled by these new rules as you, but we complied. Fan fiction is a very dicey area legally. At least he didn't ask us to pull it all.
These guidelines anywhere to be seen? Dos and don'ts? Avoid-at-all-costs?
The principal targets appeared to be:-
- having a dedicated "front page" area on the website from which the fan fiction could be obtained (hence the removal of that)
- presenting many of the fan fictions as downloadable pdfs as "books"; and some exception taken to the cover styles (which is a shame because they were uniformly excellent, celebratory more than anything else, and the product of a lot of hard work and time on Mister Asterix's part)
In essence, a proposition that, although as John says, they could ban it outright, realistically fan fiction is something that will emerge on the internet so a lived-with evil, but its presentation and position on the site required amelioration. I can see it from their point of view, certainly.
Since you ask, there wasn't - as far as I recall - specific or direct objection raised to content and theme. Don't take that as carte blanche.
Which would be a good title for some fan fiction... oh.
Edited by Dustin, 18 March 2011 - 04:19 PM.
Posted 18 March 2011 - 07:08 PM
MI6 was nowhere as dry, gormless, and alienating as Cb.n can often be, from my personal experience. It had life, before it was overrun by nanny state moderators, who were determined to make the place a cyber-kindergarten.
Posted 18 March 2011 - 10:30 PM